CME Options History — March 2023

In March 2023, CME traded between $174.34 and $190.82. ATM implied volatility averaged 23.9%, placing in the 29.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.6%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.3% (HV 20d: 24.2%). Max pain ranged from $175.00 to $185.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.87.

Notable Days

  • 2023-03-08: Highest Volume — 4,388 contracts
  • 2023-03-17: Largest IV spike — 20.6% change
  • 2023-03-17: Highest IV Rank — 55.1%
  • 2023-03-15: Largest Expected Move — 8.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$183.91$174.34$190.82$184.41$190.82
Max Pain$183.70$175.00$185.00$175.00$185.00
ATM IV23.9%18.3%29.3%20.1%23.9%
Expected Move6.6%5.3%8.0%5.8%5.8%
HV 20d24.2%15.0%27.1%24.4%27.0%
HV 60d21.7%19.9%22.9%20.5%22.5%
IV Rank29.1%2.1%55.1%10.7%29.3%
IV Percentile36.8%0.8%75.4%4.0%34.9%
Term Structure0.3%-2.5%3.6%-0.0%0.6%
VWIV23.1%18.9%28.4%20.9%19.9%
Skew 25d4.7%2.3%6.6%3.6%4.7%
Skew 10d10.2%5.2%16.5%7.1%12.9%
Call IV 25d21.9%17.0%25.8%19.0%22.2%
Put IV 25d26.6%19.9%31.9%22.6%26.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %57.5540.9773.0658.5563.59
Gamma HHI0.120.070.260.130.15
Net GEX4.2M-2.9M12.0M5.7M6.8M
Net DEX-48.6M-108.0M47.5M-75.0M-107.1M
Net VEX-1.4M-1.5M-1.2M-1.3M-1.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.870.241.451.081.45
Total Volume1,905.7393564,3883564,122
Total OI45,709.8741,22451,03546,98445,522

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2023-03-01$184.41$175.0020.1%5.8%24.4%10.7%20.9%3.6%-0.0%5.7M-75.0M-1.3M1.0858.55N/AN/A17118522,64924,335
2023-03-02$186.34$175.0019.7%5.5%24.5%8.8%20.3%3.5%-0.7%7.8M-104.3M-1.3M0.8051.39N/AN/A31124822,70624,451
2023-03-03$185.03$175.0018.3%5.5%24.3%2.1%18.9%2.9%-0.1%4.4M-85.5M-1.3M0.6373.06N/AN/A1,02765122,69224,551
2023-03-06$184.78$185.0018.4%5.3%24.4%2.6%19.0%2.7%0.5%6.3M-74.9M-1.3M0.9257.28N/AN/A71465721,85324,217
2023-03-07$181.97$185.0019.9%5.8%25.0%9.9%19.5%2.8%-0.2%3.8M-39.9M-1.3M0.3965.46N/AN/A94237021,93924,569
2023-03-08$181.94$185.0020.7%6.0%24.0%13.6%21.7%2.3%-1.1%2.3M-32.3M-1.2M0.4966.38N/AN/A2,9431,44521,85324,874
2023-03-09$177.64$185.0021.8%6.4%15.3%18.9%23.0%3.5%-0.9%-1.0M27.2M-1.3M1.0166.66N/AN/A80581420,80724,815
2023-03-10$174.34$185.0026.0%7.0%15.0%39.1%24.7%6.1%-0.2%-2.9M47.5M-1.3M1.4256.56N/AN/A1,3441,91120,90424,449
2023-03-13$180.70$185.0028.6%7.8%20.3%52.0%24.8%4.0%-0.8%2.5M-16.4M-1.4M0.3463.71N/AN/A2,91698920,71225,033
2023-03-14$184.97$185.0025.5%7.3%21.9%36.9%24.5%5.9%-0.3%7.5M-72.1M-1.4M0.9063.47N/AN/A98388922,79025,411
2023-03-15$182.13$185.0028.3%8.0%22.4%50.4%28.4%6.0%-0.1%4.4M-31.8M-1.4M1.3162.04N/AN/A62481823,22125,801
2023-03-16$187.89$185.0024.3%6.8%25.2%31.0%23.2%4.4%-0.7%12.0M-108.0M-1.4M0.2462.91N/AN/A2,35456923,45726,078
2023-03-17$186.99$185.0029.3%7.9%25.2%55.1%28.3%6.6%-2.5%6.8M-96.0M-1.5M0.7361.56N/AN/A1,5721,15324,76126,274
2023-03-20$184.44$185.0024.7%7.0%25.6%33.1%24.5%6.3%3.6%2.5M-37.5M-1.4M0.8749.50N/AN/A82171519,74521,479
2023-03-21$183.01$185.0023.2%6.6%25.7%25.7%22.0%5.1%1.6%2.1M-23.9M-1.4M0.6442.77N/AN/A1,11971320,23121,988
2023-03-22$180.93$185.0023.1%6.6%25.8%25.2%24.2%4.5%2.4%898.1K-5.3M-1.4M1.0259.50N/AN/A62764020,60822,452
2023-03-23$179.65$185.0027.4%7.7%25.8%45.8%27.3%6.4%2.3%181.7K9.3M-1.4M1.2649.38N/AN/A8791,11020,71722,769
2023-03-24$183.53$185.0025.9%7.2%27.1%38.5%26.0%5.3%2.4%2.0M-24.6M-1.4M0.6253.19N/AN/A80150021,17023,609
2023-03-27$185.18$185.0026.2%6.6%26.8%40.1%23.4%6.0%-0.4%4.0M-48.4M-1.4M0.7857.78N/AN/A32925520,92122,516
2023-03-28$187.41$185.0025.5%6.3%27.1%36.7%23.7%4.8%0.3%5.4M-66.6M-1.4M1.3245.27N/AN/A34345221,08722,587
2023-03-29$186.92$185.0025.0%6.1%27.0%34.5%23.7%5.1%0.2%5.8M-67.1M-1.4M0.7140.97N/AN/A74953521,28122,771
2023-03-30$188.92$185.0023.8%5.9%27.0%28.4%20.1%4.7%0.0%6.6M-85.6M-1.4M1.1652.56N/AN/A79692121,53723,135
2023-03-31$190.82$185.0023.9%5.8%27.0%29.3%19.9%4.7%0.6%6.8M-107.1M-1.4M1.4563.59N/AN/A1,6822,44021,89723,625