XLI Options History — April 2016

In April 2016, XLI traded between $54.47 and $57.08. ATM implied volatility averaged 14.6%, placing in the 12.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.2% (HV 20d: 10.4%). Max pain ranged from $55.00 to $57.00. Net GEX was positive for 13 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.54.

Notable Days

  • 2016-04-01: Highest Volume — 115,014 contracts
  • 2016-04-28: Largest IV spike — 12.8% change
  • 2016-04-05: Highest IV Rank — 21.7%
  • 2016-04-07: Largest Expected Move — 4.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$55.80$54.47$57.08$55.61$56.21
Max Pain$55.69$55.00$57.00$55.00$57.00
ATM IV14.6%12.9%16.5%14.2%15.0%
Expected Move4.1%3.7%4.9%4.0%4.5%
HV 20d10.4%9.0%11.9%10.9%11.1%
HV 60d15.9%13.5%18.3%18.3%13.5%
IV Rank12.9%5.2%21.7%11.4%15.0%
IV Percentile37.1%11.1%60.3%34.5%42.1%
Term Structure0.1%-1.0%1.0%0.5%0.1%
VWIV16.3%12.6%21.9%14.3%16.0%
Skew 25d4.4%3.5%5.9%3.7%4.0%
Skew 10d9.0%7.1%12.1%9.0%9.2%
Call IV 25d12.5%11.1%14.1%12.3%13.9%
Put IV 25d16.9%15.1%19.1%16.0%17.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %10.517.6116.1611.059.85
Gamma HHI0.200.100.770.200.12
Net GEX36.0M-25.0M426.4M41.0M1.7M
Net DEX62.0M-268.3M415.5M-37.6M61.6M
Net VEX-2.9M-3.8M-2.4M-3.2M-2.8M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.540.287.131.376.35
Total Volume56,846.8127,984115,014115,01444,647
Total OI685,237.905585,366760,500668,731696,157

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-04-01$55.61$55.0014.2%4.0%10.9%11.4%14.3%3.7%0.5%41.0M-37.6M-3.2M1.3711.0548,48066,534170,873497,858
2016-04-04$55.07$55.0015.3%4.5%11.6%16.4%17.1%4.2%0.9%6.8M142.0M-3.4M0.9511.0551,34248,650174,952517,363
2016-04-05$54.74$55.0016.5%4.5%11.9%21.7%18.6%4.6%0.2%10.2M275.1M-3.8M1.258.0822,66728,306217,603533,760
2016-04-06$54.92$55.0015.3%4.4%10.9%16.5%19.6%4.0%0.2%19.9M205.3M-3.7M1.3815.3918,54425,572213,079541,312
2016-04-07$54.47$55.0016.4%4.9%11.4%21.1%21.6%5.0%-0.1%-16.4M415.5M-3.6M1.2710.5719,84625,176210,481547,395
2016-04-08$54.76$55.0015.0%4.4%11.5%15.0%20.9%5.3%-0.2%7.4M304.3M-3.5M1.8210.6314,55626,510208,097547,073
2016-04-11$54.80$55.0016.0%4.4%10.2%19.4%15.5%5.7%-1.0%12.0M303.9M-3.2M1.5010.2713,96720,971210,518549,982
2016-04-12$55.17$55.0015.3%4.4%10.4%16.2%19.1%4.0%-0.5%77.2M177.5M-3.0M0.289.8482,51622,759202,028551,068
2016-04-13$55.99$55.0014.1%3.9%11.4%10.6%21.9%5.9%-0.6%76.0M-192.8M-2.8M0.5416.1640,15321,798178,527547,317
2016-04-14$55.98$55.0013.5%3.9%11.2%7.9%15.0%3.5%0.3%143.3M-268.3M-2.7M0.8410.0041,74634,924188,266550,213
2016-04-15$56.00$56.0013.3%3.8%9.4%7.1%15.7%4.1%0.0%426.4M-204.4M-2.6M1.2812.5519,57325,001173,229561,953
2016-04-18$56.18$56.0013.4%3.8%9.3%7.5%13.0%4.1%1.0%-15.4M66.1M-2.5M4.358.135,23522,74987,281498,085
2016-04-19$56.46$56.0012.9%3.7%9.4%5.2%12.6%3.9%0.5%-3.3M2.1M-2.4M2.029.1712,92826,07690,338498,918
2016-04-20$56.48$56.0012.9%3.7%9.3%5.3%18.3%3.9%0.3%-2.8M-92.2K-2.4M1.719.7414,53824,87290,597507,194
2016-04-21$56.26$56.0013.9%4.0%9.1%9.7%14.5%4.3%-0.4%-9.0M33.2M-2.4M1.029.9635,52636,07292,662505,897
2016-04-22$56.47$56.5013.9%3.9%9.0%9.8%13.5%4.2%0.8%4.3M10.9M-2.6M6.997.616,32344,183123,792504,390
2016-04-25$56.06$56.5014.8%4.2%9.5%14.0%13.1%4.4%0.1%-25.0M117.0M-2.6M7.138.185,29437,753110,920513,072
2016-04-26$56.61$56.5014.7%4.2%9.8%13.5%13.2%4.9%-0.8%-14.6M17.6M-2.6M0.959.5936,96935,104111,910517,670
2016-04-27$57.08$56.5013.8%4.0%10.1%9.2%14.8%3.9%0.2%19.2M-154.4M-2.6M4.2212.848,75136,955142,021524,451
2016-04-28$56.39$56.5015.5%4.3%11.1%17.4%14.5%4.9%0.7%-2.4M27.3M-2.8M6.1410.085,63234,585145,474536,220
2016-04-29$56.21$57.0015.0%4.5%11.1%15.0%16.0%4.0%0.1%1.7M61.6M-2.8M6.359.856,07238,575148,758547,399