ASGN Options History — December 2007

In December 2007, ASGN traded between $6.09 and $7.55. ATM implied volatility averaged 52.8%, placing in the 20.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 14.7%. IV traded below realized volatility by 1.4% (HV 20d: 54.2%). Max pain ranged from $5.00 to $10.00. Net GEX was positive for 18 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.05.

Notable Days

  • 2007-12-10: Highest Volume — 40 contracts
  • 2007-12-10: Largest IV spike — 19.4% change
  • 2007-12-03: Highest IV Rank — 35.8%
  • 2007-12-03: Largest Expected Move — 20.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$6.89$6.09$7.55$6.13$7.01
Max Pain$6.00$5.00$10.00$10.00$5.00
ATM IV52.8%44.8%70.3%70.3%49.1%
Expected Move14.7%11.6%20.2%20.2%14.1%
HV 20d54.2%50.4%56.9%53.4%51.4%
HV 60d70.0%68.8%71.3%70.0%70.9%
IV Rank20.2%13.1%35.8%35.8%16.9%
IV Percentile69.9%41.4%95.2%95.2%66.8%
Term Structure10.0%-0.3%18.7%0.3%16.7%
VWIV86.0%39.6%167.2%39.6%167.2%
Skew 25d14.4%1.3%39.8%18.7%17.8%
Skew 10d11.1%-5.9%32.2%23.5%17.3%
Call IV 25d52.5%42.2%70.4%55.9%43.4%
Put IV 25d66.9%56.9%95.7%74.6%61.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %119.8684.77143.1385.81131.13
Gamma HHI0.470.330.660.340.59
Net GEX779-2.0K2.7K6862.3K
Net DEX-24.2K-81.5K16.1K4.2K-57.0K
Net VEX-315-347-267-313-300
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.050.000.330.000.00
Total Volume5.904070
Total OI769.05313927917313

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2007-12-03$6.13$10.0070.3%20.2%53.4%35.8%0.0%18.7%0.3%6864.2K-3130.0085.81N/AN/A70792125
2007-12-04$6.09$10.0064.3%18.4%51.7%30.5%0.0%4.0%16.3%72016.1K-2690.0098.30N/AN/A00799125
2007-12-05$6.09$10.0066.2%19.0%50.4%32.1%0.0%1.3%8.0%75116.0K-2670.0084.77N/AN/A30799125
2007-12-06$6.41$10.0060.1%17.2%53.1%26.7%0.0%18.6%13.3%655-602-3170.0098.89N/AN/A00802125
2007-12-07$6.71$5.0049.3%15.0%53.6%17.1%0.0%15.3%9.1%635-4.3K-3440.00121.15N/AN/A00802125
2007-12-10$7.05$5.0058.8%11.6%56.0%25.6%39.6%18.3%18.7%955-15.8K-3470.00114.16N/AN/A400802125
2007-12-11$6.89$5.0060.5%14.2%56.2%27.1%51.1%39.8%5.7%478-10.3K-3310.00112.82N/AN/A150797125
2007-12-12$7.05$5.0054.1%13.3%56.0%21.4%0.0%13.2%10.5%327-16.1K-3410.00124.06N/AN/A00797125
2007-12-13$6.90$5.0047.5%13.6%56.0%15.5%0.0%19.4%8.3%457-8.4K-3170.00124.61N/AN/A00797125
2007-12-14$6.70$5.0052.6%15.1%56.8%20.0%0.0%12.8%5.0%781-3.5K-3050.00123.23N/AN/A00797125
2007-12-17$6.77$5.0045.3%13.0%56.9%13.6%0.0%17.5%10.1%6524.9K-2900.00143.13N/AN/A00797125
2007-12-18$6.88$5.0048.3%13.9%54.1%16.2%0.0%18.3%10.2%674-5.6K-2980.00123.15N/AN/A00797118
2007-12-19$7.14$5.0046.0%13.2%55.2%14.2%0.0%18.7%11.6%58-21.0K-3150.00119.53N/AN/A00797118
2007-12-20$7.55$5.0044.8%12.8%55.5%13.1%0.0%3.6%13.9%-2.0K-51.0K-3300.00134.18N/AN/A30797118
2007-12-21$7.49$5.0047.2%13.5%55.6%15.2%0.0%5.3%10.0%-2.0K-48.1K-3230.33131.32N/AN/A155797118
2007-12-24$7.51$5.0046.7%13.4%52.6%14.8%0.0%5.3%11.0%2.7K-81.5K-3390.00117.24N/AN/A0027340
2007-12-26$7.50$5.0048.7%14.0%51.5%16.6%0.0%5.4%4.0%2.5K-81.3K-3360.00132.81N/AN/A0027340
2007-12-27$7.07$5.0049.6%14.2%54.3%17.4%0.0%18.1%-0.3%2.1K-64.7K-3130.00137.22N/AN/A0027340
2007-12-28$6.92$5.0046.9%13.4%53.5%15.0%167.2%17.0%17.4%2.2K-56.5K-2970.00139.69N/AN/A30027340
2007-12-31$7.01$5.0049.1%14.1%51.4%16.9%0.0%17.8%16.7%2.3K-57.0K-3000.00131.13N/AN/A0027340