LTPZ Options History — March 2015

In March 2015, LTPZ traded between $65.59 and $70.37. ATM implied volatility averaged 16.3%, placing in the 18.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.6%. IV traded below realized volatility by 2.1% (HV 20d: 18.4%). Max pain ranged from $66.00 to $68.00. Net GEX was positive for 3 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.07.

Notable Days

  • 2015-03-18: Highest Volume — 140 contracts
  • 2015-03-09: Largest IV spike — 7.6% change
  • 2015-03-02: Highest IV Rank — 21.1%
  • 2015-03-02: Largest Expected Move — 5.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$67.74$65.59$70.37$67.71$68.24
Max Pain$66.29$66.00$68.00$68.00$66.00
ATM IV16.3%15.1%17.9%17.9%16.3%
Expected Move4.6%4.3%5.1%5.1%4.7%
HV 20d18.4%15.2%21.6%17.1%20.4%
HV 60d18.8%18.3%19.3%18.6%19.1%
IV Rank18.2%16.1%21.1%21.1%18.2%
IV Percentile76.8%69.8%88.5%88.5%77.4%
Term Structure0.2%-1.6%1.1%-1.6%-0.4%
VWIV16.0%15.2%17.0%16.9%15.6%
Skew 25d-0.6%-1.3%-0.1%-0.9%-0.6%
Skew 10d-0.6%-1.5%0.7%-0.1%-0.9%
Call IV 25d16.5%15.0%18.9%18.9%16.5%
Put IV 25d15.9%14.9%18.1%18.1%16.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %39.1621.2954.8138.1450.79
Gamma HHI0.380.200.550.210.43
Net GEX-6.8K-18.8K2.0K-1.6K-4.3K
Net DEX106.0K3.2K244.9K59.3K13.7K
Net VEX-258-545-96-532-135
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.070.002.132.131.00
Total Volume29.6670140948
Total OI98.0481624412418

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-03-02$67.71$68.0017.9%5.1%17.1%21.1%16.9%-0.9%-1.6%-1.6K59.3K-5322.1338.1430645767
2015-03-03$67.79$68.0017.6%5.1%17.2%20.6%17.0%-0.6%-1.4%76652.1K-5452.1336.8530645767
2015-03-04$68.01$68.0017.1%4.9%15.7%19.6%16.0%-1.3%-1.2%2.0K35.8K-4791.8454.8131575767
2015-03-05$67.87$66.0016.5%4.5%15.2%18.6%15.4%-0.3%0.4%1.6K41.9K-4951.8421.8931575767
2015-03-06$66.03$66.0015.9%4.3%17.3%17.4%15.2%-0.5%0.8%-10.4K177.3K-3841.8424.8031575767
2015-03-09$65.74$66.0017.1%4.5%17.1%19.6%0.0%-1.1%0.5%-17.8K239.6K-3120.0034.91204167
2015-03-10$66.25$66.0017.3%4.5%17.4%20.0%0.0%-0.5%0.6%-14.6K214.8K-3150.0022.51003967
2015-03-11$66.57$66.0016.4%4.7%16.8%18.3%0.0%-1.0%0.2%-12.6K197.5K-3000.0021.29003967
2015-03-12$66.00$66.0016.0%4.6%17.0%17.7%0.0%-0.5%0.6%-16.1K226.4K-2790.0037.26103967
2015-03-13$65.59$66.0015.8%4.5%16.7%17.4%0.0%-0.5%1.0%-18.8K244.9K-2480.0041.39103867
2015-03-16$65.97$66.0016.1%4.6%16.8%17.8%0.0%-0.6%0.5%-13.8K224.4K-1980.0036.88023967
2015-03-17$66.53$66.0016.6%4.8%16.4%18.8%0.0%-0.8%0.2%-11.3K197.1K-2120.0040.69003967
2015-03-18$69.02$66.0016.2%4.6%20.6%18.0%0.0%-0.5%0.5%-2.7K85.8K-1400.0046.9901403967
2015-03-19$69.06$66.0015.8%4.5%20.5%17.2%0.0%-0.4%1.0%-3.3K89.5K-1320.0048.870039205
2015-03-20$69.43$66.0015.5%4.4%20.6%16.7%0.0%-0.1%1.1%-3.6K86.5K-1220.0046.480039205
2015-03-23$69.39$66.0015.8%4.5%20.4%17.3%0.0%-0.7%-0.3%-3.7K8.4K-1130.0045.9000214
2015-03-24$70.37$66.0015.2%4.4%20.5%16.2%0.0%-0.4%0.8%-2.6K3.2K-960.0037.9700214
2015-03-25$70.06$66.0015.1%4.3%20.4%16.1%0.0%-0.6%1.0%-2.7K3.8K-980.0039.9210214
2015-03-26$68.62$66.0015.4%4.4%21.6%16.6%16.0%-0.1%0.8%-3.8K10.9K-1391.0047.8244414
2015-03-30$68.21$66.0016.4%4.7%21.4%18.4%16.0%-0.3%-0.3%-4.3K14.2K-1391.0046.1744414
2015-03-31$68.24$66.0016.3%4.7%20.4%18.2%15.6%-0.6%-0.4%-4.3K13.7K-1351.0050.7944414