IBKR Options History — October 2014

In October 2014, IBKR traded between $5.91 and $6.48. ATM implied volatility averaged 26.9%, placing in the 35.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.0% (HV 20d: 21.9%). Max pain ranged from $5.75 to $6.25. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 6.95.

Notable Days

  • 2014-10-10: Highest Volume — 34,896 contracts
  • 2014-10-15: Largest IV spike — 74.5% change
  • 2014-10-15: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2014-10-15: Largest Expected Move — 9.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$6.25$5.91$6.48$6.25$6.46
Max Pain$6.00$5.75$6.25$5.75$6.25
ATM IV26.9%21.0%50.6%32.4%21.0%
Expected Move7.1%5.9%9.2%7.0%6.9%
HV 20d21.9%19.0%24.1%22.0%21.5%
HV 60d19.1%18.0%19.7%19.6%19.2%
IV Rank35.1%12.8%100.0%62.7%12.9%
IV Percentile59.6%13.1%100.0%96.4%13.1%
Term Structure-1.2%-6.4%4.6%-6.4%0.8%
VWIV25.9%23.4%29.9%25.0%25.5%
Skew 25d1.8%-1.9%4.7%0.8%0.1%
Skew 10d3.8%-7.5%17.3%8.0%-2.0%
Call IV 25d27.7%21.0%37.0%33.4%22.6%
Put IV 25d29.5%22.7%39.9%34.1%22.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %67.2848.9391.7548.9366.34
Gamma HHI0.390.260.570.420.35
Net GEX421.8K202.1K840.9K333.9K385.0K
Net DEX-7.9M-11.2M-3.2M-8.4M-10.8M
Net VEX-52.8K-59.6K-46.5K-55.0K-46.5K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio6.950.0162.330.338.63
Total Volume15,312.69611634,89617628,168
Total OI110,312101,432117,088107,320108,160

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-10-01$6.25$5.7532.4%7.0%22.0%62.7%0.0%0.8%-6.4%333.9K-8.4M-55.0K0.3348.93N/AN/A1324434,62872,692
2014-10-02$6.27$5.7530.4%7.0%21.9%54.8%0.0%-1.9%-2.2%368.2K-8.6M-55.1K0.0154.62N/AN/A3,0324434,63272,696
2014-10-03$6.38$5.7525.2%6.8%22.4%34.1%0.0%-1.3%1.0%555.5K-11.2M-54.9K1.3366.85N/AN/A70093237,29672,740
2014-10-06$6.29$5.7526.4%7.0%23.3%38.9%0.0%1.2%-1.7%578.6K-10.0M-53.7K0.0852.15N/AN/A2,61620837,36073,012
2014-10-07$6.19$5.7524.7%7.1%24.1%32.2%25.0%1.1%-3.6%596.2K-8.2M-55.4K1.2961.44N/AN/A58875639,62873,192
2014-10-08$6.21$6.0023.1%6.9%22.8%25.5%24.8%2.0%-2.0%693.1K-7.7M-56.6K3.5752.89N/AN/A7,03225,09239,96873,704
2014-10-09$6.15$6.0025.2%7.3%22.9%34.2%0.0%1.6%-2.1%681.7K-7.2M-59.6K10.1152.51N/AN/A3283,31643,40873,668
2014-10-10$6.02$6.0028.4%7.5%21.6%46.7%26.5%-0.4%-0.7%545.1K-5.4M-56.5K4.0354.55N/AN/A6,93227,96443,53672,920
2014-10-13$5.91$6.0027.2%7.0%22.4%42.1%0.0%2.5%-3.0%354.0K-3.7M-54.0K62.3378.55N/AN/A241,49643,75273,068
2014-10-14$5.94$6.0029.0%7.6%22.6%49.2%27.0%3.8%4.6%247.9K-3.2M-54.0K7.3582.04N/AN/A3,80027,92043,76473,196
2014-10-15$5.95$6.0050.6%9.2%19.0%100.0%29.9%4.7%-2.7%309.9K-3.2M-54.6K10.1290.20N/AN/A2,75227,84043,86073,228
2014-10-16$6.07$6.0033.7%7.8%20.3%50.1%28.6%4.5%-3.4%458.0K-4.2M-54.4K0.9382.46N/AN/A605642,82473,168
2014-10-17$6.15$6.0030.2%7.7%20.3%39.9%25.2%2.4%-2.4%840.9K-5.5M-54.1K0.2667.05N/AN/A80020442,84473,180
2014-10-20$6.23$6.0029.9%7.4%21.0%39.1%28.8%3.5%-2.6%202.1K-6.9M-50.3K0.1777.87N/AN/A74812830,69670,736
2014-10-21$6.32$6.0029.7%7.2%21.6%38.4%26.9%3.7%-3.3%234.5K-8.0M-51.6K6.8567.42N/AN/A3,69225,27631,13670,880
2014-10-22$6.46$6.0022.3%5.9%23.2%16.6%24.1%0.2%0.6%303.3K-11.2M-52.3K4.5791.75N/AN/A5,47225,02032,52471,768
2014-10-23$6.43$6.0021.7%6.8%21.6%14.8%25.0%2.6%0.3%326.6K-10.1M-52.0K5.6466.13N/AN/A4,40024,82033,05673,644
2014-10-24$6.48$6.0021.4%6.7%21.2%13.9%24.4%3.5%0.6%324.0K-10.5M-49.6K4.5864.95N/AN/A5,44424,94033,09673,820
2014-10-27$6.38$6.2523.0%6.7%21.7%18.7%0.0%2.4%-0.4%317.4K-9.2M-48.7K0.0863.79N/AN/A1,1608833,28473,864
2014-10-28$6.46$6.2521.6%7.0%22.0%14.4%23.4%1.6%0.5%341.7K-10.0M-49.4K14.4070.08N/AN/A2028833,25673,908
2014-10-29$6.45$6.2521.0%6.9%22.0%12.8%24.6%2.2%0.8%352.6K-10.0M-48.9K6.6970.79N/AN/A3,75225,09233,27274,236
2014-10-30$6.41$6.2521.6%6.8%22.2%14.5%24.8%0.8%0.2%351.7K-9.6M-48.0K6.4664.02N/AN/A3,88825,12833,46074,416
2014-10-31$6.46$6.2521.0%6.9%21.5%12.9%25.5%0.1%0.8%385.0K-10.8M-46.5K8.6366.34N/AN/A2,92425,24433,70474,456