ASGN Options History — November 2014

In November 2014, ASGN traded between $29.08 and $31.14. ATM implied volatility averaged 27.2%, placing in the 14.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.7%. IV traded below realized volatility by 8.9% (HV 20d: 36.1%). Max pain ranged from $25.00 to $25.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 17 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.93.

Notable Days

  • 2014-11-12: Highest Volume — 463 contracts
  • 2014-11-28: Largest IV spike — 63.6% change
  • 2014-11-28: Highest IV Rank — 35.9%
  • 2014-11-28: Largest Expected Move — 10.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$30.36$29.08$31.14$29.08$30.73
Max Pain$25.00$25.00$25.00$25.00$25.00
ATM IV27.2%19.3%38.3%27.9%38.3%
Expected Move9.7%8.2%10.8%8.2%10.8%
HV 20d36.1%21.4%42.4%42.4%21.4%
HV 60d29.5%28.9%29.9%29.9%29.0%
IV Rank14.9%0.0%35.9%15.7%35.9%
IV Percentile14.6%0.0%78.6%5.6%78.6%
Term Structure4.9%-13.3%13.3%-0.8%-13.3%
VWIV33.8%30.3%38.4%32.4%33.6%
Skew 25d12.7%-3.9%41.5%12.9%24.5%
Skew 10d21.8%-6.5%63.5%16.0%45.1%
Call IV 25d26.2%20.5%37.8%29.3%33.8%
Put IV 25d38.9%25.8%69.9%42.2%58.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %80.8663.34101.6798.9793.59
Gamma HHI0.810.610.940.940.61
Net GEX185.0K138.8K248.4K148.6K138.8K
Net DEX-2.6M-3.7M-1.5M-1.5M-2.5M
Net VEX-8.4K-9.3K-7.4K-7.8K-8.7K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.930.005.000.995.00
Total Volume225.21104632410
Total OI2,462.6842,2372,8302,3292,273

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-11-03$29.08$25.0027.9%8.2%42.4%15.7%32.4%12.9%-0.8%148.6K-1.5M-7.8K0.9998.97N/AN/A1211201,875454
2014-11-04$29.32$25.0019.3%8.5%42.1%0.0%30.3%6.9%13.3%196.4K-1.7M-7.9K0.97101.67N/AN/A1241201,888444
2014-11-05$29.28$25.0019.7%10.4%42.1%0.7%33.9%4.3%9.4%180.9K-1.7M-8.1K1.0086.15N/AN/A1201201,882444
2014-11-06$29.95$25.0028.3%9.2%42.1%17.0%32.9%41.5%0.2%172.5K-2.0M-8.0K1.0476.27N/AN/A1151201,881444
2014-11-07$30.13$25.0028.6%9.4%42.0%17.5%33.3%2.6%4.1%173.9K-2.2M-8.0K1.1290.92N/AN/A1071201,877444
2014-11-10$30.02$25.0026.5%9.5%42.2%13.6%34.1%1.9%4.3%195.7K-2.1M-7.6K1.3376.23N/AN/A901201,871444
2014-11-11$30.34$25.0027.4%9.5%42.0%15.3%33.3%18.0%4.0%197.6K-2.5M-7.4K0.9372.15N/AN/A1261171,843418
2014-11-12$31.04$25.0022.9%9.7%33.6%6.8%33.7%16.8%5.1%174.1K-3.3M-7.4K0.3863.34N/AN/A3351281,916448
2014-11-13$30.39$25.0030.2%9.9%34.1%20.6%34.3%-3.9%4.2%195.1K-2.8M-8.9K0.4872.14N/AN/A2911392,070487
2014-11-14$30.67$25.0030.7%10.1%34.0%21.4%34.7%7.9%4.5%181.7K-3.2M-9.3K0.0073.70N/AN/A4302,168519
2014-11-17$30.55$25.0029.5%9.8%33.5%19.2%32.2%5.8%4.9%208.6K-3.1M-9.1K0.7264.13N/AN/A2011442,195527
2014-11-18$30.60$25.0029.1%9.8%33.4%18.5%34.2%18.4%5.0%248.4K-3.2M-9.2K0.8670.73N/AN/A1611392,273537
2014-11-19$30.13$25.0024.1%9.7%34.1%9.2%35.1%29.3%12.3%227.4K-2.4M-8.2K0.0085.13N/AN/A9002,262523
2014-11-20$30.60$25.0036.8%10.3%34.2%32.9%38.4%27.2%2.3%168.0K-2.8M-9.1K0.5996.27N/AN/A1871112,271523
2014-11-21$30.81$25.0028.1%10.5%34.2%16.6%36.9%3.0%8.3%210.8K-3.7M-9.1K0.3783.52N/AN/A3201192,319511
2014-11-24$31.02$25.0026.4%9.7%33.9%13.4%31.6%12.1%3.6%170.8K-2.7M-8.5K0.3076.18N/AN/A2061,916321
2014-11-25$30.99$25.0019.4%10.1%32.2%0.3%33.6%6.0%10.4%176.9K-2.8M-8.4K0.7282.14N/AN/A112811,922327
2014-11-26$31.14$25.0023.4%10.1%31.8%7.8%0.0%6.1%11.7%148.2K-2.8M-8.6K5.0073.17N/AN/A2101,947327
2014-11-28$30.73$25.0038.3%10.8%21.4%35.9%0.0%24.5%-13.3%138.8K-2.5M-8.7K0.0093.59N/AN/A001,946327