C Options History — January 2010

In January 2010, C traded between $31.50 and $36.50. ATM implied volatility averaged 48.4%, placing in the 3.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.6% (HV 20d: 44.7%). Max pain ranged from $30.00 to $40.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.42.

Notable Days

  • 2010-01-07: Highest Volume — 90,796 contracts
  • 2010-01-12: Largest IV drop — 19.5% change
  • 2010-01-11: Highest IV Rank — 9.9%
  • 2010-01-13: Largest Expected Move — 14.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$34.24$31.50$36.50$34.00$33.20
Max Pain$34.74$30.00$40.00$30.00$30.00
ATM IV48.4%39.7%65.9%62.9%39.8%
Expected Move12.4%11.4%14.0%12.6%11.4%
HV 20d44.7%33.4%53.6%49.4%39.5%
HV 60d41.8%39.2%43.6%42.1%39.4%
IV Rank3.9%0.9%9.9%8.9%1.0%
IV Percentile13.4%2.8%31.7%25.8%3.2%
Term Structure1.2%-8.4%9.8%1.2%9.8%
VWIV42.4%35.4%46.7%43.7%35.4%
Skew 25d-2.6%-10.0%1.8%0.5%-0.3%
Skew 10d-0.7%-15.6%33.6%13.5%14.6%
Call IV 25d46.2%38.5%53.5%43.9%47.1%
Put IV 25d43.6%39.0%50.0%44.5%46.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.011.332.821.791.95
Gamma HHI0.280.250.310.290.26
Net GEX8.0M4.5M11.6M5.5M6.7M
Net DEX-43.5M-265.9M158.8M158.8M-89.9M
Net VEX-8.1M-8.7M-7.0M-7.0M-8.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.420.210.650.210.58
Total Volume53,260.57921,99690,79644,43528,749
Total OI1,434,789.3681,196,3351,657,4341,445,6621,344,270

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-01-04$34.00$30.0062.9%12.6%49.4%8.9%43.7%0.5%1.2%5.5M158.8M-7.0M0.211.7936,8467,589995,467450,195
2010-01-05$35.30$30.0058.0%12.0%51.9%7.2%43.1%0.6%5.5%7.8M18.5M-7.8M0.311.3366,50620,7491,016,456455,187
2010-01-06$36.40$30.0053.5%13.4%53.6%5.6%46.7%-3.5%3.5%10.0M-147.4M-8.5M0.232.7164,37315,1311,046,721456,068
2010-01-07$36.50$30.0055.6%12.8%52.9%6.3%44.4%-1.6%2.5%11.4M-166.4M-8.7M0.352.4967,17423,6221,072,330461,098
2010-01-08$35.90$40.0058.6%13.0%53.0%7.4%45.6%0.3%0.8%11.6M-112.9M-8.6M0.421.5648,94620,6341,102,731467,440
2010-01-11$36.30$40.0065.9%12.7%53.2%9.9%44.6%-0.2%2.3%10.3M-76.6M-8.6M0.461.6227,51112,6031,116,454475,364
2010-01-12$35.20$40.0053.1%12.6%53.3%5.5%44.2%1.1%1.7%9.2M2.9M-8.3M0.261.6546,72712,2951,128,857480,864
2010-01-13$35.00$40.0049.4%14.0%48.4%4.2%44.4%-2.0%-8.4%9.3M15.0M-8.3M0.451.8022,1139,9951,143,614484,288
2010-01-14$35.10$40.0045.0%12.9%46.5%2.7%44.0%-2.3%0.1%9.6M-2.0M-8.6M0.321.9830,5029,6101,151,991489,168
2010-01-15$34.20$40.0042.6%12.2%46.1%1.9%43.7%-2.5%-2.7%7.9M124.7M-7.8M0.302.6342,59512,8501,164,943492,491
2010-01-19$35.40$40.0040.0%11.5%38.3%1.0%35.6%1.8%1.5%10.5M-265.9M-8.4M0.321.8364,68820,680836,392359,943
2010-01-20$34.60$40.0042.6%12.2%33.4%1.9%40.9%-0.1%-3.9%9.5M-194.9M-8.1M0.561.5130,70917,234866,173369,040
2010-01-21$32.70$40.0040.1%11.5%39.0%1.0%37.5%-5.8%-0.5%6.4M-38.4M-7.7M0.451.7652,62423,875876,741378,616
2010-01-22$32.50$30.0042.9%12.3%38.2%2.0%42.9%-3.9%0.6%6.3M-35.1M-7.8M0.652.2128,47718,397895,515389,407
2010-01-25$32.30$30.0039.7%11.4%37.9%0.9%39.8%-8.7%2.7%5.6M-30.0M-8.0M0.482.0614,9027,094909,907400,018
2010-01-26$31.50$30.0041.4%11.9%38.1%1.5%41.4%-10.0%3.0%4.5M31.4M-7.8M0.522.3333,03617,329912,146401,380
2010-01-27$32.00$30.0044.6%12.8%38.4%2.6%44.4%-3.5%2.3%5.1M6.9M-8.0M0.472.8221,57510,165919,513408,472
2010-01-28$32.40$30.0043.1%12.4%38.7%2.1%42.4%-9.3%0.1%5.6M-25.4M-8.1M0.542.0615,6418,405930,372411,366
2010-01-29$33.20$30.0039.8%11.4%39.5%1.0%35.4%-0.3%9.8%6.7M-89.9M-8.4M0.581.9518,19710,552931,501412,769