UYG Options History — February 2008

In February 2008, UYG traded between $53.32 and $60.43. ATM implied volatility averaged 62.9%. The 30-day expected move averaged 18.0%. Max pain ranged from $50.00 to $58.33. Net GEX was positive for 6 of 9 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 9 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.55.

Notable Days

  • 2008-02-29: Highest Volume — 180 contracts
  • 2008-02-20: Largest IV spike — 25.1% change
  • 2008-02-29: Largest Expected Move — 21.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$57.83$53.32$60.43$56.42$53.32
Max Pain$51.19$50.00$58.33$50.00$58.33
ATM IV62.9%55.1%73.4%55.1%73.4%
Expected Move18.0%15.8%21.0%15.8%21.0%
Term Structure9.5%-13.7%37.3%24.7%6.6%
VWIV55.4%49.5%72.0%49.5%72.0%
Skew 25d10.3%-15.4%60.2%10.9%3.5%
Skew 10d11.8%-18.9%36.4%24.1%14.9%
Call IV 25d62.5%32.1%104.3%78.9%71.6%
Put IV 25d72.8%45.8%128.7%89.8%75.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %109.5866.54144.37139.4366.78
Gamma HHI0.590.430.760.700.43
Net GEX9.4K-1.1K38.0K016.8K
Net DEX-211.8K-605.0K00-193.8K
Net VEX-704-1.9K00-1.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.550.003.630.080.37
Total Volume66.66761806180
Total OI150.66703840384

Daily Data (9 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-02-19$56.42$0.0055.1%15.8%0.0%0.0%49.5%10.9%24.7%0000.08139.43N/AN/A6000
2008-02-20$58.33$50.0069.0%19.8%0.0%0.0%54.4%60.2%-13.7%815-21.6K-550.43140.68N/AN/A12660
2008-02-21$56.72$50.0058.2%16.7%0.0%0.0%50.6%-7.7%37.3%1.7K-21.4K-670.13126.10N/AN/A246246
2008-02-22$58.42$0.0055.7%16.0%0.0%0.0%52.9%6.2%12.4%0000.26142.26N/AN/A541200
2008-02-25$59.58$50.0067.8%19.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%24.4%0.9%-1.1K-431.1K-2000.00144.37N/AN/A7809624
2008-02-26$60.02$50.0058.4%16.7%0.0%0.0%55.7%6.1%6.0%21.0K-426.4K-1.2K0.0566.54N/AN/A84617424
2008-02-27$60.43$50.0061.5%17.6%0.0%0.0%52.7%5.0%3.9%38.0K-605.0K-1.7K0.0083.08N/AN/A78025230
2008-02-28$57.23$50.0067.2%19.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%-15.4%7.3%7.4K-206.4K-1.1K3.6376.97N/AN/A124230630
2008-02-29$53.32$58.3373.4%21.0%0.0%0.0%72.0%3.5%6.6%16.8K-193.8K-1.9K0.3766.78N/AN/A1324831866