SPX Options History — November 2007

In November 2007, SPX traded between $1406.01 and $1519.30. ATM implied volatility averaged 22.9%, placing in the 80.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.4% (HV 20d: 21.5%). Max pain ranged from $1500.00 to $1535.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.87.

Notable Days

  • 2007-11-13: Highest Volume — 1,200,989 contracts
  • 2007-11-02: Largest IV spike — 67.3% change
  • 2007-11-12: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2007-11-26: Largest Expected Move — 8.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$1463.02$1406.01$1519.30$1508.44$1483.46
Max Pain$1510.95$1500.00$1535.00$1535.00$1500.00
ATM IV22.9%12.3%27.6%12.3%21.6%
Expected Move6.7%5.5%8.0%6.1%6.2%
HV 20d21.5%16.2%27.5%16.9%26.0%
HV 60d17.8%16.1%19.4%17.3%19.4%
IV Rank80.3%32.4%100.0%32.4%72.9%
IV Percentile90.3%48.6%100.0%48.6%83.0%
Term Structure0.0%-0.9%1.3%-0.5%0.1%
VWIV24.0%20.6%28.4%22.0%21.9%
Skew 25d8.1%6.4%10.6%6.5%6.6%
Skew 10d14.4%11.0%19.6%12.1%11.5%
Call IV 25d19.2%15.5%23.9%18.1%17.7%
Put IV 25d27.3%23.0%31.9%24.6%24.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %26.049.9041.8541.8531.70
Gamma HHI0.050.040.060.040.05
Net GEX-9.58B-16.97B-4.39B-7.14B-4.39B
Net DEX135.54B-14.21B258.23B25.56B34.93B
Net VEX-2.12B-2.21B-1.99B-2.21B-2.11B
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.871.382.482.482.40
Total Volume750,914.905283,7261,200,989558,509882,075
Total OI10,885,018.5719,366,19312,022,65510,555,95711,272,639

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2007-11-01$1508.44$1535.0012.3%6.1%16.9%32.4%22.0%6.5%-0.5%-7.14B25.56B-2.21B2.4841.85160,632397,8773,705,7056,850,252
2007-11-02$1512.81$1535.0020.6%5.6%16.2%71.0%20.9%6.6%1.3%-7.11B19.11B-2.20B1.4636.50230,773337,8523,761,9376,910,446
2007-11-05$1500.59$1520.0024.0%6.3%16.4%86.7%22.3%8.4%-0.1%-8.38B51.54B-2.19B1.6832.84209,714351,5293,869,0926,974,975
2007-11-06$1519.30$1515.0019.9%5.5%16.7%67.8%20.6%7.5%0.2%-5.34B-14.21B-2.16B1.4618.70192,444281,6363,932,9637,058,854
2007-11-07$1477.72$1515.0024.8%6.7%19.1%90.6%24.3%9.1%0.0%-11.54B125.80B-2.18B1.8631.50259,907483,8283,919,9007,096,197
2007-11-08$1474.77$1515.0022.6%6.7%19.1%80.4%23.8%9.1%0.3%-13.77B155.08B-2.17B2.0115.75372,670747,6723,976,9287,248,979
2007-11-09$1449.72$1510.0024.5%7.4%19.4%89.4%26.0%9.9%-0.2%-14.99B209.23B-2.18B1.8427.44342,970631,4354,065,3187,362,095
2007-11-12$1436.12$1505.0027.3%7.6%19.4%100.0%25.1%10.6%0.2%-16.97B258.23B-2.09B1.6223.53356,124575,8244,131,8617,467,752
2007-11-13$1478.64$1505.0020.8%6.1%22.6%70.5%22.7%8.8%0.5%-12.27B129.24B-2.13B1.9229.08410,727790,2624,184,8097,513,036
2007-11-14$1473.83$1500.0021.9%6.5%22.5%75.4%23.3%9.2%-0.1%-11.94B148.46B-2.16B1.3824.50377,172521,9024,299,1077,660,633
2007-11-15$1453.26$1500.0024.8%7.1%22.9%88.4%23.8%10.5%0.1%-12.20B215.66B-2.11B1.9528.60354,780692,9274,345,9167,676,739
2007-11-16$1457.07$1500.0022.9%6.6%21.4%80.0%25.1%9.3%0.4%-7.08B129.78B-2.11B1.9830.81246,192486,3823,440,5595,925,634
2007-11-19$1434.77$1500.0023.8%6.8%21.9%83.9%25.0%9.0%0.5%-8.78B183.31B-2.04B2.4026.59186,502446,8483,503,1706,109,715
2007-11-20$1443.63$1500.0022.8%6.5%21.8%79.6%23.8%8.1%-0.3%-8.42B161.70B-2.05B1.8024.62282,904509,9693,561,7606,217,501
2007-11-21$1414.94$1500.0025.2%7.2%22.7%90.5%25.7%6.9%-0.6%-10.04B227.06B-2.02B2.0927.75370,799773,2973,651,7266,402,686
2007-11-23$1438.35$1500.0024.3%7.0%23.7%86.4%24.9%6.9%-0.9%-8.63B170.57B-2.10B1.9720.6095,583188,1433,846,1826,876,622
2007-11-26$1406.01$1500.0027.6%8.0%24.1%100.0%26.9%6.7%-0.5%-10.51B245.87B-1.99B1.6325.89190,410310,3353,819,6506,862,961
2007-11-27$1424.12$1525.0025.1%7.1%24.7%88.5%28.4%6.8%-0.3%-10.02B208.30B-2.00B1.8010.66213,667383,6383,868,3556,950,645
2007-11-28$1467.97$1525.0022.4%6.4%27.5%76.5%25.6%6.4%0.1%-6.10B82.92B-2.12B1.439.90313,931450,1833,983,5497,065,184
2007-11-29$1467.83$1525.0022.2%6.3%27.1%75.8%22.4%6.6%0.2%-5.66B78.10B-2.12B2.0927.94115,629242,0694,084,2287,129,130
2007-11-30$1483.46$1500.0021.6%6.2%26.0%72.9%21.9%6.6%0.1%-4.39B34.93B-2.11B2.4031.70259,327622,7484,084,5457,188,094