ASGN Options History — December 2008

In December 2008, ASGN traded between $4.11 and $6.04. ATM implied volatility averaged 89.1%, placing in the 39.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 25.5%. IV traded below realized volatility by 33.7% (HV 20d: 122.8%). Max pain ranged from $7.50 to $7.50. Net GEX was positive for 4 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 22 days.

Notable Days

  • 2008-12-08: Largest IV spike — 37.1% change
  • 2008-12-22: Highest IV Rank — 53.6%
  • 2008-12-22: Largest Expected Move — 31.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$4.94$4.11$6.04$5.20$5.67
Max Pain$7.50$7.50$7.50$7.50$7.50
ATM IV89.1%58.5%108.3%74.0%84.4%
Expected Move25.5%16.8%31.1%21.2%24.2%
HV 20d122.8%109.1%133.5%109.1%119.5%
HV 60d108.2%97.6%115.0%97.6%115.0%
IV Rank39.6%17.4%53.6%28.6%36.2%
IV Percentile81.3%18.3%93.7%76.2%81.0%
Term Structure19.0%-96.0%94.6%-62.5%31.4%
Skew 25d1.2%-59.7%52.4%23.7%52.4%
Skew 10d-9.3%-164.3%63.8%22.6%63.8%
Call IV 25d87.5%54.0%195.4%71.1%85.2%
Put IV 25d88.7%65.3%137.7%94.8%137.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %120.9093.98143.86118.00116.56
Gamma HHI0.960.731.001.001.00
Net GEX10-39203-27-26
Net DEX22.3K17.3K25.7K24.7K25.7K
Net VEX-25-760-22-26
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Total Volume00000
Total OI207207207207207

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-12-01$5.20$7.5074.0%21.2%109.1%28.6%0.0%0.0%-62.5%-2724.7K-220.00118.00N/AN/A0015651
2008-12-02$5.61$7.5072.6%20.8%113.1%27.6%0.0%23.7%37.2%19317.3K-760.00108.27N/AN/A0015651
2008-12-03$6.04$7.5058.5%16.8%116.3%17.4%0.0%6.9%58.3%20321.1K-710.00117.81N/AN/A0015651
2008-12-04$5.49$7.5063.6%18.2%120.1%21.1%0.0%-6.6%94.6%7822.5K-470.00118.56N/AN/A0015651
2008-12-05$5.56$7.5063.4%18.2%120.0%20.9%0.0%6.8%89.8%10521.7K-520.00118.06N/AN/A0015651
2008-12-08$4.68$7.5087.0%24.9%133.5%38.1%0.0%-5.1%54.3%-1921.6K-210.00127.53N/AN/A0015651
2008-12-09$4.61$7.5086.9%24.9%132.0%38.0%0.0%-13.9%43.2%-2021.5K-210.00110.26N/AN/A0015651
2008-12-10$4.60$7.5092.5%26.5%131.9%42.0%0.0%-11.5%42.5%-2021.5K-210.00127.09N/AN/A0015651
2008-12-11$4.44$7.5095.6%27.4%131.3%44.3%0.0%-2.7%-3.0%-2021.2K-180.00117.62N/AN/A0015651
2008-12-12$4.22$7.5096.0%27.5%120.3%44.6%0.0%16.7%39.1%-1419.1K-190.00132.63N/AN/A0015651
2008-12-15$4.11$7.50103.7%29.7%119.7%50.2%0.0%2.6%-21.5%-1819.8K-160.00143.79N/AN/A0015651
2008-12-16$4.20$7.50102.4%29.4%119.9%49.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%021.4K00.00143.86N/AN/A0015651
2008-12-17$4.81$7.5096.3%27.6%130.7%44.8%0.0%4.7%-10.1%-2322.9K-190.00124.89N/AN/A0015651
2008-12-18$4.88$7.5094.2%27.0%125.6%43.3%0.0%-3.3%33.4%-2222.8K-220.00130.16N/AN/A0015651
2008-12-19$5.16$7.5083.9%24.0%126.9%35.8%0.0%-4.2%42.7%-2524.2K-230.00128.90N/AN/A0015651
2008-12-22$4.70$7.50108.3%31.1%131.2%53.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%-124.0K00.00113.88N/AN/A0015651
2008-12-23$4.58$7.50102.7%29.4%118.5%49.5%0.0%0.0%-24.0%-2121.9K-180.00122.93N/AN/A0015651
2008-12-24$4.60$7.50104.2%29.9%117.1%50.5%0.0%0.0%-96.0%-3922.8K-120.00113.89N/AN/A0015651
2008-12-26$5.20$7.5088.7%25.4%121.5%39.3%0.0%0.4%-23.3%-2425.4K-160.00117.41N/AN/A0015651
2008-12-29$4.95$7.50107.2%30.7%122.4%52.7%0.0%13.5%-25.0%-2623.8K-180.0093.98N/AN/A0015651
2008-12-30$5.36$7.5093.2%26.7%120.9%42.6%0.0%-59.7%79.6%-822.7K-170.00113.76N/AN/A0015651
2008-12-31$5.67$7.5084.4%24.2%119.5%36.2%0.0%52.4%31.4%-2625.7K-260.00116.56N/AN/A0015651