CME Options History — September 2008

In September 2008, CME traded between $64.00 and $81.00. ATM implied volatility averaged 57.4%, placing in the 61.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 16.3%. IV traded below realized volatility by 17.9% (HV 20d: 75.2%). Max pain ranged from $66.00 to $72.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.80.

Notable Days

  • 2008-09-22: Highest Volume — 134,420 contracts
  • 2008-09-29: Largest IV spike — 37.1% change
  • 2008-09-29: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2008-09-29: Largest Expected Move — 23.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$70.62$64.00$81.00$67.62$74.30
Max Pain$68.38$66.00$72.00$72.00$72.00
ATM IV57.4%43.5%81.3%46.5%78.4%
Expected Move16.3%12.5%23.3%13.3%22.5%
HV 20d75.2%54.3%130.3%56.1%130.3%
HV 60d71.1%63.0%93.3%63.0%93.3%
IV Rank61.2%36.4%100.0%41.8%95.1%
IV Percentile90.7%70.2%100.0%79.0%99.2%
Term Structure-1.6%-7.8%2.9%0.8%-6.5%
VWIV57.1%45.0%74.7%47.1%74.7%
Skew 25d9.6%1.1%28.9%5.2%28.9%
Skew 10d23.4%9.4%42.3%9.4%41.7%
Call IV 25d52.8%43.1%71.7%45.0%59.0%
Put IV 25d62.5%47.4%87.9%50.2%87.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %27.9312.5063.9163.9141.99
Gamma HHI0.060.040.140.060.04
Net GEX7.7M1.6M30.0M5.6M6.8M
Net DEX128.1M-683.1M505.2M368.9M-96.6M
Net VEX-4.3M-5.6M-3.7M-3.8M-5.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.800.171.440.810.56
Total Volume56,432.85733,635134,42033,63536,935
Total OI540,270.952387,680618,170541,575489,060

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-09-02$67.62$72.0046.5%13.3%56.1%41.8%47.1%5.2%0.8%5.6M368.9M-3.8M0.8163.91N/AN/A18,61015,025326,930214,645
2008-09-03$69.57$72.0043.5%12.5%54.3%36.4%45.0%4.3%2.7%8.4M284.6M-3.9M0.5960.42N/AN/A24,76514,610331,830219,630
2008-09-04$65.53$72.0049.7%14.3%58.2%47.7%50.4%6.3%0.2%3.4M447.4M-3.7M1.3258.78N/AN/A21,59528,495338,245221,775
2008-09-05$65.79$66.0047.7%14.0%56.3%44.0%49.5%8.6%2.1%4.1M505.2M-3.7M1.1217.86N/AN/A28,49532,050343,775232,800
2008-09-08$70.17$66.0049.1%13.5%59.1%46.5%47.0%8.7%2.1%10.7M284.4M-4.1M0.7114.93N/AN/A43,97031,165346,545238,245
2008-09-09$65.24$66.0057.2%15.3%64.0%61.3%53.2%8.7%0.1%3.6M366.4M-3.8M1.4415.71N/AN/A29,88043,055356,475225,570
2008-09-10$66.44$66.0058.4%15.8%63.2%63.5%55.3%9.0%-0.9%5.7M293.5M-4.0M0.9214.81N/AN/A20,20018,510363,995225,705
2008-09-11$68.40$66.0054.4%15.6%64.1%56.2%56.1%12.1%-0.3%8.1M199.3M-4.1M0.8618.21N/AN/A27,21523,320364,185226,420
2008-09-12$70.05$66.0052.4%15.0%64.4%52.7%53.6%11.1%-0.2%10.0M117.8M-4.2M0.7912.50N/AN/A27,23021,380365,065229,815
2008-09-15$67.36$66.0061.4%17.6%64.3%68.9%61.6%11.5%-4.4%4.6M257.7M-4.0M0.9016.23N/AN/A21,62019,400369,225234,550
2008-09-16$68.85$66.0056.2%16.1%61.0%59.4%56.0%11.2%0.6%6.2M188.2M-4.1M1.1120.60N/AN/A18,82520,860368,475235,335
2008-09-17$64.34$66.0067.3%19.3%65.8%79.8%67.0%7.9%-5.9%1.6M370.1M-3.9M0.9329.85N/AN/A24,57022,950371,790237,200
2008-09-18$72.00$66.0052.5%15.1%77.3%52.8%54.3%13.0%2.9%15.8M-16.8M-4.2M0.7929.75N/AN/A32,36525,565373,620237,935
2008-09-19$81.00$66.0048.1%13.8%87.4%44.7%45.7%10.5%-4.1%30.0M-683.1M-4.5M0.4839.56N/AN/A74,54535,540376,785241,385
2008-09-22$79.20$66.0054.9%15.7%87.0%57.1%62.4%11.7%-4.5%6.3M-137.9M-4.6M0.1720.85N/AN/A114,73019,690225,975161,705
2008-09-23$74.13$70.0061.8%17.7%88.8%69.7%60.5%8.2%-6.8%5.0M113.8M-4.7M0.7817.46N/AN/A43,30033,950239,455180,745
2008-09-24$73.35$70.0066.5%19.1%86.2%78.4%66.2%7.8%-7.8%5.1M74.2M-4.9M0.5721.14N/AN/A26,18014,970255,000186,035
2008-09-25$75.77$72.0058.5%16.8%86.5%63.7%59.9%6.4%-2.2%6.6M-22.1M-5.1M0.7821.40N/AN/A20,34015,885261,790190,555
2008-09-26$79.80$72.0059.3%17.0%87.1%65.1%60.6%10.2%-1.8%8.5M-189.6M-5.6M0.4826.03N/AN/A27,86513,375266,790195,330
2008-09-29$64.00$72.0081.3%23.3%118.6%100.0%73.1%1.1%1.6%5.5M-35.5M-4.8M0.7424.56N/AN/A29,93022,130273,950201,350
2008-09-30$74.30$72.0078.4%22.5%130.3%95.1%74.7%28.9%-6.5%6.8M-96.6M-5.6M0.5641.99N/AN/A23,62513,310281,770207,290