LQD Options History — November 2007

In November 2007, LQD traded between $104.85 and $107.36. ATM implied volatility averaged 6.8%, placing in the 26.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 1.5%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.5% (HV 20d: 7.3%). Max pain ranged from $104.00 to $107.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.74.

Notable Days

  • 2007-11-26: Highest Volume — 50 contracts
  • 2007-11-09: Largest IV spike — 246.0% change
  • 2007-11-09: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2007-11-21: Largest Expected Move — 2.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$105.80$104.85$107.36$106.35$106.62
Max Pain$104.71$104.00$107.00$107.00$105.00
ATM IV6.8%4.0%21.1%5.1%5.0%
Expected Move1.5%1.2%2.0%1.4%1.4%
HV 20d7.3%6.0%10.1%6.2%10.1%
HV 60d7.1%6.7%7.9%6.9%7.9%
IV Rank26.7%8.4%100.0%25.5%13.4%
IV Percentile76.1%32.9%100.0%72.9%66.1%
Term Structure-0.4%-1.8%1.2%-0.4%0.2%
VWIV5.1%2.8%6.5%3.5%5.3%
Skew 25d0.7%-5.6%4.3%1.3%0.8%
Skew 10d2.0%-6.3%15.0%-0.5%0.8%
Call IV 25d5.2%3.0%10.1%3.8%4.5%
Put IV 25d5.9%4.6%10.7%5.1%5.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %92.8555.27140.77108.7356.66
Gamma HHI0.260.230.360.240.36
Net GEX568.5K320.9K776.5K434.6K610.2K
Net DEX-3.5M-6.1M-2.3M-3.9M-4.4M
Net VEX-16.3K-20.0K-9.6K-18.8K-11.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.740.0010.000.714.00
Total Volume9.7620502410
Total OI1,245.3811,2051,2851,2051,285

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2007-11-01$106.35$107.005.1%1.4%6.2%25.5%0.0%1.3%-0.4%434.6K-3.9M-18.8K0.71108.731410748457
2007-11-02$105.69$107.004.1%1.2%6.5%16.4%0.0%-0.3%-0.5%533.6K-3.4M-19.2K0.00107.0400752467
2007-11-05$105.95$104.004.9%1.3%6.4%24.3%3.5%0.9%-0.4%544.1K-3.6M-17.9K0.91102.401110752467
2007-11-06$105.30$104.005.3%1.4%6.6%27.8%0.0%0.4%-1.1%580.2K-3.0M-20.0K0.0087.43100763470
2007-11-07$105.23$104.006.2%1.5%6.5%37.0%5.3%2.2%-1.4%460.4K-3.6M-15.0K0.0091.8350773470
2007-11-08$105.40$104.006.1%1.7%6.5%36.0%0.0%0.7%0.5%574.1K-2.8M-20.0K0.0094.2800778470
2007-11-09$105.87$104.0021.1%1.7%6.3%100.0%0.0%4.3%-1.8%499.1K-3.3M-18.1K0.00140.77010778470
2007-11-12$105.83$104.0020.8%1.8%6.2%98.0%6.5%1.9%-1.2%379.9K-3.1M-16.5K10.00133.73220778480
2007-11-13$105.30$104.005.2%1.5%6.5%14.4%0.0%-0.1%-0.9%647.0K-2.6M-18.6K0.00101.8780779483
2007-11-14$104.85$104.005.2%1.2%6.4%14.6%0.0%1.0%-0.6%700.1K-2.3M-18.7K0.0058.5800787483
2007-11-15$105.25$104.005.4%1.5%6.6%15.6%0.0%2.2%-0.9%671.8K-2.8M-16.1K0.0064.51010787483
2007-11-16$105.26$104.005.0%1.4%6.0%13.5%5.3%0.5%-0.3%776.5K-2.7M-18.4K0.0094.17010787493
2007-11-19$106.07$105.005.3%1.5%6.7%15.2%0.0%1.3%-0.1%620.0K-3.5M-17.8K0.0055.7800765451
2007-11-20$105.40$105.005.3%1.5%6.8%15.1%0.0%0.8%0.4%628.8K-3.6M-14.3K0.0055.2700765451
2007-11-21$106.14$105.007.1%2.0%6.9%24.6%6.1%-0.4%1.2%491.0K-3.8M-16.1K0.00124.8310765451
2007-11-23$105.61$105.004.1%1.2%7.1%8.5%2.8%2.9%-0.1%653.2K-3.7M-13.0K0.0064.8240766451
2007-11-26$107.36$105.006.1%1.8%9.2%19.5%6.2%-0.6%-1.6%320.9K-6.1M-9.6K4.00131.411040770451
2007-11-27$106.44$105.005.9%1.7%9.8%18.5%0.0%-5.6%-0.4%444.9K-4.5M-12.2K0.00136.1400780491
2007-11-28$105.70$105.004.0%1.2%10.1%8.4%0.0%0.3%0.1%694.9K-3.0M-15.0K0.0056.29020780491
2007-11-29$106.10$105.005.1%1.5%10.0%14.0%0.0%0.2%0.2%672.8K-3.6M-14.8K0.0083.2500780505
2007-11-30$106.62$105.005.0%1.4%10.1%13.4%5.3%0.8%0.2%610.2K-4.4M-11.8K0.0056.66010780505