APD Options History — January 2012

In January 2012, APD traded between $79.85 and $84.96. ATM implied volatility averaged 20.2%, placing in the 9.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.1% (HV 20d: 20.1%). Max pain ranged from $74.01 to $83.26. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 20 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.91.

Notable Days

  • 2012-01-23: Highest Volume — 2,343 contracts
  • 2012-01-12: Largest IV spike — 21.0% change
  • 2012-01-03: Highest IV Rank — 14.2%
  • 2012-01-06: Largest Expected Move — 7.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$81.88$79.85$84.96$79.88$81.43
Max Pain$78.63$74.01$83.26$74.01$83.26
ATM IV20.2%17.3%22.5%22.5%17.7%
Expected Move6.0%4.9%7.0%6.5%5.1%
HV 20d20.1%15.6%24.3%24.3%17.1%
HV 60d30.9%27.3%32.9%32.9%27.3%
IV Rank9.8%4.1%14.2%14.2%4.9%
IV Percentile24.8%4.8%43.3%43.3%7.5%
Term Structure1.2%0.1%4.0%2.8%1.9%
VWIV21.7%17.2%28.2%22.4%17.7%
Skew 25d5.2%3.8%6.4%4.2%5.0%
Skew 10d12.8%8.7%16.2%10.4%14.1%
Call IV 25d19.0%15.8%21.1%20.7%16.5%
Put IV 25d24.2%20.9%27.3%24.9%21.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %21.9514.9349.6524.1815.90
Gamma HHI0.370.290.580.320.29
Net GEX2.7M1.2M4.3M2.9M1.3M
Net DEX-30.2M-55.9M-11.8M-25.9M-13.1M
Net VEX-215.1K-241.2K-198.7K-217.9K-241.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.910.273.931.130.54
Total Volume872.551132,343583504
Total OI20,996.0517,48222,53520,16821,713

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-01-03$79.88$74.0122.5%6.5%24.3%14.2%22.4%4.2%2.8%2.9M-25.9M-217.9K1.1324.1827331012,5307,638
2012-01-04$80.56$74.0122.3%6.4%23.8%13.8%23.1%4.0%2.8%3.1M-29.7M-222.3K0.6016.7828216912,6447,890
2012-01-05$80.02$74.0121.3%6.1%23.8%11.9%24.4%4.3%4.0%3.1M-26.4M-221.4K3.9326.8816865812,6947,927
2012-01-06$79.85$74.0120.3%7.0%23.7%9.9%21.1%6.4%0.3%2.9M-24.4M-216.0K0.4820.461416812,6918,486
2012-01-09$79.85$74.0120.8%6.9%22.8%10.8%23.6%6.0%0.5%3.0M-23.8M-210.0K0.2720.79892412,6818,542
2012-01-10$80.77$74.0120.7%6.9%22.7%10.7%24.3%6.1%0.2%3.4M-30.0M-204.5K1.5714.9316225412,7158,547
2012-01-11$81.35$78.6317.5%6.0%20.4%4.5%24.0%6.3%0.9%3.6M-34.0M-208.4K1.6716.3210617712,7098,768
2012-01-12$83.38$78.6321.2%6.1%21.4%11.7%22.4%4.7%0.7%4.2M-46.4M-210.3K0.7223.9068149312,7648,836
2012-01-13$83.17$78.6321.5%6.2%21.3%12.3%28.2%5.5%0.9%4.3M-45.7M-213.8K0.4325.1965027712,8419,032
2012-01-17$83.66$78.6322.1%6.3%20.5%13.4%22.0%5.7%0.5%4.1M-49.2M-205.8K0.2818.8180122412,6609,268
2012-01-18$84.70$78.6322.4%6.4%20.7%14.0%22.6%5.2%0.1%3.4M-52.3M-205.4K0.3224.321,58350912,4479,380
2012-01-19$84.96$78.6322.0%6.3%19.4%13.3%23.9%5.1%0.1%2.5M-55.9M-213.2K0.5924.8440823912,6799,695
2012-01-20$83.86$78.6321.4%6.1%15.6%12.1%20.4%5.2%0.4%3.9M-50.8M-213.1K0.2749.6541911512,7479,788
2012-01-23$83.18$78.6321.4%6.1%15.8%12.0%21.1%5.8%0.1%1.8M-25.4M-208.2K0.7622.091,3301,01310,1307,352
2012-01-24$81.02$83.2618.3%5.2%18.9%6.1%21.1%5.1%1.1%1.4M-11.8M-198.7K2.1317.696541,39211,0228,096
2012-01-25$81.17$83.2617.6%5.0%18.3%4.7%17.7%4.6%1.2%1.2M-11.8M-205.1K0.4121.3940016411,1498,827
2012-01-26$81.55$83.2617.8%5.1%18.3%5.1%19.1%3.8%1.4%1.3M-13.3M-220.0K0.5816.1994955511,4228,945
2012-01-27$81.58$83.2617.3%4.9%17.0%4.1%17.2%5.1%2.0%1.6M-16.4M-231.3K0.6419.2731019911,8679,276
2012-01-30$81.71$83.2618.1%5.2%17.0%5.7%18.1%5.5%1.4%1.7M-17.0M-234.4K0.8319.3538431712,0699,454
2012-01-31$81.43$83.2617.7%5.1%17.1%4.9%17.7%5.0%1.9%1.3M-13.1M-241.2K0.5415.9032817611,9879,726