USO Options History — March 2010 In March 2010, USO traded between $38.35 and $40.29. ATM implied volatility averaged 27.6%, placing in the 5.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.5% (HV 20d: 25.1%). Max pain ranged from $38.00 to $39.00. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 23 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.96.
Notable Days 2010-03-16 : Highest Volume — 94,400 contracts2010-03-11 : Largest IV spike — 6.8% change2010-03-15 : Highest IV Rank — 10.2%2010-03-01 : Largest Expected Move — 8.5%Monthly Statistics Metric Avg Min Max Open Close Price $39.50 $38.35 $40.29 $38.35 $40.29 Max Pain $38.78 $38.00 $39.00 $38.00 $39.00 ATM IV 27.6% 25.1% 29.6% 29.6% 25.1% Expected Move 8.0% 7.2% 8.5% 8.5% 7.2% HV 20d 25.1% 20.2% 34.4% 34.4% 21.3% HV 60d 27.1% 26.6% 27.9% 27.9% 26.7% IV Rank 5.2% 0.0% 10.2% 8.2% 0.0% IV Percentile 4.5% 0.0% 11.5% 8.7% 0.0% Term Structure 1.7% 1.0% 2.9% 1.0% 2.2% VWIV 28.7% 25.6% 31.3% 29.6% 25.6% Skew 25d 2.1% 1.2% 3.6% 2.8% 2.2% Skew 10d 3.8% 1.6% 6.3% 4.7% 3.2% Call IV 25d 27.7% 24.9% 29.5% 28.4% 24.9% Put IV 25d 29.8% 27.1% 31.4% 31.2% 27.1% Bid-Ask Spread % 3.14 1.99 5.00 3.85 4.26 Gamma HHI 0.15 0.10 0.40 0.10 0.12 Net GEX 22.9M 6.1M 48.5M 13.9M 18.7M Net DEX -414.9M -622.3M -213.7M -213.7M -500.6M Net VEX -4.6M -4.9M -4.4M -4.6M -4.8M Div Yield 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% P/C Ratio 0.96 0.38 1.69 0.92 1.18 Total Volume 53,409.87 25,388 94,400 38,100 66,046 Total OI 1,069,321.609 939,788 1,176,532 1,015,323 1,066,640
Daily Data (23 trading days) Date Price Max Pain ATM IV Exp Move HV 20d IV Rank VWIV Skew 25d Term Str GEX DEX VEX P/C Spread % Call Vol Put Vol Call OI Put OI 2010-03-01 $38.35 $38.00 29.6% 8.5% 34.4% 8.2% 29.6% 2.8% 1.0% 13.9M -213.7M -4.6M 0.92 3.85 19,861 18,239 555,916 459,407 2010-03-02 $38.80 $38.00 29.0% 8.3% 33.2% 7.2% 29.7% 2.7% 1.4% 19.1M -321.0M -4.7M 0.96 5.00 27,840 26,853 562,918 460,125 2010-03-03 $39.40 $38.00 29.5% 8.4% 32.8% 8.4% 29.4% 3.6% 1.0% 25.4M -432.6M -4.8M 0.74 3.15 40,835 30,058 572,011 468,932 2010-03-04 $39.15 $38.00 28.3% 8.1% 32.9% 6.2% 28.8% 2.1% 1.4% 24.2M -388.8M -4.8M 0.81 4.18 21,089 16,980 591,369 483,730 2010-03-05 $39.85 $38.00 26.9% 8.2% 26.9% 3.2% 29.6% 2.5% 1.3% 30.4M -525.9M -4.7M 1.10 3.41 