SLV Options History — June 2011

In June 2011, SLV traded between $32.63 and $36.67. ATM implied volatility averaged 42.6%, placing in the 30.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.7%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.6% (HV 20d: 43.2%). Max pain ranged from $35.00 to $38.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.88.

Notable Days

  • 2011-06-02: Highest Volume — 431,820 contracts
  • 2011-06-30: Largest IV drop — 20.1% change
  • 2011-06-01: Highest IV Rank — 56.9%
  • 2011-06-01: Largest Expected Move — 13.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$34.84$32.63$36.67$35.75$33.84
Max Pain$35.77$35.00$38.00$38.00$35.00
ATM IV42.6%31.1%60.5%60.5%31.1%
Expected Move11.7%9.3%13.8%13.8%9.3%
HV 20d43.2%32.5%75.6%75.6%32.5%
HV 60d55.6%54.6%56.4%55.5%56.2%
IV Rank30.1%12.8%56.9%56.9%12.8%
IV Percentile74.6%28.6%96.4%96.4%28.6%
Term Structure-0.3%-2.7%1.7%-1.8%1.7%
VWIV41.7%33.4%49.6%49.6%33.4%
Skew 25d3.3%2.2%4.3%2.5%2.6%
Skew 10d7.3%4.8%8.9%6.6%6.3%
Call IV 25d40.2%32.1%48.4%48.4%32.1%
Put IV 25d43.4%34.7%50.9%50.9%34.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %1.801.362.661.981.36
Gamma HHI0.050.050.060.050.06
Net GEX17.8M-2.6M42.3M21.9M11.1M
Net DEX-1.31B-2.16B-458.6M-1.67B-1.09B
Net VEX-26.0M-29.3M-23.0M-29.3M-23.0M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.880.571.150.861.15
Total Volume247,196.591149,019431,820417,259156,218
Total OI4,730,695.1824,156,2805,110,1654,940,7234,359,398

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-06-01$35.75$38.0060.5%13.8%75.6%56.9%49.6%2.5%-1.8%21.9M-1.67B-29.3M0.861.98224,309192,9502,876,7852,063,938
2011-06-02$35.29$38.0048.9%13.5%73.1%39.4%47.8%3.4%-1.3%12.0M-1.35B-28.6M1.111.88204,423227,3972,892,5822,085,570
2011-06-03$35.34$36.0045.0%12.8%57.0%33.6%45.3%2.7%-1.9%17.6M-1.33B-28.2M0.882.66215,713188,8482,886,1972,110,272
2011-06-06$35.71$36.0048.6%12.9%56.6%39.0%46.5%2.5%-2.4%26.0M-1.65B-28.2M0.792.04144,955114,9032,917,3372,100,552
2011-06-07$36.12$36.0050.2%12.7%50.8%41.4%45.0%2.2%-2.7%33.6M-1.91B-28.3M0.652.01121,76978,9132,948,2522,114,572
2011-06-08$36.03$36.0040.3%12.3%50.4%26.6%43.8%3.4%-1.5%31.4M-1.77B-27.6M0.861.8790,02377,6602,958,9822,122,257
2011-06-09$36.67$36.0040.9%11.7%39.5%27.5%42.2%2.7%-0.5%42.3M-2.16B-27.9M0.931.65104,70997,0352,957,3292,133,905
2011-06-10$35.25$36.0041.6%11.9%40.5%28.5%41.5%3.4%-1.2%18.4M-1.19B-27.0M0.691.74209,411145,1942,970,6552,139,510
2011-06-13$33.87$36.0043.0%12.3%41.7%30.6%44.0%4.0%-2.1%2.3M-458.6M-25.8M1.011.80192,566194,1362,938,0542,118,429
2011-06-14$34.67$36.0040.2%11.5%38.9%26.4%41.4%3.2%-0.9%8.9M-901.7M-25.9M0.952.14107,501102,3642,931,1062,136,734
2011-06-15$34.88$36.0042.1%12.1%38.9%29.2%42.9%3.3%-1.7%17.2M-1.13B-26.0M1.001.99140,452139,8432,938,9872,127,015
2011-06-16$34.65$36.0041.1%11.8%37.2%27.8%42.3%3.6%-0.1%10.6M-967.3M-25.6M0.841.9186,72273,0702,950,1812,130,401
2011-06-17$34.95$36.0039.6%11.4%37.3%25.5%40.4%3.1%1.1%22.8M-1.30B-25.8M0.831.66114,76794,9482,963,6342,105,226
2011-06-20$35.09$35.0038.4%11.0%37.3%23.6%39.1%3.3%0.9%21.9M-1.66B-25.2M0.571.56108,87962,1012,420,2221,736,058
2011-06-21$35.51$35.0038.3%11.0%37.5%23.5%40.0%3.5%1.0%30.3M-1.92B-25.3M0.731.82115,67884,3322,460,0261,746,854
2011-06-22$35.50$35.0037.8%10.8%34.2%22.9%38.9%3.9%1.3%32.6M-1.90B-25.5M0.841.6680,82068,1992,480,4901,766,430
2011-06-23$34.37$35.0039.3%11.3%33.8%25.1%39.7%3.9%0.7%15.9M-1.30B-24.9M0.751.67151,344113,7902,500,9171,774,893
2011-06-24$33.36$35.0041.3%11.1%35.0%28.1%39.1%3.9%0.9%5.4M-795.2M-24.0M0.971.59115,329111,4432,518,0311,794,071
2011-06-27$32.63$35.0046.3%11.3%34.8%35.6%41.0%4.3%0.4%-2.6M-512.5M-23.2M1.101.59113,914124,8122,486,8651,774,011
2011-06-28$33.00$35.0044.7%10.9%34.5%33.2%38.2%3.9%0.9%-183.4K-674.2M-23.1M0.881.5284,23273,7812,515,2951,792,028
2011-06-29$34.01$35.0038.9%9.7%32.7%24.5%34.5%2.6%1.7%12.4M-1.19B-23.3M0.871.52101,09187,7812,528,5341,802,709
2011-06-30$33.84$35.0031.1%9.3%32.5%12.8%33.4%2.6%1.7%11.1M-1.09B-23.0M1.151.3672,61483,6042,547,6911,811,707