SLV Options History — February 2019

In February 2019, SLV traded between $14.60 and $15.10. ATM implied volatility averaged 14.8%, placing in the 13.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.8% (HV 20d: 14.0%). Max pain ranged from $14.00 to $14.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.43.

Notable Days

  • 2019-02-19: Highest Volume — 89,206 contracts
  • 2019-02-07: Largest IV spike — 7.6% change
  • 2019-02-19: Highest IV Rank — 33.8%
  • 2019-02-04: Largest Expected Move — 4.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$14.83$14.60$15.10$14.93$14.64
Max Pain$14.00$14.00$14.00$14.00$14.00
ATM IV14.8%13.7%16.0%15.1%14.0%
Expected Move4.2%3.9%4.6%4.5%3.9%
HV 20d14.0%12.8%15.9%13.4%12.8%
HV 60d13.7%13.4%14.3%14.3%13.6%
IV Rank13.5%0.0%33.8%9.8%4.7%
IV Percentile3.9%0.0%14.3%2.0%0.4%
Term Structure0.2%-0.1%0.7%0.4%0.0%
VWIV15.0%13.8%16.4%15.5%14.2%
Skew 25d-1.7%-3.1%-0.8%-1.8%-0.8%
Skew 10d-3.3%-5.1%-1.9%-2.7%-1.9%
Call IV 25d16.2%15.0%18.4%16.6%15.0%
Put IV 25d14.4%13.6%15.4%14.8%14.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.201.1910.191.651.58
Gamma HHI0.240.180.280.220.25
Net GEX24.3M18.8M28.3M26.2M20.2M
Net DEX-414.5M-513.7M-335.2M-471.2M-335.2M
Net VEX-2.9M-3.0M-2.7M-3.0M-2.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.430.131.160.570.46
Total Volume40,166.68416,58789,20637,88249,354
Total OI1,428,282.7891,379,9931,472,5331,403,6801,464,126

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-02-01$14.93$14.0015.1%4.5%13.4%9.8%15.5%-1.8%0.4%26.2M-471.2M-3.0M0.571.6524,17613,7061,000,840402,840
2019-02-04$14.89$14.0016.0%4.6%13.3%23.6%16.2%-2.1%0.2%25.1M-445.8M-2.9M0.524.8118,9269,823989,346390,647
2019-02-05$14.86$14.0015.1%4.4%13.3%10.4%15.3%-1.8%0.2%26.2M-438.6M-2.9M0.231.5623,3425,453994,939394,598
2019-02-06$14.69$14.0014.2%4.1%14.0%0.0%14.6%-1.3%0.1%24.0M-376.6M-2.8M0.581.5120,73512,0591,005,223395,839
2019-02-07$14.77$14.0015.3%4.4%13.9%16.6%15.7%-1.7%0.3%25.1M-399.4M-2.8M1.161.5518,07320,9981,007,446402,899
2019-02-08$14.86$14.0014.6%4.3%13.4%6.8%14.8%-1.6%0.5%25.4M-421.7M-2.9M1.151.6817,50020,1251,013,301416,903
2019-02-11$14.73$14.0014.1%4.1%13.9%0.0%14.8%-1.2%0.7%24.1M-379.4M-2.8M0.281.5312,9173,6701,003,966403,670
2019-02-12$14.73$14.0014.2%4.1%13.9%0.3%14.8%-1.5%0.3%23.4M-380.9M-2.8M0.241.9818,5854,3691,007,726404,918
2019-02-13$14.60$14.0013.7%3.9%14.2%0.0%14.8%-2.2%0.4%18.8M-336.5M-2.8M0.271.6036,3829,9051,011,038407,160
2019-02-14$14.65$14.0014.1%4.0%14.3%6.1%14.4%-1.0%0.2%19.7M-350.0M-2.8M0.271.6423,0326,1321,025,365411,942
2019-02-15$14.82$14.0014.9%4.2%14.7%20.0%15.0%-1.9%0.5%21.1M-408.2M-2.8M0.201.4138,1187,7801,034,455411,906
2019-02-19$15.01$14.0015.8%4.5%14.4%33.8%16.3%-2.4%0.2%23.6M-456.0M-2.9M0.391.5064,02225,184992,061399,362
2019-02-20$15.10$14.0015.4%4.4%14.5%28.3%16.4%-3.1%0.1%28.3M-513.7M-3.0M0.1310.1965,4938,7631,023,383410,609
2019-02-21$14.86$14.0015.2%4.3%15.9%24.4%15.0%-2.2%0.1%25.2M-424.9M-2.9M0.281.5435,0869,6961,041,211413,869
2019-02-22$14.93$14.0015.0%4.3%15.8%21.5%14.9%-1.9%-0.0%26.4M-461.0M-3.0M0.291.4240,53511,8901,056,732415,801
2019-02-25$14.91$14.0014.8%4.2%13.2%18.9%14.6%-1.6%-0.1%27.4M-445.9M-2.9M0.221.9220,3644,5131,044,713413,580
2019-02-26$14.93$14.0014.5%4.1%13.1%13.7%14.4%-1.1%-0.1%27.0M-443.6M-2.8M0.471.5514,1006,5581,044,353415,346
2019-02-27$14.77$14.0014.7%4.0%13.6%16.9%13.8%-1.4%-0.1%23.9M-386.5M-2.7M0.481.1928,27713,5261,046,173419,087
2019-02-28$14.64$14.0014.0%3.9%12.8%4.7%14.2%-0.8%0.0%20.2M-335.2M-2.7M0.461.5833,75615,5981,042,871421,255