UYG Options History — August 2017

In August 2017, UYG traded between $34.59 and $36.43. ATM implied volatility averaged 20.2%, placing in the 13.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.6% (HV 20d: 17.7%). Max pain ranged from $33.33 to $35.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 23 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.19.

Notable Days

  • 2017-08-31: Highest Volume — 3,357 contracts
  • 2017-08-17: Largest IV spike — 22.5% change
  • 2017-08-17: Highest IV Rank — 27.9%
  • 2017-08-17: Largest Expected Move — 7.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$35.44$34.59$36.43$36.32$35.13
Max Pain$33.94$33.33$35.00$35.00$34.00
ATM IV20.2%16.3%24.7%17.3%19.4%
Expected Move5.9%4.7%7.1%4.9%5.6%
HV 20d17.7%12.0%21.3%13.7%20.9%
HV 60d18.1%16.7%18.9%18.5%18.0%
IV Rank13.0%0.0%27.9%1.7%10.4%
IV Percentile13.2%0.0%46.4%1.2%6.7%
Term Structure2.5%0.9%3.6%2.7%3.6%
VWIV22.6%18.3%28.4%18.3%19.7%
Skew 25d5.1%2.8%8.6%2.8%3.7%
Skew 10d10.7%4.9%23.0%6.0%8.2%
Call IV 25d18.9%15.5%22.0%16.0%17.6%
Put IV 25d24.0%18.3%30.5%18.8%21.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %68.9556.6783.9482.7983.94
Gamma HHI0.090.070.140.100.14
Net GEX230.8K-3.2K392.3K356.7K269.3K
Net DEX-2.8M-5.2M-555.2K-5.2M-2.6M
Net VEX-20.5K-22.8K-17.2K-17.2K-22.6K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.190.821.381.230.82
Total Volume2,791.0432,3823,3572,6103,357
Total OI6,054.135,0826,8585,0826,858

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-08-01$36.32$35.0017.3%4.9%13.7%1.7%18.3%2.8%2.7%356.7K-5.2M-17.2K1.2382.79N/AN/A1,1701,4402,8022,280
2017-08-02$36.25$35.0016.3%4.7%13.8%0.0%18.4%2.8%3.2%354.1K-4.9M-19.8K1.2482.58N/AN/A1,1641,4402,8442,730
2017-08-03$36.02$33.3316.8%5.6%12.0%1.6%21.9%5.0%2.4%348.1K-4.6M-19.4K1.2365.26N/AN/A1,1971,4762,8442,730
2017-08-04$36.43$33.3318.1%5.7%12.3%5.8%21.9%4.1%1.6%364.8K-5.2M-20.0K1.2060.44N/AN/A1,2031,4462,9192,769
2017-08-07$36.41$33.3316.8%5.8%12.3%1.5%24.7%3.9%2.4%389.5K-5.2M-19.8K1.2458.67N/AN/A1,2151,5062,9792,823
2017-08-08$36.17$33.3318.9%6.0%12.0%8.6%23.1%4.1%2.6%384.0K-5.0M-20.2K1.0067.52N/AN/A1,5061,5093,1022,871
2017-08-09$36.02$33.3321.3%6.1%12.1%16.6%22.4%5.0%2.4%385.5K-4.7M-21.1K1.1264.95N/AN/A1,5061,6923,2492,928
2017-08-10$35.05$34.0023.6%6.8%15.5%24.1%26.7%6.5%1.5%199.6K-2.2M-22.8K1.2760.79N/AN/A1,3351,7013,2523,117
2017-08-11$34.69$34.0024.1%6.9%15.9%25.9%25.4%6.7%1.9%109.9K-1.1M-21.8K1.3559.51N/AN/A1,2781,7223,2583,117
2017-08-14$35.69$34.0020.4%5.8%18.9%13.4%22.6%5.8%2.6%333.8K-3.5M-21.3K1.2573.56N/AN/A1,3111,6353,2613,138
2017-08-15$35.86$34.0019.9%5.7%18.9%11.7%21.8%5.6%3.5%392.3K-4.1M-20.1K1.3261.61N/AN/A1,3111,7313,2973,138
2017-08-16$35.72$34.0020.2%5.8%18.9%12.8%22.3%5.1%3.1%379.1K-3.6M-20.7K1.1167.85N/AN/A1,3171,4583,2973,225
2017-08-17$34.76$34.0024.7%7.1%21.3%27.9%28.4%8.6%0.9%89.5K-938.9K-22.3K1.0565.36N/AN/A1,4131,4883,3363,378
2017-08-18$34.64$34.0024.1%6.9%21.3%25.9%24.7%6.5%1.9%-3.2K-661.1K-20.9K1.0557.96N/AN/A1,3861,4583,3393,405
2017-08-21$34.59$34.0022.2%6.4%20.9%19.6%23.0%6.1%2.8%67.1K-555.2K-19.9K1.1556.67N/AN/A1,1071,2782,4513,048
2017-08-22$35.11$34.0019.9%5.7%20.8%12.0%21.1%5.1%3.2%126.1K-1.6M-19.6K1.2867.91N/AN/A1,0831,3892,5113,051
2017-08-23$35.23$34.0020.8%6.0%20.8%14.7%21.6%5.3%3.1%135.0K-1.8M-20.9K1.3871.56N/AN/A1,0021,3802,6163,180
2017-08-24$35.14$34.0020.6%5.9%20.5%14.3%21.2%6.1%1.8%131.0K-1.4M-21.2K1.2573.58N/AN/A1,1251,4012,6343,228
2017-08-25$35.45$34.0019.5%5.6%20.8%10.7%21.0%4.7%2.7%165.3K-2.2M-20.9K1.2974.42N/AN/A1,0891,4012,7273,249
2017-08-28$34.89$34.0020.2%5.8%20.9%12.8%24.8%5.0%2.4%101.2K-1.1M-20.0K1.3773.64N/AN/A1,0831,4882,7303,249
2017-08-29$34.71$34.0020.7%5.9%20.6%14.6%22.5%4.9%2.6%90.8K-819.4K-19.9K1.3074.39N/AN/A1,1551,4972,7633,348
2017-08-30$34.95$34.0020.0%5.7%20.9%12.1%21.6%4.3%3.0%137.7K-1.5M-19.7K0.8280.94N/AN/A1,8361,5092,8233,351
2017-08-31$35.13$34.0019.4%5.6%20.9%10.4%19.7%3.7%3.6%269.3K-2.6M-22.6K0.8283.94N/AN/A1,8481,5093,5013,357