USMC Options History — September 2019

In September 2019, USMC traded between $28.78 and $29.67. ATM implied volatility averaged 57.5%, placing in the 33.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 14.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 43.2% (HV 20d: 14.2%). Net GEX was positive for 0 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 20 days.

Notable Days

  • 2019-09-05: Largest IV spike — 550.4% change
  • 2019-09-10: Highest IV Rank — 77.7%
  • 2019-09-27: Largest Expected Move — 25.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$29.36$28.78$29.67$28.78$29.40
ATM IV57.5%14.3%132.3%17.4%14.3%
Expected Move14.2%4.1%25.9%5.0%4.1%
HV 20d14.2%9.1%19.3%18.9%9.8%
HV 60d14.1%13.7%14.2%13.7%14.1%
IV Rank33.1%7.4%77.7%9.3%7.4%
IV Percentile49.4%10.3%90.9%30.6%10.3%
Term Structure-13.7%-33.5%25.6%0.6%4.4%
Skew 25d11.9%-30.1%95.4%-0.4%3.5%
Skew 10d14.2%-42.2%96.4%1.1%0.1%
Call IV 25d44.5%12.0%102.6%17.0%12.0%
Put IV 25d56.4%14.6%124.6%16.6%15.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %165.07118.97195.96129.57136.69
Net GEX00000
Net DEX00000
Net VEX00000
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Total Volume00000
Total OI00000

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-09-03$28.78$0.0017.4%5.0%18.9%9.3%0.0%-0.4%0.6%0000.00129.57N/AN/A0000
2019-09-04$29.09$0.0016.4%4.7%18.9%8.7%0.0%1.8%1.4%0000.00128.62N/AN/A0000
2019-09-05$29.45$0.00106.4%18.0%19.3%62.3%0.0%-26.8%-22.0%0000.00194.71N/AN/A0000
2019-09-06$29.46$0.00114.6%18.2%18.4%67.2%0.0%-30.1%-22.5%0000.00185.40N/AN/A0000
2019-09-09$29.35$0.0040.6%12.9%18.5%23.1%0.0%-1.4%25.6%0000.00132.88N/AN/A0000
2019-09-10$29.21$0.00132.3%19.3%17.7%77.7%0.0%22.1%-25.6%0000.00195.63N/AN/A0000
2019-09-11$29.45$0.0029.4%8.4%17.3%16.4%0.0%4.3%-24.0%0000.00136.57N/AN/A0000
2019-09-12$29.67$0.0068.7%19.7%14.3%39.8%0.0%26.6%-27.8%0000.00192.41N/AN/A0000
2019-09-13$29.59$0.0068.4%19.6%14.4%39.6%0.0%67.0%-28.8%0000.00194.27N/AN/A0000
2019-09-16$29.38$0.0015.9%4.6%14.3%8.4%0.0%2.9%1.9%0000.00119.03N/AN/A0000
2019-09-17$29.44$0.0014.3%4.1%13.7%7.4%0.0%-28.3%7.3%0000.00145.16N/AN/A0000
2019-09-18$29.46$0.0075.3%21.6%13.5%43.7%0.0%21.9%-31.2%0000.00195.59N/AN/A0000
2019-09-19$29.50$0.0035.0%10.0%13.5%19.8%0.0%6.4%5.4%0000.00152.03N/AN/A0000
2019-09-20$29.42$0.0078.0%22.3%13.5%45.3%0.0%22.5%-33.5%0000.00195.59N/AN/A0000
2019-09-23$29.47$0.0044.2%12.7%9.1%25.2%0.0%1.3%-21.4%0000.00160.70N/AN/A0000
2019-09-24$29.18$0.0084.6%24.3%9.9%49.3%0.0%95.4%-26.8%0000.00195.59N/AN/A0000
2019-09-25$29.35$0.0014.9%4.3%10.0%7.8%0.0%3.1%3.3%0000.00118.97N/AN/A0000
2019-09-26$29.34$0.0088.1%25.3%9.9%51.4%0.0%24.1%-28.8%0000.00195.96N/AN/A0000
2019-09-27$29.18$0.0090.5%25.9%9.5%52.8%0.0%22.1%-30.8%0000.00195.96N/AN/A0000
2019-09-30$29.40$0.0014.3%4.1%9.8%7.4%0.0%3.5%4.4%0000.00136.69N/AN/A0000