IHDG Options History — March 2018

In March 2018, IHDG traded between $29.89 and $31.25. ATM implied volatility averaged 22.7%, placing in the 14.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 6.9% (HV 20d: 15.7%). Net GEX was positive for 12 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 2 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.82.

Notable Days

  • 2018-03-27: Highest Volume — 9 contracts
  • 2018-03-14: Largest IV drop — 59.9% change
  • 2018-03-13: Highest IV Rank — 26.4%
  • 2018-03-27: Largest Expected Move — 7.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$30.68$29.89$31.25$30.25$30.90
ATM IV22.7%12.3%38.0%24.5%24.7%
Expected Move5.2%3.5%7.4%7.0%7.1%
HV 20d15.7%13.1%23.1%23.1%14.2%
HV 60d15.6%15.0%16.7%15.0%16.7%
IV Rank14.9%7.2%26.4%16.3%16.5%
IV Percentile90.1%52.8%99.2%97.2%94.0%
Term Structure-2.3%-9.6%5.6%-8.1%-5.2%
Skew 25d2.1%-0.2%3.5%2.5%2.0%
Skew 10d0.9%-6.3%4.9%-1.1%2.2%
Call IV 25d20.1%15.9%29.5%27.4%29.3%
Put IV 25d22.2%18.3%31.4%29.8%31.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %161.28141.82178.61151.53178.61
Gamma HHI0.530.430.740.520.46
Net GEX7104640464
Net DEX-1.8K-11.4K00-11.4K
Net VEX-31-9100-89
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.820.501.001.000.50
Total Volume4.3330909
Total OI4.095011011

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-03-01$30.25$0.0024.5%7.0%23.1%16.3%0.0%2.5%-8.1%0000.00151.53N/AN/A0000
2018-03-02$30.22$0.0025.4%7.3%23.0%17.0%0.0%1.9%-9.6%0000.00151.35N/AN/A0000
2018-03-05$30.52$0.0024.8%4.4%23.0%16.5%0.0%3.3%-0.3%0000.00161.38N/AN/A0000
2018-03-06$30.65$0.0024.9%4.5%17.8%16.6%0.0%3.1%-1.5%0000.00161.42N/AN/A0000
2018-03-07$30.67$0.0027.0%4.5%16.4%18.1%0.0%3.5%-0.6%0000.00161.60N/AN/A0000
2018-03-08$31.00$0.0026.6%4.5%16.8%17.9%0.0%2.4%-1.1%0000.00161.42N/AN/A0000
2018-03-09$31.25$0.0026.7%4.4%13.8%17.9%0.0%2.6%-0.6%0000.00162.78N/AN/A0000
2018-03-12$31.19$0.0034.5%4.3%13.7%23.8%0.0%1.7%-1.3%0000.00163.79N/AN/A0000
2018-03-13$30.85$0.0038.0%4.6%14.2%26.4%0.0%1.0%1.6%0001.00141.82N/AN/A3300
2018-03-14$30.95$0.0015.2%4.4%14.0%9.3%0.0%1.6%-1.5%45-1.7K-441.00158.40N/AN/A3333
2018-03-15$31.08$0.0015.7%4.5%13.4%9.7%0.0%2.5%-1.4%40-1.6K-441.00160.60N/AN/A3333
2018-03-16$31.02$0.0015.0%4.3%13.3%9.2%0.0%1.6%-1.5%42-1.6K-441.00161.73N/AN/A3333
2018-03-19$30.73$0.0015.7%4.5%13.1%9.7%0.0%1.7%-2.5%30-886-441.00160.03N/AN/A3333
2018-03-20$30.94$0.0016.7%4.8%13.2%10.4%0.0%2.8%-2.1%36-1.3K-441.00161.14N/AN/A3333
2018-03-21$30.73$0.0012.3%3.5%13.4%7.2%0.0%3.0%5.6%39-1.4K-441.00173.41N/AN/A3333
2018-03-22$30.27$0.0019.1%5.5%14.4%12.2%0.0%2.0%-2.5%16-268-440.75161.54N/AN/A4333
2018-03-23$29.89$0.0018.7%5.4%14.4%12.0%0.0%0.4%-3.4%93-1.8K-520.75150.31N/AN/A4343
2018-03-26$30.26$0.0019.0%5.4%14.9%12.1%0.0%2.2%-1.8%94-1.8K-510.60158.67N/AN/A5343
2018-03-27$30.14$0.0026.0%7.4%14.5%17.4%0.0%-0.2%-6.1%169-3.4K-620.50168.96N/AN/A6353
2018-03-28$30.67$0.0025.4%7.3%15.7%17.0%0.0%2.3%-5.2%431-9.9K-910.50176.50N/AN/A6383
2018-03-29$30.90$0.0024.7%7.1%14.2%16.5%0.0%2.0%-5.2%464-11.4K-890.50178.61N/AN/A6383