IBKR Options History — August 2017

In August 2017, IBKR traded between $10.07 and $10.61. ATM implied volatility averaged 16.5%, placing in the 9.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.2% (HV 20d: 14.2%). Max pain ranged from $9.25 to $9.75. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 22 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.21.

Notable Days

  • 2017-08-25: Highest Volume — 14,744 contracts
  • 2017-08-07: Largest IV spike — 13.9% change
  • 2017-08-08: Highest IV Rank — 14.6%
  • 2017-08-08: Largest Expected Move — 5.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$10.28$10.07$10.61$10.11$10.48
Max Pain$9.29$9.25$9.75$9.25$9.75
ATM IV16.5%14.9%17.3%17.0%15.8%
Expected Move4.8%4.4%5.1%4.9%4.5%
HV 20d14.2%10.5%17.6%17.5%11.5%
HV 60d14.2%13.8%15.1%15.1%14.0%
IV Rank9.9%1.5%14.6%12.7%6.2%
IV Percentile4.0%0.4%7.5%3.2%2.0%
Term Structure2.2%-0.5%3.7%-0.5%2.9%
VWIV17.9%15.9%23.1%17.7%16.9%
Skew 25d3.2%1.9%5.0%5.0%3.8%
Skew 10d8.8%0.4%12.9%12.2%12.9%
Call IV 25d15.3%12.5%16.5%12.5%15.0%
Put IV 25d18.4%17.0%19.6%17.5%18.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %14.188.5919.5015.2615.27
Gamma HHI0.210.140.270.270.17
Net GEX595.8K375.3K778.3K696.3K393.8K
Net DEX-18.8M-21.8M-10.8M-19.2M-11.7M
Net VEX-41.9K-64.7K-30.8K-40.8K-64.7K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.210.592.332.331.49
Total Volume7,744.5224,45614,7444,4566,540
Total OI53,577.73951,32458,48051,68055,852

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-08-01$10.11$9.2517.0%4.9%17.5%12.7%17.7%5.0%-0.5%696.3K-19.2M-40.8K2.3315.26N/AN/A1,3403,11626,88824,792
2017-08-02$10.07$9.2517.0%4.9%17.6%12.9%16.5%4.2%0.1%698.3K-18.7M-41.4K1.5816.89N/AN/A1,8282,88426,96024,824
2017-08-03$10.15$9.2516.0%4.7%16.7%7.6%17.1%2.9%2.4%658.2K-19.8M-38.5K0.9714.34N/AN/A3,0002,92026,97624,836
2017-08-04$10.15$9.2514.9%4.7%16.3%1.5%16.9%1.9%2.4%725.0K-19.8M-37.0K1.7514.32N/AN/A1,6842,94027,02024,836
2017-08-07$10.10$9.2517.0%5.0%16.6%12.6%17.6%2.4%1.6%724.8K-18.6M-40.4K1.6912.51N/AN/A1,7042,88027,10425,036
2017-08-08$10.07$9.2517.3%5.1%16.6%14.6%17.9%3.1%1.0%721.5K-18.0M-40.7K1.6616.23N/AN/A1,7882,97627,04825,180
2017-08-09$10.13$9.2516.3%4.7%16.6%9.1%17.1%3.8%2.2%703.1K-18.7M-39.9K1.9816.63N/AN/A1,5843,13227,10425,168
2017-08-10$10.19$9.2516.9%4.8%16.6%12.1%19.1%3.2%2.4%677.9K-19.3M-38.9K2.0016.89N/AN/A1,9203,83227,19225,272
2017-08-11$10.18$9.2517.1%4.9%16.6%13.1%19.3%3.1%3.7%673.9K-18.9M-40.7K1.7412.28N/AN/A1,9243,34827,04025,740
2017-08-14$10.29$9.2516.4%4.7%16.7%9.6%17.2%3.2%2.5%603.9K-20.4M-37.2K0.828.59N/AN/A4,5763,74027,10825,852
2017-08-15$10.34$9.2517.0%4.9%16.5%12.6%16.9%3.0%1.7%633.1K-21.8M-37.7K0.8213.31N/AN/A4,6763,83229,61625,668
2017-08-16$10.32$9.2516.8%4.8%14.1%11.7%16.5%2.3%2.3%633.0K-21.7M-38.2K0.8712.93N/AN/A4,5723,98029,80426,008
2017-08-17$10.18$9.2517.1%4.9%15.4%13.3%18.1%3.2%2.4%758.5K-19.5M-41.1K0.8117.32N/AN/A4,7323,83229,70426,124
2017-08-18$10.21$9.2516.7%4.8%11.3%11.2%17.0%3.1%3.0%778.3K-19.7M-39.3K0.7613.28N/AN/A4,6883,57629,51626,400
2017-08-21$10.24$9.2516.6%4.8%11.2%10.6%16.4%3.4%3.1%563.4K-17.5M-38.1K0.7312.96N/AN/A4,5963,34426,64424,680
2017-08-22$10.31$9.2516.5%4.7%11.2%10.1%16.4%3.3%2.8%519.5K-18.5M-36.6K0.6911.51N/AN/A4,2922,96026,89224,992
2017-08-23$10.39$9.2515.5%4.4%11.3%4.5%15.9%3.3%3.3%482.4K-19.4M-35.2K0.8112.33N/AN/A4,0763,30826,96425,084
2017-08-24$10.55$9.2515.7%4.5%12.0%5.9%19.4%3.3%2.6%381.7K-21.4M-30.8K0.5912.16N/AN/A8,7245,16827,27625,300
2017-08-25$10.61$9.2515.9%4.6%10.5%6.9%23.1%3.0%1.7%451.5K-20.9M-41.0K0.7313.21N/AN/A8,5166,22828,15226,020
2017-08-28$10.50$9.2516.4%4.7%11.5%9.6%21.7%2.5%2.8%401.0K-19.6M-46.8K0.6812.62N/AN/A7,9725,43228,80427,244
2017-08-29$10.46$9.2516.8%4.8%11.3%11.5%18.7%3.2%2.4%448.7K-18.6M-55.6K1.1115.73N/AN/A6,0766,72029,88428,596
2017-08-30$10.40$9.7516.3%4.7%11.5%8.8%17.2%3.1%2.4%375.3K-10.8M-63.7K1.3319.50N/AN/A3,0764,09224,37630,712
2017-08-31$10.48$9.7515.8%4.5%11.5%6.2%16.9%3.8%2.9%393.8K-11.7M-64.7K1.4915.27N/AN/A2,6243,91625,04830,804