SLV Options History — February 2009

In February 2009, SLV traded between $12.21 and $14.34. ATM implied volatility averaged 47.9%. The 30-day expected move averaged 14.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 13.8% (HV 20d: 34.2%). Max pain ranged from $11.00 to $13.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 17 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.29.

Notable Days

  • 2009-02-19: Highest Volume — 31,928 contracts
  • 2009-02-12: Largest IV spike — 30.1% change
  • 2009-02-24: Largest Expected Move — 15.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$13.27$12.21$14.34$12.21$12.88
Max Pain$11.63$11.00$13.00$11.00$11.00
ATM IV47.9%38.6%52.8%47.1%49.2%
Expected Move14.1%12.7%15.1%13.5%14.1%
HV 20d34.2%26.5%43.4%43.4%36.9%
HV 60d40.6%39.5%41.7%40.8%41.4%
Term Structure2.2%-0.6%6.4%6.4%3.8%
VWIV50.3%45.3%55.0%48.4%50.4%
Skew 25d-1.5%-6.7%3.1%0.0%-1.3%
Skew 10d-1.2%-7.5%8.5%0.6%0.4%
Call IV 25d51.9%47.3%56.4%50.7%51.6%
Put IV 25d50.4%45.8%56.1%50.7%50.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %13.968.3623.1317.1211.61
Gamma HHI0.270.170.430.240.17
Net GEX2.0M1.3M2.9M1.3M1.8M
Net DEX-71.4M-112.3M-39.2M-39.2M-60.9M
Net VEX-292.1K-417.0K-207.5K-207.5K-417.0K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.290.100.630.300.28
Total Volume17,184.8425,24231,92811,56717,948
Total OI160,762.368111,774220,288111,774220,288

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2009-02-02$12.21$11.0047.1%13.5%43.4%0.0%48.4%0.0%6.4%1.3M-39.2M-207.5K0.3017.128,8742,69382,18929,585
2009-02-03$12.32$11.0047.3%13.6%41.9%0.0%50.7%0.8%5.4%1.4M-41.5M-209.9K0.3819.726,7422,59386,25731,348
2009-02-04$12.42$11.0044.4%12.7%41.5%0.0%45.3%-1.8%6.0%1.3M-44.1M-214.1K0.1016.194,77746585,50432,296
2009-02-05$12.75$11.0045.5%13.0%38.1%0.0%46.3%3.1%3.3%1.5M-51.5M-219.8K0.5812.326,7013,85587,52532,509
2009-02-06$12.91$11.0042.8%13.9%38.1%0.0%48.9%-1.8%2.6%1.7M-54.2M-230.9K0.2410.928,2391,94291,48035,824
2009-02-09$12.72$11.0045.7%13.8%39.0%0.0%47.5%-1.9%2.1%1.8M-51.1M-226.2K0.1423.136,42288294,58436,879
2009-02-10$12.98$11.0044.3%14.0%31.4%0.0%49.6%0.3%1.9%2.1M-60.1M-234.5K0.2516.5719,4104,83998,06737,182
2009-02-11$13.34$12.0038.6%14.0%32.0%0.0%49.7%-2.1%0.8%2.6M-79.2M-249.1K0.1019.1020,5362,098112,10040,456
2009-02-12$13.33$12.0050.2%14.4%30.9%0.0%50.0%-2.1%1.3%2.7M-83.2M-277.4K0.2418.229,8982,370121,43340,134
2009-02-13$13.54$12.0046.5%13.3%30.7%0.0%47.3%-3.1%3.9%2.4M-84.2M-272.7K0.1213.079,5631,194117,40241,805
2009-02-17$13.99$12.0052.2%15.0%27.0%0.0%55.0%0.8%-0.1%2.2M-97.3M-277.4K0.5613.2418,08210,101119,71542,612
2009-02-18$14.17$12.0050.2%14.4%26.5%0.0%52.0%-6.7%1.0%2.4M-105.3M-310.3K0.2511.2511,0442,793128,27850,597
2009-02-19$13.89$12.0050.9%14.6%28.9%0.0%52.8%-2.3%0.0%2.9M-97.2M-322.3K0.2211.8226,1065,822133,62652,402
2009-02-20$14.25$12.0051.5%14.8%29.3%0.0%52.9%-3.8%0.2%2.7M-112.3M-345.7K0.159.8522,1513,302143,06554,634
2009-02-23$14.34$12.0051.5%14.8%26.6%0.0%54.5%-2.7%0.5%2.0M-90.0M-365.9K0.2810.1413,8663,916130,53147,566
2009-02-24$13.61$13.0052.8%15.1%34.5%0.0%52.2%-0.8%-0.6%1.9M-72.6M-377.1K0.3312.4916,7815,565137,92550,131
2009-02-25$13.49$12.0051.5%14.8%34.7%0.0%51.8%1.7%0.2%1.9M-74.0M-392.4K0.438.369,7574,239147,06053,060
2009-02-26$12.97$12.0049.0%14.0%38.3%0.0%49.6%-4.2%2.4%1.8M-58.9M-400.3K0.6310.0319,02611,920153,14855,288
2009-02-27$12.88$11.0049.2%14.1%36.9%0.0%50.4%-1.3%3.8%1.8M-60.9M-417.0K0.2811.6114,0543,894162,33557,953