CME Options History — January 2023

In January 2023, CME traded between $168.31 and $177.27. ATM implied volatility averaged 22.7%, placing in the 23.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.1% (HV 20d: 18.6%). Max pain ranged from $170.00 to $185.00. Net GEX was positive for 17 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.64.

Notable Days

  • 2023-01-18: Highest Volume — 8,477 contracts
  • 2023-01-09: Largest IV spike — 13.9% change
  • 2023-01-09: Highest IV Rank — 31.3%
  • 2023-01-31: Largest Expected Move — 7.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$174.48$168.31$177.27$168.31$175.67
Max Pain$172.63$170.00$185.00$185.00$175.00
ATM IV22.7%20.4%24.3%22.4%23.2%
Expected Move6.7%6.3%7.6%6.7%7.6%
HV 20d18.6%15.2%21.3%20.5%15.3%
HV 60d19.2%17.9%20.5%20.5%18.5%
IV Rank23.2%12.4%31.3%21.9%25.6%
IV Percentile12.3%1.6%28.6%9.5%16.3%
Term Structure0.1%-1.3%2.3%1.7%-0.3%
VWIV23.5%21.8%25.8%23.5%25.8%
Skew 25d3.9%3.3%4.6%4.1%3.5%
Skew 10d8.6%6.9%11.7%7.7%9.3%
Call IV 25d20.8%19.1%23.2%21.0%21.3%
Put IV 25d24.7%22.7%27.0%25.1%24.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %64.2539.1972.0366.3970.17
Gamma HHI0.140.090.260.100.14
Net GEX2.6M-3.8M8.9M-3.8M4.7M
Net DEX34.0M-10.9M126.8M126.8M-1.9M
Net VEX-1.0M-1.1M-1.0M-1.0M-1.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.640.3212.743.000.93
Total Volume3,250.256218,4773,668621
Total OI49,810.435,92259,12853,75940,073

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2023-01-03$168.31$185.0022.4%6.7%20.5%21.9%23.5%4.1%1.7%-3.8M126.8M-1.0M3.0066.39N/AN/A9182,75023,83029,929
2023-01-04$169.23$185.0023.2%6.4%19.0%25.6%22.6%3.6%0.6%-3.4M116.6M-1.0M6.4763.06N/AN/A6364,11324,12930,267
2023-01-05$169.75$170.0023.1%7.0%19.1%25.1%24.6%3.5%2.3%-3.1M112.7M-1.0M0.5567.26N/AN/A85847324,36130,438
2023-01-06$174.98$170.0021.4%6.5%21.3%16.9%22.3%4.1%2.1%2.4M49.0M-1.0M1.2760.29N/AN/A1,8022,29324,56330,567
2023-01-09$175.86$170.0024.3%7.3%21.3%31.3%24.1%3.8%0.7%2.6M37.2M-1.0M1.4660.32N/AN/A2,3193,39024,34730,006
2023-01-10$177.27$170.0023.9%6.9%21.2%29.1%24.4%3.9%0.0%4.3M5.4M-1.1M1.3262.43N/AN/A45960725,23529,307
2023-01-11$175.91$170.0023.7%6.9%21.0%28.1%23.4%3.9%0.5%3.2M21.7M-1.0M12.7466.08N/AN/A3334,24425,39129,583
2023-01-12$175.81$170.0023.4%6.6%20.7%26.4%21.9%4.4%-0.4%2.2M29.2M-1.0M2.1366.58N/AN/A1,7893,81425,42130,300
2023-01-13$175.69$170.0022.8%6.4%19.8%23.8%21.8%4.0%-0.7%3.2M21.6M-1.0M3.0265.87N/AN/A5651,70426,63330,912
2023-01-17$176.27$170.0023.1%6.6%18.5%25.3%24.0%4.6%-0.9%3.2M21.5M-1.0M3.1067.75N/AN/A5571,72526,00630,406
2023-01-18$176.11$170.0022.9%6.6%18.5%24.2%22.8%4.1%-0.6%3.7M23.8M-1.0M7.4367.14N/AN/A1,0067,47126,29830,616
2023-01-19$175.21$170.0023.6%6.8%18.3%27.7%24.1%4.1%-1.3%2.9M36.6M-1.0M3.0168.36N/AN/A1,2703,82426,59730,977
2023-01-20$174.93$170.0022.5%6.5%18.2%22.4%23.2%3.8%-0.7%8.9M36.9M-1.0M1.1764.80N/AN/A1,2661,47827,45931,669
2023-01-23$174.06$170.0021.4%6.3%17.4%17.1%22.5%3.7%-0.5%3.0M15.2M-1.0M1.0864.80N/AN/A1,9172,06916,59919,323
2023-01-24$172.97$170.0020.4%6.4%17.5%12.4%22.2%3.7%-0.7%2.1M22.8M-1.0M1.7172.03N/AN/A58199317,48320,384
2023-01-25$172.39$172.5022.7%6.7%17.5%23.3%23.1%4.2%0.0%813.3K33.0M-1.1M0.7839.19N/AN/A74258017,84121,046
2023-01-26$176.64$175.0021.1%6.6%15.2%15.5%24.4%3.3%-0.4%5.7M-10.9M-1.1M0.3253.63N/AN/A1,68153717,98021,416
2023-01-27$176.09$175.0021.3%6.8%15.3%16.6%22.8%3.5%-0.3%4.1M-6.8M-1.1M0.6468.58N/AN/A58837418,92821,653
2023-01-30$176.54$175.0023.2%7.3%15.3%25.7%25.5%3.9%0.1%4.6M-10.4M-1.1M0.6370.18N/AN/A1,6321,02617,72920,506
2023-01-31$175.67$175.0023.2%7.6%15.3%25.6%25.8%3.5%-0.3%4.7M-1.9M-1.1M0.9370.17N/AN/A32130019,04021,033