XLI Options History — November 2011

In November 2011, XLI traded between $31.16 and $33.89. ATM implied volatility averaged 31.9%, placing in the 39.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.5% (HV 20d: 30.4%). Max pain ranged from $31.00 to $33.00. Net GEX was positive for 10 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.42.

Notable Days

  • 2011-11-01: Highest Volume — 91,797 contracts
  • 2011-11-09: Largest IV spike — 33.9% change
  • 2011-11-23: Highest IV Rank — 47.6%
  • 2011-11-23: Largest Expected Move — 10.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$32.90$31.16$33.89$32.68$33.89
Max Pain$32.38$31.00$33.00$31.00$33.00
ATM IV31.9%25.3%35.9%33.2%27.4%
Expected Move9.2%7.8%10.3%9.5%7.8%
HV 20d30.4%23.9%33.2%32.9%31.0%
HV 60d34.8%32.9%38.1%38.1%34.4%
IV Rank39.4%25.6%47.6%42.1%29.9%
IV Percentile79.7%67.5%87.7%83.7%67.5%
Term Structure-1.0%-5.8%0.5%-1.5%-0.1%
VWIV34.3%30.5%39.5%36.7%35.3%
Skew 25d9.6%5.6%14.0%5.6%6.7%
Skew 10d19.3%11.6%25.4%11.6%14.0%
Call IV 25d27.7%23.7%32.0%32.0%25.5%
Put IV 25d37.2%32.3%40.7%37.6%32.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %31.5419.1150.3050.3024.07
Gamma HHI0.120.100.160.100.13
Net GEX-2.0M-19.3M10.0M1.4M1.1M
Net DEX68.3M-193.8M518.4M-19.4M-89.5M
Net VEX-4.1M-4.6M-3.6M-4.3M-3.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.420.2610.024.837.55
Total Volume33,419.6675,24091,79791,79762,463
Total OI1,120,972.7141,057,1831,215,1581,057,1831,106,436

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-11-01$32.68$31.0033.2%9.5%32.9%42.1%36.7%5.6%-1.5%1.4M-19.4M-4.3M4.8350.3015,75976,038418,632638,551
2011-11-02$32.96$32.0033.4%9.6%32.0%42.4%34.5%8.9%-1.6%-1.7M30.3M-4.6M2.1227.674,0148,522418,793687,667
2011-11-03$33.84$32.0029.0%8.3%32.4%33.4%30.5%8.8%0.5%3.1M-126.6M-4.4M0.3032.8624,4827,323415,136682,703
2011-11-04$33.38$32.0031.9%8.9%33.0%39.4%34.7%10.2%-0.4%2.0M-93.3M-4.4M0.6726.2415,50110,434408,849685,499
2011-11-07$33.36$32.0031.7%9.0%31.2%38.9%33.7%9.9%-1.1%3.5M-84.1M-4.3M1.2639.607,6299,595417,574694,663
2011-11-08$33.71$32.0025.3%8.0%31.3%25.6%30.5%9.9%0.2%7.9M-193.8M-4.3M2.5623.936,10315,641422,807702,013
2011-11-09$32.78$32.0033.8%9.7%33.0%43.3%35.2%10.5%-1.4%-3.7M133.4M-4.4M0.9933.5014,87814,693425,271709,087
2011-11-10$33.10$32.0033.0%9.5%32.9%41.6%35.9%11.4%-1.2%-854.7K38.5M-4.4M1.7032.6414,37424,490435,028713,884
2011-11-11$33.81$32.0029.6%8.5%33.2%34.7%37.6%10.5%0.0%7.9M-162.6M-4.3M5.8134.485,29630,787439,485720,252
2011-11-14$33.75$32.0030.9%8.9%31.1%37.3%31.0%10.5%-0.8%7.1M-139.5M-4.2M0.4733.2724,82411,751437,992720,726
2011-11-15$33.77$32.0030.9%8.8%29.7%37.2%32.6%9.9%-0.4%10.0M-149.8M-4.2M0.4033.7617,1856,827445,052723,960
2011-11-16$33.39$32.0033.5%9.6%29.7%42.7%34.2%10.3%-1.0%4.2M-41.3M-4.1M0.4929.2017,8168,672447,063723,932
2011-11-17$32.87$33.0033.4%9.6%30.4%42.5%33.6%10.1%-0.9%-3.6M94.6M-4.1M0.2628.9962,75516,043452,262730,553
2011-11-18$32.85$33.0031.1%8.9%29.6%37.8%33.8%9.8%0.3%-4.5M42.0M-4.1M1.1619.1120,24323,566476,858738,300
2011-11-21$32.17$33.0034.6%9.9%29.6%45.1%34.4%8.8%-1.1%-8.2M273.4M-4.0M1.4129.1011,84116,668404,692654,496
2011-11-22$31.75$33.0032.8%9.4%29.0%41.2%33.1%9.4%-0.6%-11.5M350.3M-3.9M1.0137.2511,93012,025410,641664,721
2011-11-23$31.28$33.0035.9%10.3%29.1%47.6%39.5%9.4%-1.6%-14.6M477.3M-3.7M10.0234.874,16941,753403,084660,253
2011-11-25$31.16$33.0032.6%9.3%23.9%40.8%32.3%14.0%-5.8%-19.3M518.4M-3.7M0.8043.982,9532,364401,169699,619
2011-11-28$32.21$33.0033.6%9.6%27.4%42.9%33.9%8.3%-1.8%-10.8M285.6M-3.7M0.6524.563,1702,070403,292698,907
2011-11-29$32.20$33.0032.7%9.4%26.1%41.0%37.3%8.3%-0.8%-11.1M290.4M-3.6M6.2622.952,08813,078400,892699,633
2011-11-30$33.89$33.0027.4%7.8%31.0%29.9%35.3%6.7%-0.1%1.1M-89.5M-3.6M7.5524.077,30855,155402,054704,382