C Options History — June 2012

In June 2012, C traded between $24.82 and $28.86. ATM implied volatility averaged 45.5%, placing in the 21.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.3%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.2% (HV 20d: 45.7%). Max pain ranged from $26.00 to $30.00. Net GEX was positive for 9 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.84.

Notable Days

  • 2012-06-15: Highest Volume — 195,822 contracts
  • 2012-06-11: Largest IV spike — 41.9% change
  • 2012-06-04: Highest IV Rank — 32.0%
  • 2012-06-04: Largest Expected Move — 15.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$27.18$24.82$28.86$25.39$27.41
Max Pain$27.29$26.00$30.00$30.00$27.00
ATM IV45.5%37.9%56.5%52.5%37.9%
Expected Move13.3%11.5%15.3%15.0%12.0%
HV 20d45.7%35.1%51.0%35.4%48.2%
HV 60d37.7%35.4%40.1%35.7%40.1%
IV Rank21.2%13.7%32.0%28.1%13.7%
IV Percentile47.8%28.2%68.3%61.5%28.2%
Term Structure-0.3%-1.8%1.2%1.2%-0.1%
VWIV46.9%41.4%53.6%51.9%41.4%
Skew 25d10.5%7.5%13.8%8.8%8.1%
Skew 10d21.1%14.6%29.0%16.4%16.2%
Call IV 25d41.6%36.6%48.5%48.5%37.6%
Put IV 25d52.0%45.6%61.1%57.3%45.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.452.396.925.045.27
Gamma HHI0.080.070.130.080.08
Net GEX-1.1M-12.8M10.3M-12.1M1.6M
Net DEX691.6M171.2M1.36B1.30B604.2M
Net VEX-11.5M-12.4M-9.7M-10.3M-11.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.840.491.610.870.53
Total Volume118,372.47634,559195,822156,043134,271
Total OI2,789,648.4292,503,7503,103,5772,831,0922,632,618

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-06-01$25.39$30.0052.5%15.0%35.4%28.1%51.9%8.8%1.2%-12.1M1.30B-10.3M0.875.0483,40372,6401,486,2721,344,820
2012-06-04$24.82$29.0056.5%15.3%35.1%32.0%53.6%13.8%-0.4%-12.8M1.36B-9.7M0.616.9280,36749,0791,493,4481,343,197
2012-06-05$25.75$29.0052.7%14.3%38.9%28.3%50.1%12.6%-0.5%-9.4M1.19B-10.4M1.035.2695,51298,2761,514,5401,352,347
2012-06-06$27.14$26.0043.8%13.5%44.9%19.5%48.5%11.8%-0.3%-4.1M836.2M-11.7M0.746.1577,41056,9251,566,5991,413,856
2012-06-07$26.91$27.0043.0%13.6%44.2%18.7%45.9%11.0%-0.9%-3.1M872.4M-11.5M0.723.9162,32144,7841,584,0891,404,390
2012-06-08$27.77$27.0039.6%13.0%46.0%15.4%46.1%11.0%-1.0%-1.7M617.7M-12.1M0.513.9174,74438,2691,606,5351,417,797
2012-06-11$26.48$27.0056.2%14.9%46.5%31.8%52.7%12.5%-1.8%-4.1M956.6M-11.4M1.614.1653,81086,6481,621,7381,408,840
2012-06-12$27.62$27.0043.0%13.4%47.2%18.7%49.7%12.5%-0.7%-816.1K668.7M-12.1M0.703.8262,42043,4371,621,4621,435,008
2012-06-13$27.67$27.0042.8%13.6%47.0%18.5%49.5%13.0%0.3%1.4M593.2M-12.3M1.244.2542,35152,4841,631,3491,431,283
2012-06-14$27.91$27.0047.0%13.5%45.6%22.6%48.9%12.1%-0.3%1.8M500.2M-12.4M0.774.2860,15646,4931,637,9811,440,690
2012-06-15$28.31$27.0047.3%13.6%45.1%23.0%51.6%12.4%-0.6%4.6M383.4M-12.4M0.846.02106,47689,3461,658,4181,445,159
2012-06-18$27.55$27.0044.1%12.6%45.9%19.8%45.3%10.9%-0.6%4.6M480.8M-11.6M0.825.5249,53240,5931,328,3091,175,441
2012-06-19$28.50$27.0042.3%12.1%47.2%18.0%41.6%10.2%0.2%9.0M257.3M-12.1M0.713.3458,47541,5881,348,2811,190,888
2012-06-20$28.86$27.0040.2%11.5%46.7%15.9%42.8%9.0%0.9%10.3M171.2M-12.3M0.973.7068,40266,6501,359,9511,203,399
2012-06-21$27.83$27.0044.6%12.8%48.7%20.3%44.6%10.3%-0.5%3.0M423.5M-12.0M0.953.6155,86853,3161,376,5651,220,355
2012-06-22$27.99$27.0041.4%11.9%48.2%17.1%42.3%7.8%0.9%-6.8M380.3M-11.8M1.103.0839,73643,8711,380,5111,218,438
2012-06-25$26.75$27.0045.9%13.2%51.0%21.6%46.2%8.4%-0.5%-1.3M723.6M-11.0M0.803.4945,65736,4081,337,4451,196,836
2012-06-26$26.73$27.0044.6%12.8%50.4%20.3%43.6%7.5%-0.6%-1.0M723.1M-10.8M0.762.7140,83631,0811,353,2591,210,456
2012-06-27$27.10$27.0044.1%12.6%48.6%19.8%44.1%7.7%-0.6%1.2M638.9M-11.2M0.492.3923,12411,4351,369,9821,220,379
2012-06-28$26.39$27.0045.5%13.1%49.2%21.2%45.3%8.0%-0.2%-3.0M831.0M-10.6M0.946.6286,61181,0171,377,5641,222,122
2012-06-29$27.41$27.0037.9%12.0%48.2%13.7%41.4%8.1%-0.1%1.6M604.2M-11.1M0.535.2787,91946,3521,389,4891,243,129