CME Options History — February 2008

In February 2008, CME traded between $97.05 and $123.80. ATM implied volatility averaged 39.6%, placing in the 41.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 40.2% (HV 20d: 79.8%). Max pain ranged from $110.00 to $122.00. Net GEX was positive for 8 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.79.

Notable Days

  • 2008-02-06: Highest Volume — 232,265 contracts
  • 2008-02-06: Largest IV spike — 76.7% change
  • 2008-02-06: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2008-02-06: Largest Expected Move — 17.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$106.93$97.05$123.80$122.01$102.66
Max Pain$114.80$110.00$122.00$122.00$110.00
ATM IV39.6%30.4%78.4%40.2%36.2%
Expected Move11.1%8.7%17.9%11.5%10.4%
HV 20d79.8%46.8%90.6%49.1%79.6%
HV 60d53.4%36.0%57.0%36.2%55.8%
IV Rank41.8%20.5%100.0%73.0%30.2%
IV Percentile87.0%61.5%100.0%96.8%88.1%
Term Structure-0.4%-10.7%2.8%-2.6%0.4%
VWIV38.8%31.4%60.9%41.4%35.6%
Skew 25d7.0%4.7%12.0%7.3%4.7%
Skew 10d13.1%7.3%22.3%16.3%10.1%
Call IV 25d35.7%28.8%58.4%38.0%34.0%
Put IV 25d42.8%33.8%65.8%45.2%38.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %28.8710.3539.3928.3633.98
Gamma HHI0.050.050.080.050.05
Net GEX1.8M-5.4M20.9M15.4M-3.1M
Net DEX233.3M-563.9M761.6M-388.7M383.9M
Net VEX-7.0M-8.0M-6.0M-8.0M-6.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.790.491.560.570.81
Total Volume52,47514,585232,26525,62016,935
Total OI453,173377,525544,200408,950423,170

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-02-01$122.01$122.0040.2%11.5%49.1%73.0%41.4%7.3%-2.6%15.4M-388.7M-8.0M0.5728.36N/AN/A16,3009,320231,680177,270
2008-02-04$123.80$122.0042.8%10.8%46.8%81.6%36.9%12.0%-3.4%20.9M-563.9M-8.0M0.4910.35N/AN/A18,8859,265234,565179,070
2008-02-05$117.76$122.0044.4%12.3%49.9%87.0%43.5%10.6%-4.6%6.7M-117.1M-7.7M1.0716.93N/AN/A29,97532,110240,580180,905
2008-02-06$97.05$122.0078.4%17.9%84.2%100.0%60.9%7.4%-10.7%-5.4M761.6M-6.0M0.8118.80N/AN/A128,315103,950246,830191,305
2008-02-07$105.60$120.0047.9%13.8%90.6%49.5%47.9%9.1%-3.0%-1.1M422.9M-7.3M0.7227.50N/AN/A95,83568,800289,930202,840
2008-02-08$103.40$116.0043.8%13.1%90.2%42.7%44.5%8.4%-1.6%-4.5M516.6M-7.1M0.6526.45N/AN/A55,15035,850307,285213,975
2008-02-11$104.30$114.0045.3%12.6%90.2%45.1%42.7%8.7%-0.8%-52.7K402.1M-7.3M0.7326.76N/AN/A28,52520,905323,740215,885
2008-02-12$106.05$114.0040.2%11.4%90.4%36.7%40.2%8.4%0.5%3.1M326.4M-7.2M0.9630.81N/AN/A33,19031,785327,370214,320
2008-02-13$107.00$114.0034.2%10.9%89.6%26.7%38.6%8.0%1.7%5.7M225.1M-7.2M0.6731.27N/AN/A18,58512,375327,550215,700
2008-02-14$106.19$114.0038.3%11.0%89.0%33.6%37.7%7.6%1.2%4.9M304.3M-7.0M0.7635.61N/AN/A23,28517,615327,880214,245
2008-02-15$105.39$114.0036.1%10.4%86.8%30.0%37.3%7.4%2.8%364.6K367.0M-6.8M1.5636.84N/AN/A22,31034,745330,005214,195
2008-02-19$104.00$112.0036.0%10.3%86.3%29.8%36.4%5.5%1.2%-651.6K258.5M-6.6M0.7436.99N/AN/A15,51011,525212,855164,670
2008-02-20$104.30$112.0035.7%10.2%84.8%29.3%35.9%5.1%1.6%-1.1M265.9M-6.6M0.8439.39N/AN/A20,36017,085217,220169,745
2008-02-21$103.29$112.0034.7%9.9%82.4%27.5%34.8%5.2%0.8%-2.6M327.2M-6.6M0.6837.77N/AN/A12,1358,235223,320177,230
2008-02-22$105.02$112.0032.4%9.3%80.9%23.9%32.8%5.1%2.3%-1.0M212.8M-6.8M0.6031.19N/AN/A12,8207,665226,450178,875
2008-02-25$106.20$112.0032.0%9.2%81.3%23.1%32.4%5.4%2.0%215.7K178.4M-6.8M0.5623.93N/AN/A14,5358,200229,495179,770
2008-02-26$105.86$112.0030.7%8.8%81.3%21.0%31.7%5.0%1.8%-73.9K222.9M-6.6M0.7829.50N/AN/A15,21511,875232,600181,790
2008-02-27$105.34$110.0030.4%8.7%81.3%20.5%31.4%4.9%1.8%-579.3K238.6M-6.6M0.9827.11N/AN/A7,3757,210234,905183,680
2008-02-28$103.46$110.0032.5%9.3%80.9%24.0%32.5%5.0%1.8%-2.1M321.7M-6.5M0.7827.90N/AN/A8,8706,875236,425184,135
2008-02-29$102.66$110.0036.2%10.4%79.6%30.2%35.6%4.7%0.4%-3.1M383.9M-6.4M0.8133.98N/AN/A9,3457,590238,120185,050