USO Options History — June 2013

In June 2013, USO traded between $33.16 and $34.96. ATM implied volatility averaged 22.1%, placing in the 25.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.4% (HV 20d: 18.7%). Max pain ranged from $33.00 to $34.00. Net GEX was positive for 4 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.78.

Notable Days

  • 2013-06-21: Highest Volume — 123,205 contracts
  • 2013-06-20: Largest IV spike — 35.3% change
  • 2013-06-04: Highest IV Rank — 52.4%
  • 2013-06-04: Largest Expected Move — 6.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$33.97$33.16$34.96$33.16$34.18
Max Pain$33.65$33.00$34.00$33.00$34.00
ATM IV22.1%17.5%29.4%28.9%19.3%
Expected Move6.0%5.0%6.8%6.8%5.7%
HV 20d18.7%17.3%21.4%17.4%18.7%
HV 60d22.1%21.5%22.6%21.8%22.1%
IV Rank25.6%8.6%52.4%50.5%15.1%
IV Percentile29.8%5.2%65.9%63.1%15.1%
Term Structure0.6%-0.7%1.9%-0.4%1.1%
VWIV21.4%18.4%24.2%23.9%19.8%
Skew 25d3.6%2.8%5.2%4.0%3.2%
Skew 10d6.2%5.0%9.0%6.5%5.5%
Call IV 25d19.6%17.1%22.5%21.5%18.7%
Put IV 25d23.1%19.9%26.6%25.4%21.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.852.124.902.152.82
Gamma HHI0.070.060.130.070.07
Net GEX-7.9M-29.6M10.9M-14.8M-6.7M
Net DEX5.2M-312.1M275.9M179.5M667.6K
Net VEX-5.7M-6.0M-5.4M-5.4M-6.0M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.780.953.022.792.35
Total Volume64,688.325,955123,20547,84467,259
Total OI1,179,266.81,061,1881,293,0671,061,1881,162,793

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-06-03$33.16$33.0028.9%6.8%17.4%50.5%23.9%4.0%-0.4%-14.8M179.5M-5.4M2.792.1512,61535,229491,449569,739
2013-06-04$33.20$33.0029.4%6.8%17.3%52.4%23.0%3.3%-0.6%-15.3M172.2M-5.5M1.422.1212,79318,138497,749595,075
2013-06-05$33.26$33.0029.1%6.6%17.3%51.3%23.8%3.2%-0.7%-14.2M152.4M-5.5M3.022.179,53128,785504,081600,563
2013-06-06$33.62$33.0024.5%6.5%17.3%34.2%23.5%3.4%-0.2%-10.6M69.4M-5.5M2.292.1421,38049,011506,875611,248
2013-06-07$34.16$33.5021.5%6.0%18.1%23.2%21.5%3.5%0.4%-6.9M-82.3M-5.5M1.762.5835,07161,762517,058631,085
2013-06-10$34.00$33.5021.8%5.7%18.2%24.4%21.4%3.8%0.9%-11.0M4.0M-5.7M1.422.8229,77542,297527,295649,092
2013-06-11$33.79$33.5023.6%5.8%18.1%30.8%20.9%3.4%0.3%-14.7M55.0M-5.7M1.383.0629,67741,067530,047651,143
2013-06-12$34.03$33.5021.4%6.0%18.0%23.0%21.4%4.1%0.6%-6.3M-22.3M-5.8M1.772.8328,34250,305546,860665,008
2013-06-13$34.33$33.5019.6%5.6%18.2%16.1%20.1%3.8%0.7%-4.5M-110.9M-5.8M2.912.9812,97837,826548,613686,492
2013-06-14$34.74$33.5019.5%5.6%18.5%15.8%19.1%3.3%0.9%3.3M-254.3M-5.8M0.952.5740,96139,073553,085695,706
2013-06-17$34.76$34.0018.7%5.4%18.2%12.8%19.2%3.0%1.0%8.7M-264.6M-5.8M1.412.7520,47528,833565,642688,396
2013-06-18$34.96$34.0018.5%5.3%18.1%12.1%19.0%2.9%1.3%10.2M-312.1M-5.8M1.062.9722,51923,936569,323698,081
2013-06-19$34.78$34.0017.5%5.0%17.9%8.6%18.4%2.8%1.9%10.9M-286.4M-5.9M1.732.9923,56140,643582,375706,473
2013-06-20$33.63$34.0023.7%6.8%20.5%31.4%24.2%5.2%-0.1%-22.0M146.5M-5.9M1.864.9036,96568,791574,786696,401
2013-06-21$33.23$34.0021.9%6.3%21.0%24.8%22.3%3.8%1.1%-29.6M275.9M-5.8M2.093.3439,87783,328582,706710,361
2013-06-24$33.64$34.0022.3%6.4%21.4%26.2%22.8%3.9%0.5%-13.3M162.2M-5.9M1.343.3327,02836,214498,386593,702
2013-06-25$33.74$34.0021.3%6.1%20.9%22.6%21.8%3.9%0.8%-10.2M136.8M-6.0M1.352.6811,03214,923510,187605,725
2013-06-26$33.80$34.0020.1%5.8%19.5%18.0%20.6%3.8%0.9%-8.4M115.7M-5.8M1.492.8020,83630,962515,508604,835
2013-06-27$34.33$34.0020.3%5.8%20.1%18.9%21.0%3.1%1.0%-2.1M-34.3M-6.0M1.212.9327,10432,864523,668617,725
2013-06-28$34.18$34.0019.3%5.7%18.7%15.1%19.8%3.2%1.1%-6.7M667.6K-6.0M2.352.8220,08947,170536,413626,380