LQD Options History — June 2008

In June 2008, LQD traded between $101.00 and $103.48. ATM implied volatility averaged 10.3%, placing in the 24.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 2.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.1% (HV 20d: 7.2%). Max pain ranged from $101.00 to $105.00. Net GEX was positive for 4 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.35.

Notable Days

  • 2008-06-20: Highest Volume — 58 contracts
  • 2008-06-27: Largest IV spike — 206.9% change
  • 2008-06-27: Highest IV Rank — 72.0%
  • 2008-06-27: Largest Expected Move — 7.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$102.11$101.00$103.48$103.08$101.40
Max Pain$102.62$101.00$105.00$105.00$103.00
ATM IV10.3%6.0%25.5%8.3%11.2%
Expected Move2.7%1.7%7.3%2.4%3.2%
HV 20d7.2%6.1%8.1%7.3%6.1%
HV 60d7.2%6.4%8.0%8.0%6.4%
IV Rank24.3%10.6%72.0%18.0%26.9%
IV Percentile84.8%57.9%99.6%88.5%94.4%
Term Structure-1.6%-19.4%3.5%-1.1%-2.8%
VWIV8.9%4.2%21.9%5.9%4.2%
Skew 25d1.4%-7.1%15.4%2.1%5.4%
Skew 10d-0.9%-10.1%4.0%3.3%-8.0%
Call IV 25d9.5%4.8%34.5%7.0%6.2%
Put IV 25d10.9%7.3%27.5%9.1%11.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %106.1847.18180.9447.18138.63
Gamma HHI0.270.220.330.250.32
Net GEX-36.9K-127.5K45.1K-58.5K-18.0K
Net DEX1.2M189.7K1.9M1.1M1.3M
Net VEX-4.2K-6.5K-2.2K-5.2K-3.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.350.002.500.000.00
Total Volume13.429058100
Total OI466.667319530510374

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-06-02$103.08$105.008.3%2.4%7.3%18.0%0.0%2.1%-1.1%-58.5K1.1M-5.2K0.0047.18100290220
2008-06-03$103.48$105.007.3%2.1%7.5%14.8%5.9%1.2%-0.0%-96.7K891.2K-5.5K0.0056.19120300215
2008-06-04$103.16$104.0017.2%4.9%7.3%45.8%21.9%15.4%-19.4%-111.3K749.2K-5.9K0.00172.28330314215
2008-06-05$102.61$104.006.4%1.8%7.3%11.9%0.0%2.1%0.2%-127.5K1.1M-4.7K0.0087.5700285215
2008-06-06$103.12$102.008.5%2.1%7.4%18.5%0.0%1.7%-0.4%-62.3K892.8K-5.1K0.0075.59210282214
2008-06-09$103.03$102.0020.5%3.8%7.3%56.2%0.0%-5.2%3.5%45.1K189.7K-6.5K0.00180.9402293214
2008-06-10$102.44$102.0014.0%2.2%7.5%36.0%0.0%-3.1%-0.4%41.2K901.1K-4.9K0.00140.5000293212
2008-06-11$102.40$102.0014.7%2.4%7.3%38.2%0.0%-2.8%-1.5%21.4K1.1M-4.5K0.00139.05010293212
2008-06-12$101.53$102.007.9%2.3%7.7%16.7%0.0%0.6%-0.7%-74.2K1.7M-3.1K0.6756.4932293222
2008-06-13$101.00$102.008.1%2.3%7.2%17.3%0.0%1.2%-0.5%-20.5K1.9M-2.2K0.0063.04010293222
2008-06-16$101.36$102.008.2%2.4%7.5%17.6%0.0%-3.8%-0.9%-9.9K1.5M-3.2K2.50140.30410293216
2008-06-17$101.69$102.007.8%2.2%7.7%16.2%8.2%1.3%-0.6%-28.1K1.8M-2.5K1.0056.061010289216
2008-06-18$102.20$101.007.5%2.2%8.0%15.5%0.0%2.1%-0.3%-51.4K1.7M-3.4K0.0055.5950299226
2008-06-19$101.67$101.009.6%2.7%8.1%21.9%0.0%-0.1%-3.0%7.3K1.4M-3.7K0.00135.1400304226
2008-06-20$101.73$101.006.7%1.9%7.3%12.9%5.4%2.6%-0.0%-17.8K1.8M-2.9K0.0084.34058304226
2008-06-23$101.69$103.007.3%2.1%7.0%14.6%8.0%2.6%0.3%-28.5K1.4M-2.8K0.0057.07040134185
2008-06-24$101.63$103.006.2%1.8%6.8%11.3%0.0%2.7%-0.2%-54.6K1.5M-3.4K0.0094.8750134208
2008-06-25$101.71$103.006.0%1.7%6.5%10.6%0.0%3.5%3.3%-53.7K1.4M-3.7K0.00143.55240139208
2008-06-26$101.79$103.008.3%2.4%6.3%17.9%4.2%6.5%-0.6%-47.9K1.2M-4.6K0.00135.2980153208
2008-06-27$101.69$103.0025.5%7.3%6.1%72.0%0.0%-7.1%-8.5%-29.3K754.0K-5.8K0.00170.1550153208
2008-06-30$101.40$103.0011.2%3.2%6.1%26.9%0.0%5.4%-2.8%-18.0K1.3M-3.9K0.00138.6300166208