IBKR Options History — February 2013

In February 2013, IBKR traded between $3.64 and $3.79. ATM implied volatility averaged 14.0%, placing in the 13.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 2.4% (HV 20d: 16.4%). Max pain ranged from $3.50 to $3.75. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 4.23.

Notable Days

  • 2013-02-22: Highest Volume — 3,284 contracts
  • 2013-02-27: Largest IV drop — 30.4% change
  • 2013-02-25: Highest IV Rank — 18.5%
  • 2013-02-04: Largest Expected Move — 4.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$3.71$3.64$3.79$3.65$3.68
Max Pain$3.53$3.50$3.75$3.50$3.75
ATM IV14.0%9.9%15.4%13.7%12.1%
Expected Move4.1%2.8%4.5%3.5%3.5%
HV 20d16.4%14.6%18.1%18.0%16.0%
HV 60d22.5%21.3%23.4%23.4%21.6%
IV Rank13.2%0.0%18.5%11.9%8.4%
IV Percentile9.3%0.0%18.7%5.2%2.0%
Term Structure3.8%0.4%10.0%10.0%8.5%
VWIV15.3%10.8%23.2%15.1%15.5%
Skew 25d0.5%-8.8%8.6%8.6%2.9%
Skew 10d0.6%-4.4%5.0%4.0%-2.1%
Call IV 25d12.7%8.5%17.7%8.5%9.4%
Put IV 25d13.2%8.9%17.3%17.1%12.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %16.8510.1347.1213.7713.93
Gamma HHI0.390.290.560.360.56
Net GEX-307.8K-550.7K-12.2K-447.9K-492.0K
Net DEX-3.3M-6.3M146.2K-1.5M146.2K
Net VEX-39.5K-52.4K-23.5K-52.4K-37.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio4.230.0053.730.990.64
Total Volume646.737683,2841,644480
Total OI113,354.316105,856116,608114,000105,888

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-02-01$3.65$3.5013.7%3.5%18.0%11.9%15.1%8.6%10.0%-447.9K-1.5M-52.4K0.9913.77N/AN/A82881625,73688,264
2013-02-04$3.66$3.5013.4%4.5%16.9%10.5%18.6%3.0%2.8%-462.0K-1.4M-51.0K0.4220.14N/AN/A482025,79288,340
2013-02-05$3.70$3.5013.2%4.3%16.8%9.8%16.1%3.7%3.2%-353.9K-3.1M-44.8K0.5315.05N/AN/A28815225,77288,328
2013-02-06$3.71$3.5014.1%4.1%16.8%13.4%17.0%4.0%4.1%-367.7K-3.0M-45.4K1.5910.41N/AN/A15624825,70088,456
2013-02-07$3.71$3.5014.6%4.2%16.6%15.4%15.9%4.0%4.4%-377.3K-3.0M-44.7K0.5713.78N/AN/A925225,54488,432
2013-02-08$3.73$3.5014.8%4.3%16.6%16.2%13.9%-0.9%3.1%-303.5K-3.9M-42.4K0.6647.12N/AN/A33222025,47688,420
2013-02-11$3.73$3.5014.1%4.0%16.6%13.1%14.5%-0.6%3.3%-235.4K-4.3M-39.4K9.8110.13N/AN/A6462825,56088,420
2013-02-12$3.73$3.5015.2%4.3%16.5%17.4%15.1%-0.4%2.4%-238.8K-4.2M-40.6K2.3311.07N/AN/A4811225,60088,932
2013-02-13$3.78$3.5014.2%4.1%16.6%13.8%15.1%1.9%3.3%-108.2K-6.3M-23.5K1.0615.89N/AN/A38440825,62888,908
2013-02-14$3.76$3.5013.7%3.9%16.5%11.8%23.2%0.9%4.2%-96.0K-5.0M-37.2K0.0015.95N/AN/A216025,22088,976
2013-02-15$3.75$3.5015.4%4.4%16.5%18.4%15.4%0.9%2.1%-12.2K-5.4M-26.0K0.3417.14N/AN/A54018425,22888,976
2013-02-19$3.79$3.5013.9%4.0%16.6%12.6%14.0%1.9%3.5%-150.5K-5.4M-32.8K0.0015.80N/AN/A268024,30488,388
2013-02-20$3.71$3.5015.3%4.4%18.1%17.9%15.2%-2.7%2.0%-295.3K-4.1M-37.1K1.5116.85N/AN/A55283224,39288,388
2013-02-21$3.70$3.5014.4%4.1%14.6%14.6%14.3%-3.7%2.0%-352.2K-3.5M-39.8K1.1718.57N/AN/A9611224,66889,132
2013-02-22$3.71$3.5014.0%4.0%14.6%12.9%13.9%-3.2%3.7%-337.9K-3.9M-37.2K53.7317.95N/AN/A603,22424,70089,136
2013-02-25$3.64$3.5015.4%4.4%15.5%18.5%13.3%-8.8%0.7%-550.7K-1.6M-44.4K0.8715.89N/AN/A605224,70891,900
2013-02-26$3.67$3.5014.2%4.1%15.7%13.6%14.3%-4.2%0.4%-469.7K-2.6M-40.6K1.2016.83N/AN/A404824,70091,864
2013-02-27$3.71$3.759.9%2.8%15.7%0.0%10.8%1.6%8.1%-197.7K-707.8K-34.0K2.9213.86N/AN/A16046813,94891,908
2013-02-28$3.68$3.7512.1%3.5%16.0%8.4%15.5%2.9%8.5%-492.0K146.2K-37.8K0.6413.93N/AN/A29218814,05291,836