19,639 21,653 587,433 485,642 2010-03-08 $39.79 $39.00 27.7% 8.3% 25.7% 4.9% 30.1% 2.4% 1.2% 32.7M -525.1M -4.6M 1.35 3.25 10,813 14,575 598,574 492,390 2010-03-09 $39.55 $39.00 27.0% 8.2% 25.9% 3.5% 30.1% 2.5% 1.0% 29.7M -460.0M -4.5M 0.72 3.44 22,993 16,579 601,587 495,830 2010-03-10 $39.90 $39.00 27.0% 8.3% 24.1% 3.8% 30.0% 2.6% 1.3% 36.8M -560.2M -4.6M 1.59 3.79 19,456 30,913 615,748 500,684 2010-03-11 $40.05 $39.00 28.8% 8.3% 24.1% 8.1% 29.8% 2.5% 1.6% 39.9M -592.7M -4.7M 0.92 3.15 18,259 16,712 619,995 506,999 2010-03-12 $39.51 $39.00 28.3% 8.1% 24.9% 7.4% 29.5% 1.4% 1.8% 32.2M -451.8M -4.6M 0.38 3.14 67,530 25,479 618,793 509,806 2010-03-15 $38.83 $39.00 29.5% 8.5% 25.4% 10.2% 31.3% 2.0% 1.3% 14.5M -259.6M -4.4M 1.69 3.02 16,012 27,118 583,236 514,272 2010-03-16 $39.79 $39.00 29.3% 8.4% 22.9% 9.9% 30.7% 1.8% 1.4% 31.6M -493.1M -4.4M 1.29 3.30 41,252 53,148 584,334 526,014 2010-03-17 $40.23 $39.00 28.7% 8.2% 23.0% 8.5% 29.0% 1.6% 2.2% 41.7M -622.3M -4.5M 0.57 3.07 40,967 23,255 601,214 555,024 2010-03-18 $39.92 $39.00 27.9% 8.0% 22.4% 6.6% 28.8% 1.9% 2.9% 48.5M -541.4M -4.5M 0.54 3.36 46,423 25,054 607,955 548,076 2010-03-19 $39.20 $39.00 28.2% 8.1% 23.3% 7.4% 28.7% 1.6% 2.4% 14.6M -378.3M -4.6M 0.78 2.57 37,312 29,000 623,604 552,928 2010-03-22 $39.56 $39.00 26.5% 7.6% 23.5% 3.0% 27.3% 1.4% 2.3% 9.8M -337.5M -4.5M 0.86 2.35 41,003 35,375 492,046 447,742 2010-03-23 $39.70 $39.00 26.4% 7.6% 22.4% 2.9% 27.5% 1.5% 1.7% 12.0M -380.0M -4.5M 1.14 1.99 18,647 21,289 510,949 462,112 2010-03-24 $38.94 $39.00 26.1% 7.5% 22.8% 1.9% 26.9% 1.2% 1.9% 6.8M -234.9M -4.7M 0.84 2.31 24,614 20,771 517,034 475,635 2010-03-25 $38.90 $39.00 26.9% 7.7% 21.2% 3.9% 27.3% 1.7% 1.5% 7.0M -232.0M -4.7M 0.81 2.36 23,036 18,743 527,634 482,359 2010-03-26 $38.83 $39.00 26.4% 7.6% 20.2% 2.7% 27.2% 1.7% 2.0% 6.1M -220.7M -4.8M 0.93 2.29 19,001 17,699 540,213 489,269 2010-03-29 $39.96 $39.00 26.2% 7.5% 22.0% 2.2% 26.8% 2.6% 1.9% 15.7M -449.9M -4.9M 0.69 2.40 35,453 24,617 548,576 493,640 2010-03-30 $39.95 $39.00 25.4% 7.3% 21.8% 0.3% 25.9% 2.8% 1.9% 14.3M -421.3M -4.8M 1.29 2.67 15,853 20,383 554,434 501,568 2010-03-31 $40.29 $39.00 25.1% 7.2% 21.3% 0.0% 25.6% 2.2% 2.2% 18.7M -500.6M -4.8M 1.18 4.26 30,338 35,708 556,383 510,257
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