USMC Options History — October 2019

In October 2019, USMC traded between $28.39 and $29.74. ATM implied volatility averaged 51.9%, placing in the 29.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 38.0% (HV 20d: 14.0%). Net GEX was positive for 1 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 1 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.00.

Notable Days

  • 2019-10-30: Highest Volume — 9 contracts
  • 2019-10-24: Largest IV spike — 113.8% change
  • 2019-10-03: Highest IV Rank — 63.3%
  • 2019-10-02: Largest Expected Move — 30.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$29.18$28.39$29.74$28.93$29.64
ATM IV51.9%15.1%108.1%101.0%49.6%
Expected Move13.3%4.3%30.6%29.0%14.2%
HV 20d14.0%11.4%14.8%11.4%14.3%
HV 60d15.6%14.5%15.9%14.5%15.7%
IV Rank29.8%7.9%63.3%59.1%28.5%
IV Percentile47.0%15.1%82.5%79.8%47.2%
Term Structure-13.9%-40.9%1.7%-39.3%-17.8%
Skew 25d6.5%0.9%19.8%19.8%8.1%
Skew 10d7.8%-0.4%19.8%19.8%12.9%
Call IV 25d39.0%11.3%126.6%116.8%32.2%
Put IV 25d45.5%14.5%136.7%136.6%40.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %192.54134.45200.00195.96196.23
Gamma HHI1.001.001.001.001.00
Net GEX6701.3K01.3K
Net DEX-402-8.0K00-8.0K
Net VEX-3-5800-58
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.000.000.000.000.00
Total Volume0.450900
Total OI0.450909

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-10-01$28.93$0.00101.0%29.0%11.4%59.1%0.0%19.8%-39.3%0000.00195.96N/AN/A0000
2019-10-02$28.39$0.00106.9%30.6%12.6%62.6%0.0%10.1%-40.9%0000.00200.00N/AN/A0000
2019-10-03$28.56$0.00108.1%18.3%11.8%63.3%0.0%0.9%-17.3%0000.00200.00N/AN/A0000
2019-10-04$28.99$0.0052.5%10.2%13.2%30.2%0.0%7.8%-5.0%0000.00200.00N/AN/A0000
2019-10-07$28.93$0.0059.9%10.5%13.2%34.6%0.0%6.0%-5.9%0000.00200.00N/AN/A0000
2019-10-08$28.56$0.0065.0%10.8%13.8%37.6%0.0%6.7%-6.5%0000.00198.71N/AN/A0000
2019-10-10$28.88$0.0037.6%10.8%14.1%21.3%0.0%6.5%-6.4%0000.00200.00N/AN/A0000
2019-10-11$29.23$0.0037.9%10.9%14.5%21.5%0.0%6.1%-7.5%0000.00198.76N/AN/A0000
2019-10-15$29.36$0.0039.4%11.3%14.6%22.4%0.0%6.9%-8.4%0000.00198.02N/AN/A0000
2019-10-16$29.28$0.0039.7%11.4%14.4%22.6%0.0%5.6%-9.5%0000.00198.74N/AN/A0000
2019-10-17$29.36$0.0040.3%11.6%14.5%22.9%0.0%6.0%-9.5%0000.00198.37N/AN/A0000
2019-10-18$29.22$0.0039.6%11.4%14.6%22.5%0.0%5.0%-8.3%0000.00199.57N/AN/A0000
2019-10-21$29.36$0.0042.2%12.1%14.7%24.0%0.0%7.2%-11.3%0000.00198.74N/AN/A0000
2019-10-22$29.20$0.0015.1%4.3%14.8%7.9%0.0%3.2%1.7%0000.00134.45N/AN/A0000
2019-10-24$29.32$0.0032.3%9.2%14.8%18.1%0.0%1.3%-11.4%0000.00192.86N/AN/A0000
2019-10-25$29.47$0.0045.9%13.2%14.5%26.2%0.0%5.9%-13.2%0000.00197.65N/AN/A0000
2019-10-28$29.66$0.0029.4%8.4%14.5%16.4%0.0%1.1%-29.0%0000.00150.21N/AN/A0000
2019-10-29$29.60$0.0048.6%13.9%14.5%27.9%0.0%7.0%-15.6%0000.00196.64N/AN/A0000
2019-10-30$29.74$0.0047.5%13.6%14.4%27.2%0.0%8.5%-16.1%0000.00195.96N/AN/A9000
2019-10-31$29.64$0.0049.6%14.2%14.3%28.5%0.0%8.1%-17.8%1.3K-8.0K-580.00196.23N/AN/A0090