C Options History — January 2009

In January 2009, C traded between $28.00 and $74.60. ATM implied volatility averaged 150.4%, placing in the 45.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 40.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 8.0% (HV 20d: 142.4%). Max pain ranged from $50.00 to $125.00. Net GEX was positive for 13 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.84.

Notable Days

  • 2009-01-15: Highest Volume — 94,755 contracts
  • 2009-01-14: Largest IV spike — 74.4% change
  • 2009-01-14: Highest IV Rank — 77.9%
  • 2009-01-20: Largest Expected Move — 63.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$48.84$28.00$74.60$71.40$35.50
Max Pain$61.25$50.00$125.00$125.00$50.00
ATM IV150.4%80.5%245.1%81.2%164.3%
Expected Move40.8%23.3%63.6%23.3%47.1%
HV 20d142.4%76.5%214.6%84.8%214.6%
HV 60d191.0%175.4%206.8%182.8%206.8%
IV Rank45.0%20.6%77.9%20.9%49.8%
IV Percentile87.6%68.3%99.2%69.8%91.7%
Term Structure-6.4%-45.8%36.2%-3.1%-8.0%
VWIV140.2%83.2%196.2%83.2%173.1%
Skew 25d23.1%2.6%49.6%5.2%20.1%
Skew 10d32.9%-1.0%58.3%12.5%19.9%
Call IV 25d131.2%73.8%192.6%85.3%166.9%
Put IV 25d154.3%90.6%229.7%90.6%187.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.311.285.481.282.66
Gamma HHI0.120.080.200.100.12
Net GEX224.9K-1.3M2.0M634.6K329.7K
Net DEX402.5M114.3M616.3M586.8M245.0M
Net VEX-2.3M-4.0M-1.2M-2.9M-2.0M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.840.222.280.860.64
Total Volume30,478.359,58494,7559,58416,993
Total OI480,277.2362,334616,843513,996425,722

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2009-01-02$71.40$125.0081.2%23.3%84.8%20.9%83.2%5.2%-3.1%634.6K586.8M-2.9M0.861.285,1594,425326,848187,148
2009-01-05$70.80$70.0089.5%26.0%82.7%23.8%91.2%19.4%1.3%645.9K560.9M-3.1M0.364.3015,5365,542327,855186,970
2009-01-06$74.60$70.0080.5%26.2%83.6%20.6%88.3%15.8%-6.6%2.0M455.6M-4.0M0.702.696,0884,265335,181186,730
2009-01-07$71.50$70.0082.7%26.4%76.6%21.4%93.9%18.3%-1.6%1.2M536.1M-3.0M2.283.303,7278,512334,422185,254
2009-01-08$71.60$70.0080.6%24.3%76.5%20.7%88.6%19.7%-2.3%1.3M532.7M-3.4M0.545.4215,4038,299335,434189,617
2009-01-09$67.50$70.00104.2%26.5%78.3%28.9%93.1%22.2%4.8%137.5K587.8M-2.9M2.075.486,00712,407338,975194,763
2009-01-12$56.00$70.00147.3%32.2%96.5%43.9%120.8%29.6%-8.1%-1.3M614.7M-2.2M1.433.3119,69028,206340,154200,100
2009-01-13$59.00$60.00140.6%30.8%98.8%41.5%110.2%29.9%0.9%-1.2M616.3M-2.5M0.924.7518,37816,929348,117209,750
2009-01-14$45.30$60.00245.1%40.0%133.0%77.9%144.5%35.9%-7.8%-638.0K486.1M-2.4M1.094.7332,45735,463355,366214,191
2009-01-15$38.30$60.00191.2%54.8%132.8%59.1%187.2%49.6%-17.6%-355.8K443.0M-2.2M1.003.6647,42747,328370,515222,094
2009-01-16$35.00$50.00199.9%57.3%134.0%62.2%167.8%42.4%-45.8%-77.0K470.0M-1.6M0.773.3123,75218,206388,602228,241
2009-01-20$28.00$50.00221.9%63.6%149.0%69.8%180.0%37.1%36.2%260.9K114.3M-1.7M0.823.1817,46514,359210,884151,450
2009-01-21$36.70$50.00167.1%47.9%187.1%50.8%170.7%17.4%-5.4%-102.8K285.2M-1.4M0.352.9115,8795,561218,229155,062
2009-01-22$31.10$50.00179.5%51.5%193.0%55.1%178.3%2.6%8.6%-15.2K245.7M-1.2M0.422.6427,97911,831223,307152,277
2009-01-23$34.70$50.00204.2%58.6%200.0%63.7%196.2%21.0%-36.1%129.7K262.4M-1.2M0.382.6019,4887,357233,761156,928
2009-01-26$33.30$50.00188.0%53.9%198.3%58.0%182.4%13.1%-31.5%229.8K240.6M-1.6M0.961.9417,29016,610241,307159,295
2009-01-27$35.50$50.00151.9%43.5%201.2%45.5%155.9%19.4%-7.2%131.6K274.3M-1.7M0.222.4512,0782,674249,119171,188
2009-01-28$42.10$50.00142.7%40.9%213.7%42.3%144.5%17.9%0.4%555.9K253.4M-1.9M0.422.8619,6998,202252,867170,972
2009-01-29$39.00$50.00145.2%41.6%213.5%43.2%154.7%25.0%0.2%560.4K239.8M-2.3M0.542.838,3524,544255,594171,255
2009-01-30$35.50$50.00164.3%47.1%214.6%49.8%173.1%20.1%-8.0%329.7K245.0M-2.0M0.642.6610,3346,659256,152169,570