XLU Options History — June 2008

In June 2008, XLU traded between $19.86 and $20.82. ATM implied volatility averaged 18.7%, placing in the 33.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.1% (HV 20d: 16.6%). Max pain ranged from $20.50 to $20.50. Net GEX was positive for 13 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.40.

Notable Days

  • 2008-06-19: Highest Volume — 320,138 contracts
  • 2008-06-06: Largest IV spike — 14.1% change
  • 2008-06-11: Highest IV Rank — 41.8%
  • 2008-06-09: Largest Expected Move — 5.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$20.49$19.86$20.82$20.50$20.35
Max Pain$20.50$20.50$20.50$20.50$20.50
ATM IV18.7%16.8%20.5%18.1%17.5%
Expected Move5.4%4.8%5.7%5.2%5.0%
HV 20d16.6%12.4%22.2%13.3%22.2%
HV 60d15.2%14.5%16.6%14.5%16.6%
IV Rank33.0%23.4%41.8%29.9%27.0%
IV Percentile26.6%5.2%49.2%14.3%9.9%
Term Structure1.5%-0.8%3.1%1.3%3.1%
VWIV18.4%14.9%21.4%19.4%18.4%
Skew 25d3.6%2.3%4.9%4.6%3.8%
Skew 10d4.4%-2.5%8.8%5.1%3.7%
Call IV 25d17.2%15.1%18.8%15.6%17.5%
Put IV 25d20.8%18.6%23.1%20.1%21.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %32.8315.9263.6718.0328.80
Gamma HHI0.300.200.660.270.27
Net GEX250.7K-8.0M1.7M-794.1K1.6M
Net DEX-22.4M-61.5M32.9M-16.7M-8.2M
Net VEX-420.8K-442.8K-392.6K-410.6K-424.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.400.035.142.683.74
Total Volume20,163.429324320,1383245,366
Total OI175,619.238128,162225,462171,684133,550

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-06-02$20.50$20.5018.1%5.2%13.3%29.9%19.4%4.6%1.3%-794.1K-16.7M-410.6K2.6818.038823678,65493,030
2008-06-03$20.32$20.5017.8%5.1%12.6%28.3%15.0%3.8%-0.0%-1.1M-8.9M-402.6K2.6117.9513234478,66093,222
2008-06-04$20.57$20.5018.1%5.2%13.3%30.1%18.2%2.3%-0.8%-242.7K-25.4M-395.7K0.6019.895,9903,60278,72093,414
2008-06-05$20.82$20.5016.8%4.8%12.4%23.4%17.5%3.9%1.2%819.9K-50.5M-417.8K0.7615.9244834284,19896,340
2008-06-06$20.27$20.5019.2%5.6%16.0%35.3%21.4%4.3%1.6%-647.1K-17.6M-410.8K2.9051.586701,94684,51096,382
2008-06-09$20.59$20.5020.3%5.7%16.8%40.7%19.8%4.0%0.8%-223.6K-29.1M-419.2K2.3331.945141,19884,97498,058
2008-06-10$20.57$20.5019.3%5.5%16.6%35.8%17.7%4.6%1.5%-299.6K-27.5M-417.8K0.3137.572808885,14099,072
2008-06-11$20.55$20.5020.5%5.5%16.6%41.8%19.1%3.5%1.9%-250.1K-20.0M-412.8K0.1427.292,35633285,34299,114
2008-06-12$20.46$20.5019.1%5.5%16.6%34.7%18.9%4.9%1.8%84.7K-17.6M-408.6K0.9863.672,1202,07087,37899,228
2008-06-13$20.64$20.5018.1%5.2%16.9%29.7%18.1%3.7%1.7%1.7M-49.7M-392.6K1.0042.7010,54810,58889,392101,166
2008-06-16$20.66$20.5018.6%5.3%16.7%32.3%18.3%4.6%1.6%967.5K-37.3M-433.5K1.4329.4046466499,216111,476
2008-06-17$20.78$20.5017.8%5.1%16.4%28.5%18.6%3.2%2.1%1.6M-55.0M-417.5K0.2434.2170817299,322111,970
2008-06-18$20.70$20.5018.8%5.4%16.2%33.3%18.3%3.1%1.6%1.6M-49.7M-414.6K0.8621.728,1907,02499,524112,104
2008-06-19$20.73$20.5018.4%5.3%16.1%31.5%16.6%3.9%1.6%1.7M-61.5M-428.7K0.0332.89310,2549,884106,604118,858
2008-06-20$20.34$20.5018.3%5.2%17.3%30.7%14.9%3.0%2.7%-8.0M32.9M-441.6K5.1442.952,07810,67486,572126,694
2008-06-23$20.58$20.5019.7%5.6%17.1%37.8%19.2%2.9%1.5%1.1M-19.2M-440.2K0.7729.722,5221,93267,88260,280
2008-06-24$20.41$20.5019.1%5.5%17.2%35.1%18.6%2.8%2.4%1.4M-16.3M-442.8K0.2639.3373619069,74460,944
2008-06-25$20.65$20.5018.8%5.4%17.7%33.4%18.8%2.8%1.3%1.6M-23.3M-442.0K1.0038.666,5046,48070,39061,028
2008-06-26$20.04$20.5019.8%5.7%20.3%38.5%20.1%2.6%1.0%1.3M10.5M-439.4K0.7931.941,6681,31676,11066,816
2008-06-27$19.86$20.5019.3%5.5%20.4%35.9%19.3%3.3%1.5%1.2M18.9M-423.3K0.8833.231,4421,27276,11066,816
2008-06-30$20.35$20.5017.5%5.0%22.2%27.0%18.4%3.8%3.1%1.6M-8.2M-424.9K3.7428.801,1324,23470,96862,582