ETQ Options History — March 2010

In March 2010, ETQ traded between $7.34 and $8.43. ATM implied volatility averaged 39.8%. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 15.8% (HV 20d: 24.0%). Max pain ranged from $7.50 to $7.50. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.14.

Notable Days

  • 2010-03-22: Highest Volume — 651 contracts
  • 2010-03-22: Largest IV spike — 182.4% change
  • 2010-03-22: Largest Expected Move — 19.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$8.13$7.34$8.43$8.12$8.05
Max Pain$7.50$7.50$7.50$7.50$7.50
ATM IV39.8%16.1%69.3%28.2%43.9%
Expected Move10.9%4.6%19.9%8.1%12.6%
HV 20d24.0%7.9%52.7%10.1%52.7%
HV 60d33.2%27.1%39.8%35.2%31.0%
Term Structure-2.2%-19.8%14.5%-1.4%9.7%
VWIV37.2%13.7%69.3%25.2%31.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %55.9713.82102.3466.1883.50
Gamma HHI0.810.600.930.930.80
Net GEX23.9K10.3K47.5K42.8K14.3K
Net DEX-1.1M-1.6M-278.8K-1.4M-714.2K
Net VEX-2.5K-3.2K-1.5K-3.2K-2.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.140.001.500.000.00
Total Volume100.2170651805
Total OI3,460.5652,9213,9253,9253,190

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-03-01$8.12$7.5028.2%8.1%10.1%0.0%25.2%0.0%-1.4%42.8K-1.4M-3.2K0.0066.188002,957968
2010-03-02$8.18$7.5025.0%7.2%10.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%-0.4%47.5K-1.5M-2.9K0.0016.146002,948968
2010-03-03$8.20$7.5030.2%8.7%10.4%0.0%30.2%0.0%-0.5%42.9K-1.5M-2.8K0.0020.466002,898968
2010-03-04$8.22$7.5033.0%9.5%10.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%-19.8%30.4K-1.4M-3.1K0.0025.87002,838968
2010-03-05$8.23$7.5036.2%7.4%9.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.7%30.5K-1.4M-3.0K0.0044.870312,838968
2010-03-08$8.26$7.5033.9%8.7%9.2%0.0%23.7%0.0%-7.1%38.4K-1.4M-2.8K0.0045.1218502,838999
2010-03-09$8.26$7.5041.4%7.2%9.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%7.0%25.9K-1.3M-2.7K0.0043.19002,664999
2010-03-10$8.29$7.5039.2%8.8%8.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%-1.2%35.5K-1.4M-2.3K0.0044.77002,664999
2010-03-11$8.31$7.5016.1%4.6%8.9%0.0%13.7%0.0%14.5%11.3K-1.6M-1.6K0.0313.8215652,664999
2010-03-12$8.34$7.5039.2%11.2%8.3%0.0%38.7%0.0%-13.0%24.2K-1.3M-2.4K0.0043.0630202,508994
2010-03-15$8.33$7.5034.1%9.8%8.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.7%20.6K-1.1M-2.2K0.0047.081002,313994
2010-03-16$8.40$7.5033.2%9.5%8.0%0.0%21.2%0.0%4.1%17.7K-1.2M-2.1K0.0042.3819402,313994
2010-03-17$8.43$7.5034.8%10.0%7.9%0.0%19.4%0.0%7.5%18.9K-1.2M-2.3K0.0074.301002,362994
2010-03-18$8.41$7.5032.3%9.3%8.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%-0.1%17.8K-1.2M-2.2K0.0072.53002,362994
2010-03-19$8.39$7.5024.5%7.0%8.1%0.0%23.0%0.0%-5.0%10.6K-1.4M-1.5K0.0163.9042052,362994
2010-03-22$7.34$7.5069.3%19.9%48.7%0.0%69.3%0.0%-11.2%10.3K-278.8K-2.6K1.5058.032603911,932989
2010-03-23$7.71$7.5058.9%16.9%52.3%0.0%58.9%0.0%-9.4%13.4K-452.0K-2.7K0.3374.8230102,0671,172
2010-03-24$7.81$7.5060.7%17.4%52.5%0.0%60.3%0.0%-4.8%16.4K-502.8K-2.6K0.0050.612602,0421,162
2010-03-25$7.84$7.5052.1%14.9%52.6%0.0%51.3%0.0%-3.7%17.4K-547.9K-2.5K0.0088.442502,0181,162
2010-03-26$7.85$7.5044.4%12.7%52.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.1%27.7K-585.9K-2.3K0.50102.3420101,9981,162
2010-03-29$7.98$7.5053.5%15.3%52.7%0.0%54.4%0.0%-13.9%18.4K-671.0K-2.2K0.0085.951002,0181,162
2010-03-30$8.02$7.5051.3%14.7%52.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%-10.5%17.1K-703.3K-2.2K0.0080.04002,0281,162
2010-03-31$8.05$7.5043.9%12.6%52.7%0.0%31.3%0.0%9.7%14.3K-714.2K-2.2K0.0083.50502,0281,162