XLF Options History — April 2026

In April 2026, XLF traded between $49.47 and $52.57. ATM implied volatility averaged 19.8%, placing in the 25.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.5% (HV 20d: 18.3%). Max pain ranged from $50.00 to $52.00. Net GEX was positive for 7 of 14 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 14 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.26.

Notable Days

  • 2026-04-08: Highest Volume — 382,263 contracts
  • 2026-04-08: Largest IV drop — 16.2% change
  • 2026-04-21: Highest IV Rank — 36.8%
  • 2026-04-07: Largest Expected Move — 6.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$51.22$49.47$52.57$49.47$52.25
Max Pain$50.64$50.00$52.00$50.00$50.00
ATM IV19.8%17.0%24.0%22.9%19.0%
Expected Move5.7%4.9%6.9%6.6%5.5%
HV 20d18.3%17.3%19.3%17.8%18.0%
HV 60d18.4%18.0%18.8%18.2%18.1%
IV Rank25.2%14.6%36.8%28.5%36.8%
IV Percentile74.3%55.2%90.9%88.5%74.2%
Term Structure-0.1%-0.6%0.8%-0.1%-0.4%
VWIV21.0%17.1%27.5%24.1%18.6%
Skew 25d4.9%3.3%7.0%5.8%4.1%
Skew 10d10.8%6.8%14.6%13.1%9.8%
Call IV 25d17.8%15.6%20.9%20.5%17.3%
Put IV 25d22.8%19.6%27.9%26.3%21.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %15.9711.8120.4812.3119.61
Gamma HHI0.090.070.130.090.07
Net GEX14.7M-176.4M246.0M-176.4M80.0M
Net DEX531.5M-2.19B3.20B3.19B-505.6M
Net VEX-48.5M-50.1M-46.8M-49.4M-49.0M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.260.143.320.771.36
Total Volume221,181.714118,991382,263224,175159,176
Total OI5,731,678.8575,425,4106,217,3475,425,4105,516,133

Daily Data (14 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2026-04-01$49.47$50.0022.9%6.6%17.8%28.5%24.1%5.8%-0.1%-176.4M3.19B-49.4M0.7712.31126,36297,8131,983,0833,442,327
2026-04-02$49.47$52.0023.2%6.7%17.7%29.5%27.5%6.2%-0.4%-150.1M3.20B-50.1M1.7215.6151,12488,0822,036,7483,484,581
2026-04-06$49.89$52.0022.2%6.4%17.4%26.6%21.8%6.1%-0.5%-160.8M2.66B-49.2M0.4011.81113,87845,6532,044,5233,480,709
2026-04-07$49.95$51.0024.0%6.9%17.3%31.5%26.8%7.0%-0.6%-147.3M2.64B-49.8M3.3213.1852,228173,2172,115,0813,483,887
2026-04-08$51.14$51.0020.1%5.8%19.3%20.8%21.0%5.6%0.2%-25.8M738.8M-49.1M2.1213.87122,598259,6652,137,0023,531,011
2026-04-09$51.41$51.0019.4%5.6%18.8%18.9%23.1%5.3%0.8%-7.2M421.7M-49.5M1.5415.5571,268109,7242,178,9203,636,364
2026-04-10$50.78$51.0019.3%5.5%18.5%18.6%19.2%5.2%-0.2%-45.6M1.29B-48.6M0.7717.96143,428110,0632,214,2313,596,312
2026-04-13$51.55$51.0018.4%5.3%19.0%19.1%19.8%4.6%0.6%2.0M227.0M-47.5M0.4516.29200,63889,7702,202,5413,582,755
2026-04-14$51.84$50.0017.0%4.9%19.0%14.6%17.1%4.8%0.3%102.8M-412.3M-46.9M0.4416.68183,21280,0362,273,7073,591,383
2026-04-15$52.19$50.0018.4%5.3%18.9%26.9%19.7%3.7%-0.3%162.3M-1.43B-46.8M0.5620.48145,07081,3742,367,7993,615,232
2026-04-16$52.06$50.0017.6%5.0%18.0%26.9%18.0%4.0%0.4%210.6M-1.21B-47.3M0.1419.28192,76226,6432,438,5113,640,306
2026-04-17$52.50$50.0017.4%5.0%18.1%26.0%18.4%3.5%-0.3%246.0M-2.19B-47.7M0.7717.71143,283110,4862,564,4943,652,853
2026-04-20$52.57$50.0017.8%5.1%18.0%28.2%19.2%3.3%-0.2%115.0M-1.18B-47.8M3.2313.2028,09990,8922,268,8763,164,135
2026-04-21$52.25$50.0019.0%5.5%18.0%36.8%18.6%4.1%-0.4%80.0M-505.6M-49.0M1.3619.6167,34491,8322,288,2863,227,847