ASGN Options History — March 2008

In March 2008, ASGN traded between $5.49 and $6.39. ATM implied volatility averaged 78.6%, placing in the 44.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 20.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 10.3% (HV 20d: 68.3%). Max pain ranged from $5.00 to $5.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.00.

Notable Days

  • 2008-03-17: Highest Volume — 21 contracts
  • 2008-03-20: Largest IV drop — 52.2% change
  • 2008-03-19: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2008-03-14: Largest Expected Move — 24.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$5.95$5.49$6.39$5.65$6.35
Max Pain$5.00$5.00$5.00$5.00$5.00
ATM IV78.6%58.5%150.9%69.0%67.8%
Expected Move20.0%16.8%24.8%19.8%19.4%
HV 20d68.3%55.5%83.2%67.2%75.5%
HV 60d68.7%64.6%73.5%67.6%69.8%
IV Rank44.7%25.8%100.0%38.2%31.1%
IV Percentile84.4%70.6%100.0%83.3%77.4%
Term Structure9.1%-22.5%78.4%7.2%-2.1%
VWIV70.2%66.9%73.5%73.5%66.9%
Skew 25d14.5%-38.1%46.6%23.5%16.0%
Skew 10d22.7%-102.3%74.2%27.6%19.3%
Call IV 25d66.6%50.9%114.5%57.0%63.4%
Put IV 25d81.1%62.9%115.7%80.6%79.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %97.0584.85118.2890.8991.52
Gamma HHI0.490.420.630.540.43
Net GEX411159651552324
Net DEX-21.4K-43.4K-13.9K-18.4K-15.0K
Net VEX-162-178-146-165-170
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.000.000.000.000.00
Total Volume1.3502100
Total OI196.75131240221131

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-03-03$5.65$5.0069.0%19.8%67.2%38.2%0.0%23.5%7.2%552-18.4K-1650.0090.89N/AN/A0018140
2008-03-04$5.71$5.0073.1%20.9%63.6%42.3%0.0%28.3%6.8%159-22.2K-1500.0091.44N/AN/A0018140
2008-03-05$5.68$5.0064.1%18.4%61.8%33.4%0.0%19.8%1.2%530-19.8K-1620.0099.02N/AN/A0018140
2008-03-06$5.72$5.0058.5%16.8%61.8%27.9%0.0%8.2%10.6%492-19.2K-1570.0098.90N/AN/A0018140
2008-03-07$5.70$5.0064.4%18.5%61.0%33.7%0.0%25.6%-0.1%518-19.1K-1550.0098.41N/AN/A0018140
2008-03-10$5.72$5.0071.4%20.5%59.5%40.6%0.0%27.7%-0.8%509-22.6K-1610.00100.38N/AN/A0018140
2008-03-11$5.85$5.0080.9%23.2%59.5%50.0%0.0%-38.1%0.6%456-27.5K-1500.00118.28N/AN/A0018140
2008-03-12$5.85$5.0076.7%22.0%59.5%45.9%0.0%14.0%-4.3%432-20.2K-1510.0097.21N/AN/A0018140
2008-03-13$5.84$5.0081.4%23.3%55.5%50.5%0.0%25.9%-7.1%452-23.3K-1550.00114.05N/AN/A0018140
2008-03-14$5.63$5.0086.7%24.8%56.7%55.7%0.0%25.8%-22.5%553-18.4K-1460.00101.69N/AN/A0018140
2008-03-17$5.49$5.0099.4%21.3%56.4%68.3%73.5%23.4%29.5%651-18.8K-1480.00100.27N/AN/A21018140
2008-03-18$6.39$5.00125.2%17.5%76.7%93.8%0.0%14.1%72.3%346-43.4K-1780.0096.72N/AN/A1020040
2008-03-19$5.89$5.00150.9%18.9%83.2%100.0%0.0%12.5%-1.9%295-31.2K-1660.0088.47N/AN/A0019940
2008-03-20$5.98$5.0072.1%20.7%81.0%34.6%0.0%-36.3%78.4%314-37.3K-1590.0097.90N/AN/A0019940
2008-03-24$6.18$5.0071.1%20.4%80.9%33.8%0.0%20.2%5.0%333-14.3K-1710.0093.81N/AN/A009140
2008-03-25$6.34$5.0063.7%18.3%78.6%27.7%0.0%46.6%5.2%330-14.2K-1720.0092.79N/AN/A009140
2008-03-26$6.38$5.0061.4%17.6%76.0%25.8%0.0%9.2%3.4%330-13.9K-1720.0084.85N/AN/A009140
2008-03-27$6.30$5.0066.7%19.1%75.7%30.1%66.9%11.2%-0.3%333-15.1K-1710.0090.76N/AN/A509140
2008-03-28$6.28$5.0067.2%19.3%75.4%30.6%0.0%13.1%1.9%319-14.9K-1730.0093.60N/AN/A009140
2008-03-31$6.35$5.0067.8%19.4%75.5%31.1%0.0%16.0%-2.1%324-15.0K-1700.0091.52N/AN/A009140