USO Options History — May 2024

In May 2024, USO traded between $74.45 and $77.73. ATM implied volatility averaged 25.0%, placing in the 22.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.8% (HV 20d: 19.2%). Max pain ranged from $77.00 to $80.00. Net GEX was positive for 15 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.56.

Notable Days

  • 2024-05-01: Highest Volume — 40,642 contracts
  • 2024-05-31: Largest IV spike — 5.0% change
  • 2024-05-31: Highest IV Rank — 33.6%
  • 2024-05-31: Largest Expected Move — 7.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$75.85$74.45$77.73$76.05$74.73
Max Pain$78.00$77.00$80.00$79.00$77.00
ATM IV25.0%23.4%27.4%26.0%27.4%
Expected Move7.1%6.7%7.8%7.5%7.8%
HV 20d19.2%17.4%21.8%19.9%19.9%
HV 60d19.3%18.4%20.3%20.3%19.6%
IV Rank22.6%15.1%33.6%27.2%33.6%
IV Percentile8.8%0.8%33.3%13.1%33.3%
Term Structure0.0%-0.7%0.8%0.1%-0.5%
VWIV25.0%23.9%27.1%26.6%27.1%
Skew 25d2.9%1.6%4.9%2.8%4.9%
Skew 10d6.5%3.9%10.3%6.6%10.3%
Call IV 25d24.1%22.6%25.5%25.1%25.5%
Put IV 25d27.0%25.0%30.4%27.8%30.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %37.8830.3549.6247.4737.41
Gamma HHI0.120.070.340.070.10
Net GEX7.1M-18.0M39.2M-2.1M1.2M
Net DEX-107.8M-338.0M61.0M3.5M-67.8M
Net VEX-1.8M-2.0M-1.6M-1.9M-1.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.560.131.370.600.75
Total Volume22,996.0459,91540,64240,64216,602
Total OI308,555.318233,597366,227329,462265,398

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2024-05-01$76.05$79.0026.0%7.5%19.9%27.2%26.6%2.8%0.1%-2.1M3.5M-1.9M0.6047.4725,40315,239225,642103,820
2024-05-02$75.93$79.0025.5%7.3%19.1%24.9%25.7%2.8%0.1%-1.1M5.1M-1.8M0.7949.6210,3098,140223,608101,042
2024-05-03$75.06$79.0025.5%7.2%19.1%24.7%25.5%3.0%0.2%-12.4M61.0M-1.7M0.5949.6214,3958,452226,250103,751
2024-05-06$75.56$80.0026.1%7.2%19.5%27.6%24.1%2.7%-0.5%-2.4M3.0M-1.8M0.4034.0915,3986,225228,431105,838
2024-05-07$75.48$80.0025.6%7.2%19.1%25.3%24.7%2.8%-0.5%-3.0M-3.2M-1.8M0.2236.3130,9036,708236,292109,331
2024-05-08$76.12$80.0025.1%7.0%18.9%23.2%24.3%1.9%0.1%12.6M-82.7M-1.9M0.1730.3531,2185,392240,680111,322
2024-05-09$76.50$79.0024.7%7.1%19.1%21.2%24.5%2.1%0.4%9.9M-131.4M-1.9M0.1333.7524,9763,289242,870109,865
2024-05-10$75.41$79.0024.7%7.1%19.5%21.4%24.8%1.6%0.4%1.1M-33.5M-1.9M0.2731.3330,4868,256250,076111,174
2024-05-13$76.19$78.0024.8%7.0%20.1%21.8%24.5%2.1%-0.3%8.1M-122.3M-2.0M0.1635.0419,9843,293245,607108,816
2024-05-14$75.19$78.0025.6%7.3%20.3%25.3%25.4%3.0%-0.1%-2.5M-38.3M-1.9M0.6332.806,0943,821253,276109,434
2024-05-15$75.80$78.0024.6%6.9%17.9%20.9%24.5%2.8%-0.7%1.0M-96.1M-1.8M0.5237.7917,4459,131255,431109,968
2024-05-16$76.27$77.0024.4%6.9%18.1%19.7%24.1%2.8%-0.1%5.8M-152.9M-1.8M0.5944.468,2934,866255,858108,607
2024-05-17$77.03$77.0023.4%6.7%18.5%15.1%23.9%2.4%0.1%-18.0M-223.5M-1.9M0.6241.0411,6637,212256,679109,548
2024-05-20$76.73$77.0024.0%6.9%18.5%18.1%24.1%2.4%0.3%22.3M-230.4M-1.8M0.5538.1210,0645,538154,27979,318
2024-05-21$76.13$77.0023.7%6.8%17.5%16.8%24.8%2.5%0.5%18.9M-199.8M-1.8M0.4637.718,8744,115159,57081,486
2024-05-22$74.91$77.0024.3%7.0%18.1%19.1%24.7%3.0%0.8%8.3M-111.2M-1.7M0.7236.1813,3239,656161,59883,025
2024-05-23$74.45$77.0025.1%7.2%17.4%23.1%25.7%3.6%0.4%7.2M-86.6M-1.6M0.4343.5915,1706,552159,62283,572
2024-05-24$75.31$77.0024.2%6.9%18.2%18.9%24.4%3.7%0.7%15.3M-145.0M-1.7M0.7430.5915,05811,114165,16285,162
2024-05-28$77.73$77.0024.3%6.8%21.8%19.2%24.6%3.5%0.0%39.2M-338.0M-1.7M0.3835.8814,2925,417164,90088,028
2024-05-29$76.66$77.0024.9%7.0%21.8%22.4%25.4%3.9%-0.2%32.6M-244.0M-1.6M1.2932.797,3279,423166,26889,426
2024-05-30$75.47$77.0026.1%7.4%19.6%27.6%26.1%4.4%-0.2%15.1M-137.3M-1.6M1.3737.337,0959,702165,30492,883
2024-05-31$74.73$77.0027.4%7.8%19.9%33.6%27.1%4.9%-0.5%1.2M-67.8M-1.6M0.7537.419,4957,107167,07898,320