C Options History — February 2014

In February 2014, C traded between $46.34 and $49.96. ATM implied volatility averaged 24.0%, placing in the 40.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.7%. IV traded below realized volatility by 2.7% (HV 20d: 26.6%). Max pain ranged from $45.00 to $47.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.73.

Notable Days

  • 2014-02-05: Highest Volume — 198,119 contracts
  • 2014-02-04: Largest IV drop — 8.1% change
  • 2014-02-03: Highest IV Rank — 77.8%
  • 2014-02-21: Largest Expected Move — 8.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$48.58$46.34$49.96$46.34$48.63
Max Pain$45.95$45.00$47.00$47.00$45.00
ATM IV24.0%22.0%29.8%29.8%22.9%
Expected Move7.7%7.5%8.1%8.0%7.5%
HV 20d26.6%20.9%30.6%27.5%20.9%
HV 60d22.1%21.8%22.5%22.1%22.0%
IV Rank40.5%27.7%77.8%77.8%33.5%
IV Percentile48.0%26.6%96.4%96.4%38.1%
Term Structure0.1%-0.4%0.7%-0.2%0.5%
VWIV27.0%25.8%28.6%28.0%26.4%
Skew 25d1.9%0.9%2.5%2.5%1.7%
Skew 10d4.0%2.3%5.3%4.7%3.8%
Call IV 25d23.6%21.5%29.2%29.2%22.5%
Put IV 25d25.5%23.2%31.7%31.7%24.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %13.627.0521.1819.979.28
Gamma HHI0.120.090.150.090.13
Net GEX48.0M12.4M90.8M12.4M50.4M
Net DEX-407.1M-1.10B417.1M417.1M-429.7M
Net VEX-16.2M-17.4M-15.2M-15.2M-16.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.730.341.310.340.57
Total Volume102,309.78950,761198,119147,171125,472
Total OI2,177,740.4212,038,0282,252,7672,052,0642,222,862

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-02-03$46.34$47.0029.8%8.0%27.5%77.8%28.0%2.5%-0.2%12.4M417.1M-15.2M0.3419.97109,91937,2521,233,536818,528
2014-02-04$46.78$47.0027.4%8.0%27.6%62.4%27.5%2.5%-0.3%18.4M316.5M-15.4M0.6320.2854,10234,2281,267,211831,580
2014-02-05$47.06$47.0027.2%7.8%27.6%61.2%27.7%2.4%-0.4%22.3M220.9M-15.5M0.3821.18143,78154,3381,282,621843,268
2014-02-06$48.25$47.0026.0%7.7%29.1%53.6%27.7%2.4%0.3%49.6M-267.4M-16.6M0.4311.50115,55950,0061,300,823861,118
2014-02-07$49.34$45.0024.3%7.6%30.5%42.7%26.1%2.1%0.4%75.4M-876.8M-17.4M0.5317.72103,65154,8341,352,120878,390
2014-02-10$49.32$45.0024.9%7.7%30.6%46.3%27.2%2.4%0.3%64.7M-749.0M-17.4M1.2416.9333,35641,3621,319,888865,513
2014-02-11$49.66$45.0023.5%7.6%30.4%37.6%26.5%2.1%-0.3%73.8M-897.0M-17.3M0.5015.7355,86427,7961,329,196874,217
2014-02-12$49.96$47.0022.9%7.6%30.5%33.3%26.6%1.5%-0.2%90.8M-1.10B-17.3M1.0314.5233,21534,3581,348,181879,571
2014-02-13$49.86$47.0022.4%7.6%29.3%30.1%27.9%1.8%0.0%85.8M-1.03B-17.2M1.3110.7021,94528,8161,348,954883,629
2014-02-14$49.52$45.0022.0%7.6%25.3%27.7%26.8%1.8%-0.1%64.8M-809.0M-16.8M1.0410.1733,80335,2671,353,620895,390
2014-02-18$49.38$45.0022.7%7.5%25.3%32.1%25.9%2.1%0.1%70.7M-709.6M-16.2M0.6313.4532,73120,7291,331,959882,041
2014-02-19$48.19$45.0023.6%7.8%26.4%37.9%26.9%1.6%0.2%30.6M-102.3M-15.6M1.248.4835,97744,4811,347,689890,551
2014-02-20$48.13$47.0023.1%7.8%26.3%35.1%27.0%1.1%0.3%19.0M-73.1M-15.6M0.7618.1840,41630,8831,339,329891,321
2014-02-21$48.26$47.0022.1%8.1%25.4%28.7%27.3%0.9%0.4%21.5M-147.9M-15.6M0.9115.1635,76832,7211,354,267898,500
2014-02-24$48.98$47.0022.6%7.5%24.3%31.5%28.6%2.1%0.5%50.7M-540.2M-15.8M0.5711.2765,69537,5851,206,150831,878
2014-02-25$48.40$45.0022.1%7.7%24.3%28.2%26.1%1.7%0.5%35.3M-278.6M-15.5M0.377.0599,54736,7481,232,731847,831
2014-02-26$48.32$45.0022.7%7.7%23.6%32.6%25.8%1.8%0.7%31.4M-250.0M-15.9M0.9510.2261,96558,6051,279,900865,041
2014-02-27$48.69$45.0023.3%7.5%20.9%36.5%27.5%1.5%0.2%43.8M-432.1M-16.2M0.437.0656,67124,4401,296,629891,035
2014-02-28$48.63$45.0022.9%7.5%20.9%33.5%26.4%1.7%0.5%50.4M-429.7M-16.1M0.579.2879,85645,6161,323,285899,577