USO Options History — March 2009

In March 2009, USO traded between $24.48 and $32.02. ATM implied volatility averaged 65.0%, placing in the 49.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 18.4%. IV traded below realized volatility by 10.9% (HV 20d: 75.9%). Max pain ranged from $25.00 to $30.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.82.

Notable Days

  • 2009-03-11: Highest Volume — 119,832 contracts
  • 2009-03-30: Largest IV spike — 11.7% change
  • 2009-03-02: Highest IV Rank — 67.4%
  • 2009-03-02: Largest Expected Move — 22.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$28.83$24.48$32.02$24.48$29.05
Max Pain$29.09$25.00$30.00$25.00$30.00
ATM IV65.0%56.1%77.1%77.1%65.1%
Expected Move18.4%16.1%22.1%22.1%18.7%
HV 20d75.9%65.1%85.3%69.6%65.1%
HV 60d74.6%70.2%76.2%74.6%70.2%
IV Rank49.9%37.0%67.4%67.4%50.1%
IV Percentile60.7%51.2%77.8%77.8%59.9%
Term Structure-2.5%-8.0%2.8%-4.2%-3.3%
VWIV65.0%56.9%76.6%76.6%65.4%
Skew 25d4.9%1.7%6.8%1.7%5.8%
Skew 10d8.9%5.2%12.4%6.3%8.7%
Call IV 25d62.4%53.9%75.7%75.7%62.2%
Put IV 25d67.3%59.6%78.4%77.4%68.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %5.223.058.174.833.05
Gamma HHI0.090.060.200.060.07
Net GEX10.3M2.0M23.3M2.0M6.0M
Net DEX-258.3M-723.7M161.0M161.0M-86.1M
Net VEX-4.2M-4.5M-3.8M-3.8M-4.0M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.820.401.370.810.89
Total Volume77,609.77327,652119,83278,34344,691
Total OI1,167,259.409936,8721,350,6371,128,2011,019,019

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2009-03-02$24.48$25.0077.1%22.1%69.6%67.4%76.6%1.7%-4.2%2.0M161.0M-3.8M0.814.8343,32435,019677,687450,514
2009-03-03$25.39$25.0074.8%21.4%71.0%64.0%75.4%5.5%-5.8%3.2M78.5M-4.0M0.647.6556,85436,598683,787456,927
2009-03-04$27.61$25.0069.2%19.8%77.5%55.9%70.4%5.6%-1.5%7.7M-187.2M-4.4M0.405.4080,87332,525707,017466,877
2009-03-05$26.56$25.0074.0%21.2%78.3%62.9%75.2%6.8%-5.2%6.5M-68.6M-4.3M1.378.1725,91335,409730,822477,453
2009-03-06$27.99$30.0070.7%19.2%80.4%58.1%67.3%4.5%-7.6%8.9M-225.3M-4.5M0.747.4336,28426,856731,958485,080
2009-03-09$28.65$30.0073.3%19.2%80.5%61.8%67.3%5.4%-8.0%10.6M-326.5M-4.5M0.655.5965,33042,386736,990491,936
2009-03-10$27.83$30.0069.7%18.2%81.2%56.6%64.3%4.4%-7.1%9.5M-202.1M-4.3M0.775.5445,41034,918743,292501,271
2009-03-11$26.30$30.0068.4%18.5%81.9%54.7%65.8%3.6%-5.2%4.8M9.9M-4.0M0.915.2062,88856,944749,017505,612
2009-03-12$28.23$30.0063.7%18.3%84.9%48.0%64.7%5.5%-4.1%11.0M-259.6M-4.3M0.785.5254,98142,972750,468510,396
2009-03-13$27.63$30.0066.3%19.0%85.3%51.7%66.1%4.5%-6.3%9.1M-179.4M-4.2M0.615.1760,35836,553753,308520,850
2009-03-16$28.25$30.0065.9%18.9%85.1%51.2%67.2%5.7%-3.4%12.4M-280.0M-4.2M1.254.8835,41044,088775,917531,246
2009-03-17$29.44$30.0063.6%18.2%78.7%47.9%63.8%5.7%-2.5%16.7M-471.7M-4.3M0.645.1253,20934,015776,521540,091
2009-03-18$29.61$30.0061.9%17.7%77.5%45.4%63.6%6.5%-0.9%19.6M-515.7M-4.3M0.995.5646,29145,658792,028546,481
2009-03-19$30.36$30.0061.1%17.5%75.6%44.2%61.9%5.1%-0.0%23.3M-678.2M-4.3M0.554.0967,23137,102799,012551,625
2009-03-20$30.76$30.0058.6%16.8%75.5%40.6%60.0%4.7%2.8%21.9M-723.7M-4.4M0.576.0056,19031,994789,551559,891
2009-03-23$31.78$30.0057.7%16.5%73.0%39.3%58.2%4.0%0.6%10.0M-370.3M-4.3M0.575.2256,76932,383590,889345,983
2009-03-24$31.65$30.0056.6%16.2%72.3%37.7%60.1%3.9%2.0%10.2M-354.0M-4.3M1.095.0020,65022,567610,990363,296
2009-03-25$31.21$30.0057.6%16.5%70.5%39.2%58.7%4.9%1.2%9.2M-312.0M-4.3M1.044.7521,90022,713611,004367,573
2009-03-26$32.02$30.0056.2%16.1%69.4%37.1%57.5%6.1%2.1%10.2M-380.9M-4.3M1.003.5619,75419,695611,402369,345
2009-03-27$30.75$30.0056.1%16.1%71.4%37.0%56.9%5.1%2.3%8.7M-258.9M-4.2M0.853.2414,92512,727615,857378,033
2009-03-30$28.70$30.0062.7%18.0%65.9%46.5%63.1%3.6%-1.7%5.6M-52.4M-3.9M0.883.8829,24525,813620,944381,747
2009-03-31$29.05$30.0065.1%18.7%65.1%50.1%65.4%5.8%-3.3%6.0M-86.1M-4.0M0.893.0523,69820,993630,063388,956