XLU Options History — February 2007

In February 2007, XLU traded between $18.45 and $19.80. ATM implied volatility averaged 10.3%. The 30-day expected move averaged 3.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.9% (HV 20d: 8.4%). Max pain ranged from $18.00 to $19.00. Net GEX was positive for 5 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.31.

Notable Days

  • 2007-02-27: Highest Volume — 31,122 contracts
  • 2007-02-27: Largest IV spike — 87.7% change
  • 2007-02-27: Largest Expected Move — 4.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$19.04$18.45$19.80$18.45$19.23
Max Pain$18.26$18.00$19.00$18.00$19.00
ATM IV10.3%5.5%16.3%7.9%15.2%
Expected Move3.1%2.3%4.7%2.3%4.4%
HV 20d8.4%5.5%18.2%8.7%18.2%
Term Structure0.3%-2.3%2.5%2.5%-2.3%
VWIV11.4%7.9%15.1%7.9%15.1%
Skew 25d2.4%0.2%4.3%0.9%4.0%
Skew 10d3.2%0.2%8.6%1.3%5.3%
Call IV 25d9.3%6.5%12.9%6.5%11.8%
Put IV 25d11.7%7.4%17.2%7.4%15.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %25.9014.0060.5414.6228.07
Gamma HHI0.370.230.520.520.44
Net GEX-1.3M-4.9M1.2M-4.9M-4.5M
Net DEX-50.3M-69.7M-25.8M-25.8M-34.1M
Net VEX-254.2K-315.2K-189.0K-315.2K-294.6K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.310.0315.300.348.95
Total Volume4,994.63255431,1221,8886,884
Total OI140,362.316112,594168,908143,118148,116

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2007-02-01$18.45$18.007.9%2.3%8.7%0.0%7.9%0.9%2.5%-4.9M-25.8M-315.2K0.3414.621,41447444,74898,370
2007-02-02$18.55$18.008.6%3.1%8.9%0.0%13.9%2.7%0.3%-3.9M-30.9M-310.8K0.2824.8473420645,28298,438
2007-02-05$18.75$18.006.6%3.1%6.4%0.0%10.0%2.1%2.0%-1.5M-45.9M-266.3K1.7737.951,4942,64845,41698,340
2007-02-06$18.85$18.005.5%2.7%6.5%0.0%10.9%2.6%1.4%458.5K-56.0M-243.3K0.0819.701,2249446,014100,564
2007-02-07$18.92$18.008.6%3.0%6.5%0.0%12.7%1.4%0.8%-204.2K-54.0M-245.5K0.0416.869823845,846100,648
2007-02-08$18.95$18.0010.6%3.0%6.4%0.0%10.9%3.0%0.1%476.6K-59.9M-231.5K0.7614.2462047446,234100,676
2007-02-09$19.02$18.0010.8%3.1%6.4%0.0%10.8%2.9%0.9%357.3K-58.4M-235.6K0.6415.793,5802,29646,212101,150
2007-02-12$18.95$18.0010.7%3.1%5.5%0.0%10.8%2.6%0.3%424.3K-58.0M-242.2K7.9326.258186,48447,334102,748
2007-02-13$19.11$18.0010.6%3.0%5.9%0.0%10.0%2.5%1.1%1.2M-62.8M-245.4K0.9029.3929226249,008109,214
2007-02-14$19.25$18.0011.0%3.2%6.1%0.0%10.7%2.6%-0.1%-435.7K-62.2M-241.6K15.3025.6167810,37448,948109,450
2007-02-15$19.09$18.5010.9%3.1%7.3%0.0%11.4%2.4%0.7%-1.2M-53.4M-261.0K1.3614.0070295448,916119,810
2007-02-16$19.12$18.5011.3%3.2%7.2%0.0%12.9%2.5%0.4%-1.5M-52.6M-266.9K0.0830.861,0387849,100119,808
2007-02-20$19.17$18.5010.7%3.1%7.1%0.0%10.6%0.6%0.4%-2.2M-47.5M-241.5K0.1727.3881014042,43471,206
2007-02-21$19.09$18.5010.9%3.1%7.5%0.0%11.8%2.6%-0.3%-2.2M-43.0M-247.3K0.0331.321,0762842,13870,456
2007-02-22$19.11$18.5010.9%3.1%7.5%0.0%10.0%0.2%-0.4%-2.2M-45.4M-245.2K0.7827.522,5562,00642,65270,468
2007-02-23$19.34$18.509.8%2.8%8.0%0.0%12.3%3.5%0.2%-1.3M-55.3M-224.9K0.1223.421,37816644,69872,460
2007-02-26$19.80$18.508.7%2.5%10.5%0.0%10.7%2.0%-0.4%-382.8K-69.7M-189.0K0.5123.757,1423,63245,16672,496
2007-02-27$19.07$18.5016.3%4.7%18.1%0.0%13.8%4.3%-2.3%-1.5M-40.8M-281.9K3.8860.546,37224,75048,52873,792
2007-02-28$19.23$19.0015.2%4.4%18.2%0.0%15.1%4.0%-2.3%-4.5M-34.1M-294.6K8.9528.076926,19253,85494,262