C Options History — January 2014

In January 2014, C traded between $47.43 and $55.20. ATM implied volatility averaged 22.2%, placing in the 28.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.7% (HV 20d: 20.5%). Max pain ranged from $45.00 to $50.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.47.

Notable Days

  • 2014-01-16: Highest Volume — 344,250 contracts
  • 2014-01-24: Largest IV spike — 22.1% change
  • 2014-01-29: Highest IV Rank — 60.4%
  • 2014-01-29: Largest Expected Move — 8.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$52.00$47.43$55.20$52.27$47.43
Max Pain$47.67$45.00$50.00$50.00$47.00
ATM IV22.2%17.6%27.1%23.6%27.0%
Expected Move7.5%7.1%8.0%7.7%7.9%
HV 20d20.5%13.2%28.5%15.5%28.5%
HV 60d19.0%16.3%21.7%18.2%21.7%
IV Rank28.9%0.0%60.4%38.0%60.0%
IV Percentile33.1%0.0%79.8%45.6%78.6%
Term Structure0.0%-1.5%2.5%-0.3%0.7%
VWIV26.3%24.3%28.7%26.4%27.1%
Skew 25d1.5%0.6%2.1%1.9%2.1%
Skew 10d3.2%1.0%4.7%4.0%4.2%
Call IV 25d22.0%18.3%27.0%23.3%26.5%
Put IV 25d23.5%18.9%28.7%25.2%28.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %18.9810.5824.7620.7221.22
Gamma HHI0.180.100.260.140.10
Net GEX62.5M13.6M101.9M93.7M14.4M
Net DEX-1.87B-3.80B216.9M-2.44B216.9M
Net VEX-12.7M-15.8M-11.9M-12.5M-15.8M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.470.200.700.450.68
Total Volume158,948.38179,372344,25089,753173,549
Total OI2,127,198.2381,366,0592,629,9182,365,5372,067,626

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-01-02$52.27$50.0023.6%7.7%15.5%38.0%26.4%1.9%-0.3%93.7M-2.44B-12.5M0.4520.7261,85627,8971,128,9391,236,598
2014-01-03$53.40$50.0022.9%7.5%17.2%33.3%26.2%1.7%0.1%93.2M-3.12B-12.4M0.2720.32108,34529,7681,156,7631,248,259
2014-01-06$53.81$50.0023.0%7.6%15.6%33.9%28.3%1.7%-0.8%101.9M-3.20B-12.0M0.3412.4489,48130,2011,145,4041,249,884
2014-01-07$54.18$45.0021.6%7.5%15.5%24.7%27.0%1.5%-0.9%100.5M-3.35B-12.2M0.5020.8393,45446,2871,152,9801,259,431
2014-01-08$54.81$45.0021.0%7.4%15.5%20.7%25.7%1.5%-0.8%94.5M-3.65B-11.9M0.3922.0684,07632,4471,156,7131,286,957
2014-01-09$55.20$47.0021.5%7.5%15.1%24.0%26.2%1.7%-0.6%89.2M-3.80B-11.9M0.4019.1392,47737,0021,162,3321,298,529
2014-01-10$54.72$47.0021.3%7.5%13.2%23.0%25.9%1.7%-0.7%86.1M-3.62B-12.1M0.5310.5859,78131,7071,185,2101,312,137
2014-01-13$53.72$47.0023.2%7.4%15.4%35.0%25.7%1.7%-0.9%83.3M-3.01B-12.1M0.6119.5849,20230,1701,164,1251,294,143
2014-01-14$53.95$47.0021.6%7.2%15.4%25.0%26.5%1.5%-1.5%86.0M-3.12B-12.0M0.5319.6466,51035,5621,173,8271,304,061
2014-01-15$54.99$47.0021.3%7.4%16.3%22.8%25.7%1.1%0.2%98.1M-3.63B-11.9M0.6915.38116,42480,3111,178,5921,293,294
2014-01-16$52.60$47.0019.5%7.3%23.6%11.1%25.9%1.9%-0.3%62.7M-2.40B-12.0M0.4822.23232,189112,0611,202,9951,320,068
2014-01-17$52.27$50.0018.6%7.1%22.1%5.5%26.2%1.2%-0.6%77.3M-2.06B-12.2M0.7023.2781,92057,2421,268,8131,361,105
2014-01-21$51.85$47.0018.1%7.1%22.3%2.1%26.3%1.1%2.2%32.7M-634.8M-12.1M0.4619.5881,90737,477733,103632,956
2014-01-22$51.90$47.0017.6%7.3%22.2%0.0%24.3%0.6%2.5%45.4M-736.4M-12.2M0.4524.7658,59426,262778,115654,267
2014-01-23$50.72$50.0019.7%7.4%23.5%12.9%26.2%0.9%0.7%25.4M-387.4M-12.3M0.5513.2790,14349,371806,945666,830
2014-01-24$49.33$50.0024.0%7.7%25.3%40.7%26.5%0.6%-0.1%13.6M-29.5M-12.8M0.3517.69222,92378,752845,297696,014
2014-01-27$48.81$47.0024.5%7.5%25.4%44.0%25.5%2.1%0.7%16.5M-18.7M-13.3M0.2020.21204,62640,233913,244719,742
2014-01-28$49.60$47.0023.7%7.5%26.3%38.8%26.2%1.4%0.5%45.7M-400.7M-14.5M0.3516.1084,11629,0401,065,527736,398
2014-01-29$48.08$47.0027.1%8.0%28.2%60.4%28.7%1.8%0.3%22.3M50.2M-14.3M0.4621.39178,24481,1101,095,369744,432
2014-01-30$48.30$47.0025.8%7.8%28.2%52.0%26.3%2.0%0.1%30.6M-15.2M-15.0M0.4818.18145,20769,9921,188,486785,653
2014-01-31$47.43$47.0027.0%7.9%28.5%60.0%27.1%2.1%0.7%14.4M216.9M-15.8M0.6821.22103,49570,0541,246,450821,176