USMC Options History — January 2021

In January 2021, USMC traded between $35.17 and $36.30. ATM implied volatility averaged 41.6%, placing in the 14.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 31.4% (HV 20d: 10.2%). Net GEX was positive for 0 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 19 days.

Notable Days

  • 2021-01-29: Largest IV spike — 162.2% change
  • 2021-01-12: Highest IV Rank — 33.7%
  • 2021-01-27: Largest Expected Move — 21.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$35.83$35.17$36.30$35.35$35.17
ATM IV41.6%18.5%76.8%48.6%60.5%
Expected Move9.6%5.3%21.3%9.2%17.3%
HV 20d10.2%7.8%16.8%7.8%16.8%
HV 60d14.7%12.5%15.5%15.5%13.9%
IV Rank14.1%1.3%33.7%18.1%24.7%
IV Percentile47.2%3.6%90.5%69.0%83.7%
Term Structure-3.2%-17.5%4.5%2.8%-11.6%
Skew 25d7.1%-3.7%16.2%-3.7%5.4%
Skew 10d7.6%-2.2%17.8%10.9%3.6%
Call IV 25d23.6%14.3%51.2%22.5%44.6%
Put IV 25d30.7%18.9%54.9%18.9%50.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %176.38145.99200.00182.09195.86
Net GEX00000
Net DEX00000
Net VEX00000
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Total Volume00000
Total OI00000

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2021-01-04$35.35$0.0048.6%9.2%7.8%18.1%0.0%-3.7%2.8%0000.00182.09N/AN/A0000
2021-01-05$35.53$0.0053.3%9.4%7.8%20.7%0.0%10.5%-3.2%0000.00178.07N/AN/A0000
2021-01-06$35.53$0.0050.6%9.1%7.8%19.2%0.0%8.3%-3.9%0000.00184.18N/AN/A0000
2021-01-07$36.04$0.0055.8%9.3%9.0%22.1%0.0%15.5%-0.1%0000.00185.84N/AN/A0000
2021-01-08$36.20$0.0058.8%9.1%8.3%23.7%0.0%16.2%-1.3%0000.00178.72N/AN/A0000
2021-01-11$35.99$0.0036.5%9.9%8.7%11.3%0.0%7.4%-15.2%0000.00185.86N/AN/A0000
2021-01-12$35.86$0.0076.8%8.3%8.9%33.7%0.0%-3.1%-0.8%0000.00157.00N/AN/A0000
2021-01-13$36.08$0.0028.5%8.2%8.9%6.8%0.0%5.4%4.5%0000.00153.38N/AN/A0000
2021-01-14$35.83$0.0018.7%5.4%9.1%1.4%0.0%4.6%-0.1%0000.00145.99N/AN/A0000
2021-01-15$35.57$0.0034.5%9.9%9.6%10.2%0.0%8.1%-3.6%0000.00185.40N/AN/A0000
2021-01-19$35.70$0.0018.5%5.3%9.6%1.3%0.0%3.1%2.0%0000.00168.43N/AN/A0000
2021-01-20$36.17$0.0035.4%10.2%10.4%10.7%0.0%6.9%-4.0%0000.00186.34N/AN/A0000
2021-01-21$36.22$0.0036.0%10.3%10.3%11.0%0.0%11.0%-4.9%0000.00185.54N/AN/A0000
2021-01-22$36.14$0.0020.0%5.7%10.3%2.1%0.0%4.5%0.3%0000.00156.18N/AN/A0000
2021-01-25$36.19$0.0020.4%5.9%10.3%2.4%0.0%14.8%2.2%0000.00159.83N/AN/A0000
2021-01-26$36.30$0.0039.5%11.3%10.3%13.0%0.0%7.8%-8.2%0000.00185.71N/AN/A0000
2021-01-27$35.22$0.0074.3%21.3%14.7%32.3%0.0%3.7%-17.5%0000.00200.00N/AN/A0000
2021-01-28$35.76$0.0023.1%6.6%15.7%3.8%0.0%9.0%1.5%0000.00176.87N/AN/A0000
2021-01-29$35.17$0.0060.5%17.3%16.8%24.7%0.0%5.4%-11.6%0000.00195.86N/AN/A0000