IBKR Options History — October 2009

In October 2009, IBKR traded between $4.00 and $5.23. ATM implied volatility averaged 33.6%, placing in the 10.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.3%. IV traded below realized volatility by 5.1% (HV 20d: 38.7%). Max pain ranged from $5.00 to $5.00. Net GEX was positive for 16 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.25.

Notable Days

  • 2009-10-23: Highest Volume — 49,132 contracts
  • 2009-10-15: Largest IV spike — 41.0% change
  • 2009-10-22: Highest IV Rank — 18.3%
  • 2009-10-22: Largest Expected Move — 12.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$4.81$4.00$5.23$4.96$4.00
Max Pain$5.00$5.00$5.00$5.00$5.00
ATM IV33.6%26.0%41.9%32.0%34.0%
Expected Move10.3%7.5%12.0%9.2%9.7%
HV 20d38.7%25.3%62.3%25.3%60.0%
HV 60d35.9%29.1%42.5%34.3%42.5%
IV Rank10.2%2.8%18.3%8.6%10.5%
IV Percentile21.0%0.4%45.6%11.1%29.4%
Term Structure-0.5%-3.2%6.5%5.2%0.2%
VWIV35.5%20.8%42.5%32.0%32.2%
Skew 25d3.3%-0.6%7.8%-0.4%-0.3%
Skew 10d8.7%-1.1%20.2%0.1%1.6%
Call IV 25d35.0%26.9%43.7%28.0%33.8%
Put IV 25d38.2%27.5%45.6%27.5%33.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %21.9814.9329.9315.7124.06
Gamma HHI0.330.230.530.310.50
Net GEX95.0K-347.5K401.1K201.7K-306.1K
Net DEX-9.6M-23.7M19.2M-15.9M19.2M
Net VEX-99.4K-119.1K-89.6K-92.2K-99.7K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.250.019.380.186.42
Total Volume9,818.18220449,1327,0284,184
Total OI179,308.364144,552237,516144,552237,516

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2009-10-01$4.96$5.0032.0%9.2%25.3%8.6%32.0%-0.4%5.2%201.7K-15.9M-92.2K0.1815.71N/AN/A5,9401,08873,10071,452
2009-10-02$4.83$5.0030.0%8.6%27.8%6.7%30.1%7.8%6.5%164.3K-12.6M-93.3K0.0715.55N/AN/A1,3408872,94872,276
2009-10-05$5.00$5.0034.4%11.0%29.8%11.0%38.3%4.0%-1.1%223.1K-16.2M-89.6K3.4529.30N/AN/A8402,90073,51272,276
2009-10-06$5.15$5.0033.6%10.7%31.0%10.2%37.4%3.9%-0.6%205.1K-18.9M-90.8K0.0117.87N/AN/A8,7648474,10474,896
2009-10-07$5.09$5.0033.9%10.9%31.5%10.5%38.4%3.9%-1.8%247.4K-18.7M-93.2K0.7628.10N/AN/A1168878,16074,940
2009-10-08$5.15$5.0032.3%10.6%31.3%8.9%36.6%3.1%-1.0%263.4K-19.8M-92.7K2.4621.77N/AN/A1,4483,55678,21674,932
2009-10-09$5.14$5.0028.8%10.6%31.2%5.5%36.0%2.3%-1.1%262.0K-19.9M-95.1K0.4229.77N/AN/A3,5561,47678,58878,232
2009-10-12$5.14$5.0028.2%11.0%31.2%4.9%37.5%1.9%-1.1%283.5K-20.1M-100.1K0.0629.93N/AN/A2,66016481,32079,692
2009-10-13$5.08$5.0033.3%11.1%31.4%9.9%38.7%3.0%-1.3%285.0K-19.0M-103.6K0.8717.64N/AN/A86474882,64479,640
2009-10-14$5.22$5.0026.9%11.1%29.9%3.7%35.8%3.8%-1.8%272.2K-23.0M-99.1K1.8029.58N/AN/A1,4042,53283,20080,024
2009-10-15$5.23$5.0037.9%10.9%29.4%14.4%36.6%4.3%-1.1%267.9K-23.7M-97.4K0.0620.90N/AN/A3,40019283,65679,100
2009-10-16$5.08$5.0038.3%11.0%31.4%14.7%37.9%3.2%-1.2%401.1K-20.2M-100.9K0.0925.29N/AN/A17,0201,49686,60479,124
2009-10-19$5.12$5.0039.8%11.4%31.5%16.2%41.5%3.6%-2.4%306.8K-20.7M-105.8K1.8219.25N/AN/A3,0245,49696,53276,616
2009-10-20$5.13$5.0039.7%11.4%31.3%16.1%40.0%4.9%-2.7%294.3K-20.8M-107.0K0.5116.52N/AN/A1,70487698,22881,848
2009-10-21$4.99$5.0040.9%11.7%32.8%17.3%42.5%-0.6%-2.1%235.9K-17.6M-108.9K3.0918.42N/AN/A4,23213,08899,44082,368
2009-10-22$4.89$5.0041.9%12.0%32.1%18.3%42.4%1.9%-3.2%76.6K-12.8M-119.1K2.1117.62N/AN/A8,46817,852102,15693,884
2009-10-23$4.21$5.0031.1%8.9%62.3%7.7%31.1%7.8%-0.5%-340.4K10.8M-92.8K2.0825.28N/AN/A15,95233,180104,520104,324
2009-10-26$4.13$5.0030.7%8.8%60.4%7.3%30.8%5.5%0.3%-309.7K13.3M-98.3K1.2814.93N/AN/A3,6804,708107,900111,068
2009-10-27$4.09$5.0026.0%7.5%59.8%2.8%20.8%3.2%1.2%-279.7K14.3M-97.7K9.3821.42N/AN/A2,11219,804110,096112,560
2009-10-28$4.05$5.0034.5%9.9%59.8%11.1%32.8%0.6%-2.6%-315.9K15.5M-102.4K7.9720.97N/AN/A9527,584110,940118,780
2009-10-29$4.09$5.0030.7%8.8%60.1%7.4%32.6%4.9%0.2%-347.5K15.3M-106.2K4.6323.71N/AN/A1,3046,036111,272122,100
2009-10-30$4.00$5.0034.0%9.7%60.0%10.5%32.2%-0.3%0.2%-306.1K19.2M-99.7K6.4224.06N/AN/A5643,620111,884125,632