C Options History — July 2008

In July 2008, C traded between $145.60 and $211.20. ATM implied volatility averaged 69.2%, placing in the 66.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 19.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.3% (HV 20d: 68.9%). Max pain ranged from $175.00 to $200.00. Net GEX was positive for 3 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 0 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.98.

Notable Days

  • 2008-07-17: Highest Volume — 65,478 contracts
  • 2008-07-18: Largest IV drop — 26.6% change
  • 2008-07-15: Highest IV Rank — 91.1%
  • 2008-07-15: Largest Expected Move — 24.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$177.30$145.60$211.20$171.30$186.90
Max Pain$178.41$175.00$200.00$200.00$175.00
ATM IV69.2%56.2%87.0%68.3%71.1%
Expected Move19.3%16.1%24.9%19.6%20.4%
HV 20d68.9%46.1%93.3%49.0%93.0%
HV 60d53.5%43.4%64.7%43.8%64.6%
IV Rank66.8%48.5%91.1%66.5%69.1%
IV Percentile92.9%78.2%99.6%97.6%95.2%
Term Structure-5.9%-13.9%-1.4%-7.8%-4.8%
VWIV70.2%58.5%87.4%70.5%66.7%
Skew 25d13.3%9.4%23.2%11.5%12.9%
Skew 10d27.9%18.5%50.7%29.9%24.8%
Call IV 25d64.4%52.1%83.3%66.7%63.2%
Put IV 25d77.8%64.8%100.4%78.2%76.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.812.146.972.462.89
Gamma HHI0.170.120.260.170.15
Net GEX-5.0M-10.2M7.0M-8.6M-3.1M
Net DEX1.78B1.04B2.28B2.10B1.54B
Net VEX-15.3M-20.0M-8.1M-14.0M-18.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.980.362.110.932.11
Total Volume27,297.2737,45765,47820,84420,693
Total OI541,336.682307,419582,312519,403582,312

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-07-01$171.30$200.0068.3%19.6%49.0%66.5%70.5%11.5%-7.8%-8.6M2.10B-14.0M0.932.4610,79610,048265,558253,845
2008-07-02$168.40$200.0067.1%19.2%49.0%64.9%69.0%9.5%-7.9%-8.7M2.06B-13.9M0.742.197,3955,474268,283256,679
2008-07-03$168.20$200.0063.4%18.2%48.7%59.9%64.8%9.7%-5.6%-9.2M2.12B-13.5M0.642.894,5492,908268,820257,429
2008-07-07$164.00$175.0073.0%17.4%46.1%72.6%65.0%11.3%-3.4%-9.5M2.18B-12.7M0.905.5110,8019,684270,766258,474
2008-07-08$173.90$175.0070.4%17.1%51.8%68.5%63.3%9.4%-4.6%-8.5M2.15B-13.5M0.514.8614,6617,423275,101261,508
2008-07-09$164.40$175.0079.6%17.9%52.5%80.9%65.5%11.8%-5.1%-9.0M2.20B-13.2M1.115.906,4407,176279,053263,242
2008-07-10$162.80$175.0065.7%18.8%50.1%61.7%70.5%12.0%-6.1%-8.9M2.14B-13.4M0.713.2410,4557,463279,249264,272
2008-07-11$161.90$175.0076.8%22.0%47.4%76.9%76.8%12.9%-8.3%-8.4M2.00B-14.7M1.575.398,39213,155282,323265,769
2008-07-14$152.20$175.0084.2%24.1%48.4%87.2%87.4%18.8%-10.1%-8.0M1.07B-8.1M1.673.798,84414,783153,178154,241
2008-07-15$145.60$175.0087.0%24.9%47.9%91.1%87.3%17.2%-10.8%-10.2M2.28B-11.4M1.013.7420,38720,651283,782272,885
2008-07-16$164.70$175.0073.2%21.0%69.3%71.9%77.5%23.2%-7.0%-8.0M2.05B-13.7M0.794.8114,29511,358291,106277,124
2008-07-17$179.70$175.0076.6%22.0%77.6%76.7%78.0%15.3%-13.9%-5.2M1.85B-15.4M0.756.9737,51627,962295,171278,819
2008-07-18$193.50$175.0056.3%16.1%82.6%48.6%61.9%13.7%-3.9%-420.5K1.52B-16.9M0.634.9429,03218,409296,051282,636
2008-07-21$196.90$175.0056.2%16.1%81.3%48.5%58.5%10.1%-1.4%1.2M1.47B-17.2M0.692.3215,58310,773275,371258,996
2008-07-22$208.90$175.0057.7%16.5%82.3%50.5%59.4%14.1%-2.3%5.6M1.14B-19.2M0.904.0916,71415,029279,277261,774
2008-07-23$211.20$175.0060.6%17.4%82.3%54.6%59.5%13.1%-4.6%7.0M1.04B-20.0M0.673.7816,88011,323283,605267,581
2008-07-24$190.60$175.0064.6%18.5%90.8%60.1%69.0%18.1%-4.4%-491.6K1.44B-18.5M1.453.1414,63321,213283,683271,715
2008-07-25$188.50$175.0063.3%18.2%87.7%58.3%68.3%12.9%-3.4%-3.1M1.62B-18.0M1.572.7610,61816,675286,925279,309
2008-07-28$174.30$175.0076.3%21.9%91.9%76.3%77.3%11.8%-6.7%-7.1M1.89B-16.4M0.883.0512,24310,770286,067286,229
2008-07-29$184.50$175.0069.1%19.8%93.3%66.3%69.1%11.5%-4.3%-4.9M1.71B-17.3M0.912.1413,58212,292287,438285,893
2008-07-30$188.10$175.0063.0%18.1%93.3%57.9%79.2%12.1%-2.9%-3.3M1.59B-17.9M0.362.9430,57310,889290,204287,664
2008-07-31$186.90$175.0071.1%20.4%93.0%69.1%66.7%12.9%-4.8%-3.1M1.54B-18.6M2.112.896,64414,049291,406290,906