USMC Options History — August 2019

In August 2019, USMC traded between $28.12 and $29.12. ATM implied volatility averaged 87.3%, placing in the 50.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 19.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 70.3% (HV 20d: 17.0%). Net GEX was positive for 0 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 22 days.

Notable Days

  • 2019-08-20: Largest IV spike — 337.3% change
  • 2019-08-09: Highest IV Rank — 92.7%
  • 2019-08-01: Largest Expected Move — 30.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$28.65$28.12$29.12$29.12$28.91
ATM IV87.3%13.7%157.4%107.2%90.9%
Expected Move19.6%3.9%30.7%30.7%26.1%
HV 20d17.0%7.1%21.7%7.1%21.6%
HV 60d13.1%11.0%14.5%11.0%13.8%
IV Rank50.9%7.1%92.7%62.7%53.1%
IV Percentile69.6%11.1%97.6%82.1%77.4%
Term Structure-22.7%-73.8%36.5%-48.0%-31.8%
Skew 25d18.1%1.8%58.6%11.9%23.4%
Skew 10d26.0%-0.2%64.7%11.9%40.2%
Call IV 25d72.1%11.6%122.1%122.1%105.2%
Put IV 25d90.1%14.3%134.0%134.0%128.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %179.09121.80200.00200.00186.33
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
2019-08-01$29.12$0.00107.2%30.7%7.1%62.7%0.0%11.9%-48.0%0000.00200.00N/AN/A0000
2019-08-02$28.94$0.0063.8%18.3%7.3%36.9%0.0%17.9%0.6%0000.00149.90N/AN/A0000
2019-08-05$28.12$0.00129.7%18.2%12.3%76.1%0.0%13.4%-26.6%0000.00189.55N/AN/A0000
2019-08-06$28.41$0.00135.1%18.3%13.1%79.4%0.0%14.2%-26.2%0000.00190.81N/AN/A0000
2019-08-07$28.41$0.00142.4%18.5%12.7%83.7%0.0%14.3%-26.8%0000.00190.66N/AN/A0000
2019-08-08$28.90$0.00147.3%11.0%14.4%86.6%0.0%58.6%22.1%0000.00172.47N/AN/A0000
2019-08-09$28.89$0.00157.4%18.4%14.3%92.7%0.0%17.6%-23.3%0000.00176.22N/AN/A0000
2019-08-12$28.47$0.0068.4%19.6%15.0%39.6%0.0%15.4%-29.7%0000.00190.87N/AN/A0000
2019-08-13$28.88$0.0067.7%19.4%16.1%39.2%0.0%17.7%-31.6%0000.00185.90N/AN/A0000
2019-08-14$28.16$0.0070.7%20.3%18.2%41.0%0.0%14.5%-32.4%0000.00190.87N/AN/A0000
2019-08-15$28.23$0.0044.2%12.7%18.2%25.3%0.0%8.1%-45.3%0000.00172.56N/AN/A0000
2019-08-16$28.59$0.0013.7%3.9%19.0%7.1%0.0%4.2%4.9%0000.00155.37N/AN/A0000
2019-08-19$28.95$0.0017.1%4.9%19.6%9.1%0.0%1.8%36.5%0000.00121.80N/AN/A0000
2019-08-20$28.81$0.0075.0%21.5%19.5%43.6%0.0%18.8%-21.1%0000.00187.67N/AN/A0000
2019-08-21$28.89$0.0076.1%21.8%19.5%44.2%0.0%19.8%-21.7%0000.00184.62N/AN/A0000
2019-08-22$28.93$0.0077.4%22.2%19.5%45.0%0.0%20.0%-22.4%0000.00187.94N/AN/A0000
2019-08-23$28.19$0.0081.2%23.3%21.1%47.3%0.0%16.6%-23.4%0000.00189.17N/AN/A0000
2019-08-26$28.40$0.0085.5%24.5%21.4%49.8%0.0%34.8%-22.2%0000.00191.29N/AN/A0000
2019-08-27$28.48$0.0087.1%25.0%21.4%50.8%0.0%19.4%-26.7%0000.00189.55N/AN/A0000
2019-08-28$28.61$0.0094.5%27.1%21.5%55.2%0.0%10.6%-73.8%0000.00160.16N/AN/A0000
2019-08-29$28.93$0.0088.8%25.5%21.7%51.8%0.0%24.2%-30.2%0000.00176.20N/AN/A0000
2019-08-30$28.91$0.0090.9%26.1%21.6%53.1%0.0%23.4%-31.8%0000.00186.33N/AN/A0000