USMC Options History — September 2024

In September 2024, USMC traded between $53.95 and $56.86. ATM implied volatility averaged 16.1%, placing in the 15.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.4% (HV 20d: 12.7%). Net GEX was positive for 0 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 20 days.

Notable Days

  • 2024-09-11: Largest IV drop — 31.9% change
  • 2024-09-09: Highest IV Rank — 32.4%
  • 2024-09-26: Largest Expected Move — 5.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$55.81$53.95$56.86$54.92$56.86
ATM IV16.1%13.2%21.8%16.6%15.9%
Expected Move4.3%3.8%5.5%4.8%4.5%
HV 20d12.7%11.8%14.5%14.5%12.1%
HV 60d15.4%14.8%15.7%14.8%15.5%
IV Rank15.0%4.5%32.4%15.5%15.4%
IV Percentile38.5%3.6%84.9%50.8%43.3%
Term Structure-1.4%-5.0%2.9%-3.8%-2.2%
Skew 25d2.8%-1.4%5.3%-1.4%1.6%
Skew 10d4.9%1.3%10.7%1.5%1.8%
Call IV 25d12.6%10.1%18.7%16.3%18.7%
Put IV 25d15.4%13.4%20.3%14.9%20.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %156.29134.93170.52134.93156.80
Net GEX00000
Net DEX00000
Net VEX00000
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Total Volume00000
Total OI00000

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2024-09-03$54.92$0.0016.6%4.8%14.5%15.5%0.0%-1.4%-3.8%0000.00134.93N/AN/A0000
2024-09-04$55.13$0.0018.7%5.4%13.4%22.3%0.0%3.7%-3.9%0000.00140.14N/AN/A0000
2024-09-05$54.87$0.0018.5%4.1%13.1%21.8%0.0%2.5%-2.5%0000.00156.56N/AN/A0000
2024-09-06$53.95$0.0017.7%4.3%13.5%19.3%0.0%0.7%-5.0%0000.00151.51N/AN/A0000
2024-09-09$54.46$0.0021.8%4.3%13.7%32.4%0.0%3.5%0.3%0000.00155.94N/AN/A0000
2024-09-10$54.75$0.0020.3%4.1%13.7%27.6%0.0%4.1%0.4%0000.00154.15N/AN/A0000
2024-09-11$55.04$0.0013.8%4.0%12.8%6.5%0.0%5.3%2.9%0000.00153.99N/AN/A0000
2024-09-12$55.69$0.0013.2%3.8%13.3%4.5%0.0%4.7%0.7%0000.00155.95N/AN/A0000
2024-09-13$55.90$0.0014.5%4.2%12.0%10.2%0.0%3.5%-0.0%0000.00161.15N/AN/A0000
2024-09-16$55.94$0.0014.4%4.1%11.9%9.8%0.0%3.9%-1.1%0000.00160.96N/AN/A0000
2024-09-17$55.90$0.0014.2%4.1%11.8%9.2%0.0%2.6%-2.7%0000.00156.39N/AN/A0000
2024-09-18$55.86$0.0015.1%4.3%11.8%12.4%0.0%1.3%-0.2%0000.00170.52N/AN/A0000
2024-09-19$56.72$0.0013.9%4.0%12.9%7.8%0.0%4.7%-0.2%0000.00157.77N/AN/A0000
2024-09-20$56.67$0.0014.1%4.0%12.6%8.8%0.0%2.8%-0.8%0000.00157.05N/AN/A0000
2024-09-23$56.75$0.0014.9%4.3%12.4%11.9%0.0%2.4%-1.7%0000.00158.09N/AN/A0000
2024-09-24$56.73$0.0014.4%4.1%12.4%9.8%0.0%3.0%-1.4%0000.00157.25N/AN/A0000
2024-09-25$56.72$0.0014.7%4.2%12.4%11.0%0.0%2.6%-1.6%0000.00158.47N/AN/A0000
2024-09-26$56.73$0.0019.3%5.5%12.2%28.7%0.0%1.7%-3.0%0000.00168.29N/AN/A0000
2024-09-27$56.70$0.0015.6%4.5%12.2%14.5%0.0%2.6%-1.7%0000.00159.92N/AN/A0000
2024-09-30$56.86$0.0015.9%4.5%12.1%15.4%0.0%1.6%-2.2%0000.00156.80N/AN/A0000