ASGN Options History — October 2018

In October 2018, ASGN traded between $60.21 and $77.27. ATM implied volatility averaged 39.9%, placing in the 53.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.5% (HV 20d: 34.3%). Max pain ranged from $70.00 to $80.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 3 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.32.

Notable Days

  • 2018-10-08: Highest Volume — 3,620 contracts
  • 2018-10-10: Largest IV spike — 45.6% change
  • 2018-10-24: Highest IV Rank — 88.1%
  • 2018-10-24: Largest Expected Move — 15.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$67.92$60.21$77.27$77.24$67.75
Max Pain$73.04$70.00$80.00$80.00$70.00
ATM IV39.9%26.4%54.3%28.0%33.9%
Expected Move11.9%7.7%15.6%8.0%9.7%
HV 20d34.3%25.0%55.9%26.1%55.9%
HV 60d30.3%26.4%36.4%27.3%36.4%
IV Rank53.7%21.7%88.1%25.4%39.6%
IV Percentile86.5%61.9%99.2%68.7%77.4%
Term Structure-4.9%-13.0%10.3%9.3%-3.1%
VWIV39.7%23.6%52.1%23.6%35.5%
Skew 25d7.9%3.5%11.2%3.5%6.4%
Skew 10d18.7%8.2%27.6%8.2%13.2%
Call IV 25d38.4%23.2%50.6%25.5%32.9%
Put IV 25d46.3%27.8%60.4%29.0%39.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %50.6514.5174.4622.1139.77
Gamma HHI0.240.150.390.250.29
Net GEX-187.7K-308.6K-58.0K-157.1K-255.4K
Net DEX8.0M3.2M11.6M4.2M5.1M
Net VEX-25.9K-38.1K-18.4K-30.7K-21.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.320.444.240.441.56
Total Volume2,260.0431,0853,6201,9472,162
Total OI6,637.6094,2847,4104,2847,287

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-10-01$77.24$80.0028.0%8.0%26.1%25.4%23.6%3.5%9.3%-157.1K4.2M-30.7K0.4422.11N/AN/A1,3495982,0022,282
2018-10-02$76.55$80.0027.3%7.8%25.4%23.8%24.8%5.0%9.9%-61.9K4.0M-35.8K1.2346.58N/AN/A5196382,8542,284
2018-10-03$77.27$80.0026.9%7.7%25.2%22.8%24.5%4.6%10.3%-58.0K3.2M-37.3K1.3114.51N/AN/A4696162,8542,295
2018-10-04$75.48$80.0026.4%10.6%25.0%21.7%36.6%5.6%-3.8%-79.1K4.6M-33.3K1.2027.94N/AN/A5987172,8842,282
2018-10-05$71.49$80.0031.4%11.6%25.3%33.6%39.1%6.2%-5.1%-129.3K7.1M-27.1K1.6349.14N/AN/A1,3612,2182,8932,361
2018-10-08$71.11$75.0031.3%11.8%25.3%33.3%38.7%6.9%-5.9%-189.9K7.4M-38.1K1.7846.38N/AN/A1,3022,3184,0943,135
2018-10-09$70.31$75.0031.1%11.7%25.1%32.9%39.0%7.3%-5.6%-199.9K7.8M-36.6K1.6247.02N/AN/A1,3092,1214,1083,094
2018-10-10$67.26$75.0045.3%13.0%28.0%66.7%40.8%9.2%-6.9%-193.0K10.4M-30.1K1.7853.78N/AN/A1,1622,0674,1093,094
2018-10-11$64.89$75.0046.4%13.3%28.9%69.3%47.0%8.5%-7.8%-154.3K11.2M-25.0K4.2457.70N/AN/A4511,9134,2013,106
2018-10-12$65.33$70.0048.1%13.8%29.2%73.3%47.7%9.3%-8.6%-151.0K9.9M-24.8K4.0560.63N/AN/A4771,9304,2182,957
2018-10-15$65.66$70.0047.8%13.7%29.8%72.5%44.3%8.3%-8.6%-170.0K10.0M-27.2K3.3352.83N/AN/A4591,5294,2383,172
2018-10-16$66.75$70.0046.4%13.3%31.4%69.3%42.8%8.6%-8.3%-189.2K9.5M-27.2K3.2557.81N/AN/A4711,5294,2383,172
2018-10-17$66.26$70.0046.9%13.4%30.5%70.4%45.7%8.8%-9.1%-187.7K10.2M-24.9K3.2457.86N/AN/A4711,5284,2213,166
2018-10-18$64.40$70.0048.0%13.8%31.0%73.1%47.2%9.8%-9.3%-154.0K10.1M-22.9K2.6159.74N/AN/A5891,5384,2213,012
2018-10-19$62.85$70.0047.3%13.6%30.4%71.5%42.0%10.5%-9.8%-180.5K11.0M-18.8K1.9359.33N/AN/A5931,1444,2122,972
2018-10-22$64.00$70.0049.3%14.1%32.2%76.1%45.7%11.2%-11.8%-178.0K9.5M-19.9K2.8031.50N/AN/A6631,8573,6502,864
2018-10-23$63.59$70.0051.7%14.8%31.9%81.9%52.1%10.5%-13.0%-221.3K10.1M-20.2K3.5759.20N/AN/A5561,9833,6723,075
2018-10-24$60.21$70.0054.3%15.6%34.9%88.1%50.6%9.9%-11.4%-250.5K11.6M-18.9K2.9058.08N/AN/A6641,9263,6863,284
2018-10-25$66.78$70.0036.5%10.5%54.3%45.8%38.8%7.4%-3.4%-274.1K6.5M-19.4K2.4366.49N/AN/A7021,7053,7173,006
2018-10-26$65.53$70.0036.3%10.4%54.1%45.3%36.8%8.2%-2.4%-308.6K7.1M-20.0K2.1974.46N/AN/A6641,4573,7793,112
2018-10-29$64.74$70.0039.9%11.4%53.9%53.8%32.3%9.6%-5.1%-307.3K7.6M-18.4K1.9365.52N/AN/A5801,1183,8083,073
2018-10-30$66.75$70.0036.6%10.5%55.7%46.1%37.1%6.3%-4.0%-267.5K5.9M-18.8K2.2756.48N/AN/A6001,3603,8333,088
2018-10-31$67.75$70.0033.9%9.7%55.9%39.6%35.5%6.4%-3.1%-255.4K5.1M-21.3K1.5639.77N/AN/A8441,3183,8383,449