XLI Options History — February 2010

In February 2010, XLI traded between $26.90 and $28.88. ATM implied volatility averaged 21.6%, placing in the 17.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.2% (HV 20d: 21.4%). Max pain ranged from $27.00 to $29.00. Net GEX was positive for 9 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.88.

Notable Days

  • 2010-02-19: Highest Volume — 40,709 contracts
  • 2010-02-04: Largest IV spike — 29.0% change
  • 2010-02-08: Highest IV Rank — 26.8%
  • 2010-02-08: Largest Expected Move — 7.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$28.10$26.90$28.88$27.79$28.84
Max Pain$27.74$27.00$29.00$29.00$28.00
ATM IV21.6%17.6%26.1%20.8%17.6%
Expected Move6.3%5.1%7.8%6.0%5.1%
HV 20d21.4%19.2%23.7%19.2%21.0%
HV 60d18.2%17.7%18.7%17.9%17.8%
IV Rank17.8%9.7%26.8%16.0%9.7%
IV Percentile18.8%6.7%40.1%12.7%6.7%
Term Structure0.9%-0.8%2.6%1.5%1.1%
VWIV23.2%17.7%30.1%22.3%17.7%
Skew 25d5.5%3.7%7.5%4.1%4.6%
Skew 10d11.1%6.7%14.1%8.0%9.7%
Call IV 25d19.7%16.1%24.0%19.6%16.1%
Put IV 25d25.3%20.7%31.4%23.7%20.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %6.284.909.816.498.41
Gamma HHI0.180.140.340.180.18
Net GEX-183.9K-4.5M10.8M-2.4M2.1M
Net DEX-31.9M-131.1M98.8M8.6M-121.8M
Net VEX-2.5M-2.6M-2.1M-2.1M-2.5M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.880.255.715.460.25
Total Volume15,261.7375,55140,7097,1786,150
Total OI461,466.316386,381497,812386,381479,176

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-02-01$27.79$29.0020.8%6.0%19.2%16.0%22.3%4.1%1.5%-2.4M8.6M-2.1M5.466.491,1126,066175,262211,119
2010-02-02$28.32$29.0020.0%5.7%19.2%14.4%18.0%3.8%1.9%-713.2K-39.0M-2.1M0.395.6517,9587,007175,572216,402
2010-02-03$28.15$29.0019.7%5.6%19.3%13.9%18.2%3.7%2.0%958.0K-40.9M-2.2M1.706.038,04613,691190,495222,231
2010-02-04$27.32$29.0025.4%7.3%21.9%25.5%25.3%5.0%0.7%-2.3M50.8M-2.3M0.716.1819,48313,854195,161230,603
2010-02-05$27.20$27.0025.7%7.8%21.3%26.0%30.1%7.5%-0.4%-3.3M66.6M-2.3M5.719.813,78121,582205,473238,813
2010-02-08$26.90$27.0026.1%7.8%20.3%26.8%27.3%7.4%-0.8%-4.5M98.8M-2.4M0.595.907,6484,544205,670249,494
2010-02-09$27.42$27.0025.3%7.6%21.3%25.3%25.7%7.2%-0.6%-3.3M46.2M-2.5M1.395.749,11412,652213,334252,735
2010-02-10$27.38$27.0024.5%7.6%21.3%23.7%29.1%6.7%-0.5%-3.7M56.7M-2.5M1.304.906,7518,744215,501259,421
2010-02-11$27.79$27.0023.3%6.7%22.1%21.2%28.3%6.6%1.2%-3.4M4.7M-2.6M2.055.432,4264,978219,988266,339
2010-02-12$27.57$27.0023.0%6.6%22.2%20.6%24.8%6.3%1.3%-4.5M30.2M-2.6M2.457.501,6083,943220,911267,408
2010-02-16$28.22$27.0022.8%6.5%23.7%20.1%24.7%6.3%1.3%-1.4M-46.1M-2.6M1.606.946,1629,880221,293266,951
2010-02-17$28.46$27.0022.4%6.4%23.6%19.4%23.6%6.0%1.3%1.1M-72.5M-2.6M2.056.514,1618,517223,828270,837
2010-02-18$28.72$27.0019.5%5.6%23.3%13.4%22.8%5.3%2.6%4.9M-108.8M-2.6M3.175.511,6945,365220,426277,386
2010-02-19$28.86$28.0019.3%5.5%21.7%13.0%19.6%4.8%2.4%10.8M-131.1M-2.5M1.015.2020,20420,505219,694275,469
2010-02-22$28.88$28.0019.2%5.5%20.8%12.8%20.0%4.7%0.3%2.1M-117.9M-2.6M0.796.534,2823,366206,141257,894
2010-02-23$28.51$28.0019.6%5.6%21.4%13.6%21.2%5.3%0.6%1.4M-88.5M-2.6M2.435.231,8014,371209,343258,934
2010-02-24$28.80$28.0018.8%5.4%21.5%12.0%20.6%4.8%0.5%1.4M-105.8M-2.6M0.975.734,8774,741209,308261,957
2010-02-25$28.73$28.0018.4%5.3%21.6%11.1%21.0%5.2%1.0%1.2M-96.4M-2.6M1.655.553,3655,544211,461265,830
2010-02-26$28.84$28.0017.6%5.1%21.0%9.7%17.7%4.6%1.1%2.1M-121.8M-2.5M0.258.414,9141,236211,923267,253