IBKR Options History — October 2013

In October 2013, IBKR traded between $4.73 and $5.22. ATM implied volatility averaged 22.6%, placing in the 57.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 7.8% (HV 20d: 14.8%). Max pain ranged from $4.50 to $4.75. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 3 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.66.

Notable Days

  • 2013-10-30: Highest Volume — 10,324 contracts
  • 2013-10-07: Largest IV spike — 55.7% change
  • 2013-10-08: Highest IV Rank — 78.7%
  • 2013-10-15: Largest Expected Move — 7.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$4.94$4.73$5.22$4.73$5.16
Max Pain$4.72$4.50$4.75$4.50$4.75
ATM IV22.6%18.6%29.3%24.3%18.8%
Expected Move6.4%5.3%7.3%7.0%5.4%
HV 20d14.8%11.7%16.5%11.9%15.3%
HV 60d14.8%14.3%16.2%15.1%14.7%
IV Rank57.2%37.4%78.7%59.4%45.2%
IV Percentile74.9%53.6%98.0%89.3%53.6%
Term Structure-0.9%-3.3%0.6%-1.8%-0.2%
VWIV21.8%13.2%25.5%24.6%19.1%
Skew 25d3.6%-2.7%9.2%9.0%1.7%
Skew 10d4.2%-2.3%20.7%7.2%-2.3%
Call IV 25d19.1%12.3%25.2%16.9%18.9%
Put IV 25d22.7%14.8%27.6%25.9%20.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %18.367.2673.9910.5168.53
Gamma HHI0.230.180.580.200.18
Net GEX302.9K178.5K851.9K178.5K322.2K
Net DEX-14.8M-19.3M-10.5M-10.5M-18.8M
Net VEX-59.6K-64.2K-55.4K-59.3K-59.5K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.660.014.060.120.10
Total Volume2,560.17418410,3241,5761,080
Total OI147,287.652137,800159,672137,800159,672

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-10-01$4.73$4.5024.3%7.0%11.9%59.4%24.6%9.0%-1.8%178.5K-10.5M-59.3K0.1210.51N/AN/A1,40417239,69298,108
2013-10-02$4.79$4.5024.1%6.9%11.7%58.3%24.1%9.2%-1.0%182.1K-11.6M-57.4K0.0510.29N/AN/A3,67218840,33298,156
2013-10-03$4.77$4.5025.0%7.2%12.1%61.9%25.0%3.7%-2.1%228.2K-11.8M-61.0K4.068.16N/AN/A6426043,34098,208
2013-10-04$4.88$4.7518.6%6.5%13.2%37.4%23.3%7.8%-1.1%218.5K-13.3M-59.2K0.4922.48N/AN/A1,02049643,40098,408
2013-10-07$4.80$4.7529.0%6.9%15.5%77.5%0.0%5.5%-0.8%222.7K-12.4M-60.6K0.0211.82N/AN/A1,3242044,14098,560
2013-10-08$4.75$4.7529.3%6.9%16.4%78.7%21.6%2.7%-0.6%234.3K-11.6M-63.2K0.1513.83N/AN/A1,42420845,16098,564
2013-10-09$4.78$4.7528.5%7.1%16.3%75.4%24.6%4.2%-1.3%237.4K-12.1M-62.1K2.5413.21N/AN/A5213245,42498,608
2013-10-10$4.84$4.7524.9%7.2%16.5%61.7%23.9%5.6%-0.5%231.7K-12.9M-60.1K0.5221.28N/AN/A1,33668845,47298,732
2013-10-11$4.86$4.7525.3%7.3%16.0%63.1%24.9%7.4%-2.9%249.8K-13.7M-60.1K0.7521.27N/AN/A1,9321,44846,30099,260
2013-10-14$4.89$4.7523.8%6.8%16.0%57.3%24.7%2.4%-1.6%271.1K-14.1M-62.4K0.1318.37N/AN/A1,46818847,980100,308
2013-10-15$4.92$4.7525.6%7.3%15.6%76.1%25.5%1.6%-3.3%294.3K-14.9M-64.2K0.1216.01N/AN/A6,37675249,360100,436
2013-10-16$4.88$4.7522.3%6.4%16.2%60.8%20.1%1.6%-0.2%401.1K-14.7M-63.5K0.2014.83N/AN/A2,78056053,136100,872
2013-10-17$4.91$4.7520.4%5.9%15.6%52.5%20.8%6.5%0.2%447.5K-14.7M-61.4K2.338.32N/AN/A9082,11252,096101,196
2013-10-18$4.97$4.7521.0%6.0%15.0%55.1%22.5%0.7%-1.3%851.9K-16.2M-59.0K0.1110.02N/AN/A1,36414851,992100,172
2013-10-21$5.01$4.7520.5%5.9%14.8%52.8%20.5%1.3%-0.4%301.1K-15.9M-58.1K0.019.38N/AN/A1,7121248,372100,600
2013-10-22$5.00$4.7520.3%5.8%14.8%51.8%20.5%3.2%-0.8%310.0K-15.8M-60.1K0.2013.52N/AN/A1,19624448,74498,760
2013-10-23$5.03$4.7520.5%5.9%14.5%52.8%20.6%1.8%-0.7%309.0K-16.5M-58.6K0.8413.98N/AN/A70459249,10098,960
2013-10-24$5.03$4.7520.4%5.8%14.3%52.2%20.2%2.5%-0.6%309.3K-16.6M-56.9K0.017.26N/AN/A2,0082449,40099,176
2013-10-25$5.05$4.7518.6%5.3%14.3%44.1%13.2%-2.7%0.6%303.4K-16.9M-57.3K0.0910.74N/AN/A1,38012849,58099,176
2013-10-28$5.13$4.7519.2%5.5%14.9%46.8%18.3%1.6%-0.4%298.7K-18.0M-55.7K0.3910.88N/AN/A2,8641,12049,99699,160
2013-10-29$5.18$4.7519.4%5.6%15.0%47.9%19.8%3.8%-0.4%286.3K-18.6M-55.4K0.0213.58N/AN/A2,9366450,34499,020
2013-10-30$5.22$4.7519.2%5.5%14.7%46.9%0.0%1.4%0.2%277.5K-19.3M-56.3K2.0373.99N/AN/A3,4086,91651,12499,020
2013-10-31$5.16$4.7518.8%5.4%15.3%45.2%19.1%1.7%-0.2%322.2K-18.8M-59.5K0.1068.53N/AN/A9849653,736105,936