XLI Options History — November 2014

In November 2014, XLI traded between $55.12 and $57.53. ATM implied volatility averaged 13.3%, placing in the 21.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.5%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.8% (HV 20d: 14.1%). Max pain ranged from $52.00 to $52.00. Net GEX was positive for 3 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.95.

Notable Days

  • 2014-11-12: Highest Volume — 55,620 contracts
  • 2014-11-20: Largest IV drop — 9.0% change
  • 2014-11-04: Highest IV Rank — 36.9%
  • 2014-11-04: Largest Expected Move — 4.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$56.41$55.12$57.53$55.12$56.91
Max Pain$52.00$52.00$52.00$52.00$52.00
ATM IV13.3%11.4%15.3%15.0%11.4%
Expected Move4.5%4.0%4.8%4.8%4.3%
HV 20d14.1%7.1%24.6%24.6%8.1%
HV 60d16.2%16.0%16.4%16.4%16.3%
IV Rank21.9%8.2%36.9%34.7%8.2%
IV Percentile49.2%8.3%82.9%81.3%8.3%
Term Structure0.1%-8.7%1.5%0.8%-8.7%
VWIV19.2%15.3%23.3%20.0%15.3%
Skew 25d4.0%2.8%6.1%2.8%3.6%
Skew 10d8.4%5.3%10.9%6.4%9.7%
Call IV 25d11.9%7.9%14.1%14.1%7.9%
Put IV 25d15.9%11.4%17.7%16.9%11.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %30.0722.0738.6928.7226.05
Gamma HHI0.140.120.180.150.18
Net GEX-4.4M-12.4M2.4M-12.2M-1.4M
Net DEX-111.1M-163.5M-33.6M-34.4M-127.9M
Net VEX-1.0M-1.4M-686.5K-1.4M-686.5K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.950.169.932.802.03
Total Volume18,596.7372,83055,62020,0785,079
Total OI308,213.789278,094319,515314,164292,015

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-11-03$55.12$52.0015.0%4.8%24.6%34.7%20.0%2.8%0.8%-12.2M-34.4M-1.4M2.8028.725,28714,79163,780250,384
2014-11-04$55.13$52.0015.3%4.8%22.6%36.9%20.3%4.3%0.0%-12.4M-33.6M-1.4M3.1127.505,71117,75564,135250,930
2014-11-05$55.48$52.0014.5%4.8%22.0%30.8%19.3%3.3%0.8%-8.3M-78.0M-1.3M3.4831.285,63519,62664,790252,416
2014-11-06$56.04$52.0013.3%4.6%20.1%22.0%19.7%4.7%0.6%-6.7M-105.8M-1.2M1.7928.949,31516,63964,888254,627
2014-11-07$56.08$52.0013.7%4.6%17.9%25.1%18.2%3.7%0.4%-7.9M-100.2M-1.2M2.7531.235,87616,18462,700255,023
2014-11-10$56.35$52.0012.9%4.6%16.6%19.3%18.3%3.8%1.3%-5.3M-107.8M-1.2M1.6034.2610,65317,00161,458253,356
2014-11-11$56.29$52.0013.1%4.5%15.4%20.4%18.4%4.5%1.5%-2.4M-123.0M-1.0M2.3438.695,66713,28659,906247,403
2014-11-12$56.41$52.0013.4%4.5%14.1%22.7%21.7%4.2%1.4%-1.9M-132.2M-1.1M9.9338.295,09050,53063,126254,981
2014-11-13$56.22$52.0013.4%4.6%14.4%22.9%21.2%2.8%1.2%-3.9M-107.1M-1.1M2.0534.888,85718,17062,983255,395
2014-11-14$56.31$52.0013.4%4.5%13.4%23.0%23.3%4.1%0.8%-2.0M-111.8M-1.1M5.7232.777344,20062,228253,516
2014-11-17$56.21$52.0014.2%4.6%13.6%28.5%19.8%4.6%0.1%-5.5M-99.4M-1.1M3.6531.754,24015,48560,852248,938
2014-11-18$56.67$52.0013.1%4.2%12.3%21.0%18.9%6.1%1.4%-5.3M-126.8M-1.0M5.0922.073,65618,59161,457251,652
2014-11-19$56.48$52.0014.2%4.6%11.1%29.2%19.2%4.1%-0.9%-5.8M-117.3M-990.8K0.1623.172,71742761,049256,141
2014-11-20$56.60$52.0013.0%4.3%8.9%19.7%17.8%4.3%0.8%-6.6M-104.0M-1.0M2.2025.284,1909,21359,609251,566
2014-11-21$57.16$52.0012.7%4.3%9.0%17.9%20.0%4.2%-0.6%-1.4M-163.5M-788.9K2.0123.234,2988,62359,854251,644
2014-11-24$57.33$52.0011.9%4.3%8.9%11.7%17.6%3.0%-0.1%889.9K-138.7M-771.5K0.1835.332,39543553,241224,853
2014-11-25$57.53$52.0011.9%4.0%7.2%11.9%19.5%3.8%0.0%2.4M-150.9M-776.3K2.0829.794,6639,71654,929225,197
2014-11-26$57.39$52.0011.6%4.3%7.1%9.5%15.5%3.9%0.5%1.7M-149.3M-744.5K3.1228.172,0886,51555,909229,131
2014-11-28$56.91$52.0011.4%4.3%8.1%8.2%15.3%3.6%-8.7%-1.4M-127.9M-686.5K2.0326.051,6773,40257,419234,596