ASGN Options History — September 2011

In September 2011, ASGN traded between $6.72 and $7.60. ATM implied volatility averaged 111.5%, placing in the 52.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 32.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 41.0% (HV 20d: 70.6%). Max pain ranged from $10.00 to $10.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.00.

Notable Days

  • 2011-09-30: Highest Volume — 10 contracts
  • 2011-09-26: Largest IV spike — 113.2% change
  • 2011-09-01: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2011-09-01: Largest Expected Move — 56.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$7.10$6.72$7.60$7.18$7.07
Max Pain$10.00$10.00$10.00$10.00$10.00
ATM IV111.5%64.3%196.0%196.0%65.4%
Expected Move32.0%18.4%56.2%56.2%18.8%
HV 20d70.6%52.1%91.5%91.1%55.9%
HV 60d68.1%67.1%69.4%67.1%68.6%
IV Rank52.5%25.9%100.0%100.0%26.5%
IV Percentile83.0%61.9%100.0%100.0%61.9%
Term Structure-25.5%-91.7%1.9%-77.7%1.9%
Skew 25d10.5%-19.0%54.3%18.1%8.5%
Skew 10d30.6%-15.7%91.3%91.3%10.4%
Call IV 25d76.3%53.7%103.4%89.5%57.1%
Put IV 25d86.8%64.1%119.4%107.6%65.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %132.4851.65174.77164.87115.77
Gamma HHI0.570.450.670.450.58
Net GEX1.0K6551.6K1.6K993
Net DEX-43.0K-59.6K-32.3K-59.6K-39.4K
Net VEX-225-266-200-249-218
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.000.000.000.000.00
Total Volume1.25010010
Total OI211.35165257255173

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-09-01$7.18$10.00196.0%56.2%91.1%100.0%0.0%18.1%-77.7%1.6K-59.6K-2490.00164.87N/AN/A002478
2011-09-02$6.88$10.00137.0%0.0%91.5%66.8%0.0%16.4%0.0%655-51.9K-2660.00174.77N/AN/A002478
2011-09-06$6.75$0.00142.8%40.9%91.5%70.1%0.0%14.9%-81.7%885-32.3K-2140.00164.61N/AN/A202478
2011-09-08$6.94$0.0073.4%20.7%79.8%31.0%0.0%-0.1%-2.4%928-38.7K-2360.00105.27N/AN/A502498
2011-09-09$6.72$0.0077.8%20.0%77.9%33.5%0.0%-0.1%-1.6%862-35.3K-2220.00109.76N/AN/A002448
2011-09-12$6.91$0.0089.9%43.6%75.8%40.3%0.0%22.8%-91.7%969-35.6K-2120.00163.56N/AN/A002447
2011-09-13$7.25$0.00117.6%33.7%76.8%55.9%0.0%22.1%-55.6%951-36.4K-2070.00161.86N/AN/A002447
2011-09-14$7.39$0.0097.1%20.7%77.2%44.4%0.0%5.9%-3.9%1.0K-44.9K-2390.0084.72N/AN/A002447
2011-09-15$7.54$0.0069.3%19.9%77.6%28.7%0.0%44.1%0.8%1.0K-47.9K-2470.0079.75N/AN/A002447
2011-09-16$7.60$0.0071.3%20.4%77.6%29.9%0.0%12.2%-4.7%1.1K-50.6K-2500.0051.65N/AN/A002447
2011-09-19$7.43$0.0069.5%19.9%77.8%28.8%0.0%54.3%1.5%1.0K-49.7K-2390.00105.17N/AN/A001623
2011-09-20$7.17$0.00124.3%35.6%62.0%59.7%0.0%-10.8%-22.8%962-54.3K-2400.00162.41N/AN/A001623
2011-09-21$6.79$0.00130.0%37.3%62.4%62.9%0.0%-19.0%-26.2%1.1K-36.7K-2010.00160.35N/AN/A001623
2011-09-22$6.76$0.00130.8%37.5%58.1%63.3%0.0%-5.2%-8.0%995-35.5K-2000.00162.50N/AN/A081623
2011-09-23$7.01$0.0064.3%18.4%59.0%25.9%0.0%43.9%1.9%913-38.4K-2250.0077.91N/AN/A0016211
2011-09-26$7.17$0.00137.0%39.3%53.7%66.8%0.0%-2.6%-30.5%1.2K-40.7K-2070.00161.87N/AN/A0016211
2011-09-27$7.37$0.00148.2%42.5%52.1%73.1%0.0%-15.9%-25.1%895-43.1K-2230.00121.02N/AN/A0016211
2011-09-28$6.94$0.00150.0%43.0%56.2%74.1%0.0%4.0%-26.9%1.2K-44.0K-2010.00161.22N/AN/A0016211
2011-09-29$7.20$0.00139.3%39.9%57.8%68.1%0.0%-4.2%-31.8%1.2K-45.7K-2030.00160.53N/AN/A0016211
2011-09-30$7.07$0.0065.4%18.8%55.9%26.5%0.0%8.5%1.9%993-39.4K-2180.00115.77N/AN/A01016211