USO Options History — April 2008

In April 2008, USO traded between $81.06 and $95.69. ATM implied volatility averaged 38.0%, placing in the 70.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 6.5% (HV 20d: 31.4%). Max pain ranged from $83.00 to $95.00. Net GEX was positive for 4 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 2 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.30.

Notable Days

  • 2008-04-15: Highest Volume — 44,637 contracts
  • 2008-04-14: Largest IV spike — 4.2% change
  • 2008-04-07: Highest IV Rank — 79.0%
  • 2008-04-07: Largest Expected Move — 11.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$90.32$81.06$95.69$81.06$92.50
Max Pain$88.77$83.00$95.00$83.00$95.00
ATM IV38.0%35.9%39.7%38.4%36.4%
Expected Move10.9%10.3%11.7%11.0%10.4%
HV 20d31.4%20.3%39.7%39.1%22.1%
HV 60d31.7%31.0%32.5%31.9%31.8%
IV Rank70.9%61.0%79.0%72.8%63.5%
IV Percentile89.2%80.2%97.4%94.2%80.5%
Term Structure-1.9%-4.4%0.5%-1.8%-0.2%
VWIV38.5%36.1%41.1%38.2%36.4%
Skew 25d1.2%-0.1%3.3%0.8%2.4%
Skew 10d2.0%0.1%6.0%1.7%6.0%
Call IV 25d38.0%34.9%40.4%38.1%34.9%
Put IV 25d39.2%36.9%41.3%38.9%37.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %14.427.9127.6011.7427.60
Gamma HHI0.080.050.130.090.05
Net GEX-15.7M-41.3M5.5M-41.3M-22.0M
Net DEX-106.7M-590.9M433.6M433.6M187.6M
Net VEX-2.4M-3.3M-1.8M-2.6M-3.3M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.300.896.291.782.88
Total Volume28,528.4097,34144,63715,76741,693
Total OI366,015.045212,994482,071362,951332,889

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-04-01$81.06$83.0038.4%11.0%39.1%72.8%38.2%0.8%-1.8%-41.3M433.6M-2.6M1.7811.745,67310,09490,154272,797
2008-04-02$83.78$83.0038.5%11.0%39.7%73.4%39.0%1.8%-1.1%-34.3M196.9M-2.5M1.7216.1614,70725,24092,384271,281
2008-04-03$83.65$83.0039.6%11.3%35.9%78.6%39.4%1.8%-2.0%-35.7M219.7M-2.6M2.7312.075,70515,564101,719281,730
2008-04-04$84.88$85.0039.6%11.0%36.2%78.7%39.0%-0.1%-3.8%-32.1M97.2M-2.5M2.398.976,38115,268104,678284,798
2008-04-07$86.93$85.0039.7%11.7%37.1%79.0%41.1%0.9%-4.4%-24.1M-78.9M-2.4M1.269.4510,65713,399104,360292,754
2008-04-08$87.19$86.0038.0%11.2%36.3%71.3%39.4%0.7%-2.8%-25.1M-85.1M-2.3M4.0111.844,40817,670108,563299,598
2008-04-09$88.90$87.0037.3%11.4%36.9%67.5%40.3%1.1%-3.2%-20.7M-223.6M-2.2M1.567.9116,21825,318109,838309,683
2008-04-10$88.18$87.0038.0%10.9%37.0%70.9%38.5%-0.1%-2.5%-18.9M-187.1M-2.2M0.899.388,5597,656112,824312,185
2008-04-11$88.48$87.0037.0%10.6%37.0%66.4%38.5%1.0%-2.2%-15.4M-230.8M-2.1M3.3512.031,6885,653113,973314,466
2008-04-14$89.64$87.0038.6%11.1%37.0%73.9%39.2%0.4%-3.3%-7.6M-330.0M-1.9M2.0311.724,4759,076114,327316,429
2008-04-15$91.44$87.0038.6%11.1%34.4%74.1%39.4%0.9%-2.7%3.8M-470.0M-1.8M1.6210.2817,00527,632115,048320,787
2008-04-16$92.15$89.0038.7%11.1%33.2%74.4%39.5%1.4%-2.7%3.4M-500.1M-2.1M1.1917.7914,11716,774125,237343,406
2008-04-17$92.37$90.0039.3%11.3%28.6%77.0%39.4%0.6%-3.3%5.5M-501.0M-2.1M1.6112.787,39811,895126,747348,941
2008-04-18$93.79$90.0038.4%11.0%27.9%73.1%38.5%1.3%-3.5%3.2M-590.9M-2.0M1.3812.4618,48125,435126,611355,460
2008-04-21$94.38$90.0037.5%10.7%26.9%68.4%37.8%0.8%-1.3%-7.0M-103.8M-2.1M2.4816.1211,41328,35963,558149,441
2008-04-22$95.08$90.0038.4%11.0%26.8%72.9%38.8%1.1%-1.3%-6.3M-122.4M-2.1M1.5416.3712,18518,75363,554149,440
2008-04-23$95.18$93.0036.9%10.6%24.0%65.9%37.2%1.7%-0.4%-9.8M-78.5M-2.6M2.9115.805,73416,66376,415181,059
2008-04-24$93.20$94.0035.9%10.3%25.7%61.0%36.1%1.3%-0.2%-13.5M27.4M-2.8M2.4718.619,32723,03178,158188,352
2008-04-25$95.66$94.0036.5%10.5%25.7%64.0%36.8%2.2%0.5%-13.6M-64.3M-2.7M2.3215.3411,28526,20881,963199,495
2008-04-28$95.69$94.0036.9%10.6%20.3%65.6%38.1%3.3%-0.2%-14.5M-61.6M-2.9M2.2926.006,13114,06189,941214,094
2008-04-29$92.99$94.0037.5%10.7%23.9%68.5%37.0%1.1%0.1%-19.6M118.0M-3.0M6.2916.875,57435,06293,628219,566
2008-04-30$92.50$95.0036.4%10.4%22.1%63.5%36.4%2.4%-0.2%-22.0M187.6M-3.3M2.8827.6010,74430,94996,082236,807