AVGO Options History — September 2012

In September 2012, AVGO traded between $3.30 and $3.66. ATM implied volatility averaged 31.9%, placing in the 20.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.4% (HV 20d: 29.4%). Max pain ranged from $3.50 to $3.50. Net GEX was positive for 15 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 16 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.19.

Notable Days

  • 2012-09-21: Highest Volume — 32,330 contracts
  • 2012-09-10: Largest IV spike — 17.3% change
  • 2012-09-10: Highest IV Rank — 27.2%
  • 2012-09-06: Largest Expected Move — 9.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$3.50$3.30$3.66$3.59$3.49
Max Pain$3.50$3.50$3.50$3.50$3.50
ATM IV31.9%30.4%36.4%33.9%31.0%
Expected Move9.0%8.7%9.8%9.7%8.9%
HV 20d29.4%19.8%41.5%19.8%41.2%
HV 60d31.1%29.5%33.8%29.5%33.7%
IV Rank20.4%18.2%27.2%23.5%19.1%
IV Percentile26.6%15.5%52.0%42.5%21.0%
Term Structure1.7%-1.8%5.2%-1.5%0.7%
VWIV31.5%29.1%34.1%33.9%31.0%
Skew 25d4.1%-4.2%19.9%7.8%2.3%
Skew 10d8.5%-7.6%61.4%9.2%3.8%
Call IV 25d28.9%21.0%33.2%24.2%24.3%
Put IV 25d33.0%25.7%40.9%32.0%26.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %57.5825.4695.7925.4676.12
Gamma HHI0.570.350.880.650.48
Net GEX120.4K-330.4K352.9K217.7K352.9K
Net DEX-3.2M-7.1M6.4M-5.0M-5.6M
Net VEX-36.2K-42.7K-28.6K-38.7K-42.7K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.190.048.960.040.41
Total Volume7,587.36839032,3301,8702,490
Total OI98,743.15886,320119,94086,320115,450

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-09-04$3.59$3.5033.9%9.7%19.8%23.5%33.9%7.8%-1.5%217.7K-5.0M-38.7K0.0425.461,8007057,10029,220
2012-09-05$3.52$3.5034.1%9.8%20.4%23.7%34.1%4.6%-1.8%186.8K-3.5M-38.0K0.1850.463306058,34029,280
2012-09-06$3.66$3.5034.2%9.8%25.4%23.8%31.7%19.9%-0.7%260.9K-6.6M-39.0K0.1348.771,25016058,63029,340
2012-09-07$3.62$3.5031.0%8.9%25.7%19.1%29.1%4.3%2.9%257.7K-6.4M-38.4K0.1837.332,22040059,59029,340
2012-09-10$3.50$3.5036.4%9.2%28.1%27.2%31.9%2.2%1.5%189.9K-3.1M-35.8K0.1741.464,85081060,35029,250
2012-09-11$3.50$3.5032.3%9.0%27.0%21.0%31.2%3.3%3.1%187.9K-3.1M-36.6K0.0743.812,44018063,56029,430
2012-09-12$3.52$3.5032.8%9.0%27.2%21.8%31.4%3.1%3.6%207.1K-3.7M-36.7K0.0451.327603064,15029,550
2012-09-13$3.51$3.5030.6%8.8%26.8%18.6%30.5%1.8%4.4%186.2K-3.2M-35.4K0.6470.5066042064,29029,530
2012-09-14$3.51$3.5030.8%8.8%26.4%18.8%30.8%1.9%2.4%184.3K-3.3M-35.1K0.1533.564,39065064,39029,630
2012-09-17$3.53$3.5031.8%9.1%26.6%20.2%33.3%4.2%1.7%162.4K-3.7M-34.1K8.9683.181,41012,63063,89030,170
2012-09-18$3.52$3.5030.4%8.7%25.3%18.2%30.3%3.9%3.4%-249.1K-2.2M-34.4K0.2986.341,91056063,78040,550
2012-09-19$3.50$3.5031.0%8.9%24.9%19.1%32.2%4.8%2.0%-330.4K-1.8M-33.8K7.4170.852,55018,90063,07040,400
2012-09-20$3.38$3.5031.1%8.9%27.9%19.3%33.4%1.6%2.3%-84.6K6.4M-28.6K1.0075.099,4709,43064,88051,780
2012-09-21$3.55$3.5031.1%8.9%33.7%19.3%31.2%-4.2%5.2%-291.1K-7.1M-36.9K1.2695.7914,33018,00069,67050,270
2012-09-24$3.46$3.5031.1%8.9%34.9%19.2%30.4%1.4%0.3%226.7K-3.3M-36.7K0.0935.432,84025063,57033,940
2012-09-25$3.30$3.5030.6%8.8%38.3%18.5%31.4%4.5%0.2%144.2K45.9K-33.1K0.4626.453,8801,78064,99034,000
2012-09-26$3.35$3.5030.7%8.8%38.3%18.6%31.0%7.2%1.6%171.0K-318.8K-34.0K0.2563.755,6201,42067,37035,180
2012-09-27$3.49$3.5030.7%8.8%41.5%18.6%30.7%4.1%0.5%308.0K-4.9M-40.3K0.8678.248,1607,05071,66036,530
2012-09-28$3.49$3.5031.0%8.9%41.2%19.1%31.0%2.3%0.7%352.9K-5.6M-42.7K0.4176.121,77072076,74038,710