AN Options History — August 2011

In August 2011, AN traded between $32.69 and $40.93. ATM implied volatility averaged 48.0%, placing in the 61.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.3%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.9% (HV 20d: 48.9%). Max pain ranged from $34.00 to $38.00. Net GEX was positive for 7 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 5.06.

Notable Days

  • 2011-08-23: Highest Volume — 3,187 contracts
  • 2011-08-04: Largest IV spike — 61.4% change
  • 2011-08-04: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2011-08-08: Largest Expected Move — 16.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$36.45$32.69$40.93$37.15$40.38
Max Pain$36.35$34.00$38.00$37.00$38.00
ATM IV48.0%32.4%69.3%35.1%43.2%
Expected Move13.3%9.3%16.0%10.1%12.4%
HV 20d48.9%25.9%61.4%25.9%59.7%
HV 60d39.0%29.5%44.3%29.5%44.0%
IV Rank61.7%37.6%100.0%57.8%43.5%
IV Percentile95.5%62.3%100.0%87.7%94.0%
Term Structure-2.3%-10.3%6.4%-0.2%0.7%
VWIV47.5%34.3%60.6%34.5%43.6%
Skew 25d10.4%1.9%20.1%6.0%11.3%
Skew 10d22.3%-15.0%44.8%6.7%30.5%
Call IV 25d42.1%32.6%50.8%32.8%36.9%
Put IV 25d52.6%38.8%62.0%38.8%48.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %47.4230.2775.4851.9051.05
Gamma HHI0.170.080.430.150.10
Net GEX-446.8K-1.5M87.2K-326.1K64.4K
Net DEX-2.7M-18.8M12.1M-6.6M-17.7M
Net VEX-76.8K-87.6K-60.9K-81.0K-76.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio5.060.1847.116.885.57
Total Volume840.087803,1872681,261
Total OI18,574.08712,46721,17119,25817,411

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-08-01$37.15$37.0035.1%10.1%25.9%57.8%34.5%6.0%-0.2%-326.1K-6.6M-81.0K6.8851.90N/AN/A342347,37811,880
2011-08-02$35.77$37.0041.6%11.9%29.1%88.8%39.1%7.5%-7.8%-480.0K-1.4M-84.9K1.8340.77N/AN/A891637,37612,018
2011-08-03$36.15$37.0032.4%9.3%28.5%50.4%34.3%5.1%6.4%-532.8K-1.6M-80.2K1.9775.48N/AN/A1162297,41912,068
2011-08-04$34.05$37.0052.2%15.0%31.2%100.0%47.9%1.9%-10.3%-566.5K6.3M-86.9K1.1353.20N/AN/A3123527,45512,231
2011-08-05$34.98$36.0045.9%12.2%33.4%78.4%41.0%7.8%-2.7%-575.5K3.5M-87.6K47.1145.02N/AN/A472,2147,49012,393
2011-08-08$32.71$36.0069.3%16.0%39.8%100.0%60.6%11.5%-6.7%-477.9K10.1M-84.8K5.4056.99N/AN/A1921,0367,48212,542
2011-08-09$34.26$36.0056.3%13.6%43.9%71.9%50.4%13.3%-5.3%-688.6K8.3M-83.6K6.8760.23N/AN/A523577,53212,836
2011-08-10$32.69$36.0065.9%15.7%46.0%92.7%51.5%8.7%-4.6%-566.6K12.1M-81.7K0.6447.20N/AN/A3252087,57412,861
2011-08-11$34.46$37.0052.5%15.1%51.0%63.8%55.7%13.4%-3.8%-663.2K6.0M-84.0K0.9246.80N/AN/A1221127,75713,061
2011-08-12$35.60$36.0047.8%13.7%52.4%53.5%48.9%9.9%-2.9%-653.2K1.6M-82.7K9.0050.81N/AN/A8727,77413,101
2011-08-15$35.80$36.0045.1%12.9%52.5%47.8%46.1%11.1%-1.4%-677.1K-238.8K-78.0K0.4646.27N/AN/A136627,78213,158
2011-08-16$35.49$36.0047.0%13.5%52.3%51.9%46.3%10.6%-3.1%-792.3K1.6M-76.8K7.2130.27N/AN/A805777,86913,220
2011-08-17$35.68$36.0042.1%12.1%52.4%41.2%47.6%9.1%0.5%-994.4K295.5K-73.1K6.8041.68N/AN/A745037,92513,217
2011-08-18$34.34$36.0053.0%15.2%53.6%64.8%42.9%9.9%-3.6%-1.2M7.9M-72.0K1.4051.27N/AN/A1622277,93213,165
2011-08-19$35.72$36.0054.3%15.6%55.9%67.5%55.1%8.9%-6.3%-1.5M-841.0K-68.0K1.3854.91N/AN/A3524857,92713,244
2011-08-22$36.32$36.0050.9%14.6%56.2%60.2%50.7%11.9%-0.8%28.5K-6.3M-68.0K4.6842.45N/AN/A1798375,9966,471
2011-08-23$38.68$37.0043.1%12.4%60.8%43.5%59.7%20.1%5.0%-3.6K-10.3M-60.9K0.1851.03N/AN/A2,6924956,0506,900
2011-08-24$38.97$34.0048.2%13.8%60.2%54.5%51.6%12.4%-1.2%87.2K-13.9M-69.7K1.4133.25N/AN/A4856827,1507,253
2011-08-25$38.32$35.0050.6%14.5%59.2%59.6%51.0%13.0%-3.8%51.7K-12.2M-74.7K4.2135.86N/AN/A1546487,3677,783
2011-08-26$39.00$36.0047.1%13.5%59.5%52.2%48.4%12.2%-1.8%20.0K-12.7M-73.6K0.6236.37N/AN/A6734197,3548,310
2011-08-29$40.93$37.0040.4%11.6%61.4%37.6%40.6%14.6%1.8%65.2K-18.8M-65.2K0.4841.70N/AN/A9934807,6718,592
2011-08-30$40.84$38.0040.8%11.7%59.4%38.4%43.9%9.7%-0.7%52.8K-18.5M-73.2K0.3346.22N/AN/A295978,1989,031
2011-08-31$40.38$38.0043.2%12.4%59.7%43.5%43.6%11.3%0.7%64.4K-17.7M-76.9K5.5751.05N/AN/A1921,0698,3479,064