IBKR Options History — October 2017

In October 2017, IBKR traded between $11.59 and $13.49. ATM implied volatility averaged 22.7%, placing in the 43.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.6% (HV 20d: 19.1%). Max pain ranged from $10.75 to $12.25. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 3 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.12.

Notable Days

  • 2017-10-24: Highest Volume — 17,932 contracts
  • 2017-10-11: Largest IV drop — 26.4% change
  • 2017-10-10: Highest IV Rank — 82.9%
  • 2017-10-17: Largest Expected Move — 7.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$12.32$11.59$13.49$11.59$13.49
Max Pain$11.55$10.75$12.25$10.75$12.25
ATM IV22.7%18.6%30.1%21.1%20.0%
Expected Move6.2%5.3%7.3%6.0%5.7%
HV 20d19.1%15.4%22.7%19.1%21.7%
HV 60d16.7%14.4%18.2%16.0%18.2%
IV Rank43.3%21.1%82.9%34.6%29.0%
IV Percentile49.6%13.9%94.8%37.3%29.4%
Term Structure-1.1%-3.4%1.0%-0.6%-0.4%
VWIV23.1%18.7%26.8%25.8%20.2%
Skew 25d2.5%-1.5%6.9%2.1%4.9%
Skew 10d6.7%-2.6%13.0%13.0%8.9%
Call IV 25d20.9%13.8%24.1%19.1%18.3%
Put IV 25d23.4%20.8%27.0%21.3%23.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %34.419.7775.8739.8711.03
Gamma HHI0.190.120.390.160.39
Net GEX582.1K198.7K1.2M198.7K1.2M
Net DEX-32.9M-50.1M-22.3M-22.3M-50.1M
Net VEX-65.1K-81.8K-52.3K-62.3K-81.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.120.464.354.350.53
Total Volume10,472.1827,44417,93214,02010,444
Total OI69,674.90958,18482,67658,18482,676

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-10-02$11.59$10.7521.1%6.0%19.1%34.6%25.8%2.1%-0.6%198.7K-22.3M-62.3K4.3539.87N/AN/A2,62011,40028,94429,240
2017-10-03$11.79$10.7524.0%6.9%16.9%50.1%23.5%4.5%-3.4%230.1K-24.4M-58.6K0.8527.12N/AN/A4,3563,72429,11229,788
2017-10-04$11.82$10.7524.9%7.1%16.7%54.9%25.8%2.9%-3.2%280.6K-25.1M-63.4K0.9331.84N/AN/A3,9483,66030,92430,176
2017-10-05$11.91$11.2526.3%6.0%15.7%62.4%23.1%3.1%-0.4%345.3K-27.1M-60.8K1.4219.43N/AN/A3,1244,42832,00830,648
2017-10-06$11.85$11.2527.3%6.4%16.3%68.2%24.1%2.8%-1.3%282.7K-25.8M-63.2K1.6017.69N/AN/A3,2285,15232,06831,364
2017-10-09$11.89$11.2527.8%6.3%16.3%70.4%24.8%2.6%-1.5%276.0K-26.6M-57.6K1.0413.91N/AN/A3,6563,78832,18031,780
2017-10-10$11.84$11.2530.1%6.5%16.8%82.9%25.0%3.4%-1.8%304.3K-25.5M-61.7K0.8616.56N/AN/A4,4563,82832,45231,884
2017-10-11$11.96$11.2522.1%6.3%16.7%40.3%24.9%3.8%-1.0%382.8K-28.2M-60.0K1.0318.44N/AN/A4,0844,22033,60832,012
2017-10-12$11.91$11.2522.8%6.5%17.1%44.0%25.7%2.8%-1.4%389.3K-28.0M-64.9K1.0456.14N/AN/A3,9244,08434,83632,600
2017-10-13$11.91$11.2523.2%6.6%16.7%45.8%26.0%2.9%-1.6%404.8K-28.5M-63.0K0.9154.72N/AN/A4,6524,21635,72032,968
2017-10-16$11.94$11.2523.6%6.8%15.4%48.1%24.8%3.0%-1.7%399.2K-28.3M-63.6K0.7758.93N/AN/A4,9683,81636,66433,348
2017-10-17$11.85$11.2525.5%7.3%15.8%58.5%26.8%2.3%-2.6%435.3K-26.8M-66.3K1.4644.39N/AN/A4,0725,95237,48833,496
2017-10-18$12.43$11.5020.5%5.9%22.1%31.6%23.0%-0.0%-0.7%655.6K-36.5M-52.3K0.7060.92N/AN/A9,3446,50837,97234,544
2017-10-19$12.35$11.7519.8%5.7%21.9%28.0%20.1%-0.4%0.6%844.3K-34.7M-55.4K0.7334.67N/AN/A8,4806,21638,85635,568
2017-10-20$12.35$12.0019.8%5.7%21.9%27.6%20.9%-1.5%1.0%641.1K-36.0M-62.7K2.5974.87N/AN/A2,5526,60043,98836,712
2017-10-23$12.65$12.0020.9%6.0%22.7%33.4%21.4%0.8%-0.7%652.2K-33.3M-60.9K1.0875.87N/AN/A4,6765,06439,07624,844
2017-10-24$12.78$12.0020.6%5.9%22.0%32.0%20.5%1.4%-0.2%689.5K-35.5M-66.8K0.4620.30N/AN/A12,2605,67241,28826,776
2017-10-25$12.88$12.2520.8%6.0%21.8%33.2%21.3%6.9%-1.0%889.9K-40.1M-74.9K0.6430.87N/AN/A5,9363,77248,24828,412
2017-10-26$13.13$12.2518.7%5.4%22.2%22.0%20.2%1.8%-1.0%981.4K-44.2M-74.9K0.4825.59N/AN/A9,0604,30848,62028,784
2017-10-27$13.39$12.2518.6%5.3%22.6%21.1%18.7%3.1%0.2%1.1M-49.4M-76.3K0.609.77N/AN/A7,4764,51650,92428,796
2017-10-30$13.29$12.2520.9%6.0%21.8%33.6%21.1%2.1%-1.8%1.2M-47.6M-79.7K0.6514.18N/AN/A7,3444,80452,46828,988
2017-10-31$13.49$12.2520.0%5.7%21.7%29.0%20.2%4.9%-0.4%1.2M-50.1M-81.8K0.5311.03N/AN/A6,8083,63652,58430,092