XLF Options History — March 2026

In March 2026, XLF traded between $47.77 and $51.63. ATM implied volatility averaged 23.5%, placing in the 30.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.8% (HV 20d: 18.8%). Max pain ranged from $50.00 to $53.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.97.

Notable Days

  • 2026-03-10: Highest Volume — 579,376 contracts
  • 2026-03-16: Largest IV drop — 11.0% change
  • 2026-03-27: Highest IV Rank — 43.9%
  • 2026-03-12: Largest Expected Move — 8.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$49.66$47.77$51.63$51.38$49.39
Max Pain$51.50$50.00$53.00$53.00$50.00
ATM IV23.5%20.2%28.4%21.1%24.8%
Expected Move6.9%6.1%8.4%6.2%7.1%
HV 20d18.8%13.7%22.0%22.0%18.1%
HV 60d17.4%16.8%19.0%17.1%19.0%
IV Rank30.3%21.0%43.9%23.5%33.9%
IV Percentile91.2%82.5%96.8%86.5%92.1%
Term Structure-0.2%-1.3%1.2%-0.8%-0.6%
VWIV25.2%21.1%30.6%22.5%24.3%
Skew 25d7.5%5.9%9.9%7.0%5.9%
Skew 10d16.4%12.9%21.9%16.6%12.9%
Call IV 25d20.8%17.6%26.0%17.9%22.1%
Put IV 25d28.3%24.6%32.3%24.9%28.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %16.596.4738.4533.707.74
Gamma HHI0.110.090.270.100.09
Net GEX-331.5M-565.2M-192.8M-368.6M-192.8M
Net DEX4.93B3.48B6.83B3.99B3.62B
Net VEX-46.5M-49.4M-43.9M-44.1M-49.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.970.768.571.560.86
Total Volume246,455.682122,075579,376123,180232,213
Total OI5,668,208.5455,175,4716,253,4165,317,2965,482,745

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2026-03-02$51.38$53.0021.1%6.2%22.0%23.5%22.5%7.0%-0.8%-368.6M3.99B-44.1M1.5633.7048,14675,0341,792,9113,524,385
2026-03-03$51.27$53.0021.4%6.5%21.5%24.5%27.3%8.3%-0.8%-372.5M4.08B-43.9M1.2327.68153,766189,3071,813,3323,534,598
2026-03-04$51.63$53.0020.2%6.2%21.6%21.0%23.4%7.0%-0.7%-348.3M3.53B-44.5M1.4127.9258,77082,7941,914,2093,577,978
2026-03-05$51.22$53.0022.2%6.3%21.2%26.7%23.4%8.1%-0.2%-351.8M3.77B-44.6M1.9614.8965,441128,4191,938,7633,541,493
2026-03-06$50.47$53.0023.5%6.9%21.3%30.2%27.2%9.9%-1.2%-565.2M4.92B-44.1M1.5114.13147,674222,3831,954,6873,555,558
2026-03-09$50.34$53.0021.5%6.5%19.8%24.7%23.0%9.0%1.2%-335.0M5.12B-44.1M0.8817.15190,433167,1182,032,7563,583,639
2026-03-10$50.17$52.0021.6%6.4%19.8%24.8%23.7%7.4%0.7%-343.0M5.03B-44.8M8.5738.4560,538518,8382,120,5533,630,362
2026-03-11$49.66$52.0022.8%6.5%19.9%28.2%24.0%7.8%0.0%-365.0M5.91B-45.5M4.8014.8841,876200,9402,160,8823,679,740
2026-03-12$48.89$52.0025.1%8.4%20.0%34.6%25.0%8.5%0.1%-365.5M6.83B-45.8M2.3810.9698,605234,9232,188,3533,777,820
2026-03-13$48.88$52.0025.8%7.5%19.2%36.7%30.3%8.7%0.4%-356.7M6.75B-47.0M2.7614.7866,869184,2312,258,5143,847,971
2026-03-16$49.27$52.0023.0%6.6%19.6%28.8%22.7%8.1%-0.5%-396.1M6.45B-46.4M1.0614.22139,020147,7372,246,3803,897,325
2026-03-17$49.66$52.0021.0%6.1%19.2%23.3%21.1%7.2%0.7%-383.1M5.78B-46.6M0.9716.0479,92777,1432,312,0343,898,580
2026-03-18$48.97$52.0023.0%6.6%19.3%28.8%23.9%7.6%-0.1%-396.3M6.38B-46.4M1.2516.6686,371108,1742,342,3403,847,236
2026-03-19$49.02$51.0022.8%6.5%19.2%28.3%22.9%6.8%-0.2%-404.5M5.97B-47.1M1.1315.81115,219129,6192,376,1303,825,904
2026-03-20$48.92$50.0024.5%7.1%18.9%33.1%25.3%7.2%-1.3%-431.4M5.71B-48.2M1.3113.71134,681176,8502,439,5353,813,881
2026-03-23$49.52$50.0023.7%6.8%16.6%30.8%23.9%6.7%-0.4%-213.8M3.64B-48.7M0.7610.23100,93376,7371,825,0663,350,405
2026-03-24$49.39$50.0024.4%6.9%16.5%32.7%25.4%6.8%-0.3%-196.6M3.48B-48.8M1.0911.5260,59766,1381,879,9923,320,537
2026-03-25$49.34$50.0023.5%6.7%15.0%30.2%25.8%7.4%0.2%-203.9M3.58B-48.5M0.8511.4872,59661,5041,901,4523,358,184
2026-03-26$49.05$50.0025.8%7.4%13.7%36.6%27.5%7.2%-0.8%-215.6M3.93B-48.6M3.3412.7752,361174,6791,925,7433,392,008
2026-03-27$47.77$50.0028.4%8.0%14.8%43.9%30.1%6.3%-0.5%-250.3M5.25B-48.1M1.4113.90112,712158,6341,949,9763,450,409
2026-03-30$48.30$50.0027.2%7.8%15.7%40.5%30.6%6.9%-0.4%-236.4M4.80B-49.0M2.226.4737,87384,2021,961,4803,474,742
2026-03-31$49.39$50.0024.8%7.1%18.1%33.9%24.3%5.9%-0.6%-192.8M3.62B-49.4M0.867.74124,902107,3111,981,2823,501,463