XLI Options History — February 2011

In February 2011, XLI traded between $36.45 and $38.04. ATM implied volatility averaged 17.2%, placing in the 13.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.0% (HV 20d: 13.2%). Max pain ranged from $32.00 to $36.00. Net GEX was positive for 9 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 17 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 3.39.

Notable Days

  • 2011-02-22: Highest Volume — 91,995 contracts
  • 2011-02-22: Largest IV spike — 19.0% change
  • 2011-02-23: Highest IV Rank — 32.6%
  • 2011-02-23: Largest Expected Move — 6.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$37.22$36.45$38.04$36.75$36.99
Max Pain$34.26$32.00$36.00$36.00$35.00
ATM IV17.2%13.3%23.4%14.0%20.1%
Expected Move5.1%4.0%6.7%4.0%5.8%
HV 20d13.2%11.3%16.5%12.3%14.7%
HV 60d12.5%11.3%13.4%13.4%11.6%
IV Rank13.2%1.0%32.6%3.3%22.3%
IV Percentile23.8%0.8%67.5%1.2%44.0%
Term Structure0.9%-0.9%2.8%2.8%0.0%
VWIV19.4%16.1%24.3%17.7%20.5%
Skew 25d4.8%3.8%6.1%3.9%5.5%
Skew 10d10.3%8.5%12.5%9.5%11.0%
Call IV 25d16.2%13.4%20.4%13.4%17.9%
Put IV 25d21.0%17.3%26.5%17.3%23.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %12.353.5223.864.9819.94
Gamma HHI0.240.130.770.170.15
Net GEX6.2M-11.9M85.6M-7.4M-6.7M
Net DEX-227.4M-398.8M9.6M-185.2M-113.8M
Net VEX-2.1M-2.6M-1.8M-2.0M-2.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio3.390.2920.150.621.05
Total Volume29,508.9478,49891,99554,0298,498
Total OI548,542.737489,184604,033489,184590,646

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-02-01$36.75$36.0014.0%4.0%12.3%3.3%17.7%3.9%2.8%-7.4M-185.2M-2.0M0.624.9833,39320,636151,888337,296
2011-02-02$36.69$36.0014.1%4.0%12.3%3.6%16.4%3.9%2.8%-8.3M-175.2M-2.0M1.286.837,93710,140165,600346,125
2011-02-03$36.67$36.0014.0%4.0%12.3%3.4%18.8%3.8%2.8%-9.5M-159.4M-2.0M2.185.946,32513,803157,581346,841
2011-02-04$36.80$32.0013.3%4.8%12.3%1.0%17.9%4.6%1.7%-8.4M-190.8M-1.8M20.154.992,74855,385158,113351,594
2011-02-07$37.19$32.0014.1%4.9%12.6%3.5%18.1%4.5%1.0%-11.2M-231.7M-1.8M1.783.783,7796,727158,831391,417
2011-02-08$37.37$32.0014.6%4.9%12.6%5.2%16.1%4.1%0.9%2.1M-266.7M-1.8M0.553.5219,74710,818160,167353,174
2011-02-09$37.39$32.0015.0%5.2%12.6%6.3%18.3%4.4%0.2%4.7M-288.5M-1.8M1.424.795,5737,941175,960356,512
2011-02-10$37.55$33.0016.7%4.8%12.5%11.6%18.2%4.4%1.4%10.3M-304.7M-1.9M3.8413.123,11511,975179,709361,365
2011-02-11$37.78$34.0017.0%4.9%12.5%12.5%18.4%4.5%1.0%13.5M-349.3M-1.8M1.8911.3812,00822,678179,624368,972
2011-02-14$37.81$34.0017.1%4.9%12.5%13.0%19.7%4.9%0.8%15.9M-346.7M-2.0M1.5720.185,1358,087189,495387,107
2011-02-15$37.65$34.0017.3%5.0%12.6%13.6%19.1%4.8%0.5%16.3M-329.1M-2.0M0.296.8212,8563,742192,827390,152
2011-02-16$37.85$34.0017.5%5.0%11.8%14.3%18.4%4.9%0.6%21.9M-363.7M-1.9M0.7713.259,4427,228195,133389,732
2011-02-17$37.87$35.0017.5%5.0%11.4%14.1%22.0%4.7%0.6%29.8M-389.8M-1.8M4.5422.542,48311,278199,101397,337
2011-02-18$38.04$35.0017.1%4.9%11.3%13.0%18.2%4.9%1.1%85.6M-398.8M-2.0M1.3923.0316,35022,764199,250404,783
2011-02-22$37.00$35.0020.4%5.8%15.4%23.1%21.7%5.7%0.2%-1.8M-140.0M-2.2M15.4623.865,59086,405172,042317,750
2011-02-23$36.50$36.0023.4%6.7%16.3%32.6%24.3%6.1%-0.7%-11.9M9.6M-2.5M3.2419.3613,91145,097174,511382,566
2011-02-24$36.45$35.0023.4%6.7%16.1%32.4%21.7%5.9%-0.9%-8.7M-24.5M-2.6M1.2519.1110,35012,974181,558384,182
2011-02-25$36.83$35.0020.0%5.7%16.5%21.9%22.3%5.9%0.5%-7.7M-73.2M-2.6M1.077.2611,45812,294183,200390,171
2011-02-28$36.99$35.0020.1%5.8%14.7%22.3%20.5%5.5%0.0%-6.7M-113.8M-2.6M1.0519.944,1554,343192,213398,433