SLV Options History — November 2020

In November 2020, SLV traded between $21.02 and $23.80. ATM implied volatility averaged 38.9%, placing in the 31.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.8% (HV 20d: 36.1%). Max pain ranged from $22.00 to $23.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.34.

Notable Days

  • 2020-11-09: Highest Volume — 622,599 contracts
  • 2020-11-05: Largest IV spike — 22.2% change
  • 2020-11-03: Highest IV Rank — 43.4%
  • 2020-11-03: Largest Expected Move — 14.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$22.39$21.02$23.80$22.39$21.04
Max Pain$22.15$22.00$23.00$23.00$22.00
ATM IV38.9%33.0%48.6%47.2%33.8%
Expected Move11.4%9.4%14.8%14.5%10.4%
HV 20d36.1%31.3%39.2%34.4%36.2%
HV 60d42.0%39.4%51.5%51.5%39.4%
IV Rank31.5%24.2%43.4%41.7%25.2%
IV Percentile57.1%42.9%79.8%77.4%44.8%
Term Structure0.1%-1.1%1.3%-0.7%0.7%
VWIV42.2%34.2%53.4%52.9%40.2%
Skew 25d-3.8%-8.8%-1.7%-2.8%-4.4%
Skew 10d-6.7%-15.9%-1.8%-7.3%-9.1%
Call IV 25d42.5%35.4%53.2%50.6%37.3%
Put IV 25d38.7%32.9%49.4%47.8%32.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %1.691.382.081.551.78
Gamma HHI0.070.060.080.070.06
Net GEX71.5M30.3M103.7M71.2M52.8M
Net DEX-2.86B-4.48B-1.69B-2.86B-1.86B
Net VEX-20.1M-23.9M-16.8M-22.2M-17.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.340.150.590.230.34
Total Volume289,299.95144,460622,599243,723251,170
Total OI7,702,851.256,946,2988,241,1167,563,4787,157,471

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2020-11-02$22.39$23.0047.2%14.5%34.4%41.7%52.9%-2.8%-0.7%71.2M-2.86B-22.2M0.231.55197,73445,9895,425,7042,137,774
2020-11-03$22.46$23.0048.6%14.8%31.3%43.4%53.1%-2.5%-0.4%71.3M-2.97B-22.2M0.271.52169,51146,4855,425,7042,137,774
2020-11-04$22.19$23.0038.2%11.3%31.3%30.7%41.5%-1.9%0.4%68.1M-2.57B-20.8M0.291.56134,89738,7005,520,6652,165,182
2020-11-05$23.60$22.0046.7%13.8%38.2%41.1%48.7%-8.1%0.3%98.5M-4.20B-23.4M0.192.08485,45290,7195,540,7632,170,308
2020-11-06$23.80$22.0048.3%14.0%33.8%43.0%53.4%-7.7%0.6%103.7M-4.48B-23.9M0.411.96354,778146,7345,696,9332,198,115
2020-11-09$22.52$22.0045.8%13.5%39.2%40.0%50.1%-8.8%1.3%75.4M-3.12B-22.7M0.311.96474,540148,0595,690,9222,238,308
2020-11-10$22.47$22.0041.7%11.9%36.8%34.9%44.7%-7.0%-0.2%79.1M-2.99B-21.8M0.361.74190,86768,5165,750,5212,265,871
2020-11-11$22.53$22.0039.3%11.5%36.8%32.0%43.5%-4.6%0.9%80.9M-2.97B-21.2M0.351.57127,41844,9815,737,8672,260,093
2020-11-12$22.52$22.0039.1%11.4%36.8%31.7%41.6%-3.5%1.0%77.4M-2.88B-20.8M0.411.67102,22842,2325,715,8052,274,306
2020-11-13$22.90$22.0038.8%11.3%37.2%31.4%42.8%-4.0%0.7%90.4M-3.24B-20.9M0.401.70145,20757,6635,714,3042,284,924
2020-11-16$22.98$22.0037.4%10.8%37.1%29.7%39.6%-4.1%0.1%89.5M-3.30B-20.0M0.361.56193,64268,8015,665,7682,239,598
2020-11-17$22.70$22.0036.7%10.6%36.8%28.7%38.7%-3.3%-0.4%79.2M-3.03B-19.4M0.391.57127,18549,5835,718,4432,241,368
2020-11-18$22.57$22.0034.4%9.9%36.6%26.0%35.6%-2.1%-0.1%70.7M-2.80B-18.6M0.151.52339,31749,3315,758,2942,240,184
2020-11-19$22.38$22.0034.1%9.8%36.5%25.6%36.9%-2.1%0.1%69.2M-2.70B-18.6M0.351.38152,34054,0495,966,0472,232,395
2020-11-20$22.52$22.0033.0%9.5%36.6%24.2%34.2%-2.4%-0.3%60.4M-2.87B-18.9M0.591.76116,99568,7246,000,3292,240,787
2020-11-23$21.94$22.0033.9%9.7%37.5%25.3%36.4%-2.0%-0.4%56.1M-2.35B-17.4M0.411.57212,61587,6305,115,0991,831,199
2020-11-24$21.56$22.0035.0%10.1%37.9%26.7%37.0%-1.7%-0.6%53.9M-2.16B-17.9M0.411.86235,11395,6215,133,1701,867,848
2020-11-25$21.70$22.0033.0%9.4%34.9%24.2%35.9%-2.1%-0.2%52.7M-2.23B-17.3M0.301.70170,77050,4885,223,2051,899,062
2020-11-27$21.02$22.0033.7%10.0%36.7%25.1%37.0%-1.7%-1.1%30.3M-1.69B-16.8M0.341.75262,03987,8765,258,3951,916,520
2020-11-30$21.04$22.0033.8%10.4%36.2%25.2%40.2%-4.4%0.7%52.8M-1.86B-17.4M0.341.78187,37863,7925,266,7241,890,747