APD Options History — February 2015

In February 2015, APD traded between $136.61 and $145.85. ATM implied volatility averaged 18.9%, placing in the 11.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.5%. IV traded below realized volatility by 5.1% (HV 20d: 24.0%). Max pain ranged from $129.51 to $134.14. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.12.

Notable Days

  • 2015-02-27: Highest Volume — 6,335 contracts
  • 2015-02-20: Largest IV drop — 10.3% change
  • 2015-02-02: Highest IV Rank — 21.4%
  • 2015-02-02: Largest Expected Move — 6.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$141.39$136.61$145.85$136.61$144.52
Max Pain$131.70$129.51$134.14$129.51$134.14
ATM IV18.9%15.7%22.1%22.1%15.9%
Expected Move5.5%4.5%6.3%6.3%4.6%
HV 20d24.0%13.1%28.5%28.5%13.1%
HV 60d22.6%22.2%23.1%22.6%22.3%
IV Rank11.6%1.7%21.4%21.4%2.2%
IV Percentile21.5%0.4%53.6%53.6%2.4%
Term Structure2.4%-0.1%4.1%-0.1%3.3%
VWIV19.9%16.3%23.9%23.9%16.7%
Skew 25d3.2%2.3%4.0%3.6%2.9%
Skew 10d7.1%5.5%9.0%8.5%5.6%
Call IV 25d18.0%14.7%21.6%21.6%14.7%
Put IV 25d21.2%17.5%25.1%25.1%17.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %22.8117.8728.5927.5221.89
Gamma HHI0.220.180.260.230.20
Net GEX9.0M7.5M10.0M8.7M8.2M
Net DEX-221.7M-263.8M-188.7M-193.7M-224.0M
Net VEX-983.1K-1.1M-903.7K-1.1M-929.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.120.344.230.341.53
Total Volume3,677.6849036,3351,6796,335
Total OI40,46137,38942,28540,83540,393

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-02-02$136.61$129.5122.1%6.3%28.5%21.4%23.9%3.6%-0.1%8.7M-193.7M-1.1M0.3427.521,25742228,19812,637
2015-02-03$137.20$129.5121.0%6.0%25.3%18.0%21.9%3.5%0.5%9.0M-198.5M-1.1M0.6727.363,1682,11028,02413,035
2015-02-04$137.13$129.5121.4%6.2%25.3%19.5%22.6%2.9%0.8%8.9M-188.7M-1.1M0.7428.592,6141,93727,45813,288
2015-02-05$139.98$129.5120.8%6.3%26.0%17.5%22.7%3.7%1.6%9.3M-220.3M-1.1M0.7924.251,8241,44227,69313,571
2015-02-06$138.93$129.5120.5%6.2%25.3%16.6%21.7%3.6%1.7%9.4M-203.5M-1.0M0.5223.252,7641,44326,88013,636
2015-02-09$138.41$129.5121.3%6.2%24.8%18.8%22.4%3.8%1.9%9.5M-196.3M-1.0M0.7623.191,7651,33826,77613,671
2015-02-10$139.01$129.5120.3%6.0%24.6%16.0%21.3%4.0%2.3%9.7M-202.7M-997.0K0.8224.431,7581,44326,80613,695
2015-02-11$138.61$129.5121.1%6.1%24.4%18.4%23.1%3.5%2.2%10.0M-199.6M-998.8K0.9123.131,6251,47626,96013,684
2015-02-12$140.69$129.5120.5%5.9%24.3%16.5%20.4%3.2%2.3%9.9M-226.4M-970.9K0.6620.572,3211,52426,97213,725
2015-02-13$141.30$129.5118.6%5.3%24.1%10.7%20.1%3.5%3.1%10.0M-234.9M-969.2K0.8820.022,7952,45327,24013,665
2015-02-17$141.78$134.1418.4%5.3%24.1%10.0%19.9%3.2%3.1%9.9M-241.6M-958.3K0.4221.313,2021,35627,81214,401
2015-02-18$142.24$134.1417.9%5.1%23.9%8.3%18.7%3.1%3.1%9.9M-248.3M-944.5K0.6624.302,1531,43027,82114,464
2015-02-19$144.38$134.1417.5%5.0%24.1%7.3%17.4%2.3%3.5%8.1M-249.1M-919.0K0.7922.5570955726,22114,768
2015-02-20$145.85$134.1415.7%4.5%24.1%1.7%17.2%3.1%4.1%7.5M-263.8M-908.5K0.5519.0158431926,62515,115
2015-02-23$144.32$134.1417.1%4.9%24.5%6.1%17.8%2.8%2.9%8.2M-225.2M-906.9K0.8320.481,7751,47224,74112,648
2015-02-24$145.25$134.1416.6%4.8%24.4%4.3%17.8%3.1%3.1%8.2M-233.7M-913.9K0.9817.871,5901,56524,99812,771
2015-02-25$145.25$134.1416.4%4.7%23.9%3.7%17.2%2.8%2.9%8.5M-235.2M-903.7K4.2323.558973,79525,06312,977
2015-02-26$144.92$134.1416.3%4.7%22.3%3.4%16.3%3.1%3.1%7.9M-226.1M-938.7K4.2320.168913,76725,10415,223
2015-02-27$144.52$134.1415.9%4.6%13.1%2.2%16.7%2.9%3.3%8.2M-224.0M-929.3K1.5321.892,5013,83425,12115,272