USMC Options History — December 2024

In December 2024, USMC traded between $59.89 and $61.84. ATM implied volatility averaged 14.1%, placing in the 8.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 3.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.9% (HV 20d: 11.3%). Net GEX was positive for 0 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 21 days.

Notable Days

  • 2024-12-11: Largest IV drop — 27.9% change
  • 2024-12-10: Highest IV Rank — 18.6%
  • 2024-12-31: Largest Expected Move — 4.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$60.88$59.89$61.84$60.54$59.89
ATM IV14.1%12.0%16.7%14.8%15.9%
Expected Move3.8%3.3%4.6%4.2%4.6%
HV 20d11.3%7.1%14.9%13.2%14.9%
HV 60d11.8%10.9%13.3%11.2%13.2%
IV Rank8.8%0.7%18.6%11.2%15.8%
IV Percentile25.3%0.4%61.1%31.3%56.0%
Term Structure-1.5%-4.0%1.1%-3.4%-4.0%
Skew 25d2.5%0.6%5.4%1.9%1.8%
Skew 10d2.9%0.5%5.3%3.6%1.7%
Call IV 25d11.1%8.9%13.9%11.6%13.9%
Put IV 25d13.6%11.2%18.4%13.6%15.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %150.21135.98158.23135.98149.91
Net GEX00000
Net DEX00000
Net VEX00000
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Total Volume00000
Total OI00000

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2024-12-02$60.54$0.0014.8%4.2%13.2%11.2%0.0%1.9%-3.4%0000.00135.98N/AN/A0000
2024-12-03$60.53$0.0015.7%4.5%12.9%14.7%0.0%1.7%-3.6%0000.00137.77N/AN/A0000
2024-12-04$60.80$0.0014.2%4.1%12.8%9.1%0.0%1.8%-3.3%0000.00136.55N/AN/A0000
2024-12-05$60.91$0.0014.9%3.4%8.7%11.9%0.0%2.2%-0.9%0000.00158.23N/AN/A0000
2024-12-06$61.11$0.0014.9%3.3%8.1%11.9%0.0%2.5%-0.7%0000.00157.76N/AN/A0000
2024-12-09$60.68$0.0015.9%3.3%8.6%15.5%0.0%0.8%0.8%0000.00154.63N/AN/A0000
2024-12-10$60.76$0.0016.7%3.4%8.4%18.6%0.0%1.3%0.2%0000.00157.61N/AN/A0000
2024-12-11$61.36$0.0012.0%3.4%8.9%0.7%0.0%3.3%-0.6%0000.00156.58N/AN/A0000
2024-12-12$61.04$0.0012.4%3.6%9.3%2.3%0.0%1.4%-1.1%0000.00156.44N/AN/A0000
2024-12-13$61.41$0.0012.2%3.5%8.5%1.3%0.0%2.5%0.1%0000.00155.62N/AN/A0000
2024-12-16$61.84$0.0012.3%3.5%7.1%1.8%0.0%2.1%-1.1%0000.00155.04N/AN/A0000
2024-12-17$61.64$0.0012.7%3.6%7.2%3.2%0.0%2.0%-1.9%0000.00154.49N/AN/A0000
2024-12-18$59.98$0.0015.2%4.4%12.8%12.9%0.0%5.1%-3.4%0000.00145.16N/AN/A0000
2024-12-19$60.13$0.0014.8%4.2%12.8%11.4%0.0%2.1%-0.6%0000.00148.39N/AN/A0000
2024-12-20$60.59$0.0012.4%3.6%12.8%2.3%0.0%2.1%1.1%0000.00146.21N/AN/A0000
2024-12-23$60.87$0.0014.0%4.0%12.9%8.2%0.0%4.1%-1.0%0000.00148.35N/AN/A0000
2024-12-24$61.58$0.0013.2%3.8%13.4%5.2%0.0%5.4%-2.0%0000.00150.73N/AN/A0000
2024-12-26$61.77$0.0013.2%3.8%13.2%5.2%0.0%3.3%-1.9%0000.00152.27N/AN/A0000
2024-12-27$60.68$0.0013.9%4.0%14.9%8.0%0.0%0.6%-2.0%0000.00148.88N/AN/A0000
2024-12-30$60.30$0.0015.4%4.4%14.8%13.5%0.0%3.8%-2.7%0000.00147.84N/AN/A0000
2024-12-31$59.89$0.0015.9%4.6%14.9%15.8%0.0%1.8%-4.0%0000.00149.91N/AN/A0000