XLI Options History — February 2013

In February 2013, XLI traded between $39.97 and $41.39. ATM implied volatility averaged 13.8%, placing in the 22.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.5% (HV 20d: 10.3%). Max pain ranged from $39.00 to $40.00. Net GEX was positive for 8 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 16 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 3.56.

Notable Days

  • 2013-02-15: Highest Volume — 68,342 contracts
  • 2013-02-25: Largest IV spike — 35.0% change
  • 2013-02-25: Highest IV Rank — 44.9%
  • 2013-02-25: Largest Expected Move — 5.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$40.67$39.97$41.39$40.47$40.99
Max Pain$39.53$39.00$40.00$39.00$40.00
ATM IV13.8%12.1%18.1%12.5%14.4%
Expected Move4.0%3.5%5.2%4.1%4.1%
HV 20d10.3%7.7%14.8%9.5%14.5%
HV 60d14.0%12.9%15.4%15.4%14.6%
IV Rank22.1%13.0%44.9%15.1%25.6%
IV Percentile16.2%3.6%67.1%5.2%22.2%
Term Structure1.0%-1.9%2.7%1.9%0.1%
VWIV15.6%12.4%19.2%16.1%16.4%
Skew 25d4.1%3.3%5.9%4.1%4.4%
Skew 10d8.7%6.9%10.7%10.4%9.9%
Call IV 25d12.4%10.6%15.4%12.6%13.2%
Put IV 25d16.5%13.9%21.3%16.7%17.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %32.0811.9184.9584.9528.77
Gamma HHI0.210.170.290.200.22
Net GEX-628.3K-18.7M7.4M-179.2K-701.2K
Net DEX-114.6M-235.3M61.7M-99.3M-93.5M
Net VEX-1.2M-1.5M-1.0M-1.2M-1.3M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio3.560.2911.023.433.43
Total Volume19,076.3165,27568,34225,14214,844
Total OI390,550.947337,765439,344380,348381,533

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-02-01$40.47$39.0012.5%4.1%9.5%15.1%16.1%4.1%1.9%-179.2K-99.3M-1.2M3.4384.955,67819,46496,789283,559
2013-02-04$40.13$39.0013.5%4.3%9.9%20.8%16.7%4.5%1.1%-2.6M-46.4M-1.4M1.6119.753,9296,334100,118293,970
2013-02-05$40.48$39.0013.5%4.2%10.1%20.5%15.5%4.0%1.0%1.8M-113.0M-1.2M3.5322.122,5929,150102,126293,365
2013-02-06$40.47$39.0013.3%4.2%9.4%19.5%14.5%3.8%1.2%-1.8M-105.8M-1.2M0.6122.116,8724,203101,992300,054
2013-02-07$40.46$39.0014.9%4.3%9.0%27.7%14.0%3.7%1.2%-351.2K-117.0M-1.3M1.9322.635,0419,720107,159300,931
2013-02-08$40.61$39.0012.9%3.7%9.0%17.5%15.4%3.6%2.3%1.2M-154.2M-1.2M5.3235.051,8429,807109,636307,795
2013-02-11$40.60$39.0012.5%3.6%9.1%15.4%14.4%4.0%2.5%2.4M-156.8M-1.1M3.3229.353,42411,353110,292308,255
2013-02-12$40.77$39.0012.7%3.6%9.1%16.2%13.2%3.8%2.2%6.4M-194.6M-1.1M1.1330.192,4762,799112,436308,543
2013-02-13$40.98$39.0013.0%3.7%9.2%17.7%14.6%3.7%2.2%7.4M-233.8M-1.0M7.3026.151,87113,666113,945310,035
2013-02-14$41.01$40.0012.6%3.6%8.9%16.0%14.5%3.4%2.2%4.8M-235.3M-1.0M2.9925.893,96211,852114,094317,544
2013-02-15$41.05$40.0012.1%3.5%7.7%13.0%12.4%3.9%2.7%1.1M-215.1M-1.1M0.2957.6252,88515,457115,103324,241
2013-02-19$41.39$40.0012.5%3.6%8.1%15.2%13.7%3.3%0.5%5.4M-178.8M-1.2M7.4911.912,50018,731103,199234,566
2013-02-20$40.82$40.0013.6%3.9%9.7%20.9%13.8%4.1%0.2%-730.4K-92.2M-1.3M3.5425.811,8586,586104,506238,381
2013-02-21$40.45$40.0015.7%4.5%10.3%32.0%16.4%4.4%-1.0%-4.8M-37.4M-1.4M5.4125.043,09416,740105,066238,666
2013-02-22$40.84$40.0013.4%3.9%10.5%20.2%18.7%4.5%0.4%-1.4M-86.9M-1.3M1.3748.182,4573,359106,551247,490
2013-02-25$39.97$40.0018.1%5.2%13.1%44.9%19.2%5.9%-1.9%-9.6M13.7M-1.4M11.0240.445,23357,679107,854248,262
2013-02-26$40.30$40.0016.9%4.9%13.5%38.5%18.3%5.2%-0.7%-18.7M61.7M-1.5M2.0226.684,4539,016108,873280,863
2013-02-27$41.00$40.0014.2%4.1%14.8%24.0%18.3%4.4%0.3%-1.6M-93.1M-1.4M1.9226.853,9407,583111,037271,639
2013-02-28$40.99$40.0014.4%4.1%14.5%25.6%16.4%4.4%0.1%-701.2K-93.5M-1.3M3.4328.773,35411,490113,937267,596