USMC Options History — July 2023

In July 2023, USMC traded between $42.99 and $45.08. ATM implied volatility averaged 16.8%, placing in the 6.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 6.0% (HV 20d: 10.8%). Max pain ranged from $43.00 to $43.00. Net GEX was positive for 9 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 1 of 20 days.

Notable Days

  • 2023-07-14: Highest Volume — 2 contracts
  • 2023-07-14: Largest IV spike — 33.8% change
  • 2023-07-10: Highest IV Rank — 13.7%
  • 2023-07-03: Largest Expected Move — 5.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$44.21$42.99$45.08$43.59$45.05
Max Pain$43.00$43.00$43.00$43.00$43.00
ATM IV16.8%11.4%22.6%18.8%13.4%
Expected Move4.5%3.3%5.4%5.4%3.8%
HV 20d10.8%9.3%11.8%11.1%9.3%
HV 60d11.9%11.0%12.4%12.2%11.0%
IV Rank6.6%0.0%13.7%8.9%2.5%
IV Percentile8.4%0.0%36.9%13.1%1.2%
Term Structure-2.3%-4.4%1.5%-4.0%-4.3%
Skew 25d2.9%0.1%7.1%2.7%0.4%
Skew 10d2.8%0.7%7.2%1.0%0.9%
Call IV 25d12.5%8.0%17.0%14.7%14.9%
Put IV 25d15.5%13.3%18.8%17.4%15.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %153.82145.17159.74150.69151.75
Gamma HHI0.880.511.001.001.00
Net GEX39-394452362-298
Net DEX-652-3.5K3.2K-2.8K3.0K
Net VEX-12-22-2-4-20
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Total Volume0.10200
Total OI1.81312

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2023-07-03$43.59$43.0018.8%5.4%11.1%8.9%0.0%2.7%-4.0%362-2.8K-40.00150.69N/AN/A0010
2023-07-05$43.65$43.0018.0%5.2%11.0%7.9%0.0%3.5%-4.4%395-2.9K-30.00145.95N/AN/A0010
2023-07-06$43.22$0.0020.7%4.5%11.7%11.2%0.0%5.1%-1.0%400-2.5K-30.00157.43N/AN/A0010
2023-07-07$43.12$0.0017.8%3.7%11.5%7.6%0.0%2.6%1.5%451-2.4K-30.00153.54N/AN/A0010
2023-07-10$42.99$0.0022.6%4.5%11.3%13.7%0.0%7.1%-1.2%423-2.2K-30.00150.76N/AN/A0010
2023-07-11$43.27$0.0020.9%4.1%11.4%11.5%0.0%4.4%-1.6%452-2.5K-30.00159.34N/AN/A0010
2023-07-12$43.69$0.0015.0%4.3%11.5%4.1%0.0%4.0%-1.6%386-2.9K-30.00159.74N/AN/A0010
2023-07-13$44.11$0.0011.4%3.3%11.8%0.0%0.0%5.9%-1.9%378-3.5K-20.00151.75N/AN/A0010
2023-07-14$44.14$0.0015.3%4.4%11.8%4.8%0.0%2.2%-1.4%361-3.4K-20.00158.84N/AN/A0210
2023-07-17$44.40$0.0016.1%4.6%10.7%5.8%0.0%4.1%-1.6%-90-569-220.00155.81N/AN/A0012
2023-07-18$44.71$0.0014.8%4.2%10.9%4.2%0.0%4.3%-1.7%-151-1.2K-210.00154.90N/AN/A0012
2023-07-19$44.78$0.0015.0%4.3%10.7%4.5%0.0%1.3%-1.4%-178-1.4K-200.00154.48N/AN/A0012
2023-07-20$44.48$0.0017.1%4.9%10.6%7.1%0.0%1.8%-2.5%-85-593-210.00153.66N/AN/A0012
2023-07-21$44.64$0.0015.8%4.5%10.6%5.5%0.0%1.8%-2.6%-113-896-210.00156.34N/AN/A0012
2023-07-24$44.87$0.0016.7%4.8%10.4%6.6%0.0%1.8%-3.0%-3872.8K-200.00156.68N/AN/A0002
2023-07-25$45.01$0.0016.5%4.7%9.8%6.4%0.0%1.9%-2.7%-3892.6K-190.00149.57N/AN/A0002
2023-07-26$44.88$0.0016.9%4.8%9.8%6.8%0.0%1.9%-3.3%-3942.7K-190.00154.45N/AN/A0002
2023-07-27$44.61$0.0016.1%4.6%10.1%5.9%0.0%0.1%-3.5%-3653.2K-200.00145.17N/AN/A0002
2023-07-28$45.08$0.0017.0%4.9%10.5%7.0%0.0%2.0%-3.1%-3882.6K-190.00155.47N/AN/A0002
2023-07-31$45.05$0.0013.4%3.8%9.3%2.5%0.0%0.4%-4.3%-2983.0K-200.00151.75N/AN/A0002