C Options History — October 2013

In October 2013, C traded between $47.67 and $51.15. ATM implied volatility averaged 23.3%, placing in the 15.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.4% (HV 20d: 21.9%). Max pain ranged from $45.50 to $51.00. Net GEX was positive for 17 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.86.

Notable Days

  • 2013-10-16: Highest Volume — 183,843 contracts
  • 2013-10-10: Largest IV drop — 18.0% change
  • 2013-10-08: Highest IV Rank — 51.7%
  • 2013-10-08: Largest Expected Move — 9.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$49.56$47.67$51.15$48.60$48.78
Max Pain$49.27$45.50$51.00$48.50$50.50
ATM IV23.3%17.7%33.0%26.2%18.5%
Expected Move6.7%5.1%9.5%7.5%5.3%
HV 20d21.9%19.2%25.7%20.4%23.4%
HV 60d20.6%19.4%21.7%19.8%21.0%
IV Rank15.0%0.0%51.7%23.8%2.7%
IV Percentile28.3%0.0%94.0%46.8%1.2%
Term Structure-0.5%-3.8%1.2%-1.3%0.6%
VWIV23.7%17.8%33.4%26.9%19.3%
Skew 25d2.8%1.7%4.6%2.8%2.0%
Skew 10d6.0%3.8%9.4%5.7%3.8%
Call IV 25d22.3%17.1%31.1%25.1%18.1%
Put IV 25d25.1%18.8%35.7%27.9%20.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %8.601.8319.655.8515.05
Gamma HHI0.110.090.160.090.10
Net GEX20.4M-13.6M76.9M-5.9M-13.6M
Net DEX-1.15B-2.19B-228.2M-591.9M-518.6M
Net VEX-14.6M-16.1M-13.0M-15.4M-13.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.860.381.910.690.60
Total Volume98,739.17435,722183,84393,18077,467
Total OI2,519,964.8262,388,2422,684,3162,394,0252,513,938

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-10-01$48.60$48.5026.2%7.5%20.4%23.8%26.9%2.8%-1.3%-5.9M-591.9M-15.4M0.695.8555,08738,0931,074,8661,319,159
2013-10-02$48.71$48.5027.6%7.9%20.4%29.3%27.6%3.0%-1.5%273.3K-661.9M-15.8M0.428.4578,11933,1481,100,5391,330,529
2013-10-03$48.40$48.5028.2%8.1%20.3%32.1%27.8%3.0%-1.0%-873.4K-559.4M-15.9M0.829.8355,13345,2591,129,7401,340,831
2013-10-04$49.14$48.5027.0%7.7%20.7%26.9%26.9%2.9%-1.3%17.5M-953.4M-15.7M0.967.3258,49556,3291,141,1531,357,229
2013-10-07$48.18$48.5030.1%8.6%20.7%39.8%30.0%3.7%-2.1%-1.4M-488.5M-16.1M1.113.7040,22844,8171,136,3051,361,558
2013-10-08$47.67$48.5033.0%9.5%19.2%51.7%33.4%4.6%-3.8%-11.7M-228.2M-16.1M1.093.8953,49958,4861,149,9831,376,898
2013-10-09$47.95$48.5032.2%9.2%19.4%48.5%31.7%4.6%-2.8%-8.7M-354.9M-16.0M0.444.1198,89143,1701,161,9001,403,927
2013-10-10$49.27$0.0026.5%7.6%22.0%24.8%29.3%3.5%-0.5%20.5M-1.04B-15.7M0.909.3768,46761,4271,187,0161,421,051
2013-10-11$49.22$45.5024.8%7.2%21.9%18.1%26.0%3.5%-0.9%10.7M-1.01B-15.5M0.9215.1659,88854,8591,194,2211,433,722
2013-10-14$49.60$49.0025.1%7.1%21.7%19.3%25.4%3.1%-1.7%13.8M-1.14B-15.4M0.574.49100,75157,0721,180,3581,439,303
2013-10-15$48.86$49.0024.1%6.9%22.2%15.1%24.1%3.1%-0.4%4.4M-801.4M-14.9M0.611.83104,05663,7311,206,3971,441,485
2013-10-16$50.84$49.0021.7%6.2%25.7%5.3%22.3%3.4%0.5%76.9M-2.03B-14.6M0.386.17133,45250,3911,228,1231,456,193
2013-10-17$51.12$49.0020.3%5.8%25.7%0.0%20.6%2.8%-0.3%65.7M-2.17B-14.3M0.646.2449,78731,9911,226,9981,454,454
2013-10-18$51.15$49.0019.7%5.6%25.2%0.0%19.4%2.5%-0.1%61.9M-2.19B-13.8M0.844.6751,79543,7531,224,8101,458,668
2013-10-21$51.03$48.0019.7%5.6%22.2%0.0%20.0%2.5%1.2%49.5M-1.83B-13.6M0.9814.1125,87225,3611,072,4601,315,782
2013-10-22$50.76$51.0019.2%5.5%21.7%0.0%19.7%1.9%1.1%47.2M-1.71B-13.5M1.159.1241,22947,3421,080,9591,326,843
2013-10-23$50.19$51.0020.3%5.8%22.1%4.5%20.3%1.9%0.1%30.4M-1.42B-13.6M1.579.7422,71035,6241,092,7061,348,005
2013-10-24$50.15$51.0019.6%5.6%22.0%1.6%19.6%2.0%-0.4%28.6M-1.42B-13.7M0.977.9825,51924,8601,096,1641,363,230
2013-10-25$50.06$51.0018.8%5.4%22.0%0.0%19.0%1.8%-0.3%2.6M-1.35B-13.6M0.826.5430,39325,0571,095,3401,368,248
2013-10-28$50.15$50.5018.4%5.3%21.7%0.0%18.1%1.9%0.6%29.9M-1.38B-13.0M1.9115.1125,80749,2991,072,8841,350,667
2013-10-29$50.22$50.5017.7%5.1%21.7%0.0%17.8%1.7%0.9%29.6M-1.35B-13.3M0.519.4223,72811,9941,083,1771,373,531
2013-10-30$49.89$50.5018.0%5.2%21.9%0.9%19.9%2.4%0.9%22.2M-1.24B-13.3M0.9419.6545,57942,9861,088,7801,379,061
2013-10-31$48.78$50.5018.5%5.3%23.4%2.7%19.3%2.0%0.6%-13.6M-518.6M-13.4M0.6015.0548,47928,9881,110,8501,403,088