SLV Options History — November 2009

In November 2009, SLV traded between $16.16 and $18.52. ATM implied volatility averaged 35.4%, placing in the 36.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.8% (HV 20d: 34.6%). Max pain ranged from $16.00 to $17.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.49.

Notable Days

  • 2009-11-16: Highest Volume — 110,809 contracts
  • 2009-11-27: Largest IV spike — 7.9% change
  • 2009-11-03: Highest IV Rank — 42.8%
  • 2009-11-03: Largest Expected Move — 11.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$17.61$16.16$18.52$16.16$18.15
Max Pain$16.80$16.00$17.00$16.00$17.00
ATM IV35.4%32.3%38.6%37.5%35.7%
Expected Move10.2%9.3%11.1%10.8%10.2%
HV 20d34.6%30.4%38.3%32.7%30.4%
HV 60d32.2%30.8%33.5%32.2%31.4%
IV Rank36.3%30.3%42.8%40.6%37.0%
IV Percentile25.4%8.2%48.2%41.0%28.0%
Term Structure1.0%-0.1%3.4%0.8%1.4%
VWIV36.5%33.5%39.7%39.2%36.6%
Skew 25d0.3%-0.6%1.8%1.1%0.7%
Skew 10d1.4%-1.7%4.2%2.1%2.9%
Call IV 25d36.6%33.3%40.2%38.1%36.2%
Put IV 25d36.9%34.1%40.1%39.2%36.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.723.516.145.214.27
Gamma HHI0.180.130.240.130.23
Net GEX11.6M4.3M15.8M4.3M14.8M
Net DEX-570.3M-756.2M-274.1M-274.1M-624.7M
Net VEX-2.9M-3.0M-2.7M-2.9M-2.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.490.280.970.580.31
Total Volume37,69015,804110,80915,80422,354
Total OI1,300,162.71,218,1351,404,7531,228,3401,264,080

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2009-11-02$16.16$16.0037.5%10.8%32.7%40.6%39.2%1.1%0.8%4.3M-274.1M-2.9M0.585.2110,0325,772702,208526,132
2009-11-03$17.00$16.0038.6%11.1%34.4%42.8%39.7%-0.3%-0.1%7.0M-437.7M-3.0M0.283.5735,0139,758704,383528,921
2009-11-04$17.14$16.0037.6%10.8%34.3%40.8%38.7%1.8%0.4%8.3M-475.0M-3.0M0.553.8322,61712,541717,288531,272
2009-11-05$17.12$16.0035.4%10.2%33.8%36.5%37.0%1.2%1.2%8.7M-477.7M-3.0M0.974.5222,21221,572725,120535,286
2009-11-06$17.09$17.0034.2%10.3%33.8%33.9%36.8%0.2%0.6%8.7M-470.9M-3.0M0.294.1218,4315,305739,633551,685
2009-11-09$17.29$17.0035.1%10.1%34.0%35.9%36.6%-0.6%1.1%10.1M-517.6M-2.9M0.665.9929,32519,419742,305555,004
2009-11-10$17.03$17.0033.9%10.1%34.4%33.4%35.7%-0.1%1.0%8.8M-455.0M-3.0M0.625.2712,4237,679751,359566,860
2009-11-11$17.29$17.0033.7%10.1%34.9%33.0%36.0%-0.2%0.7%10.3M-516.9M-2.9M0.435.3326,93111,510752,637570,217
2009-11-12$16.92$17.0035.2%10.1%34.2%36.0%36.0%-0.5%1.1%7.8M-430.3M-3.0M0.484.5814,6787,016758,089579,052
2009-11-13$17.15$17.0034.6%9.9%34.4%34.8%35.1%-0.6%0.8%9.3M-484.6M-2.9M0.385.1813,6685,220760,399580,340
2009-11-16$18.01$17.0036.4%10.4%38.3%38.3%37.5%1.3%0.2%14.2M-694.8M-2.8M0.295.9585,80725,002763,490581,884
2009-11-17$18.13$17.0036.2%10.4%37.9%38.0%36.9%-0.1%0.4%15.4M-721.8M-2.8M0.434.3328,51012,334787,072589,439
2009-11-18$18.23$17.0036.3%10.4%37.8%38.1%36.9%-0.5%0.3%15.8M-748.6M-2.9M0.515.1540,86220,921795,255596,317
2009-11-19$18.26$17.0036.1%10.3%37.8%37.7%36.4%-0.2%0.4%15.8M-756.2M-2.9M0.386.1419,2407,389802,853601,900
2009-11-20$18.22$17.0035.2%10.1%37.8%36.0%35.7%-0.4%1.0%14.3M-740.1M-2.8M0.453.9322,87410,347786,922598,335
2009-11-23$18.27$17.0035.4%10.1%35.1%36.3%35.9%0.6%0.7%14.5M-650.8M-2.8M0.633.5127,93217,469716,753501,382
2009-11-24$18.25$17.0032.9%9.4%33.1%31.4%33.5%0.9%2.4%14.5M-642.2M-2.8M0.684.4715,14110,363726,290512,783
2009-11-25$18.52$17.0032.3%9.3%30.5%30.3%33.9%0.8%3.4%15.5M-701.4M-2.8M0.504.3329,33514,556731,463513,946
2009-11-27$17.95$17.0034.9%10.0%31.8%35.4%35.5%0.3%2.1%13.6M-585.1M-2.8M0.434.6522,6179,625735,125519,775
2009-11-30$18.15$17.0035.7%10.2%30.4%37.0%36.6%0.7%1.4%14.8M-624.7M-2.7M0.314.2717,0555,299743,147520,933