XLI Options History — February 2008

In February 2008, XLI traded between $36.17 and $37.85. ATM implied volatility averaged 23.0%, placing in the 65.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.5% (HV 20d: 21.4%). Max pain ranged from $37.00 to $38.00. Net GEX was positive for 2 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 8.64.

Notable Days

  • 2008-02-01: Highest Volume — 10,375 contracts
  • 2008-02-05: Largest IV spike — 24.3% change
  • 2008-02-05: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2008-02-06: Largest Expected Move — 7.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$36.98$36.17$37.85$37.85$36.25
Max Pain$37.95$37.00$38.00$37.00$38.00
ATM IV23.0%19.0%30.3%20.2%23.8%
Expected Move6.5%5.4%7.8%5.8%6.8%
HV 20d21.4%17.9%25.4%24.9%20.6%
HV 60d21.5%20.3%22.5%22.5%21.0%
IV Rank65.5%46.8%100.0%54.2%69.1%
IV Percentile78.1%53.6%100.0%68.7%84.5%
Term Structure0.9%-1.4%3.4%2.7%0.3%
VWIV22.1%14.4%27.1%20.1%23.2%
Skew 25d6.6%4.4%9.2%5.5%4.4%
Skew 10d12.2%3.2%20.9%3.2%10.2%
Call IV 25d19.3%12.3%22.6%20.0%21.6%
Put IV 25d25.9%20.0%29.9%25.5%26.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %29.5918.5747.5231.0330.37
Gamma HHI0.320.230.430.250.43
Net GEX-3.0M-5.2M423.3K-76.6K-4.5M
Net DEX56.6M22.7M98.1M22.7M65.8M
Net VEX-1.0M-1.1M-960.8K-1.0M-977.6K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio8.640.1243.030.4914.26
Total Volume1,413.74810,37510,375519
Total OI148,406.7132,256160,769147,293140,548

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-02-01$37.85$37.0020.2%5.8%24.9%54.2%20.1%5.5%2.7%-76.6K22.7M-1.0M0.4931.036,9603,41562,23385,060
2008-02-04$37.44$38.0024.4%7.1%24.1%74.7%23.1%6.3%0.0%-883.9K37.0M-1.1M0.3125.9541612765,27888,362
2008-02-05$36.49$38.0030.3%7.6%25.4%100.0%24.0%6.3%-1.4%-3.2M73.7M-1.0M8.5237.295849465,39888,480
2008-02-06$36.43$38.0028.0%7.8%24.1%88.8%27.1%7.2%-0.8%-3.9M82.8M-1.0M2.5325.795321,34565,41788,716
2008-02-07$36.44$38.0026.5%7.3%24.1%81.9%25.7%6.8%0.5%-4.4M86.4M-1.0M30.9034.582061865,46889,112
2008-02-08$36.17$38.0024.3%7.3%23.6%71.6%24.0%8.0%0.9%-5.1M98.1M-982.9K0.8936.4181472265,48889,631
2008-02-11$36.53$38.0024.1%6.6%23.2%70.6%25.1%6.4%1.2%-5.2M85.7M-986.1K0.1220.702,80333065,54889,326
2008-02-12$36.90$38.0024.3%6.8%23.0%71.5%23.7%6.3%-0.3%-3.2M68.1M-999.5K1.1620.1719522768,32189,538
2008-02-13$37.56$38.0019.4%6.0%22.4%48.7%23.9%8.9%2.8%423.3K29.0M-1.0M1.9747.525741,12871,11789,652
2008-02-14$37.00$38.0023.0%6.6%22.7%65.5%25.3%6.4%0.7%-2.3M54.0M-1.0M2.3728.7618142969,28890,436
2008-02-15$36.77$38.0021.9%6.3%20.3%60.4%26.3%7.9%2.2%383.6K67.6M-965.5K29.3318.57481,40869,33090,439
2008-02-19$36.95$38.0022.5%6.5%20.2%63.2%20.7%7.3%1.7%-4.1M67.4M-960.8K0.6635.2723915851,76380,493
2008-02-20$37.07$38.0022.0%6.3%20.2%60.7%21.9%5.8%0.8%-3.5M52.4M-1.0M0.3320.321,12837158,85980,541
2008-02-21$36.78$38.0022.7%6.5%18.5%63.9%18.5%7.1%-0.2%-3.8M66.7M-1.0M2.5635.604812359,71980,719
2008-02-22$37.15$38.0021.3%6.1%18.7%57.3%17.6%6.8%-0.9%-4.4M54.7M-1.0M2.7633.7811230959,76780,788
2008-02-25$37.44$38.0020.3%5.8%18.7%52.7%18.9%9.2%3.4%-2.9M31.0M-1.0M21.2738.432655359,82480,858
2008-02-26$37.47$38.0019.8%5.7%18.1%50.7%20.0%4.6%2.3%-2.7M22.7M-1.0M6.9229.626041559,85081,080
2008-02-27$37.54$38.0019.0%5.4%17.9%46.8%14.4%5.3%1.8%-3.0M30.2M-1.0M43.0320.30301,29159,98581,151
2008-02-28$37.27$38.0021.4%6.1%18.1%58.2%19.2%5.8%0.3%-3.3M35.6M-1.0M2.4321.36143459,89780,654
2008-02-29$36.25$38.0023.8%6.8%20.6%69.1%23.2%4.4%0.3%-4.5M65.8M-977.6K14.2630.373448559,89480,654