XLP Options History — June 2018

In June 2018, XLP traded between $49.64 and $51.85. ATM implied volatility averaged 11.8%, placing in the 29.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 3.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.8% (HV 20d: 11.0%). Max pain ranged from $50.00 to $51.50. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.47.

Notable Days

  • 2018-06-12: Highest Volume — 109,349 contracts
  • 2018-06-18: Largest IV spike — 14.5% change
  • 2018-06-27: Highest IV Rank — 42.7%
  • 2018-06-27: Largest Expected Move — 3.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$50.99$49.64$51.85$49.64$51.67
Max Pain$50.55$50.00$51.50$50.00$51.50
ATM IV11.8%10.5%13.7%12.1%12.2%
Expected Move3.4%3.1%3.9%3.9%3.3%
HV 20d11.0%9.7%12.2%11.3%9.7%
HV 60d14.8%13.2%15.5%15.2%13.2%
IV Rank29.6%20.8%42.7%31.7%32.5%
IV Percentile67.2%52.0%84.1%71.8%70.2%
Term Structure0.3%-0.3%1.0%-0.3%0.4%
VWIV12.2%10.2%13.8%13.8%11.4%
Skew 25d2.5%1.9%3.3%2.8%2.6%
Skew 10d5.3%3.8%8.6%4.7%5.6%
Call IV 25d10.8%9.5%12.1%10.9%10.6%
Put IV 25d13.3%11.5%15.2%13.7%13.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.372.4614.725.233.25
Gamma HHI0.200.130.450.160.13
Net GEX33.3M-14.4M119.9M-14.4M18.3M
Net DEX-111.3M-304.8M205.4M205.4M-177.3M
Net VEX-2.9M-3.4M-2.1M-2.3M-3.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.470.225.791.281.79
Total Volume37,238.42913,877109,34922,17623,757
Total OI404,290.714325,780544,474444,087379,279

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-06-01$49.64$50.0012.1%3.9%11.3%31.7%13.8%2.8%-0.3%-14.4M205.4M-2.3M1.285.239,72712,449217,011227,076
2018-06-04$50.08$50.0011.4%3.3%10.2%27.4%12.4%2.7%0.2%15.9M94.0M-2.2M1.275.959,62812,249195,903222,026
2018-06-05$49.85$50.0011.2%3.3%10.0%25.6%12.9%2.4%0.2%7.6M153.7M-2.1M2.503.137,09517,758195,377222,634
2018-06-06$49.80$50.0010.7%3.1%9.9%22.4%12.0%2.3%0.0%7.4M167.9M-2.1M1.743.307,49913,028195,852221,162
2018-06-07$50.15$50.0011.3%3.3%10.1%26.4%11.6%2.2%-0.1%23.1M67.2M-2.1M0.743.3928,18020,768197,095223,718
2018-06-08$50.77$50.0011.3%3.4%10.7%26.7%12.1%2.4%0.5%43.8M-77.0M-2.1M0.393.2348,13018,797194,660229,670
2018-06-11$51.28$50.0011.4%3.5%11.1%27.2%12.1%2.0%1.0%61.2M-243.2M-2.3M0.433.9244,47719,284222,790230,592
2018-06-12$51.28$50.0011.4%3.5%11.1%27.0%12.2%2.1%1.0%48.3M-261.8M-2.3M0.613.0268,09641,253232,177235,071
2018-06-13$51.21$50.0011.1%3.2%10.8%25.1%11.6%1.9%0.1%65.7M-283.1M-3.3M2.8414.7214,57641,405282,264260,229
2018-06-14$51.31$50.0010.5%3.1%10.5%20.8%11.5%2.1%0.6%63.3M-304.8M-3.3M0.223.1967,08914,471280,554263,920
2018-06-15$51.44$51.0010.5%3.1%10.5%20.8%10.2%2.0%0.7%119.9M-137.3M-3.2M1.156.7721,86925,210222,818262,890
2018-06-18$50.72$51.0012.0%3.5%11.7%31.2%11.8%2.3%0.1%19.0M-72.9M-3.2M1.323.258,93011,759171,314154,466
2018-06-19$51.01$51.0011.8%3.4%11.8%30.1%12.0%2.5%0.3%22.6M-113.5M-3.3M1.322.566,3948,452174,323157,609
2018-06-20$51.08$51.0011.5%3.3%11.8%27.9%12.6%2.4%0.3%24.7M-130.3M-3.3M1.902.484,9559,412176,334158,413
2018-06-21$51.10$51.0012.2%3.5%11.8%32.6%11.8%2.6%0.2%24.6M-123.2M-3.3M1.467.608,48712,371177,199160,492
2018-06-22$51.67$51.0011.7%3.3%12.2%29.0%10.8%2.8%0.0%32.3M-232.5M-3.3M0.363.0522,8138,180180,827164,335
2018-06-25$51.85$51.0013.1%3.7%12.2%38.7%13.4%3.3%0.2%29.2M-246.9M-3.4M0.965.4911,58711,156184,221160,330
2018-06-26$51.72$51.0012.8%3.5%12.2%36.9%12.0%3.0%0.2%31.1M-224.4M-3.4M1.292.758,35510,799185,629163,705
2018-06-27$51.65$51.0013.7%3.9%11.4%42.7%13.2%3.1%0.1%27.5M-205.3M-3.4M1.623.095,2938,584185,188167,431
2018-06-28$51.60$51.0013.2%3.6%9.8%39.5%13.7%3.0%0.1%28.4M-192.4M-3.4M5.792.465,55332,132185,373168,148
2018-06-29$51.67$51.5012.2%3.3%9.7%32.5%11.4%2.6%0.4%18.3M-177.3M-3.4M1.793.258,52915,228186,680192,599