ASGN Options History — January 2009

In January 2009, ASGN traded between $4.33 and $5.78. ATM implied volatility averaged 104.4%, placing in the 46.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 26.4%. IV traded below realized volatility by 21.8% (HV 20d: 126.1%). Max pain ranged from $7.50 to $10.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 20 days.

Notable Days

  • 2009-01-20: Highest Volume — 80 contracts
  • 2009-01-14: Largest IV drop — 57.6% change
  • 2009-01-12: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2009-01-09: Largest Expected Move — 41.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$5.02$4.33$5.78$5.54$4.63
Max Pain$9.25$7.50$10.00$7.50$10.00
ATM IV104.4%74.7%192.6%90.5%77.7%
Expected Move26.4%19.7%41.2%26.0%22.3%
HV 20d126.1%92.8%148.0%116.6%146.6%
HV 60d118.0%107.7%126.0%113.8%125.3%
IV Rank46.6%25.4%100.0%40.6%27.3%
IV Percentile82.7%68.3%100.0%84.1%72.2%
Term Structure21.8%-63.6%77.1%60.0%42.8%
VWIV77.8%77.8%77.8%77.8%77.8%
Skew 25d1.1%-87.6%30.2%-87.6%11.6%
Skew 10d-4.6%-174.2%31.5%-158.0%28.7%
Call IV 25d83.3%45.3%198.6%184.2%65.7%
Put IV 25d84.4%59.6%129.7%96.6%77.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %108.1772.22156.38116.1380.64
Gamma HHI0.920.781.001.000.82
Net GEX-99-237-7-13-218
Net DEX17.5K3.6K23.9K23.9K18.4K
Net VEX-75-171-15-21-155
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Total Volume408000
Total OI144.81120720791

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2009-01-02$5.54$7.5090.5%26.0%116.6%40.6%0.0%-87.6%60.0%-1323.9K-210.00116.13N/AN/A0015651
2009-01-05$5.37$7.50118.1%33.9%112.0%60.7%0.0%0.0%57.6%-722.6K-160.00119.23N/AN/A0015651
2009-01-06$5.39$7.50117.0%33.6%111.9%59.9%0.0%-68.9%77.1%-722.5K-150.00130.56N/AN/A0015651
2009-01-07$5.25$7.50129.2%37.0%92.8%68.7%0.0%0.0%-63.6%-2819.4K-220.00146.59N/AN/A0015641
2009-01-08$5.78$7.5096.5%27.7%97.7%45.0%0.0%-7.9%-43.3%-3321.7K-220.00117.34N/AN/A0015641
2009-01-09$5.26$7.50143.9%41.2%104.6%79.4%0.0%0.0%42.8%-816.9K-160.00152.72N/AN/A0015641
2009-01-12$5.17$10.00187.9%19.8%103.8%100.0%0.0%0.9%0.0%-2819.7K-200.00115.59N/AN/A0015641
2009-01-13$5.41$10.00192.6%19.7%102.3%100.0%0.0%-2.9%0.0%-2815.2K-200.00132.21N/AN/A0015631
2009-01-14$4.47$10.0081.7%23.4%124.7%29.8%0.0%-5.5%0.0%-2212.0K-180.00107.93N/AN/A0015631
2009-01-15$5.19$10.00115.0%33.0%134.9%50.9%0.0%27.7%0.0%-2113.4K-220.00156.38N/AN/A0015631
2009-01-16$5.07$10.00127.8%36.6%127.0%59.0%0.0%21.1%0.0%-1912.9K-230.00147.95N/AN/A0015631
2009-01-20$4.33$10.0077.5%22.2%139.0%27.2%77.8%8.3%0.0%-193.6K-160.0081.47N/AN/A080011
2009-01-21$4.88$10.0076.9%22.0%144.5%26.8%0.0%15.8%0.0%-22318.3K-1640.0076.74N/AN/A00091
2009-01-22$4.55$10.0076.6%22.0%142.8%26.6%0.0%8.3%0.0%-21518.4K-1550.0081.99N/AN/A00091
2009-01-23$4.54$10.0075.2%21.5%142.5%25.7%0.0%30.2%0.0%-20818.5K-1540.0085.18N/AN/A00091
2009-01-26$4.37$10.0074.7%21.4%143.1%25.4%0.0%25.1%0.0%-20218.5K-1490.0086.90N/AN/A00091
2009-01-27$4.93$10.0076.3%21.9%142.9%26.4%0.0%11.1%0.0%-22718.3K-1620.0076.23N/AN/A00091
2009-01-28$5.39$10.0076.0%21.8%145.3%26.2%0.0%19.3%0.0%-23718.0K-1710.0072.22N/AN/A00091
2009-01-29$4.82$10.0076.1%21.8%148.0%26.3%0.0%11.7%0.0%-22518.7K-1600.0079.47N/AN/A00091
2009-01-30$4.63$10.0077.7%22.3%146.6%27.3%0.0%11.6%0.0%-21818.4K-1550.0080.64N/AN/A00091