C Options History — January 2007

In January 2007, C traded between $539.30 and $552.50. ATM implied volatility averaged 15.4%. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.4% (HV 20d: 12.0%). Max pain ranged from $475.00 to $550.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.59.

Notable Days

  • 2007-01-31: Highest Volume — 78,052 contracts
  • 2007-01-26: Largest IV spike — 28.0% change
  • 2007-01-03: Largest Expected Move — 5.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$545.75$539.30$552.50$552.50$551.30
Max Pain$516.25$475.00$550.00$475.00$500.00
ATM IV15.4%10.3%20.1%17.5%12.6%
Expected Move4.3%3.0%5.0%5.0%3.6%
HV 20d12.0%10.6%13.2%10.6%13.2%
Term Structure0.0%-1.0%1.7%-1.0%1.5%
VWIV17.0%11.3%26.8%17.8%26.8%
Skew 25d3.0%0.2%5.3%1.8%5.3%
Skew 10d6.1%-3.1%12.1%5.4%7.8%
Call IV 25d14.0%10.0%17.3%17.3%10.3%
Put IV 25d17.0%13.6%19.3%19.1%15.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %6.854.4812.105.787.03
Gamma HHI0.260.210.390.250.21
Net GEX95.4M80.7M144.9M80.7M85.1M
Net DEX-3.28B-4.04B-2.19B-4.04B-2.67B
Net VEX-14.5M-15.3M-13.4M-14.3M-15.3M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.590.021.841.040.02
Total Volume8,213.452,21178,0524,60578,052
Total OI172,467.8124,620207,633196,236134,241

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2007-01-03$552.50$475.0017.5%5.0%0.0%0.0%17.8%1.8%-1.0%80.7M-4.04B-14.3M1.045.782,2632,342108,89287,344
2007-01-04$550.60$475.0017.3%5.0%0.0%0.0%17.5%1.5%-1.0%82.1M-3.95B-14.2M1.846.209431,732108,33886,932
2007-01-05$547.70$550.0017.6%4.7%0.0%0.0%16.6%2.4%0.2%85.3M-3.87B-14.3M0.778.822,0841,607108,46087,971
2007-01-08$550.50$550.0020.0%5.0%0.0%0.0%19.3%2.2%-0.7%84.7M-3.97B-14.1M0.436.911,768752109,15687,914
2007-01-09$545.70$550.0020.0%5.0%0.0%0.0%18.7%2.4%-0.5%88.8M-3.72B-14.9M0.347.075,0081,688109,32888,041
2007-01-10$541.30$550.0020.1%4.9%0.0%0.0%18.7%2.6%-0.4%96.5M-3.66B-14.2M0.336.032,421808111,87788,400
2007-01-11$541.70$525.0016.3%4.7%0.0%0.0%17.7%2.8%-0.9%103.3M-3.68B-14.5M0.417.682,436992112,25588,208
2007-01-12$543.80$525.0015.9%4.6%0.0%0.0%16.4%1.9%-0.4%109.6M-3.82B-14.6M0.6510.161,464953113,89088,438
2007-01-16$547.70$525.0016.3%4.7%0.0%0.0%16.7%2.9%-0.7%112.4M-3.97B-14.0M0.5912.101,7121,002114,27589,036
2007-01-17$543.90$525.0015.7%4.5%0.0%0.0%16.9%1.8%-0.6%120.2M-3.81B-14.3M0.8011.872,6672,124114,49889,299
2007-01-18$543.90$525.0015.3%4.4%0.0%0.0%21.6%2.0%-0.8%127.5M-3.83B-13.8M0.144.729,3021,334115,52289,948
2007-01-19$545.00$500.0013.2%3.8%0.0%0.0%17.4%4.2%0.1%144.9M-3.90B-13.8M0.144.4812,0161,639117,41890,215
2007-01-22$546.80$500.0012.9%3.7%0.0%0.0%13.2%0.2%0.3%81.1M-2.47B-13.4M0.685.503,4432,33578,47446,146
2007-01-23$544.90$500.0013.1%3.8%0.0%0.0%13.7%4.4%0.4%80.9M-2.35B-14.4M0.315.522,90891579,62747,094
2007-01-24$548.30$500.0012.8%3.7%0.0%0.0%13.9%5.3%0.9%83.3M-2.53B-14.4M0.456.372,00390681,40247,553
2007-01-25$539.30$500.0010.3%3.0%10.6%0.0%11.3%3.8%1.1%84.0M-2.19B-15.3M0.524.992,4271,25182,35947,798
2007-01-26$546.70$500.0013.2%3.8%11.9%0.0%15.1%4.7%1.2%86.0M-2.47B-15.1M0.855.891,3031,10583,69448,384
2007-01-29$540.60$525.0014.4%4.1%12.2%0.0%15.0%3.1%0.7%85.1M-2.25B-15.3M0.154.823,79256183,86448,866
2007-01-30$542.70$525.0012.9%3.7%12.0%0.0%15.8%5.1%1.7%86.4M-2.43B-15.0M1.385.149271,28485,19649,003
2007-01-31$551.30$500.0012.6%3.6%13.2%0.0%26.8%5.3%1.5%85.1M-2.67B-15.3M0.027.0376,2511,80185,18749,054