SLV Options History — July 2014

In July 2014, SLV traded between $19.58 and $20.57. ATM implied volatility averaged 19.5%, placing in the 14.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.6% (HV 20d: 16.9%). Max pain ranged from $16.00 to $20.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.38.

Notable Days

  • 2014-07-14: Highest Volume — 189,048 contracts
  • 2014-07-18: Largest IV drop — 8.6% change
  • 2014-07-17: Highest IV Rank — 19.2%
  • 2014-07-17: Largest Expected Move — 6.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$20.06$19.58$20.57$20.21$19.58
Max Pain$19.34$16.00$20.00$16.00$20.00
ATM IV19.5%18.8%20.6%19.6%19.1%
Expected Move6.2%6.1%6.3%6.2%6.1%
HV 20d16.9%14.1%20.4%16.6%17.5%
HV 60d16.1%15.0%17.2%15.4%16.7%
IV Rank14.4%11.0%19.2%14.7%12.7%
IV Percentile8.4%4.0%14.3%6.7%7.1%
Term Structure-0.1%-0.6%0.3%0.2%0.1%
VWIV23.0%21.4%26.7%24.1%24.6%
Skew 25d-1.0%-2.1%0.1%-1.3%-0.5%
Skew 10d-1.9%-4.3%0.3%-3.2%-0.6%
Call IV 25d21.0%20.1%22.7%21.5%20.3%
Put IV 25d20.0%19.1%21.0%20.2%19.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %10.228.3212.958.3211.58
Gamma HHI0.110.100.190.100.10
Net GEX50.4M34.1M64.2M53.6M36.0M
Net DEX-745.2M-1.06B-422.5M-849.5M-470.5M
Net VEX-10.3M-11.0M-9.7M-10.3M-10.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.380.100.880.290.63
Total Volume81,888.81830,377189,04859,38598,648
Total OI3,305,868.0453,167,7593,587,4123,218,7713,330,985

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-07-01$20.21$16.0019.6%6.2%16.6%14.7%24.1%-1.3%0.2%53.6M-849.5M-10.3M0.298.3245,96313,4222,509,584709,187
2014-07-02$20.30$16.0020.0%6.3%16.4%16.4%22.7%-1.8%-0.0%54.4M-897.5M-10.4M0.348.7654,62418,5702,513,593714,933
2014-07-03$20.29$16.0019.5%6.1%16.4%14.2%21.7%-1.6%-0.1%51.7M-866.4M-10.1M0.269.0438,3219,9612,529,961724,858
2014-07-07$20.17$19.5019.6%6.1%16.8%14.6%21.4%-1.3%-0.4%50.5M-774.4M-9.7M0.4511.0245,69220,7682,518,777709,860
2014-07-08$20.21$19.5019.4%6.1%16.8%14.1%23.0%-1.0%-0.2%51.6M-805.0M-9.9M0.188.8044,1938,0302,537,906721,398
2014-07-09$20.27$19.5019.6%6.1%16.8%14.6%21.4%-1.0%-0.4%52.7M-860.8M-10.0M0.369.3357,15120,7122,552,879725,544
2014-07-10$20.52$19.5019.5%6.1%16.9%14.4%24.1%-1.5%-0.3%61.4M-1.00B-10.2M0.258.6879,73219,6172,574,025733,267
2014-07-11$20.57$19.5019.3%6.2%16.4%13.5%22.6%-1.3%-0.6%59.2M-1.06B-10.3M0.369.2378,69128,3032,592,080741,943
2014-07-14$20.10$20.0019.5%6.2%19.1%14.3%26.7%-1.1%0.3%49.0M-745.9M-10.1M0.239.17153,76435,2842,593,814743,690
2014-07-15$19.88$20.0019.4%6.1%19.6%13.7%21.7%-0.7%-0.1%47.9M-647.7M-10.2M0.1610.59100,07715,9632,688,568761,744
2014-07-16$19.91$20.0019.3%6.2%19.6%13.2%22.5%-0.7%0.0%53.2M-709.6M-10.5M0.759.8637,53828,0342,745,939765,494
2014-07-17$20.29$20.0020.6%6.3%20.4%19.2%23.0%-2.1%-0.3%59.3M-983.0M-11.0M0.2710.64139,38737,8422,735,531770,696
2014-07-18$20.02$20.0018.8%6.2%14.2%11.4%22.7%-1.3%0.3%64.2M-796.2M-10.6M0.5610.1058,66432,6502,794,660792,752
2014-07-21$20.10$20.0019.3%6.2%14.1%13.6%23.4%-1.0%0.0%49.6M-730.8M-10.5M0.5711.3529,73016,9982,520,476647,283
2014-07-22$20.10$20.0019.1%6.2%14.1%12.6%22.6%-0.4%-0.1%50.4M-727.7M-10.5M0.2411.5936,8998,9532,534,024655,760
2014-07-23$20.08$20.0018.8%6.1%14.1%11.0%21.8%-0.8%0.0%52.7M-722.7M-10.5M0.449.7526,76411,8252,554,921660,317
2014-07-24$19.58$20.0020.0%6.1%16.5%16.6%22.1%0.1%-0.3%34.1M-422.5M-9.9M0.8812.9561,90454,2782,566,526668,786
2014-07-25$19.87$20.0019.8%6.1%17.5%15.6%24.2%-0.2%-0.3%42.1M-590.5M-10.4M0.359.8152,09818,2092,586,235695,714
2014-07-28$19.81$20.0019.9%6.1%17.5%16.1%21.8%-1.0%-0.3%43.4M-564.7M-10.3M0.2510.8944,73311,2352,566,084668,217
2014-07-29$19.78$20.0019.9%6.2%17.4%16.1%25.7%-0.8%-0.0%44.0M-567.2M-10.3M0.1010.7869,3026,6482,581,373674,768
2014-07-30$19.78$20.0019.7%6.1%17.4%15.0%23.0%-0.8%-0.2%47.6M-598.1M-10.5M0.3912.5521,8648,5132,638,183676,762
2014-07-31$19.58$20.0019.1%6.1%17.5%12.7%24.6%-0.5%0.1%36.0M-470.5M-10.1M0.6311.5860,60838,0402,650,511680,474