APD Options History — March 2013

In March 2013, APD traded between $79.81 and $83.41. ATM implied volatility averaged 15.0%, placing in the 25.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.3%. IV traded below realized volatility by 1.0% (HV 20d: 15.9%). Max pain ranged from $78.63 to $78.63. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.14.

Notable Days

  • 2013-03-15: Highest Volume — 5,008 contracts
  • 2013-03-21: Largest IV spike — 28.2% change
  • 2013-03-05: Highest IV Rank — 39.2%
  • 2013-03-01: Largest Expected Move — 5.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$81.38$79.81$83.41$79.87$80.59
Max Pain$78.63$78.63$78.63$78.63$78.63
ATM IV15.0%11.1%18.1%17.7%16.0%
Expected Move4.3%3.8%5.1%5.1%4.6%
HV 20d15.9%14.0%17.2%17.1%15.2%
HV 60d15.6%15.3%15.9%15.4%15.3%
IV Rank25.8%9.3%39.2%37.3%30.1%
IV Percentile25.3%0.8%55.6%51.2%35.3%
Term Structure1.3%-0.2%2.4%-0.2%1.8%
VWIV15.2%13.1%19.2%15.7%15.9%
Skew 25d3.7%1.9%5.6%3.5%2.7%
Skew 10d8.2%3.1%11.2%9.1%7.9%
Call IV 25d13.3%10.0%16.1%16.1%13.6%
Put IV 25d17.1%15.0%19.5%19.5%16.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %9.905.8216.3916.3913.74
Gamma HHI0.610.470.930.560.50
Net GEX5.6M1.9M30.0M2.3M2.9M
Net DEX-34.4M-66.0M-22.5M-22.8M-28.2M
Net VEX-267.9K-288.2K-242.9K-242.9K-288.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.140.025.070.070.88
Total Volume978.35925,0081,047167
Total OI25,077.321,22827,54224,45126,614

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-03-01$79.87$78.6317.7%5.1%17.1%37.3%15.7%3.5%-0.2%2.3M-22.8M-242.9K0.0716.399826513,39111,060
2013-03-04$79.87$78.6317.5%5.0%16.1%36.6%17.7%4.3%0.0%2.0M-23.0M-247.9K4.3312.378135114,11211,091
2013-03-05$80.39$78.6318.1%4.9%15.1%39.2%16.7%4.4%0.2%2.5M-27.1M-250.2K5.078.417738914,16911,133
2013-03-06$80.21$78.6318.1%4.8%15.0%39.0%15.5%4.3%0.1%1.9M-25.0M-246.1K1.258.7816320414,21511,332
2013-03-07$81.27$78.6313.9%3.9%15.7%21.3%15.7%4.3%1.6%3.9M-33.0M-256.3K0.1510.57801214,27611,428
2013-03-08$82.42$78.6312.1%3.9%16.5%13.5%14.2%5.1%1.6%6.2M-44.5M-263.1K0.277.171,26433714,31711,432
2013-03-11$82.17$78.6314.7%4.0%16.1%24.6%14.3%4.7%1.0%6.1M-43.2M-267.1K0.287.272858014,96511,723
2013-03-12$82.25$78.6313.7%3.9%16.1%20.5%13.1%4.6%1.7%6.8M-44.6M-263.7K0.437.9363727715,14911,769
2013-03-13$82.33$78.6311.1%4.0%16.0%9.3%13.7%4.8%1.5%7.1M-43.2M-264.0K0.278.4259916115,16511,894
2013-03-14$83.16$78.6313.3%3.8%16.4%18.9%13.5%5.6%1.8%14.7M-55.3M-273.9K0.4910.8143521415,46711,915
2013-03-15$83.41$78.6313.3%3.8%16.4%18.6%13.2%1.9%1.6%30.0M-66.0M-274.2K0.025.824,9109815,51512,027
2013-03-18$82.26$78.6313.6%3.9%17.1%19.8%13.4%2.1%2.0%3.0M-33.1M-270.3K0.159.621,20718113,0758,153
2013-03-19$81.60$78.6314.4%4.1%17.2%23.5%16.3%2.9%1.7%3.2M-31.5M-280.1K1.508.2234852214,3838,222
2013-03-20$82.18$78.6313.4%3.8%16.8%19.2%13.2%2.5%2.4%3.8M-35.7M-286.9K0.4910.4146122414,6808,436
2013-03-21$80.57$78.6317.2%4.9%16.4%35.3%16.6%2.9%0.5%2.7M-24.6M-272.5K0.656.9045729714,9388,599
2013-03-22$80.96$78.6314.4%4.1%16.4%23.5%15.0%3.3%2.0%3.0M-27.6M-280.4K0.268.193308615,2718,677
2013-03-25$80.92$78.6316.9%4.8%14.0%34.1%15.2%3.6%1.0%3.1M-27.6M-279.6K1.977.9210921515,5278,700
2013-03-26$81.33$78.6313.6%3.9%14.1%19.8%16.4%3.3%2.3%3.5M-29.8M-279.0K0.2214.4851011415,5768,746
2013-03-27$79.81$78.6316.4%4.7%15.1%31.9%19.2%3.8%1.5%2.4M-22.5M-271.7K4.0314.575242,11415,5808,824
2013-03-28$80.59$78.6316.0%4.6%15.2%30.1%15.9%2.7%1.8%2.9M-28.2M-288.2K0.8813.74897815,96510,649