C Options History — October 2007

In October 2007, C traded between $412.30 and $483.20. ATM implied volatility averaged 31.1%, placing in the 58.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.8% (HV 20d: 26.3%). Max pain ranged from $450.00 to $475.00. Net GEX was positive for 10 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.71.

Notable Days

  • 2007-10-17: Highest Volume — 37,125 contracts
  • 2007-10-15: Largest IV spike — 18.3% change
  • 2007-10-25: Highest IV Rank — 84.1%
  • 2007-10-25: Largest Expected Move — 11.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$451.07$412.30$483.20$477.20$419.00
Max Pain$463.04$450.00$475.00$475.00$450.00
ATM IV31.1%22.9%40.3%23.1%34.9%
Expected Move8.8%6.5%11.5%6.6%10.0%
HV 20d26.3%24.5%29.5%26.9%27.7%
HV 60d30.9%29.4%32.3%30.6%29.4%
IV Rank58.3%35.2%84.1%35.8%69.1%
IV Percentile83.4%67.0%97.1%67.4%90.0%
Term Structure-1.6%-3.9%0.2%-0.2%-2.2%
VWIV31.1%22.8%39.9%24.4%38.0%
Skew 25d3.6%0.8%5.6%4.7%2.6%
Skew 10d6.9%1.2%11.2%9.7%4.9%
Call IV 25d29.5%20.9%39.2%21.6%35.4%
Put IV 25d33.1%25.8%42.4%26.3%38.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.942.275.612.842.88
Gamma HHI0.160.120.250.160.13
Net GEX-5.3M-51.3M26.0M6.6M-16.9M
Net DEX754.2M-572.3M2.04B-144.0M1.90B
Net VEX-25.3M-26.7M-23.7M-23.7M-26.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.710.241.150.820.24
Total Volume15,932.1744,38637,12515,43718,856
Total OI299,433.565255,226345,177255,226345,177

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2007-10-01$477.20$475.0023.1%6.6%26.9%35.8%24.4%4.7%-0.2%6.6M-144.0M-23.7M0.822.848,4716,966129,648125,578
2007-10-02$478.60$475.0022.9%6.6%26.8%35.2%22.8%4.8%0.1%11.5M-215.5M-23.7M0.803.977,5456,018132,378126,474
2007-10-03$478.90$475.0023.8%6.8%24.9%37.8%23.9%4.7%0.2%13.7M-325.9M-25.1M0.642.274,0932,600137,056130,524
2007-10-04$476.30$475.0027.6%7.9%24.8%48.6%28.1%4.9%-2.3%10.7M-202.0M-25.5M0.654.174,9643,248138,279130,960
2007-10-05$483.00$475.0025.7%6.9%25.1%43.2%23.6%5.4%-0.3%21.9M-559.6M-25.2M0.804.912,9072,332139,169131,417
2007-10-08$478.00$475.0027.0%6.9%25.4%46.8%26.3%5.6%-0.8%14.5M-247.4M-24.9M0.355.613,2581,128140,004132,114
2007-10-09$476.20$475.0027.0%6.8%25.0%46.9%24.1%5.3%0.0%14.4M-208.5M-24.7M0.695.224,8463,339141,547132,010
2007-10-10$471.40$475.0025.3%6.5%25.3%42.1%23.3%4.5%0.1%5.5M20.7M-24.6M1.054.183,0503,217144,199133,758
2007-10-11$483.20$475.0026.2%7.5%26.3%44.5%25.9%3.9%-1.7%26.0M-572.3M-25.6M0.625.1911,7367,298144,697135,156
2007-10-12$478.70$475.0024.9%7.1%26.6%40.8%24.4%2.9%-0.8%25.6M-464.8M-26.1M0.465.4613,7576,389149,656137,666
2007-10-15$462.40$475.0029.4%8.4%29.1%53.6%29.3%1.3%-1.4%-7.0M457.1M-25.5M0.913.7114,48413,183155,094138,729
2007-10-16$447.90$475.0030.1%8.6%24.8%55.5%30.8%0.8%-1.0%-40.1M1.18B-24.8M0.794.3913,79810,873158,626142,699
2007-10-17$446.60$450.0034.6%9.9%24.8%68.3%34.6%3.7%-3.4%-30.1M1.17B-25.8M0.624.3022,97314,152165,221146,783
2007-10-18$438.30$450.0034.5%9.9%24.5%68.0%35.0%3.5%-3.2%-25.5M1.56B-25.7M0.762.3113,71510,443171,710149,987
2007-10-19$423.60$450.0039.7%11.4%26.4%82.6%39.3%4.9%-3.6%-51.3M2.00B-25.2M0.885.0110,0628,814178,184153,308
2007-10-22$426.10$450.0037.1%10.6%26.2%75.3%36.9%5.1%-2.4%-16.9M1.60B-25.2M1.033.918,4338,687163,019142,716
2007-10-23$424.40$450.0033.5%9.6%26.2%65.1%34.4%3.0%-0.8%-18.0M1.68B-25.1M0.474.228,5864,030168,176146,342
2007-10-24$418.20$450.0035.9%10.3%26.1%71.9%36.5%2.3%-2.4%-18.2M1.90B-24.5M0.784.148,2546,465171,638147,717
2007-10-25$412.30$450.0040.3%11.5%25.9%84.1%39.9%3.9%-3.1%-16.0M2.04B-24.8M1.153.038,4779,728174,851149,926
2007-10-26$426.30$450.0036.4%10.4%29.5%73.2%37.3%2.9%-1.9%-9.4M1.52B-26.7M0.432.7511,2354,833178,284153,768
2007-10-29$426.90$450.0036.6%10.5%27.9%73.7%37.3%1.0%-2.5%-10.0M1.50B-26.4M0.772.977,9506,095178,142153,855
2007-10-30$421.10$450.0038.8%11.1%27.8%79.9%39.3%1.4%-3.9%-13.0M1.74B-26.4M0.623.129,3515,801182,611158,119
2007-10-31$419.00$450.0034.9%10.0%27.7%69.1%38.0%2.6%-2.2%-16.9M1.90B-26.1M0.242.8815,2123,644185,536159,641