XLI Options History — February 2016

In February 2016, XLI traded between $48.84 and $52.50. ATM implied volatility averaged 21.5%, placing in the 44.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.3%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.6% (HV 20d: 22.1%). Max pain ranged from $50.00 to $51.00. Net GEX was positive for 12 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.73.

Notable Days

  • 2016-02-09: Highest Volume — 98,316 contracts
  • 2016-02-08: Largest IV spike — 13.7% change
  • 2016-02-11: Highest IV Rank — 69.0%
  • 2016-02-11: Largest Expected Move — 8.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$50.69$48.84$52.50$49.93$52.23
Max Pain$50.15$50.00$51.00$51.00$50.00
ATM IV21.5%18.1%26.7%18.1%20.1%
Expected Move6.3%5.1%8.0%5.1%5.9%
HV 20d22.1%19.5%23.9%22.3%19.5%
HV 60d19.2%17.5%20.1%17.5%20.1%
IV Rank44.7%29.0%69.0%29.0%38.3%
IV Percentile85.6%72.2%98.8%77.8%79.0%
Term Structure-0.3%-1.6%1.0%0.4%-0.8%
VWIV24.6%21.4%30.9%24.2%25.4%
Skew 25d6.2%4.5%7.8%4.7%6.6%
Skew 10d12.8%10.1%15.4%11.9%12.3%
Call IV 25d18.4%15.6%23.5%16.1%16.0%
Put IV 25d24.6%20.9%31.1%20.9%22.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %10.777.5415.0013.9511.78
Gamma HHI0.200.120.380.160.19
Net GEX3.5M-13.7M25.5M-8.5M10.6M
Net DEX45.7M-119.6M238.3M102.7M-11.0M
Net VEX-1.4M-1.8M-887.9K-911.3K-1.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.730.2320.774.841.60
Total Volume34,721.055,85598,31613,76521,341
Total OI243,851.3126,168322,955126,168306,129

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-02-01$49.93$51.0018.1%5.1%22.3%29.0%24.2%4.7%0.4%-8.5M102.7M-911.3K4.8413.952,35511,41040,75185,417
2016-02-02$48.89$51.0020.5%5.9%22.6%40.1%21.4%7.1%0.3%-10.2M144.7M-887.9K3.1113.832,6668,30040,77486,479
2016-02-03$49.61$51.0020.3%5.8%23.4%39.5%24.7%5.2%0.2%-9.5M120.7M-910.8K1.6614.504,8908,09940,88688,110
2016-02-04$50.51$50.0019.8%6.1%23.9%37.2%23.0%5.6%0.3%-6.5M73.7M-944.4K2.678.159,99826,74343,52088,561
2016-02-05$49.93$50.0021.8%6.5%22.9%46.3%23.8%7.0%0.1%-7.6M110.4M-1.0M0.7210.5730,25121,63346,39499,343
2016-02-08$49.59$50.0024.8%7.3%22.4%60.0%26.6%5.8%-0.6%3.7M98.7M-1.1M1.3310.9910,40413,88171,98699,547
2016-02-09$49.91$50.0024.5%7.2%22.5%58.6%30.9%6.8%0.0%6.3M78.0M-1.1M20.7710.214,51693,80073,831104,332
2016-02-10$49.57$50.0025.3%7.0%22.5%62.4%26.1%7.8%-0.6%1.1M162.6M-1.7M3.6915.001,2494,60674,936185,093
2016-02-11$48.84$50.0026.7%8.0%21.5%69.0%27.8%7.6%0.6%-12.2M238.3M-1.5M2.609.219,82125,58375,691188,055
2016-02-12$49.65$50.0025.0%7.6%22.0%61.2%27.0%5.7%-0.3%-13.7M185.9M-1.6M0.919.5225,22422,99382,038194,223
2016-02-16$50.59$50.0022.9%6.6%21.9%51.2%25.2%7.0%1.0%-4.2M89.4M-1.7M0.3110.8356,63917,56868,571203,141
2016-02-17$51.47$50.0021.7%6.2%22.6%45.7%25.3%6.4%-0.6%17.2M-46.2M-1.7M0.9610.898,3708,070102,646208,534
2016-02-18$51.37$50.0020.9%6.0%21.7%42.0%24.9%6.8%-1.6%17.2M-34.9M-1.6M1.567.546,81410,64297,757211,143
2016-02-19$51.29$50.0020.4%5.8%21.8%39.7%22.4%5.9%-0.8%16.9M-20.1M-1.7M1.568.989,74715,23299,199216,316
2016-02-22$52.20$50.0018.5%5.5%22.4%30.9%23.3%5.7%-0.1%25.5M-109.5M-1.6M2.609.2912,19031,70891,587202,879
2016-02-23$51.72$50.0019.7%5.8%22.0%36.5%22.0%6.7%-0.6%6.9M-25.3M-1.8M0.2310.4942,5219,64496,401206,043
2016-02-24$51.73$50.0020.4%6.1%21.3%39.9%22.7%5.5%-0.4%9.8M-30.8M-1.8M0.3810.6446,59217,624104,450208,690
2016-02-25$52.36$50.0019.9%5.4%21.0%37.3%22.2%4.5%-0.6%12.0M-94.5M-1.8M1.3910.658,04311,172110,973211,982
2016-02-26$52.50$50.0018.1%5.5%20.9%29.4%24.0%5.9%-1.0%16.1M-119.6M-1.7M1.698.378,21613,866111,347209,271
2016-02-29$52.23$50.0020.1%5.9%19.5%38.3%25.4%6.6%-0.8%10.6M-11.0M-1.6M1.6011.788,19913,14296,418209,711