XLI Options History — February 2014

In February 2014, XLI traded between $48.64 and $52.14. ATM implied volatility averaged 15.4%, placing in the 51.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.3%. IV traded below realized volatility by 3.9% (HV 20d: 19.3%). Max pain ranged from $48.00 to $48.00. Net GEX was positive for 6 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.31.

Notable Days

  • 2014-02-07: Highest Volume — 30,432 contracts
  • 2014-02-07: Largest IV drop — 12.9% change
  • 2014-02-03: Highest IV Rank — 88.3%
  • 2014-02-03: Largest Expected Move — 5.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$50.78$48.64$52.14$48.64$52.14
Max Pain$48.00$48.00$48.00$48.00$48.00
ATM IV15.4%13.6%20.5%20.5%13.8%
Expected Move5.3%5.1%5.7%5.7%5.2%
HV 20d19.3%15.7%21.2%18.9%15.7%
HV 60d14.7%14.1%14.9%14.3%14.9%
IV Rank51.1%37.6%88.3%88.3%39.3%
IV Percentile66.8%40.5%98.8%98.8%45.2%
Term Structure-0.1%-1.4%1.3%-1.4%0.1%
VWIV20.0%15.8%23.7%20.8%18.0%
Skew 25d4.2%3.4%6.3%6.3%3.5%
Skew 10d9.3%6.7%13.1%13.1%8.3%
Call IV 25d13.6%12.1%17.7%17.7%12.3%
Put IV 25d17.9%15.6%24.0%24.0%15.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %10.276.2029.1815.7310.57
Gamma HHI0.120.100.150.110.14
Net GEX-1.2M-7.8M5.1M-4.1M5.1M
Net DEX-56.0M-166.6M113.7M113.7M-166.6M
Net VEX-1.8M-2.0M-1.6M-1.6M-1.8M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.310.213.451.531.26
Total Volume11,740.3684,14730,43217,7974,508
Total OI267,654.105224,901289,295224,901267,950

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-02-03$48.64$48.0020.5%5.7%18.9%88.3%20.8%6.3%-1.4%-4.1M113.7M-1.6M1.5315.737,03210,765109,720115,181
2014-02-04$48.95$48.0018.2%5.5%19.2%71.2%18.9%5.2%0.0%-4.4M97.5M-1.7M0.3029.1817,2535,110113,353122,276
2014-02-05$48.93$48.0019.3%5.6%18.9%79.4%19.7%5.6%-0.4%-81.1K90.2M-1.7M2.2810.207,16816,359120,558125,202
2014-02-06$49.54$48.0017.4%5.5%19.7%65.2%23.7%4.5%-0.9%-257.0K23.1M-1.7M2.708.375,15513,900124,397139,821
2014-02-07$50.49$48.0015.1%5.4%20.9%48.8%15.8%4.3%-0.0%3.5M-76.0M-1.8M1.256.5113,51016,922126,239153,005
2014-02-10$50.15$48.0016.1%5.4%21.0%56.2%19.7%4.2%0.2%-7.8M20.0M-2.0M1.2410.083,0413,776120,549152,886
2014-02-11$50.71$48.0015.1%5.2%21.1%48.5%22.7%4.2%-0.4%-5.4M-38.9M-1.9M0.897.626,3155,616121,100153,477
2014-02-12$51.00$48.0014.4%5.3%20.8%43.7%17.7%3.5%0.5%-1.8M-78.7M-2.0M1.938.705,0919,842125,833156,922
2014-02-13$51.04$48.0014.3%5.3%20.6%42.5%23.5%3.6%0.7%-4.4M-68.5M-2.0M2.187.491,9504,245126,602160,011
2014-02-14$51.37$48.0013.7%5.2%20.7%38.4%17.9%3.4%1.3%3.1M-116.8M-2.0M0.997.584,0954,059126,774161,447
2014-02-18$51.30$48.0014.7%5.2%20.7%45.5%18.4%3.7%-0.5%3.3M-109.4M-2.0M1.499.663,0084,480126,712160,669
2014-02-19$50.85$48.0015.0%5.2%20.9%47.7%23.5%3.9%-0.1%-5.6M-57.4M-1.9M0.6615.413,4352,251128,240161,055
2014-02-20$51.33$48.0015.0%5.2%21.2%47.8%17.5%4.4%-0.6%885.8K-107.2M-1.9M0.387.773,0551,166127,507155,302
2014-02-21$51.39$48.0014.5%5.2%20.8%44.1%20.3%4.1%-0.6%-1.5M-126.8M-1.8M0.328.637,2262,325128,179155,423
2014-02-24$51.74$48.0014.1%5.1%16.9%41.0%18.9%4.1%0.1%-21.5K-118.1M-1.8M0.2112.414,625967106,556144,214
2014-02-25$51.61$48.0014.3%5.2%17.0%42.5%0.0%3.8%0.2%-2.3M-105.4M-1.8M3.456.282,0307,005107,942144,700
2014-02-26$51.66$48.0014.4%5.1%16.7%43.3%23.2%4.0%0.1%-2.5M-106.0M-1.8M0.776.202,3401,807108,878147,997
2014-02-27$51.94$48.0013.6%5.2%15.9%37.6%0.0%3.9%0.1%1.6M-133.2M-1.8M1.006.805,8085,827110,185148,566
2014-02-28$52.14$48.0013.8%5.2%15.7%39.3%18.0%3.5%0.1%5.1M-166.6M-1.8M1.2610.571,9932,515114,109153,841