TIME Options History — March 2017

In March 2017, TIME traded between $18.40 and $19.58. ATM implied volatility averaged 53.8%, placing in the 43.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 26.8% (HV 20d: 27.0%). Max pain ranged from $17.50 to $17.50. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 0 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.65.

Notable Days

  • 2017-03-09: Highest Volume — 10,369 contracts
  • 2017-03-08: Largest IV spike — 57.7% change
  • 2017-03-08: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2017-03-03: Largest Expected Move — 17.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$19.08$18.40$19.58$18.58$19.38
Max Pain$17.50$17.50$17.50$17.50$17.50
ATM IV53.8%42.4%102.1%46.4%48.7%
Expected Move13.5%11.9%17.2%13.3%14.0%
HV 20d27.0%15.3%30.3%30.1%15.3%
HV 60d24.2%22.6%28.4%28.4%22.6%
IV Rank43.9%24.0%100.0%45.5%32.1%
IV Percentile92.6%77.8%100.0%95.2%93.3%
Term Structure-10.0%-18.9%-3.7%-8.8%-9.7%
VWIV51.3%42.0%73.8%48.5%73.8%
Skew 25d7.0%-1.4%17.5%-1.4%2.7%
Skew 10d16.1%-8.8%32.1%-3.6%14.6%
Call IV 25d46.5%42.1%56.0%47.9%49.9%
Put IV 25d53.5%44.1%61.1%46.6%52.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %90.5477.89112.2594.3192.42
Gamma HHI0.510.380.630.550.47
Net GEX380.5K178.6K689.9K178.6K453.0K
Net DEX-5.9M-9.3M-1.8M-1.8M-7.0M
Net VEX-45.8K-55.1K-23.4K-23.4K-50.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.650.141.570.621.11
Total Volume2,4121,00010,3693,2081,020
Total OI23,721.1313,22430,15213,22427,852

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-03-01$18.58$17.5046.4%13.3%30.1%45.5%48.5%-1.4%-8.8%178.6K-1.8M-23.4K0.6294.31N/AN/A1,9831,2256,1787,046
2017-03-02$18.65$17.5055.4%15.9%30.1%63.2%57.3%2.8%-15.0%179.9K-2.2M-25.9K0.14110.83N/AN/A2,6003686,8387,573
2017-03-03$18.43$17.5060.1%17.2%30.3%72.6%69.4%0.3%-17.6%208.1K-3.1M-32.7K0.29112.25N/AN/A9242678,8867,592
2017-03-06$18.50$17.5065.9%12.2%30.1%84.1%42.8%3.1%-3.7%244.2K-3.6M-33.9K0.2296.03N/AN/A1,2932869,1807,599
2017-03-07$18.40$17.5064.7%11.9%28.2%81.8%42.0%1.9%-5.5%278.2K-4.0M-32.3K0.39100.09N/AN/A1,1184389,7277,621
2017-03-08$18.73$17.50102.1%16.4%28.7%100.0%55.7%9.6%-18.9%241.9K-5.4M-38.1K1.5084.63N/AN/A1,1251,69310,2557,768
2017-03-09$19.20$17.5050.8%13.8%29.6%34.7%48.0%17.5%-12.8%413.5K-5.3M-40.8K0.1485.19N/AN/A9,0821,28710,3819,424
2017-03-10$19.10$17.5048.3%13.1%29.5%31.5%47.0%12.2%-10.6%609.9K-8.8M-55.1K0.3680.10N/AN/A3,1591,13616,72210,392
2017-03-13$19.20$17.5074.3%13.3%29.6%64.6%50.3%8.8%-14.6%633.6K-9.3M-54.4K0.4083.51N/AN/A1,51160217,36711,005
2017-03-14$19.15$17.5072.5%13.0%29.5%62.4%52.0%5.8%-12.7%622.2K-8.6M-52.4K0.6479.82N/AN/A95661117,42711,107
2017-03-15$19.15$17.5044.5%12.7%29.4%26.6%48.9%6.5%-11.2%689.9K-8.3M-51.8K0.3894.57N/AN/A1,41453717,75811,154
2017-03-16$19.08$17.5045.1%12.9%29.1%27.5%58.6%13.5%-12.1%289.0K-6.0M-48.3K1.5790.32N/AN/A1,1081,73717,67811,155
2017-03-17$19.20$17.5047.8%13.7%29.1%30.9%50.6%12.4%-17.4%270.3K-5.9M-52.1K0.4179.79N/AN/A2,5361,05117,81812,334
2017-03-20$19.25$17.5046.9%13.4%28.7%29.8%51.9%10.2%-7.0%306.7K-5.4M-54.3K1.4488.48N/AN/A50272512,67311,392
2017-03-21$19.18$17.5046.0%13.2%28.6%28.6%47.3%9.0%-6.1%290.3K-4.8M-53.1K0.8086.17N/AN/A64351512,71411,557
2017-03-22$19.58$17.5044.3%12.7%29.2%26.4%44.5%6.6%-5.4%373.8K-6.6M-50.6K0.5793.97N/AN/A63536513,11311,590
2017-03-23$19.30$17.5044.8%12.9%29.4%27.1%46.5%5.2%-7.0%386.2K-6.2M-52.5K0.4691.43N/AN/A99445713,41811,597
2017-03-24$19.40$17.5042.4%12.2%26.6%24.0%46.7%7.1%-4.3%392.9K-6.4M-47.7K0.3888.87N/AN/A1,57860012,98111,665
2017-03-27$19.27$17.5046.4%13.3%23.9%29.1%52.8%11.7%-6.5%369.1K-5.8M-50.2K0.8190.42N/AN/A1,3291,07613,59911,839
2017-03-28$19.43$17.5045.6%13.1%23.6%28.1%49.0%4.6%-7.3%440.2K-7.0M-51.4K1.0191.22N/AN/A1,0501,06314,17912,280
2017-03-29$19.35$17.5048.6%13.9%16.2%31.9%51.1%5.7%-10.1%435.6K-7.4M-50.7K0.6390.02N/AN/A89156514,70012,810
2017-03-30$19.35$17.5045.8%13.1%16.2%28.4%45.9%4.0%-6.8%444.6K-6.8M-51.0K0.6377.89N/AN/A87354814,81412,828
2017-03-31$19.38$17.5048.7%14.0%15.3%32.1%73.8%2.7%-9.7%453.0K-7.0M-50.3K1.1192.42N/AN/A48453615,07112,781