USMC Options History — April 2019

In April 2019, USMC traded between $28.24 and $28.82. ATM implied volatility averaged 29.4%, placing in the 15.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 22.6% (HV 20d: 6.8%). Net GEX was positive for 0 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 17 of 21 days.

Notable Days

  • 2019-04-30: Largest IV spike — 714.6% change
  • 2019-04-30: Highest IV Rank — 64.2%
  • 2019-04-26: Largest Expected Move — 26.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$28.46$28.24$28.82$28.24$28.82
ATM IV29.4%11.4%118.8%15.6%118.8%
Expected Move8.1%3.3%26.1%4.7%4.2%
HV 20d6.8%3.7%10.1%10.1%3.7%
HV 60d9.1%7.9%11.1%11.1%7.9%
IV Rank15.1%5.3%64.2%7.6%64.2%
IV Percentile23.6%4.4%86.9%12.7%86.9%
Term Structure-3.8%-74.3%36.8%0.9%-74.3%
Skew 25d5.9%-1.6%47.3%2.7%47.3%
Skew 10d7.3%-0.2%52.8%2.6%52.8%
Call IV 25d35.2%11.9%137.0%12.6%123.3%
Put IV 25d41.2%13.7%170.6%15.3%170.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %135.98107.28200.00107.28200.00
Net GEX00000
Net DEX00000
Net VEX00000
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Total Volume00000
Total OI00000

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-04-01$28.24$0.0015.6%4.7%10.1%7.6%0.0%2.7%0.9%0000.00107.28N/AN/A0000
2019-04-02$28.25$0.0015.2%4.7%10.1%7.4%0.0%2.4%0.2%0000.00124.92N/AN/A0000
2019-04-03$28.26$0.0015.1%21.7%9.8%7.3%0.0%5.1%0.2%0000.00126.00N/AN/A0000
2019-04-04$28.30$0.0015.0%4.5%9.1%7.2%0.0%4.6%0.7%0000.00110.99N/AN/A0000
2019-04-05$28.39$0.0013.6%4.6%9.0%6.4%0.0%1.7%0.4%0000.00111.78N/AN/A0000
2019-04-08$28.39$0.0016.2%4.4%7.5%7.9%0.0%2.6%1.0%0000.00119.38N/AN/A0000
2019-04-09$28.30$0.0015.2%4.5%7.7%7.3%0.0%0.8%0.8%0000.00114.14N/AN/A0000
2019-04-10$28.34$0.0070.4%20.2%7.4%37.6%0.0%11.4%-19.4%0000.00200.00N/AN/A0000
2019-04-11$28.31$0.0015.6%4.5%7.4%7.6%0.0%0.3%0.8%0000.00112.27N/AN/A0000
2019-04-12$28.44$0.0015.4%4.4%7.4%7.4%0.0%1.3%0.8%0000.00117.44N/AN/A0000
2019-04-15$28.48$0.0015.5%4.5%7.4%7.5%0.0%1.0%1.3%0000.00120.65N/AN/A0000
2019-04-16$28.44$0.0014.2%4.1%7.4%6.8%0.0%2.2%4.2%0000.00119.86N/AN/A0000
2019-04-17$28.40$0.0014.2%4.1%7.4%6.8%0.0%0.7%36.8%0000.00120.17N/AN/A0000
2019-04-18$28.43$0.0079.3%22.7%6.8%42.5%0.0%14.0%-25.0%0000.00200.00N/AN/A0000
2019-04-22$28.48$0.0014.3%4.1%3.7%6.9%0.0%2.5%3.8%0000.00130.38N/AN/A0000
2019-04-23$28.66$0.0022.2%6.4%4.0%11.2%0.0%-1.6%19.3%0000.00131.20N/AN/A0000
2019-04-24$28.66$0.0013.9%4.0%3.9%6.6%0.0%2.7%0.9%0000.00127.23N/AN/A0000
2019-04-25$28.62$0.0011.4%3.3%4.0%5.3%0.0%3.0%3.1%0000.00125.47N/AN/A0000
2019-04-26$28.72$0.0091.2%26.1%4.1%49.0%0.0%21.1%-36.5%0000.00199.23N/AN/A0000
2019-04-29$28.82$0.0014.6%4.2%3.9%7.0%0.0%-0.7%0.9%0000.00137.15N/AN/A0000
2019-04-30$28.82$0.00118.8%0.0%3.7%64.2%0.0%47.3%-74.3%0000.00200.00N/AN/A0000