LTPZ Options History — December 2014

In December 2014, LTPZ traded between $64.79 and $68.33. ATM implied volatility averaged 12.9%, placing in the 12.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 3.9%. IV traded below realized volatility by 1.8% (HV 20d: 14.7%). Max pain ranged from $63.00 to $64.00. Net GEX was positive for 6 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.98.

Notable Days

  • 2014-12-18: Highest Volume — 224 contracts
  • 2014-12-11: Largest IV drop — 14.7% change
  • 2014-12-10: Highest IV Rank — 15.1%
  • 2014-12-16: Largest Expected Move — 4.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$66.42$64.79$68.33$65.62$67.21
Max Pain$63.07$63.00$64.00$63.00$64.00
ATM IV12.9%11.0%14.6%13.3%12.6%
Expected Move3.9%3.7%4.2%3.8%3.8%
HV 20d14.7%10.4%19.0%10.4%18.7%
HV 60d12.6%11.6%14.2%11.6%13.4%
IV Rank12.1%8.7%15.1%12.8%11.7%
IV Percentile77.2%39.7%88.1%81.0%75.4%
Term Structure0.7%-2.0%2.0%-2.0%0.5%
VWIV13.4%12.9%14.0%13.4%13.6%
Skew 25d-0.7%-2.6%2.1%-1.1%2.1%
Skew 10d-0.8%-4.5%1.2%-1.9%-1.3%
Call IV 25d13.1%10.6%15.0%14.1%10.6%
Put IV 25d12.4%11.1%14.0%12.9%12.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %26.3714.8040.6515.3131.69
Gamma HHI0.350.190.680.420.21
Net GEX-27.7K-126.7K85.0K-82.6K-27.3K
Net DEX-62.8K-525.5K288.2K83.3K37.7K
Net VEX-906-1.6K-417-1.6K-624
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.980.332.230.332.23
Total Volume116.81802241480
Total OI242.4558434931984

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-12-01$65.62$63.0013.3%3.8%10.4%12.8%13.4%-1.1%-2.0%-82.6K83.3K-1.6K0.3315.3111137109210
2014-12-02$64.92$63.0013.1%3.8%11.0%12.5%13.5%-1.0%-0.8%-101.7K288.2K-1.6K0.3316.2611137109204
2014-12-03$64.96$63.0012.7%3.7%10.8%11.8%13.4%-0.7%-0.7%-105.8K249.9K-1.5K0.3314.8011137109204
2014-12-04$65.53$63.0012.5%3.7%11.3%11.4%0.0%-1.2%-0.5%-98.1K149.2K-1.4K0.0015.360096204
2014-12-05$64.79$63.0011.0%3.7%11.7%8.7%13.3%-0.7%2.0%-126.7K161.5K-1.4K0.3316.2711137109204
2014-12-08$65.89$63.0012.2%3.7%12.3%10.8%12.9%-1.0%1.5%-86.2K-31.7K-1.2K0.3316.7011137109204
2014-12-09$66.37$63.0013.0%3.7%12.3%12.3%13.1%-0.4%1.4%-47.6K-187.2K-1.0K0.3318.0411137109204
2014-12-10$66.79$63.0014.6%3.8%12.4%15.1%13.1%-0.6%1.0%-5.7K-338.6K-8350.5123.8911157109204
2014-12-11$66.35$63.0012.4%3.9%12.3%11.3%14.0%-0.6%1.4%219-347.5K-7800.5119.7411157109204
2014-12-12$67.49$63.0013.3%4.1%13.5%12.9%13.2%-0.1%1.0%45.7K-497.1K-5070.5117.1611157109204
2014-12-15$67.27$63.0013.4%4.1%13.6%13.1%13.7%-0.2%1.0%48.4K-477.8K-4600.5225.5310957109204
2014-12-16$68.33$63.0014.3%4.2%13.8%14.6%13.9%-0.4%0.5%27.1K-525.5K-5370.5239.8010957108204
2014-12-17$67.70$63.0014.2%4.2%14.4%14.5%13.6%-2.6%0.3%85.0K-522.4K-4170.8540.6510993109204
2014-12-18$66.15$63.0012.5%4.0%16.6%11.5%13.6%-2.0%1.5%-68.0K97.2K-9251.0535.74109115109240
2014-12-19$67.03$64.0012.4%4.0%17.0%11.3%0.0%-1.1%1.6%71.2K-43.1K-8180.0029.170074262
2014-12-22$67.53$0.0012.7%3.8%17.0%11.7%0.0%-0.8%0.7%-21.9K29.8K-7232.2326.7526582658
2014-12-23$66.04$0.0012.7%3.8%19.0%11.8%0.0%-1.1%0.5%-21.4K109.7K-7552.2329.4026582658
2014-12-24$66.02$0.0012.7%3.9%19.0%11.8%0.0%-0.9%0.8%-21.8K112.8K-7462.2333.1026582658
2014-12-26$66.40$0.0012.1%3.8%19.0%10.7%0.0%-0.6%1.4%-23.7K99.2K-7082.2337.9926582658
2014-12-29$66.40$0.0012.9%3.9%18.9%12.1%0.0%0.3%0.6%-23.7K85.8K-6962.2340.2926582658
2014-12-30$66.42$0.0012.8%3.9%18.8%12.0%0.0%0.1%0.9%-24.5K84.3K-6900.0036.40002658
2014-12-31$67.21$0.0012.6%3.8%18.7%11.7%0.0%2.1%0.5%-27.3K37.7K-6240.0031.69002658