ACTU Options History — December 2007

In December 2007, ACTU traded between $6.93 and $8.01. ATM implied volatility averaged 52.3%, placing in the 19.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 15.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 7.3% (HV 20d: 45.0%). Max pain ranged from $5.00 to $7.50. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.14.

Notable Days

  • 2007-12-17: Highest Volume — 118 contracts
  • 2007-12-06: Largest IV spike — 10.4% change
  • 2007-12-17: Highest IV Rank — 22.7%
  • 2007-12-17: Largest Expected Move — 16.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$7.54$6.93$8.01$7.33$7.77
Max Pain$5.50$5.00$7.50$7.50$5.00
ATM IV52.3%49.4%56.0%52.9%50.7%
Expected Move15.1%14.2%16.0%15.2%14.5%
HV 20d45.0%29.8%58.6%58.2%49.0%
HV 60d60.0%58.4%62.8%59.5%62.5%
IV Rank19.6%17.3%22.7%20.2%18.4%
IV Percentile61.9%48.0%80.1%65.4%55.2%
Term Structure4.8%-0.2%8.2%-0.2%6.8%
VWIV54.8%49.5%67.8%54.6%50.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %72.3547.7894.2491.2267.71
Gamma HHI0.870.840.910.840.91
Net GEX65.1K49.7K93.3K52.3K86.4K
Net DEX-1.6M-2.2M-1.1M-1.4M-1.9M
Net VEX-4.1K-4.7K-3.4K-4.5K-3.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.140.000.890.000.14
Total Volume31.250118516
Total OI4,550.554,4444,6534,4444,503

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2007-12-03$7.33$7.5052.9%15.2%58.2%20.2%0.0%0.0%-0.2%52.3K-1.4M-4.5K0.0091.22N/AN/A504,35391
2007-12-04$7.42$7.5052.8%15.1%58.6%20.1%0.0%0.0%3.0%53.0K-1.5M-4.5K0.8994.24N/AN/A56504,35591
2007-12-05$7.59$7.5049.6%14.2%58.3%17.4%0.0%0.0%7.4%53.7K-1.6M-4.7K0.0092.46N/AN/A1204,370141
2007-12-06$7.76$7.5054.7%15.7%52.4%21.7%54.6%0.0%0.5%58.1K-1.8M-4.7K0.1794.16N/AN/A2444,380141
2007-12-07$7.60$5.0050.4%15.6%52.9%18.1%56.3%0.0%4.5%57.3K-1.7M-4.6K0.0647.78N/AN/A1614,384145
2007-12-10$7.59$5.0053.5%15.7%47.4%20.7%67.8%0.0%4.0%58.7K-1.7M-4.4K0.0564.87N/AN/A5534,385145
2007-12-11$7.39$5.0052.7%15.5%48.3%20.0%57.5%0.0%4.5%57.4K-1.5M-4.4K0.0065.62N/AN/A1204,420145
2007-12-12$7.54$5.0055.1%15.6%31.2%22.1%54.4%0.0%3.3%59.7K-1.6M-4.4K0.0066.66N/AN/A1304,412145
2007-12-13$7.48$5.0053.9%15.4%29.8%21.0%0.0%0.0%3.8%60.3K-1.6M-4.3K0.6768.25N/AN/A324,412145
2007-12-14$7.41$5.0052.1%14.9%29.8%19.5%52.1%0.0%5.6%60.9K-1.5M-4.2K0.0069.97N/AN/A1004,415147
2007-12-17$6.93$5.0056.0%16.0%37.5%22.7%56.1%0.0%0.9%49.7K-1.1M-3.7K0.7469.25N/AN/A68504,415147
2007-12-18$7.17$5.0051.5%14.8%40.0%19.0%0.0%0.0%7.9%57.4K-1.2M-4.0K0.0069.04N/AN/A1204,456197
2007-12-19$7.23$5.0050.6%14.5%40.2%18.3%50.5%0.0%8.2%61.2K-1.2M-4.0K0.0073.17N/AN/A1204,452197
2007-12-20$7.51$5.0052.4%15.0%42.8%19.8%0.0%0.0%6.2%69.2K-1.5M-4.1K0.0068.97N/AN/A1204,451197
2007-12-21$7.72$5.0053.4%15.3%43.3%20.6%53.0%0.0%4.6%72.9K-1.8M-4.1K0.0065.95N/AN/A4504,454197
2007-12-24$7.80$5.0053.7%15.4%43.0%20.9%55.1%0.0%3.1%75.7K-1.9M-3.9K0.0065.79N/AN/A5904,295197
2007-12-26$8.01$5.0049.9%14.3%43.0%17.6%0.0%0.0%7.6%93.3K-2.2M-3.6K0.0070.44N/AN/A1004,340197
2007-12-27$7.62$5.0049.4%14.2%45.5%17.3%0.0%0.0%6.2%81.0K-1.8M-3.6K0.0069.26N/AN/A004,350197
2007-12-28$7.99$5.0049.8%14.3%48.6%17.6%49.5%0.0%8.2%84.2K-2.2M-3.5K0.0072.09N/AN/A7504,350197
2007-12-31$7.77$5.0050.7%14.5%49.0%18.4%50.6%0.0%6.8%86.4K-1.9M-3.4K0.1467.71N/AN/A1424,306197