APD Options History — February 2012

In February 2012, APD traded between $81.91 and $85.16. ATM implied volatility averaged 18.0%, placing in the 5.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.1% (HV 20d: 15.9%). Max pain ranged from $78.63 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 1.01.

Notable Days

  • 2012-02-14: Highest Volume — 1,649 contracts
  • 2012-02-09: Largest IV spike — 15.7% change
  • 2012-02-15: Highest IV Rank — 9.7%
  • 2012-02-15: Largest Expected Move — 5.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$84.01$81.91$85.16$82.66$83.48
Max Pain$79.09$78.63$83.26$83.26$78.63
ATM IV18.0%16.0%20.2%17.8%17.3%
Expected Move5.3%4.8%5.8%5.1%5.0%
HV 20d15.9%12.3%18.7%17.3%13.9%
HV 60d24.1%18.6%27.6%27.3%18.6%
IV Rank5.6%1.7%9.7%5.1%4.2%
IV Percentile11.9%0.8%25.8%8.3%7.9%
Term Structure2.6%1.2%3.6%1.2%1.6%
VWIV18.5%12.2%21.3%18.4%18.5%
Skew 25d5.1%3.7%8.8%6.8%8.8%
Skew 10d11.7%8.4%14.1%8.8%14.0%
Call IV 25d15.8%12.0%17.9%14.0%12.0%
Put IV 25d20.9%17.6%23.5%20.8%20.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %17.4510.8622.3214.4514.70
Gamma HHI0.370.310.440.330.41
Net GEX2.8M1.6M3.6M2.0M3.0M
Net DEX-32.9M-44.2M-16.2M-23.0M-30.0M
Net VEX-242.1K-251.3K-229.9K-244.2K-240.7K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.010.182.351.261.02
Total Volume527.051191,649516212
Total OI23,274.3521,78925,14022,05423,573

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-02-01$82.66$83.2617.8%5.1%17.3%5.1%18.4%6.8%1.2%2.0M-23.0M-244.2K1.2614.4522828812,2079,847
2012-02-02$81.91$83.2617.3%4.9%17.5%4.1%20.8%5.3%1.6%1.6M-16.2M-248.3K1.6217.1821434612,37110,077
2012-02-03$83.63$78.6317.1%5.3%18.6%3.8%19.2%4.8%3.2%2.4M-28.3M-249.1K0.4015.311797212,52810,271
2012-02-06$83.19$78.6318.2%5.5%18.7%5.9%21.3%5.6%2.7%2.3M-26.9M-236.7K2.3514.616515212,67410,266
2012-02-07$83.29$78.6317.2%5.4%18.7%4.0%21.3%5.0%2.8%2.5M-26.8M-231.8K1.2016.66546512,69710,212
2012-02-08$83.94$78.6316.0%5.4%18.5%1.7%18.9%4.5%2.9%2.8M-33.0M-229.9K2.2917.7213430712,72910,372
2012-02-09$84.23$78.6318.6%5.3%18.4%6.6%19.3%4.7%3.1%2.8M-34.5M-240.4K0.9417.8117816812,78010,433
2012-02-10$83.63$78.6320.1%5.8%16.5%9.5%20.9%5.6%2.9%2.5M-29.5M-246.0K1.1121.4423926612,83910,531
2012-02-13$83.74$78.6319.9%5.7%16.5%9.2%19.9%5.0%2.8%2.7M-31.1M-242.3K0.4820.0531615112,92810,681
2012-02-14$83.98$78.6319.7%5.6%16.4%8.8%20.1%5.2%2.6%2.8M-32.8M-242.7K0.3620.321,21143812,98310,780
2012-02-15$83.93$78.6320.2%5.8%15.8%9.7%20.0%5.1%2.4%3.5M-35.9M-240.8K0.9721.6734433313,68810,936
2012-02-16$85.00$78.6319.6%5.6%16.4%8.6%16.7%5.3%3.0%3.0M-43.4M-239.5K0.1820.595419613,69511,116
2012-02-17$85.16$78.6318.6%5.3%15.7%6.6%18.5%4.9%3.6%2.8M-44.2M-247.3K0.3714.3950618714,02211,118
2012-02-21$84.88$78.6317.8%5.1%15.4%5.2%17.7%4.4%2.5%2.9M-35.7M-230.9K0.4510.8670731612,4169,373
2012-02-22$84.04$78.6317.2%4.9%12.3%3.9%17.2%4.5%3.0%2.8M-31.0M-251.3K0.2119.174729712,9419,612
2012-02-23$85.02$78.6316.8%4.8%12.8%3.1%16.6%3.9%2.9%3.3M-39.3M-246.9K0.6214.2133320813,2889,661
2012-02-24$85.05$78.6316.6%4.8%12.8%2.9%14.3%3.7%3.0%3.5M-40.3M-247.5K0.9922.3223623213,5459,674
2012-02-27$85.12$78.6317.5%5.0%12.8%4.6%18.4%4.1%2.6%3.6M-40.7M-245.1K1.4517.7210214713,5869,717
2012-02-28$84.40$78.6317.4%5.0%13.3%4.3%12.2%4.5%2.6%3.3M-36.1M-241.6K1.9417.8013626513,5979,723
2012-02-29$83.48$78.6317.3%5.0%13.9%4.2%18.5%8.8%1.6%3.0M-30.0M-240.7K1.0214.7010510713,6719,902