XLU Options History — June 2015

In June 2015, XLU traded between $20.77 and $22.30. ATM implied volatility averaged 15.4%, placing in the 51.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.2% (HV 20d: 12.2%). Max pain ranged from $21.50 to $22.50. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.32.

Notable Days

  • 2015-06-17: Highest Volume — 146,372 contracts
  • 2015-06-29: Largest IV spike — 16.5% change
  • 2015-06-08: Highest IV Rank — 68.5%
  • 2015-06-03: Largest Expected Move — 5.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$21.33$20.77$22.30$22.30$20.77
Max Pain$21.75$21.50$22.50$22.50$21.50
ATM IV15.4%13.2%17.3%15.0%16.2%
Expected Move4.5%3.8%5.4%4.8%4.8%
HV 20d12.2%9.7%13.7%12.9%12.9%
HV 60d13.7%13.1%15.0%15.0%13.3%
IV Rank51.8%32.1%68.5%48.5%59.1%
IV Percentile51.6%17.5%78.2%51.2%63.9%
Term Structure-0.1%-0.7%0.8%-0.3%0.1%
VWIV16.0%13.4%18.4%16.0%17.6%
Skew 25d2.6%1.1%3.4%3.2%2.9%
Skew 10d4.7%2.2%6.4%6.0%6.4%
Call IV 25d14.4%13.1%16.3%13.4%15.2%
Put IV 25d17.1%14.7%19.0%16.7%18.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %12.377.7526.8211.537.89
Gamma HHI0.300.210.490.250.21
Net GEX-41.5M-74.9M-437.4K-49.7M-15.0M
Net DEX488.2M139.6M767.5M256.9M191.5M
Net VEX-1.5M-2.0M-1.1M-2.0M-1.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.320.245.540.530.56
Total Volume57,832.36421,172146,37232,67021,172
Total OI806,653.909401,1701,053,506932,744405,812

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-06-01$22.30$22.5015.0%4.8%12.9%48.5%16.0%3.2%-0.3%-49.7M256.9M-2.0M0.5311.5321,40211,268289,656643,088
2015-06-02$21.98$22.5015.3%5.0%13.5%50.7%17.7%3.4%-0.0%-65.7M424.8M-1.9M1.8515.9013,31224,676300,540643,464
2015-06-03$21.68$22.5015.9%5.4%11.7%56.5%18.4%3.0%-0.2%-70.0M576.6M-1.8M1.739.7935,57661,648300,186644,536
2015-06-04$21.60$22.0017.2%4.7%11.6%67.9%16.6%3.3%-0.7%-71.8M613.6M-1.9M0.427.7566,38827,772301,014665,054
2015-06-05$21.35$22.0017.1%4.6%12.0%67.1%16.6%2.2%-0.6%-59.9M748.3M-1.8M0.3410.1378,38826,394340,706678,072
2015-06-08$21.25$22.0017.3%4.7%11.8%68.5%17.1%2.5%-0.5%-52.6M715.5M-1.7M1.099.9715,58016,936346,276653,532
2015-06-09$21.21$22.0016.7%4.9%11.6%63.6%17.7%2.9%0.5%-56.0M767.5M-1.7M1.3017.2612,54016,298350,598660,640
2015-06-10$21.33$22.0015.9%4.4%11.9%56.3%15.7%2.4%-0.3%-58.9M708.8M-1.6M0.648.3020,39813,034352,926668,824
2015-06-11$21.43$21.5014.9%4.3%11.7%46.9%15.6%2.0%0.1%-53.8M671.1M-1.6M0.3715.1634,17812,596357,314672,952
2015-06-12$21.28$21.5015.6%4.3%11.0%53.0%16.7%3.4%-0.5%-74.9M761.1M-1.6M5.5413.6116,00088,648374,536678,970
2015-06-15$21.23$21.5016.5%4.8%9.7%61.5%17.4%3.3%-0.7%-71.8M749.5M-1.4M1.1011.9712,35613,536346,574642,892
2015-06-16$21.32$21.5014.8%4.2%9.7%46.5%14.9%1.8%0.2%-61.2M661.5M-1.3M1.2110.3414,49217,560349,822597,530
2015-06-17$21.53$21.5014.6%4.2%10.6%44.7%15.2%1.1%-0.2%-35.9M581.5M-1.2M0.2426.82117,86428,508356,398602,710
2015-06-18$21.80$21.5013.2%3.8%11.5%32.1%13.6%1.3%0.5%-437.4K379.7M-1.3M0.6011.6567,15840,008408,366604,602
2015-06-19$21.40$21.5014.1%4.0%13.1%39.7%13.4%2.8%-0.0%-11.1M666.8M-1.3M0.8511.1027,70623,652338,798605,296
2015-06-22$21.36$21.5014.4%4.1%13.1%42.8%15.1%2.4%0.4%-10.0M139.6M-1.3M0.8313.1114,87012,332135,222265,948
2015-06-23$21.07$21.5014.6%4.1%13.6%44.8%14.7%2.6%-0.3%-15.0M186.0M-1.3M1.1613.4213,57615,702142,638271,642
2015-06-24$20.91$21.5014.0%4.0%13.4%39.1%14.4%2.7%0.8%-17.5M208.2M-1.3M0.939.1711,66810,902144,738277,902
2015-06-25$20.78$21.5014.8%4.2%13.3%46.4%15.1%2.9%0.6%-19.4M235.3M-1.3M1.6211.9012,83820,784144,358279,958
2015-06-26$20.89$21.5014.3%4.2%13.7%41.4%15.9%2.5%0.2%-20.8M243.4M-1.4M2.1211.9911,58424,590147,248303,812
2015-06-29$20.80$21.5016.6%4.8%13.6%62.6%16.0%3.1%-0.4%-22.0M253.2M-1.4M4.0113.4125,252101,170136,438314,798
2015-06-30$20.77$21.5016.2%4.8%12.9%59.1%17.6%2.9%0.1%-15.0M191.5M-1.1M0.567.8913,5447,628149,992255,820