SLV Options History — February 2016

In February 2016, SLV traded between $13.63 and $14.99. ATM implied volatility averaged 25.8%, placing in the 38.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.8% (HV 20d: 22.0%). Max pain ranged from $13.50 to $14.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.33.

Notable Days

  • 2016-02-11: Highest Volume — 213,866 contracts
  • 2016-02-11: Largest IV spike — 11.0% change
  • 2016-02-11: Highest IV Rank — 62.0%
  • 2016-02-24: Largest Expected Move — 8.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$14.40$13.63$14.99$13.68$14.21
Max Pain$13.65$13.50$14.00$13.50$14.00
ATM IV25.8%21.9%29.1%22.2%25.1%
Expected Move7.4%5.9%8.3%6.1%7.4%
HV 20d22.0%17.6%24.9%20.9%24.9%
HV 60d22.6%20.8%24.5%21.0%24.5%
IV Rank38.3%11.2%62.0%13.6%33.8%
IV Percentile50.9%3.6%85.7%5.2%43.7%
Term Structure0.0%-0.7%0.8%0.1%0.2%
VWIV26.7%21.1%30.6%21.8%26.7%
Skew 25d-2.4%-3.8%0.2%-0.1%-2.5%
Skew 10d-4.4%-7.3%0.0%-1.1%-3.7%
Call IV 25d28.0%22.9%32.5%23.0%27.3%
Put IV 25d25.6%23.0%28.8%23.0%24.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.852.605.893.063.31
Gamma HHI0.150.090.270.220.09
Net GEX16.3M11.0M22.1M11.3M13.9M
Net DEX-261.6M-405.8M-98.1M-105.4M-185.9M
Net VEX-2.6M-2.9M-2.1M-2.1M-2.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.330.160.490.400.30
Total Volume93,055.443,676213,86645,81065,305
Total OI1,109,421.6930,4741,269,784930,4741,238,320

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-02-01$13.68$13.5022.2%6.1%20.9%13.6%21.8%-0.1%0.1%11.3M-105.4M-2.1M0.403.0632,65413,156706,417224,057
2016-02-02$13.63$13.5021.9%5.9%21.0%11.2%21.1%0.2%0.6%11.0M-98.1M-2.1M0.402.6031,24212,434713,372226,507
2016-02-03$13.97$13.5023.3%6.4%22.4%20.8%22.8%-0.9%0.5%15.2M-177.4M-2.3M0.293.0590,82326,094719,177228,210
2016-02-04$14.17$13.5022.9%6.7%22.8%18.0%23.8%-1.3%0.8%17.3M-230.9M-2.4M0.274.2659,91815,901754,607235,077
2016-02-05$14.30$13.5024.0%7.0%22.0%26.1%25.2%-1.3%0.3%15.4M-254.9M-2.4M0.234.6755,94012,959763,448239,033
2016-02-08$14.59$13.5025.9%7.5%20.3%39.2%26.3%-2.8%0.3%17.0M-312.5M-2.5M0.304.5399,66629,598763,276232,494
2016-02-09$14.52$13.5026.2%7.6%20.3%41.5%26.8%-2.9%0.3%17.7M-294.9M-2.5M0.363.2261,76822,146788,827243,953
2016-02-10$14.57$13.5026.3%7.5%20.0%41.8%27.3%-3.3%-0.1%17.3M-302.9M-2.5M0.323.3654,27317,507794,375248,715
2016-02-11$14.96$13.5029.1%8.3%20.3%62.0%29.9%-3.7%-0.3%16.7M-394.9M-2.7M0.305.89164,15949,707796,147251,751
2016-02-12$14.99$13.5027.8%8.0%17.6%52.7%30.5%-3.5%0.5%22.1M-405.8M-2.9M0.163.46169,29726,836863,046271,481
2016-02-16$14.51$13.5026.4%7.6%22.4%42.6%27.6%-3.1%0.0%18.8M-301.0M-2.8M0.474.1148,89023,001923,665263,538
2016-02-17$14.55$13.5026.5%7.6%22.3%43.7%28.3%-2.8%0.1%18.7M-310.6M-2.8M0.374.0158,33121,486933,714266,019
2016-02-18$14.77$13.5028.7%8.3%22.6%59.0%29.9%-3.6%-0.2%19.2M-369.2M-2.9M0.333.9969,45322,681955,043272,783
2016-02-19$14.63$13.5027.0%7.7%23.0%46.8%28.7%-3.8%0.1%16.6M-349.9M-2.9M0.493.8457,70928,212992,384277,400
2016-02-22$14.43$14.0025.7%7.4%23.7%37.7%26.8%-2.5%-0.3%15.7M-235.3M-2.8M0.404.2543,94717,550911,001240,151
2016-02-23$14.54$14.0026.5%7.7%23.4%43.3%27.2%-2.3%-0.7%16.8M-258.4M-2.9M0.363.3345,96316,452927,732245,341
2016-02-24$14.51$14.0028.7%8.3%22.8%58.8%30.6%-3.4%-0.7%16.3M-258.1M-2.9M0.244.18103,69424,826939,688248,881
2016-02-25$14.45$14.0026.8%7.7%22.9%45.5%27.9%-2.2%-0.5%16.7M-241.7M-2.9M0.383.7741,22215,661982,332255,859
2016-02-26$14.03$14.0024.2%7.0%24.6%27.4%25.4%-2.2%-0.3%11.9M-143.8M-2.7M0.234.1389,74720,900990,739259,872
2016-02-29$14.21$14.0025.1%7.4%24.9%33.8%26.7%-2.5%0.2%13.9M-185.9M-2.7M0.303.3150,26815,037978,648259,672