IBKR Options History — August 2018

In August 2018, IBKR traded between $15.01 and $15.62. ATM implied volatility averaged 27.0%, placing in the 35.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.0% (HV 20d: 22.0%). Max pain ranged from $16.25 to $16.25. Net GEX was positive for 8 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 21 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.07.

Notable Days

  • 2018-08-06: Highest Volume — 13,888 contracts
  • 2018-08-13: Largest IV spike — 16.7% change
  • 2018-08-13: Highest IV Rank — 50.4%
  • 2018-08-01: Largest Expected Move — 8.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$15.32$15.01$15.62$15.18$15.46
Max Pain$16.25$16.25$16.25$16.25$16.25
ATM IV27.0%24.9%32.2%28.8%24.9%
Expected Move7.6%7.1%8.3%8.3%7.1%
HV 20d22.0%17.9%30.6%30.6%18.0%
HV 60d23.6%22.6%24.8%24.0%22.7%
IV Rank35.4%29.5%50.4%40.7%29.5%
IV Percentile47.9%28.2%80.6%67.1%28.2%
Term Structure1.5%-1.2%3.3%-1.2%2.7%
VWIV26.9%25.2%30.9%30.9%25.2%
Skew 25d2.0%0.5%4.1%3.7%1.9%
Skew 10d3.4%-0.7%8.4%5.6%2.3%
Call IV 25d26.5%24.0%28.7%28.7%24.0%
Put IV 25d28.6%25.9%32.6%32.4%25.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %24.0811.2262.9162.9113.95
Gamma HHI0.240.200.370.200.23
Net GEX-137.7K-802.5K441.9K-293.6K351.3K
Net DEX10.7M1.1M19.7M15.1M2.5M
Net VEX-160.6K-176.4K-130.8K-141.4K-162.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.070.493.760.810.49
Total Volume6,6482,58013,8884,2927,996
Total OI116,397.565105,180123,308106,576119,504

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-08-01$15.18$16.2528.8%8.3%30.6%40.7%30.9%3.7%-1.2%-293.6K15.1M-141.4K0.8162.91N/AN/A2,3761,91653,90852,668
2018-08-02$15.09$16.2528.6%8.2%26.7%40.0%29.9%4.1%0.2%-350.3K16.6M-136.7K0.8819.86N/AN/A2,3242,05254,62053,352
2018-08-03$15.01$16.2527.1%7.8%26.7%35.8%27.1%2.0%0.8%-451.7K18.4M-132.8K1.3815.85N/AN/A1,9282,66055,51254,032
2018-08-06$15.13$16.2528.8%7.8%25.8%40.7%28.7%1.3%1.1%-392.8K16.2M-130.8K0.8923.56N/AN/A7,3326,55656,26454,184
2018-08-07$15.27$16.2528.0%7.6%25.9%38.5%26.8%1.3%1.1%-353.5K14.3M-168.4K0.9816.41N/AN/A6,7086,56061,29259,596
2018-08-08$15.39$16.2527.4%7.5%25.7%36.7%25.8%2.5%0.6%-333.7K13.7M-170.7K3.7615.14N/AN/A1,4485,44861,52459,892
2018-08-09$15.47$16.2527.0%7.4%25.5%35.4%26.0%1.6%2.4%-233.7K11.8M-169.0K0.9620.44N/AN/A2,3362,23661,95259,924
2018-08-10$15.50$16.2527.6%7.7%25.5%37.0%26.6%2.0%0.7%-166.7K9.7M-176.4K0.7821.50N/AN/A1,6601,29662,64059,768
2018-08-13$15.37$16.2532.2%8.0%24.4%50.4%28.7%3.7%-0.3%-410.2K14.5M-164.6K1.2838.23N/AN/A1,1321,44862,60459,552
2018-08-14$15.40$16.2526.8%7.7%21.7%35.0%26.7%2.2%1.0%-386.1K12.8M-163.8K0.8921.08N/AN/A1,5121,34462,72459,668
2018-08-15$15.01$16.2527.5%7.9%22.6%36.9%27.9%2.2%0.3%-802.5K19.7M-158.4K1.4420.47N/AN/A1,5562,23663,11659,700
2018-08-16$15.22$16.2525.8%7.4%18.5%31.8%26.5%2.8%1.7%-770.7K15.2M-157.1K1.3220.50N/AN/A2,2803,02062,79659,448
2018-08-17$15.32$16.2526.0%7.5%18.6%32.6%26.5%2.8%0.9%-115.5K13.3M-159.6K1.1013.94N/AN/A2,9523,23663,28060,028
2018-08-20$15.51$16.2526.5%7.6%18.5%33.9%26.1%2.0%1.5%50.2K6.1M-167.8K0.7314.24N/AN/A2,6361,93253,64851,532
2018-08-21$15.14$16.2526.1%7.5%19.5%32.9%27.0%0.7%2.4%-70.7K10.0M-162.0K1.2752.97N/AN/A4,0245,10454,35251,216
2018-08-22$15.28$16.2525.8%7.4%19.9%32.1%26.7%1.5%2.4%-17.5K8.6M-163.7K0.8423.92N/AN/A6,7925,68856,04852,932
2018-08-23$15.19$16.2525.1%7.2%19.9%30.1%25.3%1.1%2.5%19.8K10.1M-162.6K0.8813.97N/AN/A3,3602,94460,40452,160
2018-08-24$15.28$16.2525.0%7.2%19.6%29.6%25.4%2.4%3.1%112.2K7.8M-163.5K0.6953.40N/AN/A4,5323,14862,87252,352
2018-08-27$15.53$16.2526.4%7.6%18.1%33.7%26.7%1.5%3.3%317.1K2.8M-169.8K0.8512.69N/AN/A5,1484,36064,32853,044
2018-08-28$15.62$16.2526.6%7.6%18.2%34.2%25.8%0.5%2.1%394.3K1.4M-172.6K0.7935.86N/AN/A4,8043,81265,51653,256
2018-08-29$15.55$16.2526.3%7.6%17.9%33.5%26.7%1.5%2.4%441.9K1.1M-171.4K0.7511.22N/AN/A3,1162,34466,55653,332
2018-08-30$15.39$16.2526.3%7.5%18.1%33.3%26.1%1.9%2.4%295.2K4.6M-168.6K0.7611.80N/AN/A3,1802,43266,60853,440
2018-08-31$15.46$16.2524.9%7.1%18.0%29.5%25.2%1.9%2.7%351.3K2.5M-162.8K0.4913.95N/AN/A5,3562,64066,65252,852