C Options History — August 2007

In August 2007, C traded between $456.10 and $494.90. ATM implied volatility averaged 33.9%, placing in the 70.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.3%. IV traded below realized volatility by 1.8% (HV 20d: 35.6%). Max pain ranged from $475.00 to $500.00. Net GEX was positive for 10 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.08.

Notable Days

  • 2007-08-03: Highest Volume — 18,369 contracts
  • 2007-08-09: Largest IV spike — 40.6% change
  • 2007-08-03: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2007-08-03: Largest Expected Move — 12.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$473.93$456.10$494.90$468.50$468.80
Max Pain$496.74$475.00$500.00$500.00$475.00
ATM IV33.9%26.0%46.0%35.5%28.0%
Expected Move9.3%7.5%12.3%10.2%8.0%
HV 20d35.6%21.2%41.0%21.2%39.2%
HV 60d25.3%19.2%28.4%19.2%28.4%
IV Rank70.8%44.0%100.0%99.3%49.5%
IV Percentile92.8%82.7%100.0%99.3%84.4%
Term Structure-1.1%-5.5%3.7%-4.1%2.1%
VWIV32.6%26.2%40.8%37.6%28.3%
Skew 25d8.7%4.6%12.5%6.5%4.6%
Skew 10d17.7%6.7%35.2%20.0%7.5%
Call IV 25d28.4%21.3%38.7%34.1%27.4%
Put IV 25d37.2%29.7%44.5%40.6%32.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %8.915.3916.378.856.63
Gamma HHI0.190.160.300.170.17
Net GEX-802.1K-21.8M26.8M-3.1M-9.4M
Net DEX203.1M-651.6M928.5M658.1M450.2M
Net VEX-23.2M-24.4M-21.5M-21.5M-23.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.080.352.301.150.35
Total Volume9,383.6523,76718,3698,6754,480
Total OI234,342216,990249,584217,750249,584

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2007-08-01$468.50$500.0035.5%10.2%21.2%99.3%37.6%6.5%-4.1%-3.1M658.1M-21.5M1.158.854,0384,637117,265100,485
2007-08-02$472.40$500.0031.2%8.9%21.7%82.3%31.8%7.5%0.8%1.5M388.9M-22.4M1.138.424,9295,570116,238100,752
2007-08-03$457.20$500.0042.9%12.3%23.6%100.0%40.8%5.5%-3.0%-1.4M621.6M-21.9M1.089.258,8189,551118,159101,107
2007-08-06$483.50$500.0037.4%9.9%32.3%83.1%33.3%10.6%-3.1%14.4M-198.6M-23.4M1.288.446,2307,944121,740104,284
2007-08-07$485.90$500.0033.3%9.2%32.3%70.6%32.0%8.7%-4.2%17.2M-378.2M-23.2M0.6210.879,4305,889122,918106,504
2007-08-08$494.90$500.0029.3%8.2%32.9%58.4%30.4%10.4%-3.7%23.2M-651.6M-23.6M0.7111.777,4725,311124,250107,863
2007-08-09$469.00$500.0041.2%10.3%35.8%94.9%36.2%7.9%-4.8%905.3K263.1M-23.3M0.948.134,3354,080125,259109,982
2007-08-10$470.00$500.0040.6%10.2%35.9%93.0%35.7%10.1%-5.5%-3.4M437.6M-23.7M1.2010.434,2565,100126,064111,761
2007-08-13$465.40$500.0037.4%9.6%36.0%83.3%34.5%8.1%-4.1%-13.2M548.9M-22.8M0.855.392,9222,474126,517112,568
2007-08-14$456.60$500.0044.1%10.9%36.0%100.0%36.7%9.6%-5.0%-21.7M899.7M-21.8M1.2216.373,0623,733126,247112,466
2007-08-15$456.10$500.0046.0%11.1%35.9%100.0%39.2%10.7%-4.9%-21.8M928.5M-22.5M1.367.423,8805,268127,079112,483
2007-08-16$475.50$500.0037.6%10.8%39.7%76.6%38.2%12.5%-4.2%12.9M-266.1M-24.4M0.8215.684,7823,919129,412114,481
2007-08-17$488.10$500.0030.7%8.8%41.0%57.3%34.7%11.7%-2.8%26.8M-396.1M-24.3M0.758.017,6275,743129,943114,907
2007-08-20$483.90$500.0031.1%8.9%41.0%58.3%31.6%9.3%1.2%5.2M-139.4M-23.8M0.779.065,4914,209117,250105,321
2007-08-21$480.60$500.0029.5%8.5%39.7%53.8%29.2%9.5%2.4%4.9M-84.6M-23.9M2.306.971,7163,946120,494106,547
2007-08-22$484.30$500.0028.3%8.1%39.8%50.6%28.5%10.1%2.8%3.4M-151.4M-23.7M1.907.224,0867,757120,254107,930
2007-08-23$483.50$500.0027.7%7.9%38.4%48.7%26.2%8.4%2.7%-453.0K-98.6M-23.8M0.807.482,6522,113121,721113,785
2007-08-24$485.00$500.0026.0%7.5%37.8%44.0%27.9%8.4%3.7%-2.0M-152.7M-24.0M1.438.391,5502,217122,471116,173
2007-08-27$477.90$500.0026.6%7.6%38.2%45.7%28.2%7.2%3.0%-7.3M133.1M-23.0M2.168.791,2042,598123,110114,723
2007-08-28$461.40$500.0034.9%10.0%40.0%68.9%30.7%8.9%0.8%-14.5M671.7M-23.0M0.795.596,3655,053123,212115,895
2007-08-29$469.50$475.0027.6%7.9%40.5%48.6%28.9%8.0%3.0%-14.9M508.7M-23.1M0.848.255,7044,793125,589118,170
2007-08-30$462.30$475.0032.1%9.2%40.7%61.2%29.0%6.1%1.6%-15.7M678.9M-23.0M0.377.596,4872,403127,613119,290
2007-08-31$468.80$475.0028.0%8.0%39.2%49.5%28.3%4.6%2.1%-9.4M450.2M-23.4M0.356.633,3211,159129,888119,696