ASGN Options History — March 2013

In March 2013, ASGN traded between $22.05 and $25.66. ATM implied volatility averaged 31.9%, placing in the 17.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.5%. IV traded below realized volatility by 14.7% (HV 20d: 46.6%). Max pain ranged from $22.50 to $22.50. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 20 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.27.

Notable Days

  • 2013-03-27: Highest Volume — 529 contracts
  • 2013-03-08: Largest IV spike — 23.4% change
  • 2013-03-27: Highest IV Rank — 24.0%
  • 2013-03-04: Largest Expected Move — 10.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$24.47$22.05$25.66$22.05$25.31
Max Pain$22.50$22.50$22.50$22.50$22.50
ATM IV31.9%25.1%37.0%35.6%32.4%
Expected Move9.5%8.5%10.8%10.2%9.3%
HV 20d46.6%33.9%56.5%52.3%36.3%
HV 60d41.7%39.7%43.4%39.7%42.8%
IV Rank17.5%6.1%24.0%19.2%22.5%
IV Percentile12.5%1.6%21.0%17.1%15.5%
Term Structure3.1%1.3%6.2%1.4%6.2%
VWIV32.8%25.0%37.6%25.0%30.0%
Skew 25d3.5%-12.7%10.0%-11.3%0.2%
Skew 10d3.0%-19.3%15.1%-17.8%-1.8%
Call IV 25d29.0%24.9%39.1%38.8%27.0%
Put IV 25d32.5%23.2%38.4%27.5%27.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %27.4914.9472.2814.9437.69
Gamma HHI0.540.360.820.360.42
Net GEX28.3K10.9K58.8K10.9K49.1K
Net DEX-811.1K-1.2M-259.0K-259.0K-1.2M
Net VEX-2.2K-4.1K-1.8K-2.3K-4.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.270.001.670.940.12
Total Volume84.55552962191
Total OI943.756161,3211,0641,321

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-03-01$22.05$22.5035.6%10.2%52.3%19.2%25.0%-11.3%1.4%10.9K-259.0K-2.3K0.9414.94N/AN/A3230691373
2013-03-04$22.38$22.5035.3%10.8%52.1%18.8%37.6%3.0%1.8%12.7K-313.7K-2.2K1.6720.66N/AN/A1525695367
2013-03-05$23.53$22.5037.0%10.7%55.1%20.9%37.6%7.1%1.3%19.1K-619.3K-2.2K0.6317.11N/AN/A4327689352
2013-03-06$24.00$22.5032.1%10.0%55.3%14.8%36.8%5.1%1.6%25.0K-802.7K-2.1K0.1235.02N/AN/A415701333
2013-03-07$23.91$22.5025.1%9.9%55.3%6.1%34.6%4.3%1.3%24.5K-776.6K-2.0K0.0434.06N/AN/A452698338
2013-03-08$24.85$22.5031.0%9.9%56.5%13.4%34.7%10.0%2.2%28.7K-1.0M-1.9K0.0839.12N/AN/A726696339
2013-03-11$24.89$22.5031.6%9.6%56.4%14.2%34.7%7.4%1.9%36.8K-1.0M-1.9K0.0916.82N/AN/A11310715345
2013-03-12$24.82$22.5029.1%9.5%56.0%11.1%33.0%7.0%1.5%46.4K-1.1M-2.0K0.0716.09N/AN/A443785355
2013-03-13$24.71$22.5030.9%9.3%56.0%13.4%32.5%7.1%2.5%47.0K-1.1M-2.1K0.0017.18N/AN/A50786358
2013-03-14$24.90$22.5031.4%9.0%56.0%14.0%31.8%7.8%3.6%58.8K-1.2M-2.1K0.2618.67N/AN/A236791358
2013-03-15$24.54$22.5029.6%8.5%56.2%11.7%0.0%6.3%4.5%44.4K-1.0M-2.0K0.3815.93N/AN/A249803361
2013-03-18$24.26$22.5031.1%8.9%34.6%13.6%32.3%4.3%4.0%14.8K-523.3K-2.1K0.5072.28N/AN/A2010428188
2013-03-19$23.99$22.5032.0%9.2%34.6%21.8%33.3%2.1%2.9%15.3K-498.4K-2.0K0.0021.81N/AN/A50431188
2013-03-20$25.66$22.5032.4%9.3%38.8%22.5%27.8%9.6%3.0%14.5K-714.8K-1.8K0.0219.12N/AN/A1162431188
2013-03-21$25.62$22.5033.0%9.5%33.9%23.6%33.0%2.2%3.1%19.0K-833.3K-2.1K0.4337.44N/AN/A2310505190
2013-03-22$24.91$22.5031.5%9.0%36.6%20.9%32.1%-3.6%3.9%20.6K-719.8K-2.2K0.0837.00N/AN/A645510193
2013-03-25$24.85$22.5031.9%9.2%36.8%21.7%31.9%7.9%4.0%22.9K-749.4K-2.4K0.0715.78N/AN/A574547196
2013-03-26$25.25$22.5031.7%9.1%36.6%21.3%31.9%7.2%4.5%25.6K-861.7K-2.3K0.0026.51N/AN/A750594196
2013-03-27$25.04$22.5033.2%9.5%36.4%24.0%33.2%-12.7%6.1%29.5K-880.7K-2.6K0.0136.66N/AN/A5254644196
2013-03-28$25.31$22.5032.4%9.3%36.3%22.5%30.0%0.2%6.2%49.1K-1.2M-4.1K0.1237.69N/AN/A171201,125196