UYG Options History — October 2013

In October 2013, UYG traded between $15.80 and $18.10. ATM implied volatility averaged 28.7%, placing in the 37.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.2%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.1% (HV 20d: 28.8%). Max pain ranged from $15.83 to $17.33. Net GEX was positive for 15 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 17 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.90.

Notable Days

  • 2013-10-03: Highest Volume — 3,336 contracts
  • 2013-10-07: Largest IV spike — 18.7% change
  • 2013-10-08: Highest IV Rank — 92.1%
  • 2013-10-08: Largest Expected Move — 11.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$17.25$15.80$18.10$16.65$17.52
Max Pain$16.72$15.83$17.33$16.67$17.33
ATM IV28.7%22.8%41.3%29.8%24.0%
Expected Move8.2%6.5%11.0%8.5%6.9%
HV 20d28.8%21.6%33.3%21.8%31.4%
HV 60d26.0%23.3%27.5%23.5%27.0%
IV Rank37.7%12.1%92.1%42.2%17.1%
IV Percentile48.9%6.0%99.6%70.6%15.5%
Term Structure0.6%-2.0%2.3%1.4%1.5%
VWIV30.0%22.7%40.3%28.9%24.9%
Skew 25d6.5%4.1%9.9%7.1%4.1%
Skew 10d12.7%7.7%18.3%15.4%7.7%
Call IV 25d26.1%21.0%34.9%27.0%22.4%
Put IV 25d32.6%25.1%44.8%34.1%26.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %36.5114.8583.2023.8349.86
Gamma HHI0.060.040.220.040.05
Net GEX89.7K-268.6K872.6K-48.6K27.6K
Net DEX-18.2M-31.0M-1.4M-11.3M-18.7M
Net VEX-104.5K-121.1K-87.5K-118.4K-96.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.900.2410.911.131.01
Total Volume1,566.2615103,3366901,578
Total OI74,766.52269,82880,66470,99275,132

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-10-01$16.65$16.6729.8%8.5%21.8%42.2%28.9%7.1%1.4%-48.6K-11.3M-118.4K1.1323.83N/AN/A32436626,99443,998
2013-10-02$16.60$16.6731.0%8.9%21.6%47.7%38.0%7.7%0.9%-61.9K-10.9M-114.0K0.8329.03N/AN/A32427027,05444,316
2013-10-03$16.32$16.6732.6%9.3%22.6%54.2%33.4%7.9%0.8%-104.8K-7.6M-121.1K1.2219.12N/AN/A1,5061,83027,33044,586
2013-10-04$16.58$15.8332.1%9.3%23.2%52.2%37.8%8.3%0.0%-84.5K-10.9M-115.9K4.3414.85N/AN/A21091227,84645,156
2013-10-07$16.23$16.3338.1%10.4%23.3%78.2%33.9%9.3%-1.0%-163.1K-6.4M-120.6K3.3817.18N/AN/A4261,44027,88845,840
2013-10-08$15.80$16.3341.3%11.0%23.6%92.1%40.3%9.9%-2.0%-255.1K-1.4M-117.7K2.4317.78N/AN/A25261228,14046,944
2013-10-09$15.89$16.3339.2%10.9%23.6%83.1%39.8%9.6%-1.3%-268.6K-2.3M-116.5K0.8424.09N/AN/A1,4401,21228,23647,364
2013-10-10$16.76$15.8332.7%9.4%30.6%54.9%32.1%7.9%-0.7%-78.1K-13.8M-115.0K1.1626.47N/AN/A1,0321,19429,11248,534
2013-10-11$17.01$15.8329.9%8.6%30.9%42.7%33.9%7.5%0.1%51.0K-18.0M-111.2K0.2426.57N/AN/A1,12226429,60448,510
2013-10-14$17.15$16.3330.7%8.8%30.4%46.4%29.7%7.1%-0.4%105.3K-19.7M-112.7K0.6229.56N/AN/A89455229,95248,570
2013-10-15$16.91$16.3333.4%9.6%30.6%57.9%31.8%8.4%-1.3%89.6K-17.9M-109.2K0.5429.97N/AN/A33618030,71449,032
2013-10-16$17.57$16.3328.5%8.2%32.7%36.9%30.7%7.2%0.1%294.7K-27.3M-101.0K3.4832.64N/AN/A4861,69230,76249,152
2013-10-17$17.94$16.8325.3%7.3%33.3%22.9%27.0%5.6%0.9%500.5K-31.0M-95.0K3.2735.44N/AN/A6182,02230,22849,944
2013-10-18$18.04$16.8323.8%6.8%32.9%16.3%27.3%5.2%1.7%872.6K-29.8M-99.6K2.2132.91N/AN/A7381,63229,27451,390
2013-10-21$17.97$17.0023.5%6.7%31.6%15.0%23.6%4.9%2.3%168.4K-24.2M-90.1K1.1238.29N/AN/A1,0201,14625,83043,998
2013-10-22$18.05$17.1724.0%6.9%31.2%17.2%26.4%4.2%1.8%186.3K-25.1M-93.6K10.9137.57N/AN/A1321,44026,55044,664
2013-10-23$17.81$17.3324.2%6.9%31.8%18.0%26.3%4.6%1.4%133.1K-22.6M-94.7K6.4243.23N/AN/A14492426,64045,408
2013-10-24$17.93$17.3323.0%6.6%31.8%12.9%23.3%4.5%2.0%138.0K-23.4M-94.5K8.8049.17N/AN/A6052826,62245,234
2013-10-25$18.05$17.3322.8%6.5%31.6%12.1%22.7%4.2%1.7%174.7K-25.4M-87.5K0.9352.97N/AN/A26424626,61645,660
2013-10-28$18.01$17.3324.0%6.9%31.0%17.4%29.4%4.5%1.2%176.7K-24.6M-88.9K5.8554.33N/AN/A2881,68626,71245,906
2013-10-29$18.10$17.3323.4%6.7%30.6%14.6%25.3%4.2%1.8%130.6K-24.8M-92.6K4.4471.73N/AN/A19285226,71846,992
2013-10-30$17.89$17.3323.7%6.8%31.0%15.9%23.6%5.3%1.6%77.6K-22.3M-98.1K1.5883.20N/AN/A6361,00226,82647,652
2013-10-31$17.52$17.3324.0%6.9%31.4%17.1%24.9%4.1%1.5%27.6K-18.7M-96.2K1.0149.86N/AN/A78679227,36047,772