SLV Options History — July 2013

In July 2013, SLV traded between $18.21 and $19.77. ATM implied volatility averaged 32.9%, placing in the 48.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.4%. IV traded below realized volatility by 13.2% (HV 20d: 46.1%). Max pain ranged from $18.50 to $20.50. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.52.

Notable Days

  • 2013-07-22: Highest Volume — 156,288 contracts
  • 2013-07-22: Largest IV spike — 7.8% change
  • 2013-07-05: Highest IV Rank — 66.0%
  • 2013-07-05: Largest Expected Move — 11.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$19.05$18.21$19.77$18.93$19.14
Max Pain$19.19$18.50$20.50$18.50$19.00
ATM IV32.9%29.3%38.8%37.6%32.6%
Expected Move9.4%8.3%11.1%10.7%9.4%
HV 20d46.1%35.3%52.5%47.2%35.3%
HV 60d40.4%36.9%46.8%46.2%37.9%
IV Rank48.2%37.4%66.0%62.4%47.6%
IV Percentile78.9%63.9%95.2%93.7%80.6%
Term Structure-0.6%-1.6%0.9%-1.6%-0.7%
VWIV33.5%29.4%38.7%38.5%32.8%
Skew 25d4.0%1.2%7.3%7.3%3.0%
Skew 10d7.6%2.4%14.7%13.8%5.1%
Call IV 25d32.0%28.7%36.2%35.5%32.2%
Put IV 25d36.0%32.1%42.8%42.8%35.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %6.104.638.256.298.25
Gamma HHI0.080.070.100.070.07
Net GEX8.9M108.9K17.8M3.4M13.0M
Net DEX573.4M189.8M907.7M750.8M336.5M
Net VEX-7.7M-8.5M-7.0M-7.6M-8.2M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.520.191.220.610.51
Total Volume92,780.534,251156,288145,266109,601
Total OI3,284,955.5912,902,3603,508,1773,326,2753,124,263

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-07-01$18.93$18.5037.6%10.7%47.2%62.4%38.5%7.3%-1.6%3.4M750.8M-7.6M0.616.2990,46154,8052,304,6851,021,590
2013-07-02$18.68$18.5036.7%10.5%47.2%59.9%35.4%7.2%-1.6%2.8M817.2M-7.4M0.466.5163,96629,3852,347,2351,038,655
2013-07-03$19.02$18.5036.1%10.3%48.0%58.0%36.6%6.2%-1.0%5.8M718.1M-7.8M0.307.4966,38620,0592,371,4271,047,665
2013-07-05$18.21$18.5038.8%11.1%49.4%66.0%38.7%6.4%-1.0%108.9K907.7M-7.1M0.756.1452,00038,7562,397,7131,051,581
2013-07-08$18.42$18.5037.3%10.7%47.5%61.5%38.6%5.7%-1.2%1.2M834.3M-7.0M0.736.3734,95225,4162,359,0031,008,376
2013-07-09$18.57$18.5035.5%10.2%47.2%56.3%37.0%5.1%-1.3%2.8M824.3M-7.1M0.646.3335,69922,8522,376,7751,020,385
2013-07-10$18.48$18.5034.9%10.0%47.1%54.5%35.7%5.1%-1.1%2.8M843.9M-7.0M0.607.1050,75330,3302,388,9291,021,746
2013-07-11$19.49$0.0032.3%9.3%51.6%46.5%32.8%2.8%-0.7%13.4M549.1M-8.0M0.257.50108,57826,7452,404,1471,017,190
2013-07-12$19.21$19.0031.5%9.1%51.7%44.3%32.4%3.0%-0.9%8.2M628.0M-7.7M0.496.4447,09923,0632,426,7101,022,809
2013-07-15$19.28$20.5030.9%8.8%51.3%42.2%31.4%3.4%0.9%9.0M642.1M-7.7M0.414.6333,79813,8292,394,0131,000,535
2013-07-16$19.33$20.5030.5%8.7%51.3%41.1%30.1%3.0%0.4%10.9M627.7M-7.5M0.244.7499,47323,4722,406,7181,003,771
2013-07-17$18.66$20.0032.7%9.3%52.5%47.7%33.0%4.5%-1.5%5.0M757.0M-7.2M0.936.1457,16553,3142,473,321999,832
2013-07-18$18.72$20.0031.1%8.9%52.5%42.8%30.9%4.0%0.8%4.0M754.8M-7.1M0.385.7450,69319,4292,475,1801,005,207
2013-07-19$18.88$20.0029.3%8.3%43.8%37.4%29.4%3.4%0.9%8.5M701.5M-7.3M0.196.55109,45620,9412,502,3791,005,798
2013-07-22$19.77$18.5031.6%9.1%46.2%44.3%33.7%1.2%-1.0%15.4M189.8M-8.4M0.435.28109,39046,8982,102,341800,019
2013-07-23$19.77$19.0030.6%8.8%45.4%41.3%31.3%1.7%-0.7%17.8M190.0M-8.4M0.306.2978,49723,2522,147,432818,110
2013-07-24$19.47$19.0030.7%8.8%45.8%41.8%35.7%3.0%-0.2%16.7M259.0M-8.5M0.465.1469,62832,2742,196,969825,588
2013-07-25$19.50$19.5030.2%8.7%40.6%40.2%30.5%2.3%-0.2%16.4M251.8M-8.5M0.265.0160,00515,5282,222,767837,745
2013-07-26$19.32$19.5029.9%8.6%40.9%39.5%30.7%2.8%-0.0%14.5M298.1M-8.3M0.335.5683,90327,5572,255,510842,572
2013-07-29$19.14$19.5031.1%8.9%35.6%42.8%30.9%2.9%-0.4%13.0M349.4M-8.2M1.225.6321,44526,0672,272,216820,757
2013-07-30$19.03$19.5031.2%8.9%35.6%43.3%31.5%3.2%-0.1%11.8M384.4M-7.9M0.885.1618,22116,0302,281,006828,353
2013-07-31$19.14$19.0032.6%9.4%35.3%47.6%32.8%3.0%-0.7%13.0M336.5M-8.2M0.518.2572,75336,8482,287,770836,493