USMC Options History — December 2019

In December 2019, USMC traded between $30.25 and $31.56. ATM implied volatility averaged 33.8%, placing in the 14.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 26.6% (HV 20d: 7.2%). Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.00.

Notable Days

  • 2019-12-02: Highest Volume — 2 contracts
  • 2019-12-30: Largest IV spike — 143.3% change
  • 2019-12-09: Highest IV Rank — 28.3%
  • 2019-12-03: Largest Expected Move — 14.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$31.00$30.25$31.56$30.52$31.28
ATM IV33.8%13.3%55.5%45.3%46.6%
Expected Move8.8%3.8%14.5%13.0%13.4%
HV 20d7.2%4.9%8.1%4.9%7.9%
HV 60d10.0%9.8%10.3%10.3%9.8%
IV Rank14.6%1.7%28.3%21.8%22.6%
IV Percentile37.8%5.6%56.0%48.8%53.6%
Term Structure-6.2%-20.9%59.9%-13.9%-15.4%
Skew 25d7.8%-3.0%18.6%7.9%5.3%
Skew 10d10.5%-11.7%19.9%17.9%13.9%
Call IV 25d19.5%10.2%33.3%30.3%32.0%
Put IV 25d27.3%13.1%41.2%38.2%37.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %168.24110.02197.28184.82193.51
Gamma HHI1.001.001.001.001.00
Net GEX1.7K1.0K2.4K1.0K1.9K
Net DEX-16.7K-20.2K-11.8K-13.2K-16.8K
Net VEX-67-72-59-60-59
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.000.000.000.000.00
Total Volume0.1050220
Total OI10.895911911

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-12-02$30.52$0.0045.3%13.0%4.9%21.8%0.0%7.9%-13.9%1.0K-13.2K-600.00184.82N/AN/A2090
2019-12-03$30.25$0.0050.6%14.5%6.0%25.1%0.0%7.9%-17.8%1.3K-11.8K-650.00186.74N/AN/A00110
2019-12-04$30.45$0.0050.4%14.4%6.4%25.0%0.0%7.1%-16.7%2.0K-14.5K-720.00185.77N/AN/A00110
2019-12-05$30.52$0.0047.6%9.0%6.4%23.3%0.0%16.8%-18.0%2.1K-14.9K-710.00197.28N/AN/A00110
2019-12-06$30.77$0.0031.5%3.9%6.8%13.2%0.0%11.4%2.5%1.5K-15.9K-720.00113.39N/AN/A00110
2019-12-09$30.66$0.0055.5%9.4%7.0%28.3%0.0%18.6%-20.4%2.1K-15.9K-710.00196.11N/AN/A00110
2019-12-11$30.63$0.0033.5%9.6%7.1%14.4%0.0%18.5%-16.4%1.6K-13.4K-650.00196.36N/AN/A00110
2019-12-12$30.91$0.0033.2%9.5%7.6%14.3%0.0%16.9%-20.9%2.4K-17.7K-710.00195.48N/AN/A00110
2019-12-13$30.98$0.0015.4%4.4%7.6%3.1%0.0%5.2%0.1%1.6K-16.9K-700.00110.02N/AN/A00110
2019-12-16$31.19$0.0034.4%9.9%7.8%15.0%0.0%8.8%-13.3%1.7K-16.1K-640.00194.11N/AN/A00110
2019-12-17$31.17$0.0035.3%10.1%7.7%15.5%0.0%8.1%-19.6%1.4K-17.1K-670.00194.11N/AN/A00110
2019-12-18$31.16$0.0014.5%4.2%7.7%2.5%0.0%2.2%0.2%1.7K-18.3K-690.00117.88N/AN/A00110
2019-12-19$31.24$0.0014.4%4.1%7.7%2.4%0.0%3.3%1.7%1.7K-18.4K-680.00139.31N/AN/A00110
2019-12-20$31.46$0.0026.8%7.7%7.6%10.2%0.0%-3.0%-8.9%1.8K-19.8K-670.00165.41N/AN/A00110
2019-12-23$31.47$0.0039.4%11.3%7.6%18.1%0.0%4.2%59.9%1.8K-18.7K-640.00190.79N/AN/A00110
2019-12-26$31.56$0.0013.3%3.8%7.6%1.7%0.0%0.6%-0.7%1.9K-20.2K-640.00116.07N/AN/A00110
2019-12-27$31.46$0.0016.0%4.6%7.7%3.4%0.0%1.5%1.5%2.0K-19.7K-630.00126.56N/AN/A00110
2019-12-30$31.28$0.0038.9%11.2%8.1%17.8%0.0%6.8%-2.5%1.6K-17.3K-620.00192.85N/AN/A00110
2019-12-31$31.28$0.0046.6%13.4%7.9%22.6%0.0%5.3%-15.4%1.9K-16.8K-590.00193.51N/AN/A00110