ASGN Options History — February 2013

In February 2013, ASGN traded between $20.72 and $24.90. ATM implied volatility averaged 41.2%, placing in the 26.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.7% (HV 20d: 38.5%). Max pain ranged from $22.50 to $22.50. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.86.

Notable Days

  • 2013-02-15: Highest Volume — 520 contracts
  • 2013-02-13: Largest IV spike — 23.0% change
  • 2013-02-14: Highest IV Rank — 43.2%
  • 2013-02-14: Largest Expected Move — 15.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$23.04$20.72$24.90$24.90$21.86
Max Pain$22.50$22.50$22.50$22.50$22.50
ATM IV41.2%32.5%54.9%43.3%33.8%
Expected Move11.5%9.3%15.7%11.1%9.7%
HV 20d38.5%24.2%54.2%24.9%54.2%
HV 60d34.0%28.2%39.8%31.8%39.8%
IV Rank26.2%15.3%43.2%28.8%17.0%
IV Percentile35.4%10.3%89.7%41.3%13.9%
Term Structure-0.6%-10.6%4.7%-0.3%4.1%
VWIV40.8%33.4%57.2%39.2%33.9%
Skew 25d3.2%-12.9%13.5%1.6%-12.9%
Skew 10d-4.1%-24.7%11.4%-9.4%-18.0%
Call IV 25d37.4%28.9%60.0%38.8%37.4%
Put IV 25d40.5%24.5%53.2%40.3%24.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %24.1910.6148.8229.5813.99
Gamma HHI0.520.260.690.660.33
Net GEX15.2K3.8K29.0K17.8K8.9K
Net DEX-590.4K-1.2M33.1K-1.0M-186.6K
Net VEX-2.5K-3.0K-2.0K-2.5K-2.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.860.0010.000.000.12
Total Volume101.211135209729
Total OI1,062.1589541,3959801,062

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-02-01$24.90$22.5043.3%11.1%24.9%28.8%39.2%1.6%-0.3%17.8K-1.0M-2.5K0.0029.58N/AN/A970639341
2013-02-04$24.29$22.5042.8%10.5%26.7%28.2%34.8%8.7%0.4%17.8K-921.0K-2.5K0.0229.92N/AN/A641631341
2013-02-05$24.66$22.5042.3%10.6%26.9%27.5%0.0%10.2%0.3%16.1K-983.9K-2.3K0.0010.61N/AN/A150612342
2013-02-06$24.51$22.5042.2%11.0%27.1%27.4%40.6%10.6%-0.7%16.3K-956.3K-2.4K0.0431.50N/AN/A261626342
2013-02-07$24.00$22.5038.2%10.9%28.3%22.4%38.2%5.8%0.7%15.8K-855.1K-2.5K0.0730.53N/AN/A282629342
2013-02-08$23.95$22.5038.9%11.1%25.8%23.3%39.7%5.5%-0.5%16.8K-866.2K-2.6K0.0929.50N/AN/A787646343
2013-02-11$24.48$22.5042.5%12.2%26.9%27.8%43.1%11.9%-3.3%22.7K-1.0M-2.4K0.0311.54N/AN/A792668349
2013-02-12$24.60$22.5042.8%12.3%25.1%28.2%44.0%13.5%-2.4%23.8K-1.1M-2.5K0.0011.79N/AN/A920685348
2013-02-13$24.73$22.5052.6%15.1%24.9%40.5%52.2%0.1%-10.6%23.2K-1.1M-2.6K0.2533.32N/AN/A22156723348
2013-02-14$24.66$22.5054.9%15.7%24.2%43.2%57.2%-6.9%-10.1%29.0K-1.2M-3.0K0.1638.86N/AN/A21335850397
2013-02-15$21.87$22.5045.5%13.0%49.7%31.6%45.2%2.4%-1.7%11.2K-231.3K-2.9K0.6722.99N/AN/A311209983412
2013-02-19$22.33$22.5040.8%11.7%50.3%25.7%41.5%0.3%0.4%18.9K-452.2K-2.9K0.1720.72N/AN/A529793332
2013-02-20$21.64$22.5039.6%11.4%51.3%24.2%39.3%3.5%0.4%15.1K-270.5K-2.8K0.7514.82N/AN/A129771331
2013-02-21$20.72$22.5041.7%12.0%53.1%26.8%34.8%-2.6%-1.7%10.7K-47.5K-2.4K0.2517.34N/AN/A7719767339
2013-02-22$20.91$22.5036.6%10.5%52.4%20.5%35.8%-0.0%2.8%8.2K5.1K-2.2K0.0548.82N/AN/A1015715356
2013-02-25$21.05$22.5035.8%10.3%52.6%19.5%0.0%4.2%3.0%5.3K1.4K-2.0K10.0020.94N/AN/A220668356
2013-02-26$20.96$22.5035.8%10.3%52.5%19.4%33.4%1.4%2.9%3.8K33.1K-2.1K3.7519.97N/AN/A830668376
2013-02-27$21.56$22.5032.5%9.3%53.9%15.3%0.0%2.7%4.7%6.8K-104.2K-2.2K0.0022.92N/AN/A130674376
2013-02-28$21.86$22.5033.8%9.7%54.2%17.0%33.9%-12.9%4.1%8.9K-186.6K-2.2K0.1213.99N/AN/A263686376