AAXJ Options History — February 2012

In February 2012, AAXJ traded between $56.02 and $58.13. ATM implied volatility averaged 21.5%, placing in the 20.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.7% (HV 20d: 15.8%). Max pain ranged from $55.00 to $55.00. Net GEX was positive for 3 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 28.07.

Notable Days

  • 2012-02-03: Highest Volume — 392 contracts
  • 2012-02-02: Largest IV drop — 64.7% change
  • 2012-02-01: Highest IV Rank — 69.7%
  • 2012-02-01: Largest Expected Move — 14.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$57.18$56.02$58.13$56.02$58.13
Max Pain$55.00$55.00$55.00$55.00$55.00
ATM IV21.5%13.1%51.9%51.9%16.4%
Expected Move6.4%3.8%14.9%14.9%4.7%
HV 20d15.8%14.8%17.1%16.3%15.4%
HV 60d24.8%19.9%28.4%28.2%19.9%
IV Rank20.8%7.3%69.7%69.7%12.6%
IV Percentile44.3%5.9%96.0%96.0%21.3%
Term Structure1.1%-23.0%9.3%-23.0%3.2%
VWIV24.2%22.7%25.5%22.7%23.9%
Skew 25d7.4%1.7%56.6%56.6%3.4%
Skew 10d8.1%1.4%74.0%74.0%5.2%
Call IV 25d17.6%11.8%21.9%15.0%18.9%
Put IV 25d25.1%18.4%71.6%71.6%22.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %96.5584.63172.48172.4899.15
Gamma HHI0.540.480.700.700.50
Net GEX-12.5K-21.1K23.3K23.3K-16.7K
Net DEX-103.6K-476.1K128.8K-382.9K-177.7K
Net VEX-4.9K-6.2K-1.7K-1.7K-4.7K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio28.070.00195.000.000.00
Total Volume25.5039216
Total OI538.3167613167607

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-02-01$56.02$55.0051.9%14.9%16.3%69.7%0.0%56.6%-23.0%23.3K-382.9K-1.7K0.00172.48N/AN/A1013433
2012-02-02$56.38$55.0018.3%5.3%15.7%15.6%0.0%6.0%2.5%20.9K-417.8K-1.7K0.00101.20N/AN/A5013433
2012-02-03$57.29$55.0019.0%6.5%16.0%16.8%22.7%3.9%0.8%19.9K-476.1K-1.7K195.0086.98N/AN/A239013933
2012-02-06$56.60$55.0020.2%6.5%16.4%18.7%0.0%2.1%1.6%-17.9K4.4K-5.5K1.5090.04N/AN/A2030140423
2012-02-07$56.54$55.0020.4%6.7%16.6%18.9%0.0%1.7%1.1%-16.1K-2.1K-5.7K0.0087.97N/AN/A010154425
2012-02-08$57.28$55.0021.2%7.0%15.3%20.2%0.0%4.0%1.0%-15.7K-56.9K-5.8K0.0085.81N/AN/A010154435
2012-02-09$57.37$55.0024.5%7.0%14.8%25.5%0.0%3.9%1.3%-16.8K-47.4K-5.9K0.0086.71N/AN/A09154445
2012-02-10$56.28$55.0025.5%7.3%17.1%27.1%25.5%5.1%1.1%-21.1K128.8K-6.2K0.0084.63N/AN/A05154454
2012-02-13$56.79$55.0024.7%7.1%16.9%25.9%24.7%2.7%0.6%-20.9K35.6K-5.9K0.0088.94N/AN/A10154459
2012-02-14$56.77$55.0025.5%7.3%16.4%27.2%0.0%3.4%0.9%-20.9K61.2K-5.8K0.0090.68N/AN/A00154459
2012-02-15$57.31$55.0026.9%7.7%15.7%29.4%0.0%4.8%0.4%-20.0K3.3K-5.8K0.0087.19N/AN/A00154459
2012-02-16$57.63$55.0015.6%4.5%15.3%11.2%0.0%6.1%4.0%-19.1K-69.6K-5.5K0.0091.97N/AN/A00154459
2012-02-17$57.81$55.0017.6%5.0%15.3%14.5%0.0%5.1%3.7%-18.2K-97.4K-5.4K0.0090.81N/AN/A00154459
2012-02-21$57.67$55.0015.6%4.5%15.3%11.3%0.0%4.3%4.1%-18.3K-82.9K-5.3K0.0092.57N/AN/A00152459
2012-02-22$57.78$55.0014.9%4.3%15.3%10.1%0.0%4.6%4.0%-17.7K-103.4K-5.3K0.0093.41N/AN/A200152459
2012-02-23$57.49$55.0021.6%6.2%15.3%20.9%0.0%9.9%1.0%-19.0K-85.7K-5.2K0.0099.30N/AN/A00148459
2012-02-24$57.75$55.0014.5%4.2%15.3%9.5%0.0%4.0%4.3%-17.6K-144.9K-4.9K0.0098.80N/AN/A00148459
2012-02-27$57.00$55.0023.0%6.6%16.1%23.2%0.0%9.2%-0.6%-20.4K-16.1K-5.1K0.0098.15N/AN/A10148459
2012-02-28$57.75$55.0013.1%3.8%15.3%7.3%0.0%8.0%9.3%-17.8K-145.2K-4.8K0.00104.27N/AN/A00148459
2012-02-29$58.13$55.0016.4%4.7%15.4%12.6%23.9%3.4%3.2%-16.7K-177.7K-4.7K0.0099.15N/AN/A06148459