XLF Options History — November 2016

In November 2016, XLF traded between $19.47 and $22.53. ATM implied volatility averaged 19.0%, placing in the 4.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.8% (HV 20d: 18.2%). Max pain ranged from $19.50 to $20.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.96.

Notable Days

  • 2016-11-17: Highest Volume — 704,884 contracts
  • 2016-11-10: Largest IV spike — 23.7% change
  • 2016-11-14: Highest IV Rank — 7.6%
  • 2016-11-14: Largest Expected Move — 6.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$21.38$19.47$22.53$19.68$22.53
Max Pain$19.95$19.50$20.00$19.50$20.00
ATM IV19.0%16.3%22.9%20.0%16.3%
Expected Move5.7%4.9%6.6%6.4%5.3%
HV 20d18.2%9.1%22.3%10.4%22.1%
HV 60d15.4%11.5%17.4%11.5%17.4%
IV Rank4.4%2.4%7.6%5.3%2.4%
IV Percentile59.1%29.4%84.9%74.2%29.4%
Term Structure-0.2%-2.0%1.1%-0.3%0.7%
VWIV20.3%17.7%23.9%23.9%18.8%
Skew 25d4.6%2.2%6.6%5.9%5.6%
Skew 10d8.8%2.4%14.4%12.1%8.3%
Call IV 25d17.3%15.0%21.1%17.1%16.2%
Put IV 25d21.9%18.1%25.1%23.0%21.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %21.7013.5971.1017.1116.73
Gamma HHI0.260.190.310.280.27
Net GEX94.7M-18.2M196.2M11.7M174.1M
Net DEX-1.35B-2.48B440.0M349.4M-2.44B
Net VEX-6.4M-8.9M-3.8M-4.0M-8.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.960.112.511.861.73
Total Volume287,689.71495,973704,884140,259160,683
Total OI3,047,102.0952,168,6983,877,0622,168,6983,877,062

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-11-01$19.68$19.5020.0%6.4%10.4%5.3%23.9%5.9%-0.3%11.7M349.4M-4.0M1.8617.1149,03791,2221,118,4361,050,262
2016-11-02$19.57$19.5019.9%6.5%9.1%5.2%23.0%6.1%-0.2%3.3M339.6M-4.1M2.5119.1743,709109,8921,145,0741,040,066
2016-11-03$19.54$20.0020.5%5.6%9.1%5.7%20.6%6.4%-0.2%-3.3M379.5M-4.2M0.7416.0366,28448,9381,154,4461,102,484
2016-11-04$19.47$20.0020.3%6.5%9.2%5.5%21.2%6.6%-0.1%-18.2M440.0M-4.1M1.5414.4074,985115,1981,180,6521,111,910
2016-11-07$19.94$20.0017.4%5.2%12.5%3.2%18.0%6.1%0.7%35.5M-67.5M-4.1M0.8615.7885,52173,8361,208,4231,051,394
2016-11-08$20.05$20.0017.2%5.2%12.0%3.0%18.6%6.0%1.1%36.0M-156.5M-4.0M1.5514.3157,86589,5301,210,6371,083,839
2016-11-09$20.86$20.0016.4%5.0%18.1%2.5%19.8%3.5%1.0%46.5M-809.1M-3.8M0.2520.14494,553123,9311,237,7151,112,102
2016-11-10$21.61$20.0020.3%5.9%20.6%5.5%21.2%3.4%-0.5%53.8M-1.31B-4.4M0.3922.35437,435170,5481,426,7391,160,481
2016-11-11$21.69$20.0019.7%5.8%20.6%5.0%20.2%4.7%0.5%70.9M-1.56B-5.1M0.5223.48111,31257,6841,538,7831,260,814
2016-11-14$22.11$20.0022.9%6.6%20.8%7.6%23.7%3.9%-1.3%76.9M-1.85B-5.3M0.3720.10465,147173,2181,621,2481,252,393
2016-11-15$22.12$20.0022.9%6.6%20.9%7.6%22.5%3.7%-1.1%72.7M-1.84B-6.0M0.1316.87618,00580,5761,643,8891,321,856
2016-11-16$21.86$20.0021.8%6.2%21.8%6.7%22.4%3.3%-2.0%112.9M-1.97B-7.9M0.6614.85156,002103,6832,134,8921,353,432
2016-11-17$22.14$20.0020.5%5.9%21.8%5.7%19.1%3.8%-0.4%132.7M-2.25B-8.2M0.1171.10636,88168,0032,210,3051,404,180
2016-11-18$22.21$20.0019.6%5.6%21.7%4.9%19.7%4.2%-0.1%152.2M-2.48B-8.7M0.7613.5976,30057,7252,400,0981,433,260
2016-11-21$22.21$20.0018.1%5.3%21.8%3.8%18.0%4.7%-0.6%166.9M-2.20B-8.5M0.6620.7192,81561,1272,272,6721,274,120
2016-11-22$22.27$20.0016.7%4.9%21.6%2.7%19.3%5.5%-0.1%166.1M-2.21B-8.6M0.6142.36141,70287,0502,244,0661,305,845
2016-11-23$22.39$20.0016.4%4.9%21.5%2.4%17.7%4.2%-1.4%179.3M-2.35B-8.9M0.3216.42260,14182,0602,302,7891,362,046
2016-11-25$22.41$20.0016.8%5.0%21.6%2.7%18.7%3.1%-0.8%196.2M-2.36B-8.9M1.5726.9837,35658,6172,400,6241,397,571
2016-11-28$22.13$20.0017.1%5.3%22.3%3.0%22.0%2.2%0.2%160.7M-1.99B-8.3M1.2016.62102,008122,7772,336,7741,391,540
2016-11-29$22.17$20.0017.3%5.3%22.3%3.1%18.5%4.1%-0.1%161.1M-1.98B-8.7M1.7316.5635,92462,2042,382,9381,471,287
2016-11-30$22.53$20.0016.3%5.3%22.1%2.4%18.8%5.6%0.7%174.1M-2.44B-8.9M1.7316.7358,882101,8012,395,3341,481,728