ETQ Options History — February 2010

In February 2010, ETQ traded between $7.88 and $8.13. ATM implied volatility averaged 29.3%. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 19.8% (HV 20d: 9.5%). Max pain ranged from $7.50 to $7.50. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.09.

Notable Days

  • 2010-02-19: Highest Volume — 425 contracts
  • 2010-02-16: Largest IV drop — 37.2% change
  • 2010-02-09: Largest Expected Move — 11.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$8.02$7.88$8.13$8.02$8.04
Max Pain$7.50$7.50$7.50$7.50$7.50
ATM IV29.3%20.5%41.5%30.1%25.8%
Expected Move8.2%5.9%11.0%8.6%7.4%
HV 20d9.5%7.9%10.3%10.0%9.5%
HV 60d37.2%35.2%41.2%41.2%35.2%
Term Structure5.5%-5.1%20.8%7.8%-2.3%
VWIV27.1%16.4%37.8%37.8%16.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %54.3619.1195.8395.6723.10
Gamma HHI0.880.830.960.860.94
Net GEX30.1K23.7K44.0K26.5K44.0K
Net DEX-1.2M-1.4M-1.0M-1.1M-1.4M
Net VEX-3.8K-4.3K-3.2K-4.3K-3.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.090.000.840.000.00
Total Volume69.211042500
Total OI3,987.3163,8114,1763,8833,925

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-02-01$8.02$7.5030.1%8.6%10.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%7.8%26.5K-1.1M-4.3K0.0095.67002,7071,176
2010-02-02$8.03$7.5030.8%8.8%9.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%8.6%25.3K-1.1M-4.3K0.0095.83002,7071,176
2010-02-03$8.00$7.5032.2%9.2%9.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%5.2%24.8K-1.1M-4.3K0.0093.670352,7071,176
2010-02-04$7.93$7.5030.2%8.7%9.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%6.4%23.7K-1.1M-4.3K0.0078.065002,7071,211
2010-02-05$7.89$7.5039.2%10.7%9.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.5%25.3K-1.0M-4.3K0.0074.10002,7571,211
2010-02-08$7.88$7.5041.5%10.9%9.6%0.0%37.8%0.0%1.2%25.8K-1.1M-4.1K0.0040.6014102,7571,211
2010-02-09$7.94$7.5036.1%11.0%10.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.1%27.2K-1.1M-4.3K0.0072.48002,8981,211
2010-02-10$7.96$7.5037.4%8.6%9.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%15.0%27.9K-1.1M-4.2K0.0067.88402,8981,211
2010-02-11$8.05$7.5029.7%8.5%10.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%12.6%29.1K-1.2M-4.0K0.8478.2450422,8951,211
2010-02-12$8.03$7.5034.5%9.9%9.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%5.2%28.1K-1.2M-3.9K0.0058.59002,8951,238
2010-02-16$8.11$7.5021.7%6.2%10.3%0.0%16.4%0.0%20.8%30.5K-1.3M-3.7K0.0064.068002,9381,238
2010-02-17$8.09$7.5027.3%7.8%10.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%9.4%28.4K-1.3M-3.5K0.0066.7623102,8831,238
2010-02-18$8.13$7.5023.9%6.9%8.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%9.7%24.8K-1.3M-3.3K0.0019.6714302,7111,238
2010-02-19$8.13$7.5022.7%6.5%8.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%9.9%27.8K-1.3M-3.3K0.0022.1442502,8041,238
2010-02-22$8.12$7.5025.9%7.4%7.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.2%35.1K-1.4M-3.4K0.0019.1111402,843968
2010-02-23$8.02$7.5024.5%7.0%9.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%-3.2%37.1K-1.3M-3.5K0.0021.74002,957968
2010-02-24$8.02$7.5023.0%6.6%9.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%-5.1%38.1K-1.3M-3.6K0.0020.83002,957968
2010-02-25$7.98$7.5020.5%5.9%9.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%-3.4%41.5K-1.3M-3.5K0.0020.39002,957968
2010-02-26$8.04$7.5025.8%7.4%9.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%-2.3%44.0K-1.4M-3.2K0.0023.10002,957968