USMC Options History — May 2021

In May 2021, USMC traded between $37.86 and $39.02. ATM implied volatility averaged 21.4%, placing in the 4.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 9.7% (HV 20d: 11.7%). Net GEX was positive for 2 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.00.

Notable Days

  • 2021-05-19: Highest Volume — 1 contracts
  • 2021-05-11: Largest IV spike — 102.0% change
  • 2021-05-11: Highest IV Rank — 11.8%
  • 2021-05-05: Largest Expected Move — 7.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$38.50$37.86$39.02$38.60$38.74
ATM IV21.4%14.4%34.5%22.1%14.4%
Expected Move5.7%4.1%7.1%6.3%4.1%
HV 20d11.7%8.8%13.7%8.8%13.4%
HV 60d12.4%11.4%13.3%11.7%11.4%
IV Rank4.6%0.8%11.8%5.0%0.8%
IV Percentile22.6%0.4%55.2%25.4%0.4%
Term Structure-1.7%-5.9%4.4%-4.3%-0.2%
Skew 25d5.2%0.8%8.6%8.6%7.7%
Skew 10d4.3%1.5%10.0%5.4%4.1%
Call IV 25d15.8%11.4%20.9%13.6%11.4%
Put IV 25d21.0%15.6%23.9%22.2%19.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %138.71129.09152.59152.59136.51
Gamma HHI1.001.001.001.001.00
Net GEX25044500
Net DEX-318-3.8K000
Net VEX-0-1000
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.000.000.000.000.00
Total Volume0.10100
Total OI0.10100

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2021-05-03$38.60$0.0022.1%6.3%8.8%5.0%0.0%8.6%-4.3%0000.00152.59N/AN/A0000
2021-05-04$38.27$0.0024.3%7.0%9.5%6.2%0.0%3.1%-4.3%0000.00149.76N/AN/A0000
2021-05-05$38.50$0.0024.8%7.1%9.7%6.5%0.0%4.6%-5.9%0000.00151.16N/AN/A0000
2021-05-06$38.71$0.0022.2%5.1%9.8%5.0%0.0%5.9%-1.5%0000.00136.92N/AN/A0000
2021-05-07$39.02$0.0023.8%5.2%9.9%5.9%0.0%4.7%-1.4%0000.00137.96N/AN/A0000
2021-05-10$38.88$0.0017.1%4.4%10.0%2.2%0.0%2.0%-0.2%0000.00136.59N/AN/A0000
2021-05-11$38.39$0.0034.5%5.5%11.0%11.8%0.0%4.2%2.2%0000.00137.36N/AN/A0000
2021-05-12$37.87$0.0022.0%6.3%11.7%4.9%0.0%6.1%-1.0%0000.00136.05N/AN/A0000
2021-05-13$38.35$0.0021.7%6.2%11.6%4.8%0.0%2.6%-2.3%0000.00129.09N/AN/A0000
2021-05-14$38.63$0.0018.7%5.4%11.8%3.1%0.0%5.9%-2.3%0000.00138.01N/AN/A0000
2021-05-17$38.43$0.0019.1%5.5%11.8%3.3%0.0%6.3%1.3%0000.00134.12N/AN/A0000
2021-05-18$38.28$0.0021.4%6.1%11.8%4.6%0.0%6.7%-2.7%0000.00138.87N/AN/A0000
2021-05-19$37.86$0.0015.0%4.3%12.2%1.1%0.0%0.8%4.4%0000.00133.28N/AN/A1000
2021-05-20$38.47$0.0022.0%6.3%13.4%4.9%0.0%7.8%-1.9%445-2.5K-10.00136.04N/AN/A0010
2021-05-21$38.38$0.0021.8%6.3%13.2%4.8%0.0%5.4%-3.1%49-3.8K00.00137.82N/AN/A1010
2021-05-24$38.76$0.0020.4%5.9%13.6%4.1%0.0%5.4%0.2%0000.00135.13N/AN/A0000
2021-05-25$38.64$0.0021.8%6.2%13.7%4.8%0.0%5.8%-4.5%0000.00138.59N/AN/A0000
2021-05-26$38.64$0.0020.5%5.9%13.7%4.1%0.0%5.8%-3.3%0000.00139.63N/AN/A0000
2021-05-27$38.56$0.0020.3%5.8%13.5%4.0%0.0%4.4%-3.3%0000.00138.79N/AN/A0000
2021-05-28$38.74$0.0014.4%4.1%13.4%0.8%0.0%7.7%-0.2%0000.00136.51N/AN/A0000