USO Options History — June 2015

In June 2015, USO traded between $19.50 and $20.68. ATM implied volatility averaged 30.4%, placing in the 35.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.7%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.0% (HV 20d: 30.4%). Max pain ranged from $20.00 to $20.00. Net GEX was positive for 9 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.28.

Notable Days

  • 2015-06-05: Highest Volume — 331,815 contracts
  • 2015-06-29: Largest IV spike — 16.1% change
  • 2015-06-04: Highest IV Rank — 46.2%
  • 2015-06-03: Largest Expected Move — 10.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$20.15$19.50$20.68$20.37$19.88
Max Pain$20.00$20.00$20.00$20.00$20.00
ATM IV30.4%27.4%35.6%33.3%30.8%
Expected Move8.7%7.5%10.3%9.6%8.5%
HV 20d30.4%23.2%33.9%32.0%25.0%
HV 60d36.4%30.4%40.1%39.9%30.4%
IV Rank35.6%29.5%46.2%41.5%36.3%
IV Percentile44.4%31.3%63.1%56.3%45.2%
Term Structure0.2%-1.4%2.0%-1.4%0.1%
VWIV30.8%26.3%37.0%34.7%30.5%
Skew 25d3.1%2.2%4.1%3.0%4.1%
Skew 10d5.6%4.2%8.7%6.1%8.7%
Call IV 25d29.2%25.6%34.3%32.4%29.3%
Put IV 25d32.3%29.0%38.3%35.4%33.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %6.664.2111.516.005.70
Gamma HHI0.110.070.540.070.09
Net GEX-3.8M-70.8M11.8M69.4K-2.7M
Net DEX-129.5M-409.5M149.3M-215.8M3.9M
Net VEX-7.0M-7.5M-6.6M-7.5M-6.8M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.280.742.181.540.80
Total Volume143,585.40974,525331,815115,141102,934
Total OI2,633,616.4092,177,4302,907,4372,681,8492,306,592

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-06-01$20.37$20.0033.3%9.6%32.0%41.5%34.7%3.0%-1.4%69.4K-215.8M-7.5M1.546.0045,35969,7821,194,5511,487,298
2015-06-02$20.68$20.0033.6%9.8%32.4%42.1%35.0%3.6%-0.3%7.4M-366.1M-7.5M1.085.7279,69786,3851,208,3411,513,421
2015-06-03$20.16$20.0035.1%10.3%32.5%45.3%37.0%3.9%-0.5%-6.7M-111.5M-7.5M1.777.9265,720116,4461,238,8661,557,808
2015-06-04$19.65$20.0035.6%10.0%33.5%46.2%35.8%4.0%-0.4%-19.9M149.3M-7.4M1.518.09112,557170,4411,263,4381,573,200
2015-06-05$19.90$20.0030.3%8.8%32.2%35.5%31.6%3.0%-0.0%-5.4M-840.3K-7.3M2.1810.30104,479227,3361,305,3141,602,123
2015-06-08$19.70$20.0030.9%8.9%32.1%36.7%32.2%2.2%-0.3%-11.8M57.4M-7.0M1.614.7046,27974,6881,249,2711,498,082
2015-06-09$20.23$20.0030.5%8.9%33.6%35.9%31.3%3.4%0.9%-228.0K-195.5M-7.2M1.106.0285,27093,7671,267,3361,538,444
2015-06-10$20.65$20.0029.3%8.3%33.6%33.4%30.8%2.6%-0.2%11.2M-409.5M-7.2M1.5711.5179,809125,3171,273,9241,595,490
2015-06-11$20.48$20.0029.0%8.6%33.6%32.7%29.7%3.1%1.3%2.7M-320.8M-7.2M1.374.2442,27757,8231,278,6661,603,491
2015-06-12$20.27$20.0029.1%8.5%33.8%33.0%31.0%2.9%1.3%-2.7M-182.0M-7.0M1.675.3247,83179,8871,281,6851,603,359
2015-06-15$20.15$20.0030.6%8.8%33.8%36.0%31.1%3.1%0.4%-5.5M-123.1M-6.9M0.904.9249,79044,6161,215,7401,515,677
2015-06-16$20.26$20.0030.2%8.7%33.9%35.2%29.7%2.8%0.1%-1.4M-192.6M-7.0M1.354.8137,63650,8991,238,3931,524,807
2015-06-17$20.20$20.0030.7%8.8%30.4%36.2%30.5%2.9%2.0%-3.7M-153.5M-6.9M1.0310.1259,19060,9001,245,3261,542,924
2015-06-18$20.38$20.0029.4%8.4%30.4%33.5%29.6%3.0%-0.6%9.0M-258.8M-7.0M1.314.2132,28342,2421,252,7351,546,762
2015-06-19$20.05$20.0027.8%7.9%28.6%30.2%28.5%2.5%0.9%-70.8M-105.0M-6.7M1.274.9370,43489,2471,254,2101,550,901
2015-06-22$20.18$20.0028.4%8.1%28.3%31.5%28.3%3.1%0.4%3.4M-116.0M-6.6M1.045.7349,19251,1031,093,3621,084,068
2015-06-23$20.48$20.0028.0%7.9%26.8%30.7%27.8%3.4%0.3%11.8M-237.2M-6.7M0.747.8769,39951,6251,119,4551,117,861
2015-06-24$20.20$20.0028.6%7.9%27.0%32.0%27.1%2.6%-0.5%8.2M-138.0M-6.8M0.8410.4178,02665,8661,138,9661,132,839
2015-06-25$20.00$20.0027.7%7.6%27.3%30.1%26.8%2.4%-0.3%2.5M-43.9M-6.7M1.326.1241,43254,8161,161,8821,158,265
2015-06-26$19.97$20.0027.4%7.5%23.2%29.5%26.3%3.9%0.0%-839.9K-18.5M-6.7M1.275.1460,51776,8831,163,1001,171,734
2015-06-29$19.50$20.0031.8%9.1%24.5%38.4%31.8%3.5%0.4%-7.7M128.6M-6.6M0.966.6655,52953,1701,133,4261,136,428
2015-06-30$19.88$20.0030.8%8.5%25.0%36.3%30.5%4.1%0.1%-2.7M3.9M-6.8M0.805.7057,29345,6411,152,6181,153,974