USMC Options History — May 2019

In May 2019, USMC traded between $27.28 and $28.72. ATM implied volatility averaged 73.8%, placing in the 40.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 16.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 62.0% (HV 20d: 11.8%). Net GEX was positive for 0 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 22 days.

Notable Days

  • 2019-05-28: Largest IV spike — 442.4% change
  • 2019-05-10: Highest IV Rank — 88.1%
  • 2019-05-03: Largest Expected Move — 32.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$28.07$27.28$28.72$28.72$27.28
ATM IV73.8%14.0%162.4%26.8%18.0%
Expected Move16.2%4.0%32.0%7.7%5.2%
HV 20d11.8%4.0%15.4%4.0%15.4%
HV 60d9.7%7.9%11.0%7.9%11.0%
IV Rank40.4%6.7%88.1%13.7%9.7%
IV Percentile58.4%9.5%97.6%34.5%28.6%
Term Structure-13.9%-53.6%43.4%-0.1%43.4%
Skew 25d18.8%0.4%80.8%0.4%3.1%
Skew 10d23.0%-1.4%40.2%4.0%9.6%
Call IV 25d58.7%10.4%123.3%15.5%15.1%
Put IV 25d77.5%14.2%148.9%15.9%18.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %164.88114.65200.00138.01168.67
Net GEX00000
Net DEX00000
Net VEX00000
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Total Volume00000
Total OI00000

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-05-01$28.72$0.0026.8%7.7%4.0%13.7%0.0%0.4%-0.1%0000.00138.01N/AN/A0000
2019-05-02$28.46$0.00110.2%31.6%5.3%59.5%0.0%19.5%-47.7%0000.00200.00N/AN/A0000
2019-05-03$28.72$0.00111.6%32.0%6.2%60.2%0.0%25.6%-53.6%0000.00199.23N/AN/A0000
2019-05-06$28.62$0.00126.1%17.7%6.3%68.2%0.0%19.7%-27.3%0000.00185.13N/AN/A0000
2019-05-07$28.06$0.00136.2%18.4%9.5%73.7%0.0%17.9%-27.4%0000.00184.58N/AN/A0000
2019-05-08$28.22$0.00143.0%18.6%9.7%77.4%0.0%18.6%-27.5%0000.00186.01N/AN/A0000
2019-05-09$28.07$0.00152.2%18.8%9.9%82.5%0.0%18.1%-28.6%0000.00187.11N/AN/A0000
2019-05-10$28.15$0.00162.4%19.0%9.9%88.1%0.0%18.6%-29.0%0000.00187.11N/AN/A0000
2019-05-13$27.55$0.0025.8%11.9%12.3%13.1%0.0%4.3%24.9%0000.00133.54N/AN/A0000
2019-05-14$27.93$0.0070.1%20.1%13.4%37.4%0.0%18.5%-32.6%0000.00189.31N/AN/A0000
2019-05-15$28.03$0.0016.5%4.7%13.5%8.1%0.0%7.7%-1.0%0000.00115.84N/AN/A0000
2019-05-16$28.27$0.0071.5%20.5%13.9%38.2%0.0%20.6%-32.9%0000.00186.33N/AN/A0000
2019-05-17$28.19$0.0014.0%4.0%13.9%6.7%0.0%47.8%1.5%0000.00136.05N/AN/A0000
2019-05-20$28.03$0.0048.5%13.9%14.0%25.6%0.0%80.8%42.3%0000.00130.40N/AN/A0000
2019-05-21$28.19$0.0016.0%4.6%14.0%8.5%0.0%1.1%0.1%0000.00118.89N/AN/A0000
2019-05-22$28.23$0.0078.4%22.5%14.0%45.8%0.0%22.3%-21.6%0000.00186.33N/AN/A0000
2019-05-23$27.84$0.0080.3%23.0%14.8%47.0%0.0%20.8%-23.5%0000.00186.98N/AN/A0000
2019-05-24$28.01$0.0016.4%4.7%14.9%8.8%0.0%2.7%0.1%0000.00114.65N/AN/A0000
2019-05-28$27.78$0.0089.2%25.6%15.0%52.3%0.0%22.4%-29.1%0000.00185.85N/AN/A0000
2019-05-29$27.59$0.0018.7%5.4%15.1%10.1%0.0%1.7%-2.8%0000.00117.44N/AN/A0000
2019-05-30$27.62$0.0092.5%26.5%15.1%54.3%0.0%22.1%-32.5%0000.00189.99N/AN/A0000
2019-05-31$27.28$0.0018.0%5.2%15.4%9.7%0.0%3.1%43.4%0000.00168.67N/AN/A0000