SLV Options History — July 2009

In July 2009, SLV traded between $12.50 and $13.84. ATM implied volatility averaged 30.7%, placing in the 20.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.9% (HV 20d: 26.8%). Max pain ranged from $13.00 to $14.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 21 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.47.

Notable Days

  • 2009-07-31: Highest Volume — 39,176 contracts
  • 2009-07-13: Largest IV spike — 97.8% change
  • 2009-07-13: Highest IV Rank — 33.2%
  • 2009-07-06: Largest Expected Move — 10.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$13.19$12.50$13.84$13.55$13.70
Max Pain$13.09$13.00$14.00$14.00$13.00
ATM IV30.7%17.1%34.2%30.6%30.0%
Expected Move9.2%8.1%10.3%8.8%8.6%
HV 20d26.8%22.7%35.5%35.5%26.1%
HV 60d33.1%31.0%35.0%34.3%31.2%
IV Rank20.1%0.0%33.2%0.0%25.6%
IV Percentile3.0%0.0%8.7%0.0%1.9%
Term Structure2.4%-0.2%4.8%3.9%2.3%
VWIV32.5%28.5%36.2%31.2%30.7%
Skew 25d-0.2%-4.1%8.1%8.1%1.6%
Skew 10d0.9%-13.2%24.7%24.7%-5.3%
Call IV 25d33.7%28.2%38.0%28.2%31.6%
Put IV 25d33.4%27.2%38.0%36.3%33.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %13.606.5623.268.3410.06
Gamma HHI0.150.140.170.150.17
Net GEX3.1M1.8M5.0M2.8M4.0M
Net DEX-56.4M-123.1M10.8M-77.5M-107.7M
Net VEX-1.9M-2.1M-1.8M-2.1M-2.0M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.470.161.590.170.57
Total Volume16,710.7735,54839,17618,15739,176
Total OI832,761.773733,614915,031859,433781,180

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2009-07-01$13.55$14.0030.6%8.8%35.5%0.0%31.2%8.1%3.9%2.8M-77.5M-2.1M0.178.3415,5512,606549,511309,922
2009-07-02$13.16$14.0033.6%9.6%33.5%8.3%35.1%1.1%0.8%2.5M-46.2M-2.0M0.206.5622,7264,530555,110309,714
2009-07-06$13.10$13.0034.2%10.3%31.3%9.7%36.2%-0.0%1.7%2.6M-37.9M-1.9M0.9123.267,1816,548565,380310,376
2009-07-07$12.89$13.0030.3%10.3%31.3%0.0%36.2%0.2%2.5%2.4M-20.0M-1.9M0.5313.4816,2618,567568,611310,085
2009-07-08$12.69$13.0032.7%10.1%30.0%6.5%36.0%-1.3%2.2%2.0M2.4M-1.8M1.5916.7011,12317,707577,909315,075
2009-07-09$12.67$13.0030.4%9.8%30.0%0.2%35.9%-0.8%1.0%2.2M3.5M-1.8M0.2718.8216,5854,541579,798308,200
2009-07-10$12.50$13.0017.1%9.9%29.4%0.0%30.4%-2.4%1.1%1.8M10.8M-1.8M0.4516.848,2923,748589,602311,108
2009-07-13$12.66$13.0033.8%10.3%29.0%33.2%35.0%-1.5%-0.2%2.4M4.8M-1.8M0.5112.3514,2017,208593,279310,877
2009-07-14$12.72$13.0032.9%9.4%22.7%31.4%33.1%-2.3%3.4%2.9M-9.1M-1.9M0.6410.066,0043,859597,465312,395
2009-07-15$13.06$13.0033.7%9.4%24.6%32.9%33.9%-2.7%3.3%4.1M-45.3M-1.9M0.1913.869,5221,849600,323312,124
2009-07-16$13.09$13.0032.3%9.3%24.2%30.2%33.7%-1.5%2.2%5.0M-47.5M-1.9M0.1614.1912,3521,977602,681312,350
2009-07-17$13.17$13.0031.6%9.0%24.3%28.8%34.6%-3.4%4.8%5.0M-60.9M-1.9M0.3012.269,7622,906601,435308,101
2009-07-20$13.45$13.0031.8%9.1%25.7%29.2%31.9%-1.3%2.0%2.9M-86.2M-2.0M0.4120.6414,1945,816497,002236,612
2009-07-21$13.33$13.0030.8%8.8%23.2%27.3%31.7%0.6%2.4%2.8M-76.0M-1.9M0.2417.4410,0752,429504,142241,199
2009-07-22$13.45$13.0030.9%8.8%23.4%27.4%30.8%1.0%1.9%3.1M-98.5M-2.0M0.349.478,6152,920509,063242,032
2009-07-23$13.52$13.0030.3%8.7%23.4%26.2%30.2%0.8%3.6%3.5M-98.9M-2.0M0.288.977,1752,000513,617244,257
2009-07-24$13.66$13.0028.2%8.1%23.5%22.1%28.5%1.9%4.7%3.8M-108.0M-2.0M0.4811.683,7591,789516,806245,269
2009-07-27$13.84$13.0030.8%8.8%23.8%27.3%31.1%-1.7%1.4%4.2M-123.1M-2.0M0.1915.3915,0432,876517,906246,501
2009-07-28$13.52$13.0029.1%8.3%24.5%23.8%29.2%-4.1%3.3%3.5M-94.0M-2.0M0.3312.866,8872,239518,712247,190
2009-07-29$13.12$13.0030.7%8.8%25.7%27.0%29.3%0.1%3.0%2.5M-56.4M-1.9M0.9811.7110,1249,954521,223248,005
2009-07-30$13.25$13.0030.3%8.7%25.5%26.2%30.9%2.5%2.4%2.8M-69.2M-1.9M0.6714.284,1562,804523,356255,256
2009-07-31$13.70$13.0030.0%8.6%26.1%25.6%30.7%1.6%2.3%4.0M-107.7M-2.0M0.5710.0624,94614,230524,695256,485