XLF Options History — June 2008

In June 2008, XLF traded between $16.46 and $20.02. ATM implied volatility averaged 40.6%, placing in the 56.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 11.1% (HV 20d: 29.5%). Max pain ranged from $17.87 to $21.12. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 2 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.99.

Notable Days

  • 2008-06-25: Highest Volume — 1,093,042 contracts
  • 2008-06-06: Largest IV spike — 20.8% change
  • 2008-06-30: Highest IV Rank — 78.2%
  • 2008-06-30: Largest Expected Move — 14.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$18.43$16.46$20.02$19.81$16.46
Max Pain$19.61$17.87$21.12$21.12$17.87
ATM IV40.6%34.8%51.7%35.7%51.7%
Expected Move11.5%10.0%14.8%10.2%14.8%
HV 20d29.5%20.9%34.1%23.3%34.1%
HV 60d34.2%28.9%39.3%39.3%29.7%
IV Rank56.9%47.8%78.2%49.6%78.2%
IV Percentile75.5%54.8%98.4%58.3%98.4%
Term Structure-2.3%-5.2%1.5%-2.0%-5.2%
VWIV39.6%34.1%49.3%35.0%49.3%
Skew 25d5.2%4.1%7.2%5.4%5.0%
Skew 10d9.2%6.9%12.0%7.1%7.3%
Call IV 25d37.8%32.0%47.9%32.8%47.9%
Put IV 25d43.0%38.2%52.9%38.2%52.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %6.292.9815.644.595.42
Gamma HHI0.180.120.280.230.16
Net GEX-46.6M-91.6M-17.1M-51.2M-22.6M
Net DEX3.31B2.30B4.56B2.57B3.21B
Net VEX-18.7M-20.9M-15.8M-20.1M-15.8M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.990.362.821.440.64
Total Volume715,481387,1131,093,042399,5881,023,081
Total OI8,598,770.3816,662,29610,487,7867,999,5368,041,145

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-06-02$19.81$21.1235.7%10.2%23.3%49.6%35.0%5.4%-2.0%-51.2M2.57B-20.1M1.444.59163,792235,7963,819,6644,179,872
2008-06-03$19.75$21.1235.6%10.2%22.9%49.5%35.2%5.1%-2.0%-60.3M2.85B-19.8M1.014.55192,791194,3223,817,7304,210,670
2008-06-04$19.63$21.1236.9%10.6%22.1%52.0%35.5%4.6%-1.8%-62.2M2.97B-19.8M0.804.19313,525250,8223,878,3424,251,198
2008-06-05$20.02$21.1234.8%10.0%20.9%47.8%34.1%7.2%-0.8%-46.5M2.41B-20.8M2.822.98151,134426,3413,986,6054,274,318
2008-06-06$18.95$20.3142.0%11.5%27.1%61.8%39.3%4.6%-3.3%-68.1M3.53B-19.9M1.0315.64469,716482,8334,055,7414,411,268
2008-06-09$18.69$20.3138.7%11.1%27.2%55.4%38.4%5.0%-1.9%-91.6M4.23B-17.9M1.889.76303,677569,8564,194,0344,493,873
2008-06-10$18.75$20.3142.0%11.3%26.6%61.9%39.6%5.0%-2.4%-70.3M3.76B-19.1M0.797.82419,842332,4674,282,7994,494,925
2008-06-11$18.20$20.3145.0%11.6%27.8%67.6%39.6%4.3%-2.4%-58.9M4.07B-17.5M1.635.09324,493528,9584,402,5214,358,189
2008-06-12$18.70$19.5041.9%12.0%30.0%61.7%41.4%5.6%-3.3%-67.0M3.95B-19.6M0.4713.10535,534249,4814,542,0224,678,388
2008-06-13$18.99$19.5040.2%11.5%30.5%55.7%39.9%6.9%-3.3%-40.2M3.08B-20.9M0.498.24480,296236,7254,821,6394,640,728
2008-06-16$19.17$19.5038.2%11.0%31.0%51.7%38.9%6.6%-3.1%-34.7M2.96B-20.8M0.615.42380,791231,7745,062,9754,712,827
2008-06-17$18.61$19.5038.4%11.0%32.1%52.0%37.5%5.5%-2.3%-48.8M3.77B-19.4M0.895.03229,588204,2805,265,8344,808,292
2008-06-18$18.30$19.5039.6%11.4%31.7%54.5%39.6%5.5%-4.0%-54.4M4.24B-18.4M0.555.22497,144271,5115,275,7054,815,917
2008-06-19$18.50$18.6839.0%11.2%31.4%51.0%38.6%6.0%-3.5%-31.1M4.05B-18.9M0.366.30670,360242,3475,542,6454,842,590
2008-06-20$18.02$18.6842.1%12.1%32.1%57.7%42.0%4.3%-4.1%-49.8M4.56B-18.2M1.325.02310,810410,7175,613,7174,874,069
2008-06-23$17.45$18.6843.0%12.3%33.3%59.5%42.0%4.3%-1.8%-28.4M2.66B-16.6M0.904.91271,689243,9663,258,4743,403,822
2008-06-24$17.65$18.6841.5%11.9%33.6%56.3%41.4%4.6%-2.1%-21.2M2.36B-17.8M0.593.86486,486285,7363,395,8753,484,225
2008-06-25$17.61$18.6837.9%10.9%33.7%48.6%37.7%5.2%0.7%-17.1M2.30B-17.9M0.726.09635,600457,4423,595,2863,602,754
2008-06-26$16.98$18.6844.3%12.7%34.0%62.3%44.0%4.1%-0.7%-25.8M2.89B-17.1M1.394.41194,095270,1403,833,3703,758,380
2008-06-27$16.71$18.6843.5%12.5%34.1%60.6%43.6%4.3%1.5%-29.0M3.07B-16.3M0.434.43590,108255,0353,833,3703,758,380
2008-06-30$16.46$17.8751.7%14.8%34.1%78.2%49.3%5.0%-5.2%-22.6M3.21B-15.8M0.645.42624,760398,3214,170,8293,870,316