C Options History — November 2009

In November 2009, C traded between $39.70 and $42.90. ATM implied volatility averaged 43.1%, placing in the 1.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.0% (HV 20d: 43.1%). Max pain ranged from $40.00 to $50.00. Net GEX was positive for 18 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.66.

Notable Days

  • 2009-11-02: Highest Volume — 79,150 contracts
  • 2009-11-03: Largest IV drop — 10.5% change
  • 2009-11-02: Highest IV Rank — 5.6%
  • 2009-11-02: Largest Expected Move — 16.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$41.38$39.70$42.90$39.90$41.10
Max Pain$40.50$40.00$50.00$50.00$40.00
ATM IV43.1%37.6%56.3%56.3%39.3%
Expected Move12.5%10.8%16.1%16.1%11.3%
HV 20d43.1%29.1%48.1%46.1%29.1%
HV 60d56.3%47.5%62.8%62.8%47.5%
IV Rank1.2%0.0%5.6%5.6%0.6%
IV Percentile2.3%0.0%6.3%6.3%1.2%
Term Structure2.7%-1.3%5.7%-1.3%2.3%
VWIV45.7%37.9%56.7%56.7%39.6%
Skew 25d0.4%-14.1%35.2%2.8%-9.9%
Skew 10d9.8%-22.5%68.1%5.0%-13.7%
Call IV 25d53.2%46.9%64.1%64.1%49.3%
Put IV 25d53.6%37.3%96.6%66.9%39.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.211.463.371.992.31
Gamma HHI0.360.340.400.340.36
Net GEX3.5M-1.3M7.0M4.0M2.1M
Net DEX-272.7M-442.9M-85.0M-94.4M-250.4M
Net VEX-7.9M-8.4M-7.5M-8.1M-7.5M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.660.321.070.910.94
Total Volume28,795.3515,71179,15079,15022,627
Total OI1,386,704.81,327,4811,445,2821,342,8601,347,699

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2009-11-02$39.90$50.0056.3%16.1%46.1%5.6%56.7%2.8%-1.3%4.0M-94.4M-8.1M0.911.9941,52037,630871,904470,956
2009-11-03$40.40$40.0050.4%14.4%46.6%3.5%50.7%35.2%2.1%3.6M-142.3M-8.2M0.752.3020,88815,657879,470477,552
2009-11-04$39.70$40.0048.7%14.0%46.7%2.9%48.7%-14.1%0.1%2.4M-85.0M-7.8M0.613.3728,39317,440884,202480,062
2009-11-05$40.60$40.0044.1%12.6%47.8%1.3%43.9%33.5%3.6%2.9M-164.3M-8.0M0.402.8619,1197,591891,378483,638
2009-11-06$40.60$40.0040.7%12.4%47.9%0.2%48.5%-1.2%3.2%2.0M-153.8M-7.8M0.482.1015,7557,535899,417486,091
2009-11-09$41.90$40.0042.0%13.1%48.1%0.6%53.1%9.4%0.9%4.0M-313.7M-8.1M0.522.4020,47810,590905,793489,005
2009-11-10$41.80$40.0042.5%12.8%47.6%0.8%48.8%-2.8%1.7%3.7M-298.4M-8.0M0.672.1714,4849,710913,398491,198
2009-11-11$41.60$40.0040.0%12.5%45.0%0.0%47.8%-4.2%3.2%3.0M-298.7M-8.1M0.702.4914,23410,009917,684491,182
2009-11-12$40.60$40.0043.5%12.5%42.6%1.2%47.5%-3.5%2.4%-80.2K-195.7M-7.8M0.682.1017,54211,973920,292491,295
2009-11-13$40.50$40.0043.5%12.5%41.4%1.2%43.9%-1.1%2.9%-1.3M-155.5M-7.8M0.571.9414,4788,218925,302493,345
2009-11-16$41.80$40.0044.7%12.8%43.5%1.6%49.5%-4.0%3.1%3.3M-368.2M-8.1M0.512.0622,64711,637928,888497,104
2009-11-17$42.40$40.0044.6%12.8%43.3%1.6%50.2%-4.9%1.9%4.8M-431.8M-8.3M0.932.1413,74112,722935,678497,117
2009-11-18$42.90$40.0043.2%12.4%43.5%1.1%45.1%-4.7%4.0%6.4M-442.9M-8.4M0.661.7714,4379,536938,122501,083
2009-11-19$42.60$40.0043.3%12.4%43.4%1.1%43.5%5.5%1.6%5.4M-391.3M-8.1M0.672.3510,2826,877940,727501,146
2009-11-20$42.00$40.0039.2%11.2%43.6%0.0%39.5%-2.0%5.7%5.0M-349.6M-7.9M0.451.4622,04310,023942,976502,306
2009-11-23$42.80$40.0040.4%11.6%41.5%0.4%40.4%-5.8%3.4%7.0M-405.5M-7.9M1.071.8411,39912,157875,064452,417
2009-11-24$42.10$40.0037.8%10.8%41.9%0.0%37.9%-11.5%4.0%4.8M-319.4M-7.6M0.621.7111,1256,907876,488455,618
2009-11-25$41.70$40.0037.6%10.8%38.6%0.0%37.9%-10.3%4.8%4.2M-345.2M-7.9M0.321.8814,2534,539881,033454,364
2009-11-27$40.60$40.0040.6%11.6%34.1%1.0%40.6%2.4%4.6%2.4M-248.4M-7.6M0.792.988,7566,955887,431455,671
2009-11-30$41.10$40.0039.3%11.3%29.1%0.6%39.6%-9.9%2.3%2.1M-250.4M-7.5M0.942.3111,69210,935889,531458,168