LQD Options History — November 2013

In November 2013, LQD traded between $113.10 and $114.75. ATM implied volatility averaged 5.8%, placing in the 37.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 1.7%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.0% (HV 20d: 5.9%). Max pain ranged from $115.00 to $115.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 9.23.

Notable Days

  • 2013-11-05: Highest Volume — 1,581 contracts
  • 2013-11-11: Largest IV spike — 14.5% change
  • 2013-11-11: Highest IV Rank — 47.6%
  • 2013-11-13: Largest Expected Move — 1.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$114.10$113.10$114.75$114.51$114.66
Max Pain$115.00$115.00$115.00$115.00$115.00
ATM IV5.8%5.0%6.6%5.5%6.1%
Expected Move1.7%1.4%1.8%1.6%1.7%
HV 20d5.9%5.3%6.6%5.3%6.0%
HV 60d6.5%6.0%6.9%6.8%6.0%
IV Rank37.0%24.5%47.6%32.9%40.7%
IV Percentile58.3%37.3%67.1%57.5%60.3%
Term Structure0.4%-0.4%0.9%0.4%-0.4%
VWIV6.2%5.3%7.2%5.6%6.7%
Skew 25d2.1%1.5%2.8%1.5%1.9%
Skew 10d4.4%1.9%5.9%4.8%4.0%
Call IV 25d5.3%4.2%5.7%5.0%5.7%
Put IV 25d7.4%6.5%7.9%6.5%7.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %18.8710.0340.0330.6528.82
Gamma HHI0.360.280.450.370.36
Net GEX-8.5M-11.6M-5.3M-11.4M-7.4M
Net DEX40.1M17.7M67.6M37.7M17.7M
Net VEX-131.4K-154.0K-114.4K-150.8K-114.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio9.230.06108.750.140.88
Total Volume252131,58122832
Total OI13,633.2512,56914,59913,14513,517

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-11-01$114.51$115.005.5%1.6%5.3%32.9%5.6%1.5%0.4%-11.4M37.7M-150.8K0.1430.65200282,95210,193
2013-11-04$114.54$115.005.7%1.8%5.3%35.7%7.2%1.9%0.7%-7.6M28.7M-140.3K2.6215.4129763,1149,469
2013-11-05$114.05$115.005.7%1.7%5.6%34.8%6.1%1.8%0.6%-7.9M37.3M-133.0K19.2720.52781,5033,1299,440
2013-11-06$114.18$115.005.7%1.7%5.5%35.5%6.2%1.6%0.6%-11.4M45.1M-151.6K0.9513.5844423,18910,933
2013-11-07$114.41$115.006.2%1.7%5.5%42.6%6.2%1.8%0.6%-11.6M40.4M-154.0K15.5014.60121863,21810,975
2013-11-08$113.29$115.005.7%1.8%6.6%35.7%5.9%1.9%0.7%-10.7M61.5M-130.1K0.0611.598953,22911,143
2013-11-11$113.10$115.006.6%1.8%6.5%47.6%6.5%2.4%0.5%-10.1M67.6M-115.5K4.4522.5920893,29111,142
2013-11-12$113.18$115.005.6%1.8%6.6%33.9%6.2%2.3%0.8%-9.8M64.0M-122.4K1.0012.57993,29911,129
2013-11-13$113.44$115.006.2%1.8%6.0%42.7%5.6%2.1%0.7%-9.9M60.9M-123.5K7.8614.167553,30811,137
2013-11-14$114.06$115.006.2%1.8%5.7%42.2%6.3%2.8%0.5%-9.7M48.5M-127.1K0.1219.54581703,27310,834
2013-11-15$114.06$115.005.8%1.7%5.7%36.4%5.3%2.0%0.9%-9.1M46.5M-132.3K0.2516.54205523,73510,864
2013-11-18$114.57$115.005.0%1.4%5.9%24.5%5.4%2.5%0.5%-6.4M28.0M-132.8K0.8120.34117953,6249,281
2013-11-19$114.17$115.005.6%1.6%5.5%34.0%6.0%2.2%0.1%-7.0M32.5M-128.4K0.0010.030713,7299,319
2013-11-20$113.68$115.005.5%1.6%5.7%32.3%6.2%2.3%0.4%-7.8M42.2M-121.2K0.5218.45189983,7299,338
2013-11-21$113.90$115.005.8%1.6%5.8%35.8%6.8%2.2%0.4%-7.5M40.3M-120.0K3.8612.59813133,8189,422
2013-11-22$114.30$115.006.1%1.8%5.9%40.9%7.0%2.6%0.0%-7.1M32.1M-136.8K3.3317.293103,8899,624
2013-11-25$114.50$115.006.2%1.8%6.0%41.5%6.6%2.1%-0.0%-6.8M27.7M-134.3K108.7518.7344353,8899,644
2013-11-26$114.73$115.005.6%1.6%6.0%34.2%5.5%2.1%0.3%-5.6M21.9M-131.8K0.3419.3164223,8939,490
2013-11-27$114.75$115.005.8%1.7%6.0%36.2%6.6%1.9%0.0%-5.3M20.6M-127.1K4.5740.0321963,9579,506
2013-11-29$114.66$115.006.1%1.7%6.0%40.7%6.7%1.9%-0.4%-7.4M17.7M-114.4K0.8828.8217153,9679,550