ASGN Options History — May 2008

In May 2008, ASGN traded between $7.20 and $8.34. ATM implied volatility averaged 58.1%, placing in the 22.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 16.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 18.7% (HV 20d: 39.4%). Max pain ranged from $5.00 to $5.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.00.

Notable Days

  • 2008-05-16: Highest Volume — 1,230 contracts
  • 2008-05-02: Largest IV spike — 71.5% change
  • 2008-05-02: Highest IV Rank — 64.4%
  • 2008-05-02: Largest Expected Move — 31.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$7.94$7.20$8.34$7.20$8.34
Max Pain$5.00$5.00$5.00$5.00$5.00
ATM IV58.1%34.6%108.1%63.1%48.4%
Expected Move16.7%9.9%31.0%18.1%13.9%
HV 20d39.4%31.8%42.8%31.8%38.9%
HV 60d54.1%48.6%57.3%55.7%48.6%
IV Rank22.6%3.0%64.4%26.8%14.5%
IV Percentile53.8%2.0%96.8%65.9%37.7%
Term Structure5.4%-52.9%78.5%3.2%6.5%
VWIV58.9%34.6%117.0%63.1%72.8%
Skew 25d12.1%-5.2%21.0%15.6%13.1%
Skew 10d27.8%17.0%40.4%24.3%29.0%
Call IV 25d58.0%47.7%84.7%58.1%56.0%
Put IV 25d70.1%58.3%80.6%73.7%69.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %121.6896.55168.5696.55100.84
Gamma HHI0.960.891.000.930.97
Net GEX14.1K8.2K28.8K12.4K9.6K
Net DEX-531.7K-693.1K-363.8K-415.3K-484.5K
Net VEX-885-1.2K-368-1.2K-368
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.000.000.000.000.00
Total Volume68.1901,230210
Total OI1,018.4297321,2041,182732

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-05-01$7.20$5.0063.1%18.1%31.8%26.8%63.1%15.6%3.2%12.4K-415.3K-1.2K0.0096.55N/AN/A2101,14240
2008-05-02$7.74$5.00108.1%31.0%38.9%64.4%117.0%12.6%-52.9%8.2K-591.4K-1.2K0.00111.58N/AN/A501,15540
2008-05-05$7.71$5.0055.3%15.9%38.6%20.3%55.4%21.0%7.5%15.2K-561.0K-1.2K0.00119.45N/AN/A501,15740
2008-05-06$7.93$5.0056.1%16.1%39.5%21.0%56.2%19.0%31.7%14.8K-622.3K-1.2K0.00130.07N/AN/A1001,15540
2008-05-07$7.89$5.0053.3%15.3%37.7%18.6%53.2%11.6%9.2%16.0K-600.1K-1.2K0.00123.04N/AN/A101,15540
2008-05-08$7.72$5.0054.1%15.5%38.9%19.3%0.0%14.0%9.1%16.2K-545.0K-1.2K0.00123.04N/AN/A001,15440
2008-05-09$7.96$5.0042.9%12.3%37.9%9.9%38.1%12.8%12.5%19.4K-612.2K-1.1K0.00127.49N/AN/A201,15440
2008-05-12$8.12$5.0048.2%13.8%38.1%14.4%44.1%13.7%15.3%17.3K-682.5K-1.0K0.00123.83N/AN/A201,15440
2008-05-13$8.12$5.0048.6%13.9%38.2%14.7%0.0%10.3%15.8%22.9K-673.0K-9810.00125.03N/AN/A001,15540
2008-05-14$7.92$5.0052.3%15.0%39.9%17.8%52.2%11.0%10.7%17.2K-626.9K-1.1K0.00122.49N/AN/A1001,15540
2008-05-15$8.15$5.0050.9%14.6%38.8%16.6%0.0%12.5%10.0%19.2K-687.6K-1.0K0.00127.19N/AN/A001,16440
2008-05-16$7.91$5.0034.6%9.9%40.3%3.0%34.6%-5.2%78.5%28.8K-693.1K-9620.00168.56N/AN/A1,23001,16440
2008-05-19$7.99$5.0058.1%16.7%40.3%22.6%58.0%18.4%0.7%11.9K-450.1K-7120.00113.92N/AN/A1082240
2008-05-20$7.85$5.0057.5%16.5%41.1%22.1%57.9%11.0%0.8%11.9K-433.8K-7090.00116.08N/AN/A15082240
2008-05-21$7.77$5.0061.7%17.7%41.3%25.6%62.7%7.1%-1.3%11.0K-438.3K-6710.00124.26N/AN/A65082240
2008-05-22$7.93$5.0072.6%20.8%41.7%34.7%72.8%16.3%-12.0%9.1K-409.8K-6450.00110.99N/AN/A65075740
2008-05-23$7.89$5.0069.5%19.9%41.5%32.1%0.0%-4.0%-9.9%8.6K-363.8K-5870.00130.61N/AN/A0069240
2008-05-27$8.16$5.0069.9%20.0%42.8%32.5%0.0%15.6%-5.9%8.9K-410.9K-5120.00128.61N/AN/A0069240
2008-05-28$8.22$5.0056.2%16.1%42.3%21.1%0.0%12.6%-6.8%8.9K-426.0K-5060.00132.72N/AN/A0069240
2008-05-29$8.32$5.0058.4%16.7%39.3%22.8%0.0%15.2%-9.7%8.3K-437.7K-4730.0098.90N/AN/A0069240
2008-05-30$8.34$5.0048.4%13.9%38.9%14.5%0.0%13.1%6.5%9.6K-484.5K-3680.00100.84N/AN/A0069240