APD Options History — February 2018

In February 2018, APD traded between $153.42 and $166.64. ATM implied volatility averaged 20.1%, placing in the 55.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.6%. IV traded below realized volatility by 6.6% (HV 20d: 26.7%). Max pain ranged from $160.00 to $160.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.61.

Notable Days

  • 2018-02-06: Highest Volume — 5,042 contracts
  • 2018-02-05: Largest IV spike — 59.0% change
  • 2018-02-05: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2018-02-09: Largest Expected Move — 7.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$161.40$153.42$166.64$166.64$161.26
Max Pain$160.00$160.00$160.00$160.00$160.00
ATM IV20.1%15.7%28.5%17.2%19.3%
Expected Move5.6%4.5%7.0%4.9%5.5%
HV 20d26.7%17.7%29.4%17.7%27.3%
HV 60d17.7%12.7%19.3%12.7%19.3%
IV Rank55.9%30.6%100.0%51.7%49.7%
IV Percentile87.5%66.3%100.0%83.7%88.1%
Term Structure-0.2%-1.9%1.4%1.4%-1.5%
VWIV20.1%16.7%26.7%16.9%17.9%
Skew 25d4.4%2.4%7.3%2.4%3.8%
Skew 10d8.6%4.5%15.8%4.8%7.2%
Call IV 25d18.0%15.0%22.7%15.7%17.3%
Put IV 25d22.4%18.1%29.8%18.1%21.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %27.4014.8652.8020.2726.69
Gamma HHI0.190.140.330.240.19
Net GEX2.7M595.7K4.7M3.8M3.7M
Net DEX-29.3M-60.0M17.0M-44.9M-30.4M
Net VEX-417.9K-468.3K-361.1K-404.6K-402.5K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.610.411.060.731.06
Total Volume2,464.6841,3335,0421,7951,333
Total OI17,916.10514,98121,71615,93315,849

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-02-01$166.64$160.0017.2%4.9%17.7%51.7%16.9%2.4%1.4%3.8M-44.9M-404.6K0.7320.271,04075510,0175,916
2018-02-02$162.90$160.0017.8%5.0%19.4%56.7%17.3%3.0%1.0%2.0M-22.7M-398.3K0.7123.5599771110,1766,098
2018-02-05$157.03$160.0028.4%6.7%22.7%100.0%20.4%4.5%-1.9%679.2K3.7M-361.1K0.6352.801,49994510,1946,180
2018-02-06$160.22$160.0028.5%6.6%24.2%100.0%22.7%5.2%-1.8%1.1M-7.7M-401.8K0.4535.753,4831,55910,4076,516
2018-02-07$158.73$160.0021.2%6.1%24.2%60.4%21.3%4.2%-0.6%1.2M-7.7M-421.6K0.6638.732,3371,53211,6957,314
2018-02-08$153.42$160.0024.3%7.0%26.6%76.8%24.3%5.4%-1.7%595.7K17.0M-414.5K0.7938.881,8461,46112,0897,521
2018-02-09$158.16$160.0024.4%7.0%29.0%77.6%26.7%7.3%-1.4%1.5M-11.5M-468.3K0.4348.852,3601,01312,5038,052
2018-02-12$159.69$160.0021.8%6.2%29.3%63.5%23.9%5.7%-0.4%1.5M-22.9M-452.4K0.4228.821,99884113,0748,175
2018-02-13$159.64$160.0020.5%5.9%28.8%56.6%22.6%5.1%0.4%1.1M-22.7M-440.4K0.4325.851,97886013,1138,185
2018-02-14$161.33$160.0019.9%5.7%28.9%52.9%19.6%4.2%0.3%1.2M-37.8M-435.9K0.4126.081,68369113,1328,295
2018-02-15$163.37$160.0017.8%5.1%29.2%41.7%19.5%4.4%1.3%4.5M-58.5M-428.9K0.7914.901,3621,07213,1788,202
2018-02-16$164.05$160.0017.8%5.1%29.2%41.6%18.8%4.4%1.4%3.7M-60.0M-431.8K0.6021.191,23974613,2238,493
2018-02-20$163.21$160.0017.9%5.1%29.1%42.3%20.3%4.7%0.2%3.7M-40.7M-422.2K0.6722.151,2178129,1745,807
2018-02-21$161.02$160.0019.2%5.5%29.2%49.3%19.8%4.5%-0.7%3.3M-29.9M-411.4K0.5821.661,4038179,2286,001
2018-02-22$162.69$160.0017.0%4.9%29.4%37.6%18.0%4.4%0.0%3.8M-37.8M-415.4K0.5514.861,2326819,5106,013
2018-02-23$164.16$160.0015.7%4.5%28.8%30.6%16.7%3.8%0.8%4.3M-44.9M-417.1K0.5219.281,1515959,5696,085
2018-02-26$165.22$160.0016.5%4.7%27.8%34.8%18.2%3.7%0.3%4.7M-51.8M-404.1K0.6318.251,0756749,6046,089
2018-02-27$163.89$160.0017.0%4.9%27.2%37.3%17.3%3.5%-0.2%4.3M-46.2M-407.8K0.6122.031,1386939,6326,097
2018-02-28$161.26$160.0019.3%5.5%27.3%49.7%17.9%3.8%-1.5%3.7M-30.4M-402.5K1.0626.696466879,6936,156