C Options History — December 2013

In December 2013, C traded between $50.69 and $52.62. ATM implied volatility averaged 21.9%, placing in the 21.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.8% (HV 20d: 17.1%). Max pain ranged from $50.00 to $50.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.51.

Notable Days

  • 2013-12-04: Highest Volume — 144,999 contracts
  • 2013-12-12: Largest IV spike — 10.6% change
  • 2013-12-19: Highest IV Rank — 32.9%
  • 2013-12-16: Largest Expected Move — 8.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$51.76$50.69$52.62$52.62$52.11
Max Pain$50.00$50.00$50.00$50.00$50.00
ATM IV21.9%18.8%24.3%18.8%22.4%
Expected Move7.9%7.6%8.2%8.0%7.6%
HV 20d17.1%15.7%19.2%17.1%15.8%
HV 60d19.5%18.6%20.4%20.2%18.7%
IV Rank21.0%5.2%32.9%5.2%27.3%
IV Percentile26.3%6.3%51.2%6.3%28.6%
Term Structure1.4%-0.9%4.0%3.4%-0.9%
VWIV28.0%25.2%30.1%25.2%27.7%
Skew 25d1.8%1.3%2.4%1.8%1.7%
Skew 10d4.5%3.1%9.3%3.7%3.6%
Call IV 25d21.5%18.4%24.1%18.4%21.9%
Put IV 25d23.2%20.1%26.0%20.1%23.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %19.3312.2346.9814.6627.21
Gamma HHI0.170.110.320.160.14
Net GEX80.6M22.1M161.7M69.3M91.1M
Net DEX-2.15B-2.54B-1.53B-2.47B-2.34B
Net VEX-13.7M-14.6M-12.4M-14.3M-12.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.510.220.790.450.31
Total Volume72,735.1928,250144,99968,87833,301
Total OI2,573,2412,331,2612,741,0182,566,1642,356,779

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-12-02$52.62$50.0018.8%8.0%17.1%5.2%25.2%1.8%3.4%69.3M-2.47B-14.3M0.4514.6647,41321,4651,180,6991,385,465
2013-12-03$52.13$50.0019.6%7.9%17.6%9.2%27.7%1.9%3.1%69.2M-2.35B-13.8M0.4312.2355,32723,7201,194,0041,391,943
2013-12-04$52.04$50.0019.8%7.9%17.4%10.3%29.3%1.8%3.3%71.6M-2.34B-14.2M0.2923.41112,32332,6761,207,5401,402,281
2013-12-05$51.06$50.0021.0%8.1%19.2%16.6%28.0%2.4%4.0%51.2M-1.86B-14.6M0.7916.9146,94837,1531,243,3101,415,639
2013-12-06$51.49$50.0020.0%7.9%19.0%11.5%27.5%2.1%3.3%159.9M-1.89B-14.6M0.5215.6843,30822,6541,223,2161,431,302
2013-12-09$52.11$50.0019.7%7.9%16.0%9.8%30.1%1.9%3.6%60.6M-2.23B-14.4M0.5616.5743,66324,6231,197,3101,417,378
2013-12-10$51.74$50.0020.0%7.8%16.3%11.2%27.1%1.8%3.4%51.0M-2.00B-14.3M0.7119.2749,72835,2091,207,6081,421,946
2013-12-11$50.71$50.0021.1%7.9%17.3%16.8%28.5%1.7%3.2%22.1M-1.53B-14.4M0.7313.6750,37636,9571,219,5191,423,520
2013-12-12$50.91$50.0023.3%8.0%17.1%27.9%27.2%1.3%1.7%38.0M-1.68B-14.4M0.5046.9870,16835,3291,237,7261,439,920
2013-12-13$50.97$50.0023.0%8.1%17.0%26.2%28.6%1.7%2.4%113.4M-1.76B-14.3M0.5312.5536,61419,2691,267,5671,449,525
2013-12-16$50.90$50.0024.1%8.2%17.0%31.8%29.1%1.7%-0.1%49.0M-1.84B-13.6M0.4513.4737,61916,8781,241,4521,434,449
2013-12-17$50.69$50.0024.1%8.1%16.8%31.8%27.9%2.2%0.1%40.9M-1.65B-13.8M0.5621.8632,76818,4001,255,9501,441,649
2013-12-18$51.96$50.0024.0%8.2%18.9%31.4%28.0%1.7%-0.1%105.7M-2.32B-14.1M0.4020.3796,99839,2161,261,1631,447,958
2013-12-19$51.88$50.0024.3%8.0%18.6%32.9%29.5%1.4%-0.5%114.9M-2.32B-13.4M0.3717.0446,52117,0451,279,2931,450,158
2013-12-20$52.21$50.0023.5%7.9%17.5%29.1%28.3%1.7%-0.3%161.7M-2.54B-13.4M0.2214.44100,14121,7671,283,3291,457,689
2013-12-23$52.41$50.0022.2%7.8%17.0%22.2%28.2%1.6%-0.0%82.0M-2.45B-12.9M0.6118.5137,56323,0131,109,4421,221,819
2013-12-24$52.43$50.0022.7%7.8%15.8%24.8%27.5%1.6%-0.3%83.1M-2.47B-13.1M0.4320.5519,8058,4451,123,9541,235,060
2013-12-26$52.35$50.0022.3%7.8%15.7%22.6%27.4%1.6%-0.1%92.4M-2.48B-12.7M0.5217.5821,04810,9841,129,7421,237,598
2013-12-27$52.26$50.0021.9%7.8%15.7%20.7%26.3%1.6%-0.1%82.8M-2.41B-12.7M0.7219.9126,82619,2591,133,7161,242,509
2013-12-30$51.92$50.0022.2%7.8%15.8%22.4%28.9%1.7%-0.6%82.2M-2.21B-12.5M0.5122.9636,41218,5071,109,5171,227,417
2013-12-31$52.11$50.0022.4%7.6%15.8%27.3%27.7%1.7%-0.9%91.1M-2.34B-12.4M0.3127.2125,3607,9411,124,0361,232,743