USO Options History — July 2008

In July 2008, USO traded between $98.04 and $117.48. ATM implied volatility averaged 45.5%, placing in the 78.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.7% (HV 20d: 39.8%). Max pain ranged from $106.00 to $115.00. Net GEX was positive for 5 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 20 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.97.

Notable Days

  • 2008-07-17: Highest Volume — 177,658 contracts
  • 2008-07-15: Largest IV spike — 7.4% change
  • 2008-07-17: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2008-07-18: Largest Expected Move — 14.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$107.96$98.04$117.48$114.59$99.99
Max Pain$110.59$106.00$115.00$106.00$108.00
ATM IV45.5%40.2%51.4%43.3%43.1%
Expected Move13.2%11.5%14.7%12.4%12.4%
HV 20d39.8%33.0%45.0%45.0%42.6%
HV 60d38.3%34.8%40.6%34.8%40.5%
IV Rank78.0%58.3%100.0%70.5%67.1%
IV Percentile95.2%88.5%100.0%95.2%88.5%
Term Structure1.7%-0.3%4.1%2.3%1.8%
VWIV46.3%40.4%51.3%43.6%43.6%
Skew 25d1.5%0.4%2.5%1.7%0.4%
Skew 10d3.2%1.0%5.0%1.8%1.0%
Call IV 25d45.7%39.1%50.8%42.9%43.6%
Put IV 25d47.3%40.4%53.1%44.6%44.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %11.308.3115.019.1112.56
Gamma HHI0.060.040.110.050.07
Net GEX-34.3M-111.1M12.5M1.7M-46.8M
Net DEX310.9M-1.37B1.55B-884.7M1.36B
Net VEX-9.5M-10.7M-7.1M-7.1M-10.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.970.744.313.020.75
Total Volume73,248.27321,393177,65863,91321,393
Total OI825,213.818630,7411,120,847696,953744,692

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-07-01$114.59$106.0043.3%12.4%45.0%70.5%43.6%1.7%2.3%1.7M-884.7M-7.1M3.029.1115,91248,001243,519453,434
2008-07-02$116.84$107.0041.8%12.0%44.3%64.7%42.7%1.3%3.6%870.4K-1.05B-7.6M1.2612.4330,06537,917248,220492,225
2008-07-03$116.82$108.0040.2%11.5%41.7%58.3%40.4%1.3%4.1%3.4M-1.13B-7.9M2.3411.4612,54429,387262,650512,600
2008-07-07$114.95$113.0041.7%12.9%33.0%64.1%45.2%1.7%2.4%-1.4M-880.3M-7.7M4.319.2116,24370,008266,638521,919
2008-07-08$109.92$114.0043.6%13.3%35.4%71.5%46.8%2.5%1.8%-30.9M-51.4M-8.5M2.9510.4536,180106,555269,653565,573
2008-07-09$109.65$113.0042.1%13.0%34.7%65.8%46.1%1.7%1.5%-35.4M27.5M-9.2M4.098.3115,80864,678286,231616,735
2008-07-10$114.34$113.0045.1%12.9%35.5%77.1%45.8%2.0%1.6%-12.0M-741.7M-9.2M1.2810.0237,34247,813290,833649,973
2008-07-11$117.39$113.0045.3%13.0%36.6%78.2%45.7%1.9%1.2%1.9M-1.28B-9.1M1.1510.6336,74542,250299,933676,081
2008-07-14$117.48$115.0044.8%12.8%35.7%76.2%45.3%2.3%2.4%12.5M-1.37B-8.9M1.489.7122,66733,555314,271691,941
2008-07-15$112.39$115.0048.1%13.8%39.5%89.0%48.6%2.0%0.8%-24.9M-319.3M-9.8M2.4110.8233,18480,115320,501711,485
2008-07-16$109.25$114.0049.1%14.1%40.9%92.6%49.7%1.8%0.0%-61.3M514.9M-10.4M1.569.2042,31065,949325,546748,848
2008-07-17$105.53$114.0051.2%14.7%42.0%100.0%51.3%2.5%-0.1%-107.7M1.40B-10.5M2.7611.1747,296130,362335,713767,125
2008-07-18$104.44$110.0051.4%14.7%40.2%100.0%50.9%1.5%-0.3%-111.1M1.55B-10.7M2.9510.1830,41689,642350,991769,856
2008-07-21$106.67$110.0048.4%13.9%40.2%88.3%48.7%1.9%1.5%-39.2M811.4M-10.5M1.1110.9014,41615,962164,969465,772
2008-07-22$103.32$110.0047.1%13.5%41.1%83.7%47.7%1.6%2.5%-41.8M1.08B-10.5M2.3515.0114,23533,520173,137474,065
2008-07-23$100.02$110.0048.1%13.8%42.3%87.6%48.3%1.6%1.8%-42.2M1.30B-10.3M1.4012.2023,13232,336179,091475,096
2008-07-24$101.46$108.0047.0%13.5%42.3%83.4%47.5%0.9%1.4%-41.3M1.19B-10.4M0.7412.8716,63512,348190,132479,092
2008-07-25$99.27$108.0045.5%13.0%39.2%76.6%45.6%0.9%1.9%-41.5M1.34B-10.3M1.4712.3819,46728,619199,287481,726
2008-07-28$100.54$108.0046.3%13.3%39.6%79.6%46.4%1.3%0.8%-44.9M1.31B-10.3M1.1714.2512,45114,569199,327499,504
2008-07-29$98.04$108.0044.6%12.8%40.1%72.9%44.5%0.7%1.4%-46.6M1.53B-10.1M1.7511.8826,33146,134202,070506,389
2008-07-30$102.13$108.0043.5%12.5%43.4%68.5%43.9%0.4%2.0%-45.5M1.13B-10.4M0.9313.7329,47227,498207,794520,067
2008-07-31$99.99$108.0043.1%12.4%42.6%67.1%43.6%0.4%1.8%-46.8M1.36B-10.4M0.7512.5612,1949,199218,788525,904