ASGN Options History — April 2008

In April 2008, ASGN traded between $6.58 and $7.39. ATM implied volatility averaged 62.1%, placing in the 26.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 17.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 10.8% (HV 20d: 51.3%). Max pain ranged from $5.00 to $5.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.00.

Notable Days

  • 2008-04-03: Highest Volume — 776 contracts
  • 2008-04-21: Largest IV spike — 12.6% change
  • 2008-04-04: Highest IV Rank — 29.4%
  • 2008-04-04: Largest Expected Move — 18.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$7.07$6.58$7.39$6.58$7.03
Max Pain$5.00$5.00$5.00$5.00$5.00
ATM IV62.1%56.9%65.8%65.3%64.6%
Expected Move17.8%16.3%18.9%18.7%18.5%
HV 20d51.3%30.3%71.8%67.9%31.7%
HV 60d62.4%56.2%70.0%70.0%56.2%
IV Rank26.3%22.1%29.4%29.1%28.1%
IV Percentile67.7%60.3%74.2%73.8%71.4%
Term Structure0.5%-15.9%16.5%-4.4%-13.3%
VWIV61.3%56.5%64.4%56.5%64.3%
Skew 25d14.4%7.6%30.8%15.5%14.0%
Skew 10d21.7%11.8%46.5%21.9%20.6%
Call IV 25d55.4%47.2%61.9%61.9%61.0%
Put IV 25d69.7%56.7%78.8%77.4%75.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %96.1779.09111.25104.54101.03
Gamma HHI0.890.440.980.440.93
Net GEX7.9K33811.7K33811.7K
Net DEX-268.6K-395.0K-17.7K-17.7K-394.0K
Net VEX-980-1.2K-168-174-1.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.000.000.000.000.00
Total Volume49.7270776010
Total OI835.3181311,1721311,172

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-04-01$6.58$5.0065.3%18.7%67.9%29.1%0.0%15.5%-4.4%338-17.7K-1740.00104.54N/AN/A009140
2008-04-02$6.81$5.0057.3%16.4%68.6%22.4%56.5%15.1%11.6%408-18.9K-1680.0088.58N/AN/A2409140
2008-04-03$6.96$5.0064.4%18.5%68.5%28.3%64.4%17.6%1.0%384-23.7K-1820.0099.54N/AN/A77609140
2008-04-04$7.21$5.0065.8%18.9%69.1%29.4%0.0%11.2%-15.9%7.8K-310.7K-1.2K0.0097.08N/AN/A0086640
2008-04-07$7.12$5.0063.1%18.1%69.4%27.2%63.2%8.7%-12.8%8.0K-313.8K-1.2K0.0095.12N/AN/A10086640
2008-04-08$7.18$5.0061.5%17.6%69.4%25.8%0.0%15.0%-0.7%8.5K-287.1K-1.2K0.0092.85N/AN/A0087640
2008-04-09$6.98$5.0061.3%17.6%70.6%25.7%0.0%13.5%0.8%8.2K-276.6K-1.1K0.0093.53N/AN/A0087640
2008-04-10$7.08$5.0059.8%17.1%70.6%24.4%0.0%11.7%1.2%8.6K-282.2K-1.1K0.0093.30N/AN/A0087640
2008-04-11$6.88$5.0063.7%18.3%71.8%27.7%0.0%7.6%-1.3%8.0K-261.3K-1.1K0.0095.73N/AN/A0087640
2008-04-14$6.96$5.0058.9%16.9%69.8%23.7%0.0%10.6%0.5%8.9K-260.6K-1.1K0.0093.77N/AN/A0087640
2008-04-15$7.02$5.0060.8%17.4%68.5%25.3%0.0%9.8%-0.9%8.8K-274.9K-1.1K0.0094.11N/AN/A0087640
2008-04-16$7.06$5.0061.2%17.5%44.4%25.6%0.0%15.9%-0.8%8.8K-276.1K-1.1K0.0093.92N/AN/A0087640
2008-04-17$6.88$5.0060.0%17.2%33.0%24.6%0.0%13.8%1.3%8.7K-251.5K-1.1K0.0094.24N/AN/A0087640
2008-04-18$7.08$5.0056.9%16.3%33.7%22.1%0.0%9.9%4.6%9.6K-272.7K-1.1K0.0079.09N/AN/A0087640
2008-04-21$7.09$5.0064.1%18.4%32.5%28.1%0.0%30.8%13.4%8.9K-293.2K-1.1K0.00108.97N/AN/A0087640
2008-04-22$7.08$5.0061.0%17.5%31.9%25.5%0.0%10.8%-1.5%9.3K-275.7K-1.0K0.0094.19N/AN/A0087640
2008-04-23$7.18$5.0065.0%18.6%32.0%28.8%57.9%29.9%16.5%9.0K-295.2K-1.1K0.0096.66N/AN/A104087640
2008-04-24$7.25$5.0063.4%18.2%31.3%27.5%0.0%14.6%1.0%9.8K-360.4K-1.1K0.0096.07N/AN/A0096240
2008-04-25$7.39$5.0061.9%17.7%31.3%26.2%0.0%14.7%5.1%10.1K-395.0K-1.1K0.00111.25N/AN/A0096240
2008-04-28$7.37$5.0061.4%17.6%31.5%25.8%0.0%9.5%2.1%10.5K-392.3K-1.1K0.0094.74N/AN/A0096240
2008-04-29$7.29$5.0064.3%18.4%30.3%27.8%64.3%15.6%3.7%10.0K-375.5K-1.1K0.0097.38N/AN/A170096240
2008-04-30$7.03$5.0064.6%18.5%31.7%28.1%0.0%14.0%-13.3%11.7K-394.0K-1.2K0.00101.03N/AN/A1001,13240