SLV Options History — November 2016

In November 2016, SLV traded between $15.53 and $17.61. ATM implied volatility averaged 25.3%, placing in the 32.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.9% (HV 20d: 24.4%). Max pain ranged from $16.50 to $17.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.47.

Notable Days

  • 2016-11-11: Highest Volume — 206,341 contracts
  • 2016-11-11: Largest IV spike — 17.3% change
  • 2016-11-11: Highest IV Rank — 58.9%
  • 2016-11-11: Largest Expected Move — 8.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$16.46$15.53$17.61$17.42$15.65
Max Pain$16.76$16.50$17.00$17.00$16.50
ATM IV25.3%22.5%29.3%26.6%24.3%
Expected Move7.4%6.5%8.3%8.2%7.5%
HV 20d24.4%13.5%31.0%17.2%28.9%
HV 60d25.5%23.2%27.2%23.5%25.3%
IV Rank32.9%14.4%58.9%41.0%26.6%
IV Percentile49.0%7.5%92.1%66.7%40.5%
Term Structure-0.1%-0.8%0.5%0.0%-0.0%
VWIV26.5%23.2%29.7%29.0%26.3%
Skew 25d-1.0%-3.9%2.1%-3.0%1.0%
Skew 10d-2.1%-7.3%3.8%-5.2%1.4%
Call IV 25d26.5%22.8%31.2%28.8%24.3%
Put IV 25d25.5%22.9%29.9%25.7%25.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %5.412.8914.954.715.07
Gamma HHI0.120.090.170.120.10
Net GEX19.0M2.4M49.6M32.3M6.7M
Net DEX-355.0M-810.2M-19.6M-695.1M-117.2M
Net VEX-4.4M-5.1M-3.8M-5.1M-3.8M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.470.230.930.710.35
Total Volume95,784.61943,467206,341142,61960,948
Total OI2,098,568.6671,954,4512,248,7742,057,5012,007,012

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-11-01$17.42$17.0026.6%8.2%17.2%41.0%29.0%-3.0%0.0%32.3M-695.1M-5.1M0.714.7183,34559,2741,629,273428,228
2016-11-02$17.56$17.0026.5%8.1%17.2%40.4%29.2%-3.9%0.2%35.3M-769.2M-5.1M0.504.4772,70036,2471,652,668441,265
2016-11-03$17.42$17.0026.4%7.5%14.2%40.1%26.0%-2.8%0.1%32.4M-693.2M-5.0M0.654.1262,63940,4831,647,356454,556
2016-11-04$17.46$17.0028.1%8.0%13.8%50.9%29.7%-3.8%-0.3%34.7M-719.7M-5.1M0.333.1579,96526,0631,653,138447,809
2016-11-07$17.28$17.0026.8%7.7%14.3%42.5%26.7%-2.7%0.1%32.7M-635.5M-4.9M0.236.0887,46420,5161,647,616431,861
2016-11-08$17.40$17.0027.1%7.6%13.5%44.4%28.0%-2.9%-0.5%37.5M-702.7M-5.0M0.285.5786,39724,5961,685,589437,838
2016-11-09$17.44$17.0024.2%7.1%13.5%25.7%25.3%-2.1%0.3%46.9M-733.0M-4.9M0.455.8065,96229,5841,721,447443,743
2016-11-10$17.61$17.0025.0%7.3%13.7%30.7%26.5%-2.3%0.5%49.6M-810.2M-4.9M0.515.4848,93124,8071,718,235449,477
2016-11-11$16.45$17.0029.3%8.3%28.7%58.9%29.6%-1.2%-0.3%19.9M-306.0M-4.5M0.9314.95107,01799,3241,717,397457,956
2016-11-14$16.00$17.0028.3%8.1%30.2%52.1%29.0%-0.6%-0.6%8.0M-125.1M-4.2M0.696.2079,87154,7341,691,109488,328
2016-11-15$16.21$17.0025.4%7.3%30.4%33.3%26.4%-0.9%-0.4%7.7M-177.4M-4.2M0.365.5768,67425,0411,713,641495,393
2016-11-16$16.08$16.5023.8%6.8%30.5%23.3%26.5%-1.1%0.4%4.6M-143.3M-4.1M0.335.2167,50722,3261,723,652499,620
2016-11-17$15.80$16.5023.9%6.9%30.9%23.9%24.7%0.1%-0.1%2.4M-49.7M-3.9M0.425.3178,78033,0791,730,464501,627
2016-11-18$15.71$16.5023.8%6.8%30.9%23.3%24.4%0.5%0.0%5.8M-19.6M-3.8M0.465.0967,25631,1651,732,753516,021
2016-11-21$15.72$16.5022.7%6.6%30.8%15.6%23.3%0.2%-0.1%6.1M-124.1M-3.8M0.333.7664,07721,3061,524,513429,938
2016-11-22$15.79$16.5022.5%6.5%30.5%14.4%23.2%-0.2%-0.3%7.7M-145.9M-3.8M0.413.9030,73912,7281,546,924436,046
2016-11-23$15.53$16.5024.6%7.1%30.8%28.2%25.3%1.4%-0.4%5.8M-79.6M-3.8M0.546.5752,08128,3081,547,774438,589
2016-11-25$15.63$16.5024.8%7.3%31.0%29.4%25.3%2.1%-0.8%6.9M-110.3M-3.8M0.475.8737,03017,4831,566,173450,236
2016-11-28$15.75$16.5024.1%7.2%31.0%25.2%25.3%1.0%-0.3%7.3M-146.5M-3.8M0.472.8931,82214,8531,540,712434,536
2016-11-29$15.80$16.5023.6%7.3%30.9%21.8%26.0%0.7%-0.1%7.9M-151.5M-3.8M0.463.8838,64817,7071,551,534437,895
2016-11-30$15.65$16.5024.3%7.5%28.9%26.6%26.3%1.0%-0.0%6.7M-117.2M-3.8M0.355.0745,24415,7041,565,916441,096