SLV Options History — November 2017

In November 2017, SLV traded between $15.52 and $16.33. ATM implied volatility averaged 17.3%, placing in the 16.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.0%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.5% (HV 20d: 17.8%). Max pain ranged from $16.00 to $16.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.54.

Notable Days

  • 2017-11-29: Highest Volume — 107,885 contracts
  • 2017-11-06: Largest IV spike — 8.2% change
  • 2017-11-15: Highest IV Rank — 26.9%
  • 2017-11-15: Largest Expected Move — 5.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$16.03$15.52$16.33$16.18$15.52
Max Pain$16.00$16.00$16.00$16.00$16.00
ATM IV17.3%16.1%18.3%17.6%17.1%
Expected Move5.0%4.7%5.3%5.1%5.0%
HV 20d17.8%15.4%19.8%15.4%17.7%
HV 60d16.4%16.0%17.4%17.4%16.3%
IV Rank16.9%8.4%26.9%18.0%16.5%
IV Percentile16.6%0.4%42.5%18.7%12.7%
Term Structure0.1%-0.5%0.7%0.3%-0.2%
VWIV17.9%17.1%18.8%18.5%17.4%
Skew 25d-0.8%-1.5%-0.1%-1.5%-0.2%
Skew 10d-1.8%-4.4%-0.1%-2.6%-0.2%
Call IV 25d18.5%17.3%19.6%19.5%17.8%
Put IV 25d17.7%16.7%18.7%18.0%17.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.041.782.391.922.22
Gamma HHI0.130.120.150.140.13
Net GEX14.8M1.9M21.9M21.1M1.9M
Net DEX-211.5M-299.9M-42.0M-275.8M-42.0M
Net VEX-3.0M-3.2M-2.7M-3.2M-2.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.540.231.190.380.44
Total Volume63,060.33344,867107,88577,29590,012
Total OI1,647,374.1431,582,8001,715,0021,609,5691,715,002

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-11-01$16.18$16.0017.6%5.1%15.4%18.0%18.5%-1.5%0.3%21.1M-275.8M-3.2M0.381.9256,12921,1661,268,687340,882
2017-11-02$16.17$16.0016.4%4.9%15.4%9.6%17.5%-0.9%0.4%19.3M-258.2M-3.1M0.471.9836,02316,9121,269,321343,743
2017-11-03$15.90$16.0016.2%4.9%16.2%8.4%17.3%-0.5%0.4%13.6M-175.6M-3.0M0.591.8442,96025,4461,278,456345,624
2017-11-06$16.27$16.0017.6%5.2%17.9%17.7%18.0%-0.5%0.3%21.9M-296.7M-3.1M0.441.9243,00819,0781,275,529340,553
2017-11-07$16.02$16.0017.4%5.0%18.5%16.3%17.9%-1.3%0.2%16.7M-218.1M-3.0M0.582.1035,20420,4491,284,189343,299
2017-11-08$16.06$16.0017.4%5.1%18.4%16.9%18.5%-1.0%0.7%16.4M-222.9M-3.0M0.372.0436,81613,5071,291,020349,581
2017-11-09$16.06$16.0017.9%5.1%18.4%19.9%18.6%-1.5%-0.1%16.4M-231.4M-3.0M0.452.3135,37815,8611,292,390350,835
2017-11-10$15.97$16.0017.8%5.1%18.0%19.6%18.7%-1.3%0.4%13.0M-186.3M-3.0M1.192.0339,98947,5681,298,872352,381
2017-11-13$16.08$16.0018.0%5.2%17.9%21.0%18.5%-0.8%-0.2%13.6M-225.0M-3.0M0.501.8933,19816,7071,290,882372,790
2017-11-14$16.08$16.0017.9%5.1%17.6%21.5%18.7%-1.4%0.2%13.4M-224.1M-3.0M0.672.0227,28818,1801,296,782373,355
2017-11-15$16.03$16.0018.3%5.3%17.6%26.9%18.8%-0.9%-0.0%13.8M-217.0M-3.0M0.652.1928,41618,6001,304,432368,454
2017-11-16$16.12$16.0017.5%5.0%16.8%19.8%18.0%-0.7%0.3%16.2M-243.7M-3.0M0.891.9923,74421,1231,308,287369,094
2017-11-17$16.33$16.0017.6%5.0%16.9%20.6%17.8%-1.0%0.2%18.9M-299.9M-3.1M0.392.0852,10120,2301,310,730375,685
2017-11-20$15.99$16.0017.3%5.0%18.6%18.6%17.5%-0.8%-0.0%13.2M-189.0M-2.9M0.342.0665,67422,6351,230,210352,590
2017-11-21$16.00$16.0017.1%4.8%18.3%17.1%17.5%-0.4%-0.3%13.7M-196.4M-2.9M0.231.9046,87910,8681,265,395361,202
2017-11-22$16.18$16.0017.0%4.8%18.8%15.8%17.1%-0.5%-0.2%17.8M-251.6M-3.0M0.451.9533,69115,0241,282,577362,796
2017-11-24$16.08$16.0017.3%5.0%18.5%18.7%17.8%-0.1%-0.5%15.2M-222.6M-2.9M0.462.0932,65914,9621,286,194366,305
2017-11-27$16.10$16.0016.4%4.9%18.4%10.7%17.6%-0.6%-0.2%16.2M-217.2M-2.8M0.502.1441,10020,3791,276,485364,658
2017-11-28$15.91$16.0016.1%4.7%19.0%8.7%17.1%-1.0%-0.1%11.5M-161.1M-2.8M0.491.7838,58218,8361,288,270375,260
2017-11-29$15.64$16.0016.7%5.1%19.8%13.8%17.8%-0.9%-0.3%6.9M-86.5M-2.7M0.912.3956,55051,3351,300,151371,909
2017-11-30$15.52$16.0017.1%5.0%17.7%16.5%17.4%-0.2%-0.2%1.9M-42.0M-2.7M0.442.2262,53127,4811,316,845398,157