SLV Options History — January 2014

In January 2014, SLV traded between $18.45 and $19.68. ATM implied volatility averaged 26.8%, placing in the 25.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.9% (HV 20d: 24.9%). Max pain ranged from $20.00 to $21.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.52.

Notable Days

  • 2014-01-21: Highest Volume — 335,389 contracts
  • 2014-01-24: Largest IV spike — 6.0% change
  • 2014-01-08: Highest IV Rank — 29.7%
  • 2014-01-03: Largest Expected Move — 8.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$19.14$18.45$19.68$19.23$18.45
Max Pain$20.29$20.00$21.00$21.00$20.00
ATM IV26.8%25.0%28.1%28.1%27.1%
Expected Move8.3%8.0%8.6%8.6%8.2%
HV 20d24.9%21.2%30.1%30.1%21.2%
HV 60d25.3%24.4%26.1%25.2%24.9%
IV Rank25.4%19.6%29.7%29.6%26.4%
IV Percentile29.8%21.8%38.5%38.1%30.2%
Term Structure-0.2%-1.2%1.2%-0.2%0.4%
VWIV29.6%28.3%31.6%29.9%28.7%
Skew 25d1.8%0.9%2.9%2.2%2.1%
Skew 10d3.1%0.9%5.1%4.2%4.3%
Call IV 25d27.0%25.7%28.1%27.9%27.2%
Put IV 25d28.8%26.8%30.3%30.1%29.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %5.844.938.315.215.61
Gamma HHI0.070.060.110.070.11
Net GEX11.7M3.8M19.4M14.0M4.7M
Net DEX149.8M-202.3M463.8M306.0M63.0M
Net VEX-7.7M-8.7M-6.7M-7.0M-8.0M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.520.081.090.510.94
Total Volume100,981.71447,796335,389119,13960,277
Total OI2,950,347.2862,007,9063,592,7973,286,5602,569,103

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-01-02$19.23$21.0028.1%8.6%30.1%29.6%29.9%2.2%-0.2%14.0M306.0M-7.0M0.515.2178,89340,2462,460,330826,230
2014-01-03$19.42$21.0026.7%8.6%28.3%25.2%31.5%1.7%0.3%8.9M293.1M-7.2M0.505.3052,01326,1232,461,161834,437
2014-01-06$19.42$21.0027.2%8.5%27.6%26.8%30.7%1.7%-0.7%10.3M300.8M-7.2M1.095.4831,11534,0332,454,461828,699
2014-01-07$19.13$21.0028.1%8.5%28.2%29.7%31.6%2.1%-0.8%6.7M392.4M-7.1M0.615.3830,53718,4852,465,597850,417
2014-01-08$18.83$21.0028.1%8.5%28.0%29.7%30.2%2.1%-0.8%3.8M463.8M-6.8M0.675.9333,61522,4612,478,935852,972
2014-01-09$18.84$21.0027.1%8.4%25.8%26.3%29.3%1.9%-0.5%4.3M463.5M-6.7M0.635.9450,69231,9922,491,587858,006
2014-01-10$19.38$20.0025.7%8.3%28.0%22.0%30.1%1.9%-0.3%10.1M292.7M-7.3M0.418.3174,84030,7692,524,540869,903
2014-01-13$19.68$20.0027.1%8.2%24.5%26.3%29.1%1.1%-1.2%12.2M223.3M-7.4M0.625.7844,85227,7782,516,009850,737
2014-01-14$19.42$20.0026.3%8.1%25.1%23.8%28.5%2.0%-0.8%11.0M312.7M-7.2M0.255.85139,29234,9862,526,827856,030
2014-01-15$19.40$20.0026.2%8.2%24.6%23.6%28.7%1.8%-0.5%15.0M257.1M-8.0M0.586.7930,29417,5022,612,283866,372
2014-01-16$19.35$20.0025.9%8.2%24.6%22.7%28.7%1.7%-0.6%14.8M282.3M-7.7M0.185.61120,50921,8502,624,998871,803
2014-01-17$19.51$20.0025.0%8.2%24.7%19.6%30.5%1.2%-0.5%17.5M213.1M-8.0M0.415.7859,99024,4142,714,640878,157
2014-01-21$19.17$20.0026.1%8.2%22.6%23.2%29.4%1.3%0.5%13.5M-92.7M-7.7M0.085.70310,67824,7111,432,973574,933
2014-01-22$19.03$20.0025.6%8.3%22.7%21.6%29.2%1.2%1.2%14.1M-97.8M-8.3M0.385.3862,23123,7931,708,460588,514
2014-01-23$19.26$20.0026.1%8.3%23.0%23.0%29.3%0.9%0.4%19.4M-202.3M-8.7M0.336.2652,89117,5221,747,316601,510
2014-01-24$19.16$20.0027.6%8.3%23.1%28.0%29.4%1.5%0.3%17.2M-172.5M-8.7M0.586.4164,54637,5811,767,620608,422
2014-01-27$18.89$20.0027.8%8.2%23.2%28.6%29.1%2.1%-0.4%14.3M-75.7M-8.3M0.644.9347,72230,4531,768,142611,850
2014-01-28$18.85$20.0027.0%8.2%22.7%26.0%29.4%2.7%-0.1%13.2M-55.3M-8.2M0.665.2563,19741,8471,786,025629,661
2014-01-29$19.02$20.0026.9%8.0%21.5%25.6%28.3%1.9%-0.4%15.5M-101.7M-8.4M0.415.6661,61225,4521,816,297658,737
2014-01-30$18.49$20.0026.9%8.2%23.7%25.7%30.0%2.9%-0.3%6.4M80.0M-7.8M0.356.0187,75331,0691,842,381670,218
2014-01-31$18.45$20.0027.1%8.2%21.2%26.4%28.7%2.1%0.4%4.7M63.0M-8.0M0.945.6131,14929,1281,888,505680,598