IBKR Options History — February 2008

In February 2008, IBKR traded between $7.77 and $8.87. ATM implied volatility averaged 34.0%, placing in the 28.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.9%. IV traded below realized volatility by 8.7% (HV 20d: 42.7%). Max pain ranged from $7.50 to $7.50. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 20 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.38.

Notable Days

  • 2008-02-11: Highest Volume — 12,344 contracts
  • 2008-02-29: Largest IV spike — 32.6% change
  • 2008-02-07: Highest IV Rank — 49.4%
  • 2008-02-08: Largest Expected Move — 11.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$8.44$7.77$8.87$8.87$7.77
Max Pain$7.50$7.50$7.50$7.50$7.50
ATM IV34.0%29.2%42.4%33.2%38.8%
Expected Move9.9%8.4%11.7%9.5%11.1%
HV 20d42.7%31.1%48.7%43.5%38.9%
HV 60d34.9%32.8%38.2%32.8%38.2%
IV Rank28.2%16.2%49.4%26.2%40.3%
IV Percentile30.9%6.5%83.3%22.5%68.2%
Term Structure3.9%1.7%6.7%1.7%2.1%
VWIV35.2%29.3%40.4%33.2%38.7%
Skew 25d6.0%-3.5%15.4%7.2%-3.5%
Skew 10d9.3%-8.6%23.0%14.2%-8.6%
Call IV 25d33.1%22.9%39.5%34.6%39.5%
Put IV 25d39.1%35.3%43.6%41.8%35.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %21.099.9245.8028.7810.78
Gamma HHI0.730.500.840.740.50
Net GEX3.3M2.0M4.2M2.9M2.0M
Net DEX-71.0M-95.8M-27.5M-95.8M-27.5M
Net VEX-213.7K-243.7K-151.9K-243.7K-151.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.380.031.680.150.64
Total Volume5,10488412,34410,7488,072
Total OI220,122.2204,152236,760223,172210,588

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-02-01$8.87$7.5033.2%9.5%43.5%26.2%33.2%7.2%1.7%2.9M-95.8M-243.7K0.1528.78N/AN/A9,3241,424173,91249,260
2008-02-04$8.75$7.5033.1%10.3%43.1%25.9%36.3%7.2%3.1%3.1M-90.3M-241.5K0.1210.32N/AN/A2,992348174,50850,196
2008-02-05$8.51$7.5035.5%10.6%44.7%32.1%37.1%2.2%3.0%3.0M-76.9M-238.8K0.4210.84N/AN/A2,4921,048174,42050,536
2008-02-06$8.15$7.5034.0%10.6%47.7%28.2%38.0%4.2%3.5%2.7M-57.1M-234.0K0.3720.31N/AN/A2,068760175,30850,956
2008-02-07$8.06$7.5042.4%11.6%47.7%49.4%38.8%3.0%4.0%2.5M-51.5M-224.7K0.1331.71N/AN/A8,3201,084175,37251,420
2008-02-08$7.92$7.5041.2%11.7%47.1%46.5%39.7%4.5%2.4%2.4M-45.3M-223.9K1.6821.30N/AN/A9241,548179,04851,464
2008-02-11$8.19$7.5038.6%10.6%48.7%40.0%40.4%4.8%2.8%2.8M-59.8M-225.8K0.0628.78N/AN/A11,596748179,14851,792
2008-02-12$8.31$7.5034.6%10.6%47.5%29.8%39.7%6.2%2.2%3.0M-70.0M-225.0K0.7816.51N/AN/A2,3601,836183,24852,000
2008-02-13$8.52$7.5030.4%10.0%47.1%19.3%36.4%4.6%3.9%3.5M-80.5M-226.5K0.1519.50N/AN/A6,100944183,06853,244
2008-02-14$8.49$7.5033.7%9.7%46.9%27.5%34.7%3.6%5.1%3.5M-77.6M-220.9K0.0513.21N/AN/A3,180148182,05253,732
2008-02-15$8.61$7.5034.2%9.8%45.0%28.7%39.8%15.4%4.6%4.0M-85.1M-221.6K0.0626.50N/AN/A5,092288182,77653,984
2008-02-19$8.51$7.5032.6%9.3%45.3%24.7%32.2%3.8%4.1%3.4M-70.9M-210.4K0.4739.56N/AN/A2,7001,276162,51241,908
2008-02-20$8.66$7.5032.9%9.4%44.1%25.5%32.9%2.1%4.6%3.5M-77.9M-207.9K0.2945.80N/AN/A2,572756161,94042,212
2008-02-21$8.65$7.5031.8%9.1%41.9%22.7%31.6%2.4%5.3%3.6M-78.9M-203.2K0.3618.42N/AN/A2,8601,032162,59242,628
2008-02-22$8.62$7.5032.3%9.2%40.8%23.8%32.7%10.4%3.8%3.6M-76.2M-203.0K0.6122.36N/AN/A5,6043,396163,46442,756
2008-02-25$8.68$7.5031.1%8.9%36.9%21.0%31.1%11.2%4.6%4.0M-82.2M-198.4K0.0317.42N/AN/A4,096124165,91243,364
2008-02-26$8.72$7.5030.0%8.6%31.1%18.2%30.1%14.1%6.7%4.2M-85.1M-194.8K0.2513.06N/AN/A2,500624166,77243,372
2008-02-27$8.52$7.5030.3%8.7%32.4%19.0%30.3%9.0%5.4%4.1M-71.6M-194.1K0.739.92N/AN/A512372166,99643,436
2008-02-28$8.32$7.5029.2%8.4%33.2%16.2%29.3%8.0%6.0%3.8M-59.4M-184.6K0.2416.79N/AN/A772188167,00043,548
2008-02-29$7.77$7.5038.8%11.1%38.9%40.3%38.7%-3.5%2.1%2.0M-27.5M-151.9K0.6410.78N/AN/A4,9163,156166,94043,648