ASGN Options History — September 2012

In September 2012, ASGN traded between $15.98 and $20.59. ATM implied volatility averaged 45.6%, placing in the 7.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.4% (HV 20d: 40.2%). Max pain ranged from $15.00 to $15.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.06.

Notable Days

  • 2012-09-14: Highest Volume — 201 contracts
  • 2012-09-05: Largest IV spike — 25.5% change
  • 2012-09-07: Highest IV Rank — 11.4%
  • 2012-09-11: Largest Expected Move — 21.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$18.60$15.98$20.59$16.28$19.92
Max Pain$15.00$15.00$15.00$15.00$15.00
ATM IV45.6%41.3%52.8%42.0%42.8%
Expected Move13.4%11.8%21.6%12.0%12.3%
HV 20d40.2%30.9%47.9%31.0%45.2%
HV 60d42.0%40.0%45.4%40.4%40.4%
IV Rank7.3%3.8%11.4%3.8%5.3%
IV Percentile22.2%6.0%51.2%7.1%11.5%
Term Structure-0.5%-19.2%5.2%3.6%2.2%
VWIV52.3%42.7%86.7%45.1%44.9%
Skew 25d5.9%-4.3%23.8%2.2%2.2%
Skew 10d6.4%-6.6%19.4%-0.8%3.4%
Call IV 25d43.9%29.2%107.6%45.3%31.6%
Put IV 25d49.8%33.4%131.0%47.5%33.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %106.1167.61140.22109.0467.61
Gamma HHI0.550.430.630.440.60
Net GEX16.0K9.0K21.3K9.9K19.3K
Net DEX-514.8K-1.0M-154.3K-167.9K-509.0K
Net VEX-811-1.1K-461-505-1.0K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.060.000.300.000.00
Total Volume23.947020104
Total OI482.684351692351436

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-09-04$16.28$15.0042.0%12.0%31.0%3.8%0.0%2.2%3.6%9.9K-167.9K-5050.00109.04N/AN/A0028368
2012-09-05$15.98$15.0052.8%15.1%30.9%10.5%0.0%23.8%3.4%9.0K-154.3K-5080.00109.84N/AN/A0028368
2012-09-06$16.76$15.0048.0%13.8%35.0%9.4%0.0%-1.2%5.2%11.9K-206.9K-4610.00115.11N/AN/A29028368
2012-09-07$16.96$15.0050.5%12.9%35.2%11.4%45.1%9.7%4.3%11.5K-255.9K-5650.0094.11N/AN/A50031268
2012-09-10$16.98$15.0045.8%13.9%34.9%7.7%58.6%8.8%-3.5%14.3K-290.7K-6160.20116.28N/AN/A5136268
2012-09-11$16.71$15.0045.5%21.6%33.4%7.4%86.7%23.4%-19.2%13.1K-269.1K-6150.00140.22N/AN/A11036768
2012-09-12$16.94$15.0050.1%12.9%31.5%11.0%0.0%8.1%3.4%14.7K-303.7K-6440.0094.00N/AN/A21037868
2012-09-13$17.19$15.0049.8%14.3%31.8%10.8%0.0%10.9%-6.8%15.7K-341.0K-6670.30122.84N/AN/A10338968
2012-09-14$19.09$15.0048.0%13.8%47.9%9.4%49.5%-4.3%-18.4%11.6K-582.5K-5990.02104.75N/AN/A198339568
2012-09-17$19.59$15.0041.3%11.8%47.8%4.2%0.0%1.2%2.4%19.4K-829.2K-9800.00107.08N/AN/A0057969
2012-09-18$19.37$15.0047.3%13.6%45.6%8.9%0.0%-3.1%1.1%20.9K-789.1K-9730.10116.77N/AN/A40457969
2012-09-19$19.93$15.0046.0%13.2%45.1%7.8%0.0%8.0%-0.5%21.3K-891.1K-1.0K0.00104.67N/AN/A11060272
2012-09-20$20.35$15.0044.0%12.6%45.0%6.3%45.8%-2.8%1.2%20.1K-976.8K-1.1K0.0095.08N/AN/A21061172
2012-09-21$20.59$15.0043.7%12.5%43.7%6.0%44.8%9.4%0.2%18.1K-1.0M-1.0K0.18119.94N/AN/A28562072
2012-09-24$20.50$15.0041.9%12.0%44.1%4.7%42.7%0.8%1.0%17.3K-583.7K-1.0K0.0092.78N/AN/A4040328
2012-09-25$20.26$15.0041.6%11.9%44.7%4.4%0.0%2.1%2.0%18.1K-562.0K-1.0K0.0091.72N/AN/A0040328
2012-09-26$19.98$15.0043.4%12.4%45.4%5.8%44.9%3.0%4.9%18.7K-512.2K-1.0K0.00116.93N/AN/A0240328
2012-09-27$20.05$15.0041.7%12.0%45.3%4.5%0.0%10.5%3.0%18.9K-522.2K-1.0K0.0097.33N/AN/A5040330
2012-09-28$19.92$15.0042.8%12.3%45.2%5.3%0.0%2.2%2.2%19.3K-509.0K-1.0K0.0067.61N/AN/A4040630