XLI Options History — September 2018

In September 2018, XLI traded between $77.05 and $79.85. ATM implied volatility averaged 12.8%, placing in the 23.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 3.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.3% (HV 20d: 9.5%). Max pain ranged from $75.00 to $78.00. Net GEX was positive for 18 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.34.

Notable Days

  • 2018-09-20: Highest Volume — 79,322 contracts
  • 2018-09-24: Largest IV spike — 11.6% change
  • 2018-09-07: Highest IV Rank — 31.0%
  • 2018-09-04: Largest Expected Move — 4.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$78.56$77.05$79.85$77.05$78.38
Max Pain$76.47$75.00$78.00$75.00$78.00
ATM IV12.8%11.6%14.0%13.6%12.7%
Expected Move3.7%3.3%4.1%4.1%3.6%
HV 20d9.5%7.8%11.1%11.1%8.1%
HV 60d12.2%11.3%13.1%13.1%11.7%
IV Rank23.9%16.8%31.0%28.5%22.1%
IV Percentile41.1%27.8%57.5%52.0%36.9%
Term Structure0.2%-0.0%0.8%0.1%0.2%
VWIV13.8%12.0%17.4%17.4%12.1%
Skew 25d3.3%3.0%4.0%3.7%3.4%
Skew 10d6.5%5.7%8.0%7.1%7.1%
Call IV 25d11.7%10.7%12.5%12.2%11.4%
Put IV 25d15.1%13.6%16.5%15.9%14.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %5.042.318.422.365.84
Gamma HHI0.200.120.580.120.13
Net GEX47.6M-312.7M132.8M32.4M32.3M
Net DEX-582.1M-1.05B-218.9M-329.2M-223.6M
Net VEX-2.6M-3.0M-2.3M-3.0M-2.5M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.340.182.932.202.46
Total Volume35,19214,24479,32219,01729,607
Total OI423,965.421306,654488,337427,584334,337

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-09-04$77.05$75.0013.6%4.1%11.1%28.5%17.4%3.7%0.1%32.4M-329.2M-3.0M2.202.365,95213,065186,453241,131
2018-09-05$77.49$75.0013.5%4.0%11.0%28.0%15.3%3.6%-0.0%43.0M-441.8M-2.9M0.992.3112,64612,459187,050246,963
2018-09-06$77.88$76.0013.7%4.0%11.0%29.4%13.6%3.6%0.1%55.2M-558.1M-3.0M2.938.4211,50333,748195,746250,672
2018-09-07$77.58$76.0014.0%4.0%10.9%31.0%15.1%4.0%0.1%-312.7M-433.2M-3.0M2.038.3610,99022,265200,430276,872
2018-09-10$78.09$76.0013.5%3.9%10.3%28.2%16.9%3.6%0.3%63.7M-624.1M-2.7M1.824.8514,23725,935198,210252,885
2018-09-11$78.01$76.0013.2%3.9%10.1%26.5%15.1%3.5%0.3%63.7M-596.3M-2.7M2.374.285,46712,963198,569258,067
2018-09-12$78.34$76.0012.7%3.8%10.0%23.3%12.9%3.6%0.8%76.5M-690.5M-2.7M0.474.2331,75515,080199,755263,760
2018-09-13$78.54$76.0012.4%3.5%9.6%21.4%12.1%3.0%0.1%96.2M-761.9M-2.6M0.586.0617,1119,905204,872263,632
2018-09-14$79.06$76.0012.0%3.5%9.0%19.6%12.0%3.1%0.4%121.3M-970.4M-2.5M0.383.8929,89311,288215,694265,032
2018-09-17$79.01$76.0012.8%3.7%8.9%23.8%13.3%3.2%0.2%101.8M-838.4M-2.4M0.803.8821,98317,535203,631258,421
2018-09-18$79.85$76.0012.4%3.6%9.3%21.5%14.3%3.2%0.1%85.5M-974.0M-2.4M0.953.5622,82621,662204,108269,302
2018-09-19$79.77$76.0012.3%3.5%9.1%20.8%13.3%3.1%0.1%132.8M-1.05B-2.3M0.905.0123,20520,841214,881266,978
2018-09-20$79.83$76.0011.9%3.4%8.3%18.5%12.9%3.0%0.1%108.2M-1.02B-2.3M0.184.0167,23912,083219,099269,238
2018-09-21$79.78$77.0011.6%3.3%7.8%16.8%12.1%3.0%0.2%84.3M-533.8M-2.3M0.667.0527,94818,478155,900274,214
2018-09-24$78.70$78.0012.9%3.6%9.6%24.8%13.0%3.3%0.0%32.8M-290.3M-2.5M1.334.648,43711,231146,483160,171
2018-09-25$78.38$78.0013.0%3.7%8.8%23.9%13.3%3.3%0.1%24.9M-226.4M-2.5M0.914.1412,62911,473149,611164,689
2018-09-26$78.57$78.0012.9%3.7%8.8%23.4%14.7%3.3%0.2%35.9M-284.2M-2.5M2.518.378,82722,138157,163168,116
2018-09-27$78.35$78.0012.7%3.6%8.9%22.5%12.5%3.3%0.1%27.3M-218.9M-2.5M1.004.577,1127,132158,119175,089
2018-09-28$78.38$78.0012.7%3.6%8.1%22.1%12.1%3.4%0.2%32.3M-223.6M-2.5M2.465.848,56521,042159,438174,899