XLI Options History — February 2015

In February 2015, XLI traded between $55.38 and $58.16. ATM implied volatility averaged 15.1%, placing in the 35.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.5%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.2% (HV 20d: 15.4%). Max pain ranged from $56.00 to $57.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 18 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 18 days. Put/call ratio averaged 3.90.

Notable Days

  • 2015-02-12: Highest Volume — 82,339 contracts
  • 2015-02-03: Largest IV drop — 13.5% change
  • 2015-02-02: Highest IV Rank — 57.2%
  • 2015-02-02: Largest Expected Move — 5.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$56.93$55.38$58.16$55.38$57.54
Max Pain$56.06$56.00$57.00$56.00$57.00
ATM IV15.1%12.6%18.0%18.0%13.6%
Expected Move4.5%3.7%5.1%5.1%3.8%
HV 20d15.4%12.8%18.8%18.8%12.8%
HV 60d15.3%14.9%15.4%14.9%15.3%
IV Rank35.8%17.1%57.2%57.2%24.4%
IV Percentile68.6%31.0%89.3%89.3%48.8%
Term Structure0.5%-1.2%1.9%-1.2%0.4%
VWIV17.0%12.7%20.3%19.0%13.7%
Skew 25d5.8%3.4%6.9%6.6%5.0%
Skew 10d11.7%7.5%14.6%12.5%9.8%
Call IV 25d12.9%10.5%15.4%15.4%11.2%
Put IV 25d18.8%15.4%22.0%22.0%16.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %16.059.8325.1525.159.83
Gamma HHI0.300.130.460.300.39
Net GEX-30.9M-113.7M-13.7M-25.7M-113.7M
Net DEX40.4M-61.5M126.1M126.1M28.5M
Net VEX-1.0M-1.3M-710.9K-983.4K-1.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio3.900.7217.081.310.72
Total Volume23,675.4445,34982,3395,34916,211
Total OI217,964.111159,487297,312159,749275,284

Daily Data (18 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-02-02$55.38$56.0018.0%5.1%18.8%57.2%19.0%6.6%-1.2%-25.7M126.1M-983.4K1.3125.152,3163,03334,651125,098
2015-02-03$56.27$56.0015.6%4.6%17.5%39.2%18.2%6.9%1.7%-20.7M62.8M-944.0K2.4620.313,3908,32835,573124,617
2015-02-04$55.79$56.0016.5%5.1%17.1%45.9%16.8%6.4%0.5%-23.1M78.5M-942.9K2.8023.682,8517,98636,299123,188
2015-02-05$56.31$56.0015.8%4.9%17.2%40.4%19.4%6.1%0.5%-20.8M52.1M-885.3K3.1417.132,9189,15536,329125,309
2015-02-06$56.17$56.0016.4%5.0%15.9%44.8%20.0%6.9%0.5%-20.8M54.5M-889.4K2.6016.153,1598,20036,442124,857
2015-02-09$56.04$56.0016.9%5.0%15.5%48.8%20.3%6.6%0.3%-23.2M69.8M-856.8K3.2617.883,17710,36035,944124,170
2015-02-10$56.38$56.0015.2%4.9%15.4%36.0%19.0%5.0%1.9%-21.8M37.2M-809.9K3.2715.583,07310,03636,333127,288
2015-02-11$56.37$56.0015.8%4.8%15.3%40.7%18.6%5.4%1.4%-20.2M29.7M-789.4K4.9917.492,76713,82136,419126,417
2015-02-12$56.90$56.0014.6%4.5%15.4%32.1%18.4%6.5%1.6%-13.7M-14.2M-710.9K17.0817.424,55377,78636,593131,252
2015-02-13$57.18$56.0014.8%4.4%15.2%33.4%17.7%6.3%0.5%-33.4M66.9M-1.1M6.0515.5910,31362,43837,718197,966
2015-02-17$57.21$56.0015.7%4.5%15.2%39.6%14.5%6.1%-0.1%-39.4M119.1M-1.3M2.0314.266,20512,59143,181235,512
2015-02-18$57.53$56.0015.0%4.3%15.1%35.0%16.8%4.7%0.7%-42.2M52.2M-1.2M1.4715.294,2206,21646,774242,284
2015-02-19$57.71$56.0014.4%4.1%14.9%30.7%18.0%5.2%0.9%-29.6M25.8M-1.1M14.0213.7181711,45747,631242,043
2015-02-20$58.16$56.0014.4%4.1%14.2%30.3%14.5%3.4%-0.7%-34.0M-61.5M-866.7K1.4716.5718,40327,00647,934249,378
2015-02-23$57.91$56.0013.9%3.9%14.0%26.8%12.7%6.3%-0.2%-26.7M36.4M-1.3M0.7410.5015,32611,35758,128202,001
2015-02-25$58.06$56.0013.3%3.7%14.0%21.9%13.5%5.3%-0.7%-18.9M-45.7M-1.1M1.2910.489,74112,56464,605204,756
2015-02-26$57.80$56.0012.6%3.7%13.5%17.1%14.3%6.7%1.7%-29.1M9.3M-1.2M1.5411.829,58614,79864,902206,478
2015-02-27$57.54$57.0013.6%3.8%12.8%24.4%13.7%5.0%0.4%-113.7M28.5M-1.1M0.729.839,4386,77364,959210,325