CME Options History — April 2008

In April 2008, CME traded between $91.49 and $104.70. ATM implied volatility averaged 40.0%, placing in the 36.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.8%. IV traded below realized volatility by 12.9% (HV 20d: 52.8%). Max pain ranged from $96.00 to $100.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.61.

Notable Days

  • 2008-04-22: Highest Volume — 118,875 contracts
  • 2008-04-21: Largest IV spike — 22.4% change
  • 2008-04-21: Highest IV Rank — 55.7%
  • 2008-04-21: Largest Expected Move — 14.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$98.79$91.49$104.70$100.00$91.49
Max Pain$98.82$96.00$100.00$96.00$96.00
ATM IV40.0%32.9%51.7%42.0%35.9%
Expected Move11.8%9.4%14.8%12.1%10.3%
HV 20d52.8%37.7%71.8%71.8%39.7%
HV 60d65.6%63.6%67.1%67.1%65.1%
IV Rank36.4%24.7%55.7%39.8%29.7%
IV Percentile83.0%62.7%98.8%90.5%73.0%
Term Structure-0.6%-9.6%4.9%1.6%0.3%
VWIV41.3%33.4%51.4%43.2%36.7%
Skew 25d6.8%-0.0%10.5%8.8%-0.0%
Skew 10d13.1%-0.5%20.9%18.7%-0.5%
Call IV 25d38.1%32.1%50.3%38.2%36.8%
Put IV 25d44.9%34.8%54.4%47.0%36.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %21.0010.7737.6831.8335.96
Gamma HHI0.060.040.140.050.05
Net GEX9.4M719.3K15.6M10.2M759.5K
Net DEX-26.0M-238.0M261.7M-100.8M261.7M
Net VEX-6.2M-7.0M-5.2M-6.7M-5.2M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.610.310.950.600.55
Total Volume33,711.36418,385118,87538,09028,340
Total OI400,073.409329,785421,660374,515412,945

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-04-01$100.00$96.0042.0%12.1%71.8%39.8%43.2%8.8%1.6%10.2M-100.8M-6.7M0.6031.83N/AN/A23,77014,320219,685154,830
2008-04-02$101.62$98.0039.7%11.4%71.3%35.9%40.9%8.9%3.3%14.3M-214.2M-6.9M0.8236.58N/AN/A18,80015,450226,140158,930
2008-04-03$102.78$98.0037.6%10.8%70.6%32.5%38.6%8.4%4.9%13.7M-211.0M-7.0M0.8925.83N/AN/A12,91511,460226,230164,595
2008-04-04$102.12$100.0036.5%12.2%70.0%30.6%41.4%10.1%-1.4%15.6M-214.9M-6.9M0.8511.01N/AN/A12,72510,755231,520166,620
2008-04-07$101.80$100.0036.2%12.2%69.2%30.1%41.5%9.7%-1.6%14.8M-189.1M-6.8M0.3911.59N/AN/A24,9659,760234,190169,855
2008-04-08$102.14$100.0036.0%12.3%64.8%29.8%43.9%10.0%-1.9%14.9M-178.6M-6.8M0.9511.90N/AN/A10,1709,710240,475171,505
2008-04-09$99.82$100.0037.7%12.8%57.2%32.6%45.5%10.1%-2.2%10.5M-59.1M-6.6M0.8410.91N/AN/A14,12011,895241,690173,050
2008-04-10$99.92$100.0044.2%12.7%57.1%43.3%42.8%10.5%-2.4%10.8M-56.0M-6.5M0.6214.41N/AN/A14,8259,155244,510173,970
2008-04-11$97.78$100.0046.2%13.3%57.2%46.7%45.5%10.2%-2.6%6.5M29.1M-6.3M0.7313.11N/AN/A12,0758,815247,070173,805
2008-04-14$95.40$100.0049.3%14.1%55.9%51.8%48.8%10.1%-3.8%719.3K161.8M-5.9M0.8210.77N/AN/A14,16511,680244,930172,565
2008-04-15$96.90$100.0047.3%13.6%47.9%48.5%45.8%9.3%-2.7%3.0M97.9M-5.9M0.5113.06N/AN/A16,0758,230245,595173,735
2008-04-16$99.38$100.0042.3%12.1%45.3%40.2%42.6%9.1%-1.4%10.8M-15.3M-6.0M0.5112.46N/AN/A12,9356,630247,085174,575
2008-04-17$99.68$100.0041.7%12.0%40.8%39.2%42.4%9.2%-1.1%11.4M-47.8M-6.0M0.4721.26N/AN/A13,7256,520245,280173,610
2008-04-18$100.75$100.0042.2%12.1%37.7%40.1%41.7%6.0%-1.7%14.0M-128.9M-6.0M0.4520.43N/AN/A37,07016,620244,845174,320
2008-04-21$104.70$100.0051.7%14.8%38.3%55.7%51.4%3.4%-9.6%9.7M-238.0M-6.4M0.3126.02N/AN/A55,50517,280192,855136,945
2008-04-22$96.70$100.0041.0%11.7%46.9%38.0%41.5%3.1%-0.4%4.3M110.7M-5.4M0.4620.99N/AN/A81,20037,675192,850136,935
2008-04-23$97.52$96.0035.6%10.2%45.9%29.1%36.2%3.7%1.5%10.0M2.3M-6.0M0.3920.32N/AN/A34,80513,420237,435156,740
2008-04-24$97.00$98.0034.9%10.0%46.0%28.0%35.5%2.4%2.6%10.2M39.1M-6.0M0.4122.97N/AN/A13,0355,350244,350157,390
2008-04-25$96.18$98.0032.9%9.4%45.4%24.7%33.4%2.7%3.4%8.4M83.7M-5.8M0.6324.82N/AN/A14,2509,035244,845157,510
2008-04-28$94.68$98.0034.4%9.9%45.1%27.1%34.6%1.7%1.1%5.3M165.6M-5.5M0.5728.06N/AN/A13,0657,475245,170159,880
2008-04-29$95.00$96.0034.3%9.8%38.5%26.9%34.7%2.1%0.7%6.8M130.6M-5.5M0.5437.68N/AN/A14,1807,700248,965161,590
2008-04-30$91.49$96.0035.9%10.3%39.7%29.7%36.7%-0.0%0.3%759.5K261.7M-5.2M0.5535.96N/AN/A18,31010,030252,330160,615