USMC Options History — August 2024

In August 2024, USMC traded between $50.98 and $55.80. ATM implied volatility averaged 19.8%, placing in the 26.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.5%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.5% (HV 20d: 20.3%). Net GEX was positive for 0 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 2 of 22 days.

Notable Days

  • 2024-08-05: Largest IV spike — 66.3% change
  • 2024-08-06: Highest IV Rank — 85.0%
  • 2024-08-06: Largest Expected Move — 6.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$54.15$50.98$55.80$53.23$55.80
ATM IV19.8%13.4%37.9%17.2%14.9%
Expected Move4.5%3.8%6.8%4.9%4.3%
HV 20d20.3%15.5%22.8%15.6%17.8%
HV 60d14.1%11.1%14.9%11.1%14.4%
IV Rank26.0%5.0%85.0%17.4%10.0%
IV Percentile46.2%5.6%99.6%56.3%25.0%
Term Structure-1.4%-5.7%12.5%-4.1%-2.3%
Skew 25d2.9%-1.0%7.1%-1.0%3.5%
Skew 10d1.9%0.6%4.8%0.6%1.7%
Call IV 25d12.7%9.9%18.0%15.7%11.5%
Put IV 25d15.7%12.7%23.2%14.7%15.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %140.99130.92156.66150.50139.98
Net GEX00000
Net DEX00000
Net VEX00000
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Total Volume00000
Total OI00000

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2024-08-01$53.23$0.0017.2%4.9%15.6%17.4%0.0%-1.0%-4.1%0000.00150.50N/AN/A0000
2024-08-02$52.59$0.0020.2%5.8%15.5%27.4%0.0%0.2%-5.1%0000.00146.29N/AN/A0000
2024-08-05$50.98$0.0033.6%6.2%18.5%71.1%0.0%4.5%-1.6%0000.00146.64N/AN/A0000
2024-08-06$51.95$0.0037.9%6.8%20.2%85.0%0.0%6.1%-5.7%0000.00156.66N/AN/A0000
2024-08-07$51.56$0.0022.6%4.7%19.8%35.0%0.0%1.5%-3.6%0000.00130.92N/AN/A0000
2024-08-08$52.56$0.0029.9%5.4%21.2%59.1%0.0%7.1%-1.5%0000.00148.32N/AN/A0000
2024-08-09$52.89$0.0024.7%4.3%21.3%42.1%0.0%3.2%0.3%0000.00137.64N/AN/A0000
2024-08-12$52.85$0.0031.6%4.3%21.2%64.4%0.0%2.9%-2.4%0000.00140.42N/AN/A0000
2024-08-13$53.66$0.0032.5%4.1%22.0%67.4%0.0%4.7%-0.0%0000.00139.04N/AN/A0000
2024-08-14$53.94$0.0014.2%4.1%22.0%7.6%0.0%4.0%-0.9%0000.00140.22N/AN/A0000
2024-08-15$54.89$0.0013.4%3.8%22.8%5.0%0.0%3.9%12.5%0000.00140.17N/AN/A0000
2024-08-16$55.04$0.0013.7%3.9%22.6%6.1%0.0%3.4%-0.2%0000.00140.77N/AN/A0000
2024-08-19$55.38$0.0014.2%4.1%22.4%7.7%0.0%3.6%-1.6%0000.00140.51N/AN/A0000
2024-08-20$55.55$0.0013.6%3.9%22.3%5.8%0.0%1.9%-1.4%0000.00140.25N/AN/A0000
2024-08-21$55.56$0.0013.9%4.0%20.4%6.5%0.0%1.9%-1.6%0000.00139.17N/AN/A0000
2024-08-22$55.19$0.0013.8%4.0%20.6%6.4%0.0%-0.1%-1.3%0000.00134.19N/AN/A0000
2024-08-23$55.59$0.0013.7%3.9%20.6%6.1%0.0%3.1%-1.5%0000.00137.35N/AN/A0000
2024-08-26$55.52$0.0014.3%4.1%20.7%8.0%0.0%1.4%-2.1%0000.00138.41N/AN/A0000
2024-08-27$55.68$0.0014.6%4.2%20.2%9.0%0.0%2.8%-2.1%0000.00139.97N/AN/A0000
2024-08-28$55.38$0.0014.8%4.2%19.6%9.5%0.0%3.4%-2.3%0000.00136.82N/AN/A0000
2024-08-29$55.50$0.0016.4%4.7%18.6%14.9%0.0%2.8%-2.9%0000.00137.53N/AN/A0000
2024-08-30$55.80$0.0014.9%4.3%17.8%10.0%0.0%3.5%-2.3%0000.00139.98N/AN/A0000