IHF Options History — January 2010

In January 2010, IHF traded between $9.69 and $10.45. ATM implied volatility averaged 19.6%. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.8% (HV 20d: 20.4%). Max pain ranged from $10.00 to $10.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.16.

Notable Days

  • 2010-01-20: Highest Volume — 1,425 contracts
  • 2010-01-25: Largest IV spike — 73.8% change
  • 2010-01-25: Largest Expected Move — 10.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$10.02$9.69$10.45$9.93$9.69
Max Pain$10.00$10.00$10.00$10.00$10.00
ATM IV19.6%12.4%35.0%15.5%21.4%
Expected Move6.1%5.3%10.0%5.7%6.1%
HV 20d20.4%17.4%23.1%18.1%23.1%
HV 60d20.8%19.3%22.0%21.0%19.3%
Term Structure0.5%-0.4%2.0%-0.2%0.2%
VWIV19.5%17.3%22.6%22.6%19.0%
Skew 25d7.6%-2.9%42.7%2.5%42.7%
Skew 10d14.2%-7.1%46.7%0.5%14.8%
Call IV 25d19.7%18.9%20.2%19.8%19.3%
Put IV 25d27.3%16.7%62.0%22.3%62.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %91.1562.28114.4772.03114.47
Gamma HHI0.210.180.290.200.18
Net GEX33.9K8.6K51.1K9.2K47.4K
Net DEX-920.1K-5.8M3.3M-172.6K3.3M
Net VEX-21.1K-23.8K-16.4K-23.8K-17.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.160.001.110.000.00
Total Volume177.89501,4251000
Total OI17,775.26316,78019,18016,82019,180

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-01-04$9.93$10.0015.5%5.7%18.1%0.0%22.6%2.5%-0.2%9.2K-172.6K-23.8K0.0072.03N/AN/A10008,5958,225
2010-01-05$9.89$10.0017.9%5.4%18.4%0.0%0.0%3.4%1.5%8.6K292.5K-23.6K0.0062.28N/AN/A008,5558,225
2010-01-06$9.88$10.0017.9%5.5%18.1%0.0%19.8%3.4%1.5%8.8K459.4K-23.3K0.0063.75N/AN/A5008,5558,225
2010-01-07$10.10$10.0016.3%5.6%19.2%0.0%19.6%-0.0%0.0%12.1K-1.7M-23.2K0.0074.62N/AN/A20508,6058,225
2010-01-08$10.15$10.0016.5%5.7%19.1%0.0%0.0%-0.3%-0.3%26.2K-2.3M-22.8K0.0077.73N/AN/A008,7458,225
2010-01-11$10.14$10.0012.4%5.6%17.4%0.0%0.0%-2.9%0.2%27.0K-2.2M-22.0K0.0088.79N/AN/A008,7458,225
2010-01-12$9.98$10.0013.9%5.7%18.8%0.0%0.0%0.1%-0.2%24.3K-682.1K-22.3K0.0086.23N/AN/A12508,7458,225
2010-01-13$10.16$10.0013.7%5.3%19.1%0.0%18.8%10.5%0.9%32.5K-2.6M-21.7K0.20100.37N/AN/A245508,8708,225
2010-01-14$10.32$10.0019.3%5.5%19.3%0.0%19.3%-0.2%0.6%43.1K-4.3M-19.5K0.32108.46N/AN/A155509,1158,275
2010-01-15$10.24$10.0019.5%5.6%19.6%0.0%19.3%-0.2%0.7%46.5K-3.5M-21.1K0.00105.85N/AN/A509,2158,325
2010-01-19$10.45$10.0018.9%5.4%20.0%0.0%17.3%-0.2%0.1%43.2K-5.8M-16.4K0.00105.23N/AN/A14009,2008,220
2010-01-20$10.28$10.0019.6%5.6%21.2%0.0%19.7%-0.6%0.3%47.5K-4.1M-19.1K1.1183.07N/AN/A6757509,1708,220
2010-01-21$10.00$10.0019.6%5.6%22.4%0.0%19.0%30.7%0.2%37.7K-784.3K-22.9K0.4090.49N/AN/A125509,7508,970
2010-01-22$9.88$10.0020.1%5.8%22.7%0.0%0.0%11.7%0.6%43.0K772.3K-21.9K0.0093.24N/AN/A0259,8558,970
2010-01-25$9.88$10.0035.0%10.0%22.7%0.0%0.0%2.3%0.5%45.6K633.4K-21.1K0.2093.10N/AN/A255509,8558,995
2010-01-26$9.80$10.0034.9%10.0%22.9%0.0%0.0%3.7%-0.4%43.7K1.7M-20.3K0.00104.88N/AN/A6009,9359,045
2010-01-27$9.84$10.0019.8%5.7%22.9%0.0%0.0%3.4%2.0%46.6K1.2M-20.3K0.0099.07N/AN/A15009,9959,045
2010-01-28$9.76$10.0020.3%5.8%23.0%0.0%0.0%34.4%1.7%51.1K2.3M-19.4K0.00108.22N/AN/A115010,1359,045
2010-01-29$9.69$10.0021.4%6.1%23.1%0.0%0.0%42.7%0.2%47.4K3.3M-17.3K0.00114.47N/AN/A0010,1359,045