ASGN Options History — October 2012

In October 2012, ASGN traded between $19.08 and $20.27. ATM implied volatility averaged 42.8%, placing in the 6.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 11.2% (HV 20d: 31.6%). Max pain ranged from $15.00 to $20.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.31.

Notable Days

  • 2012-10-18: Highest Volume — 312 contracts
  • 2012-10-19: Largest IV spike — 20.5% change
  • 2012-10-22: Highest IV Rank — 16.5%
  • 2012-10-22: Largest Expected Move — 14.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$19.65$19.08$20.27$19.94$19.08
Max Pain$19.05$15.00$20.00$15.00$20.00
ATM IV42.8%38.6%51.6%41.9%44.1%
Expected Move12.5%11.2%14.8%12.0%12.6%
HV 20d31.6%21.5%45.2%45.2%24.9%
HV 60d38.1%35.5%40.2%40.2%35.5%
IV Rank6.7%2.1%16.5%4.6%8.6%
IV Percentile16.7%2.4%59.5%8.3%23.4%
Term Structure-0.8%-7.8%12.3%-1.4%0.5%
VWIV43.2%38.0%48.7%41.9%45.8%
Skew 25d9.5%-4.0%23.7%17.9%7.9%
Skew 10d13.6%4.6%28.4%28.4%14.6%
Call IV 25d37.8%30.7%48.4%31.8%40.9%
Put IV 25d47.3%39.3%65.4%49.7%48.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %91.5851.07146.99116.7372.21
Gamma HHI0.700.620.900.630.69
Net GEX26.2K13.7K62.3K20.6K17.8K
Net DEX-435.4K-580.3K-239.4K-523.1K-249.6K
Net VEX-988-1.6K-721-976-1.6K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.310.002.250.000.00
Total Volume26.762031260
Total OI464.857360625440528

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-10-01$19.94$15.0041.9%12.0%45.2%4.6%41.9%17.9%-1.4%20.6K-523.1K-9760.00116.73N/AN/A6041030
2012-10-02$19.95$15.0042.1%12.1%44.5%4.8%0.0%4.9%-1.9%22.2K-527.3K-9680.0096.94N/AN/A0041630
2012-10-03$19.99$15.0041.3%11.8%43.3%4.2%0.0%5.8%1.5%22.3K-531.4K-9620.0097.44N/AN/A0041630
2012-10-04$20.15$15.0041.5%11.9%41.1%4.4%0.0%9.6%2.9%23.2K-554.7K-9320.0092.78N/AN/A0041630
2012-10-05$20.27$20.0039.3%12.2%41.1%2.7%41.1%6.6%0.2%22.9K-579.1K-9110.0082.97N/AN/A28041630
2012-10-08$20.10$20.0041.2%12.7%41.5%4.1%0.0%4.0%-2.7%25.7K-562.7K-9160.0085.02N/AN/A01043930
2012-10-09$19.67$20.0038.8%12.4%42.0%2.3%0.0%2.0%-3.3%26.5K-504.0K-9440.0092.11N/AN/A0043940
2012-10-10$19.54$20.0038.6%12.3%42.3%2.1%0.0%3.5%-3.3%27.2K-466.5K-9170.0091.48N/AN/A0043940
2012-10-11$19.68$20.0040.7%11.7%42.2%3.7%0.0%-4.0%12.3%27.6K-504.3K-9200.00146.99N/AN/A0243940
2012-10-12$19.13$20.0042.1%12.1%23.4%6.5%0.0%9.8%2.1%25.0K-383.6K-8260.0088.77N/AN/A4043942
2012-10-15$19.55$20.0040.8%11.7%22.8%5.2%0.0%11.9%0.9%33.5K-437.5K-7940.0066.19N/AN/A0043742
2012-10-16$19.98$20.0041.9%12.0%23.7%6.3%0.0%18.1%-0.6%38.7K-525.3K-7870.0094.53N/AN/A0043742
2012-10-17$20.17$20.0044.8%12.8%21.7%9.4%44.8%16.3%-5.9%54.7K-580.3K-7532.2597.73N/AN/A4943742
2012-10-18$19.77$20.0039.1%11.2%21.5%3.3%38.0%4.4%3.0%62.3K-443.1K-7210.0095.30N/AN/A312043749
2012-10-19$19.19$20.0047.1%13.5%23.1%11.8%0.0%15.7%-4.3%25.6K-445.5K-9650.00140.20N/AN/A1057649
2012-10-22$19.28$20.0051.6%14.8%23.3%16.5%0.0%23.7%-7.8%13.7K-257.5K-9300.00126.80N/AN/A10032438
2012-10-23$19.17$20.0043.6%12.5%23.1%8.1%0.0%9.0%-1.4%14.9K-252.2K-9030.0081.09N/AN/A0032238
2012-10-24$19.57$20.0045.4%13.0%24.1%10.1%41.9%13.1%-2.3%15.5K-287.4K-9270.8454.56N/AN/A756332238
2012-10-25$19.48$20.0048.2%13.8%24.1%12.9%48.7%11.5%-5.4%15.7K-289.3K-1.6K0.0052.18N/AN/A60395101
2012-10-26$19.09$20.0044.4%12.7%24.9%8.9%45.8%7.8%0.6%15.5K-239.4K-1.5K0.0051.07N/AN/A320396101
2012-10-31$19.08$20.0044.1%12.6%24.9%8.6%0.0%7.9%0.5%17.8K-249.6K-1.6K0.0072.21N/AN/A00427101