C Options History — November 2014

In November 2014, C traded between $53.15 and $54.40. ATM implied volatility averaged 16.1%, placing in the 13.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.1% (HV 20d: 15.0%). Max pain ranged from $52.50 to $55.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.10.

Notable Days

  • 2014-11-24: Highest Volume — 145,706 contracts
  • 2014-11-24: Largest IV drop — 16.6% change
  • 2014-11-04: Highest IV Rank — 23.5%
  • 2014-11-07: Largest Expected Move — 6.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$53.75$53.15$54.40$53.43$53.97
Max Pain$54.08$52.50$55.00$52.50$55.00
ATM IV16.1%13.3%18.0%17.7%13.9%
Expected Move5.6%5.1%6.1%6.0%5.1%
HV 20d15.0%9.8%23.8%23.8%9.8%
HV 60d18.5%17.8%19.2%18.9%18.0%
IV Rank13.1%0.0%23.5%21.6%3.5%
IV Percentile14.8%0.0%27.4%24.2%1.2%
Term Structure0.2%-1.1%1.4%0.2%0.4%
VWIV20.8%17.2%23.3%22.0%18.8%
Skew 25d2.3%1.2%4.2%2.5%1.6%
Skew 10d5.1%2.4%8.0%6.9%2.9%
Call IV 25d15.4%13.2%16.9%16.8%13.7%
Put IV 25d17.7%14.9%20.6%19.3%15.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %10.988.6813.0212.759.40
Gamma HHI0.200.160.240.190.21
Net GEX75.5M56.3M105.8M73.1M105.8M
Net DEX-1.78B-2.06B-1.59B-1.71B-1.62B
Net VEX-11.7M-12.8M-10.7M-12.6M-10.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.100.472.531.180.98
Total Volume70,734.63220,036145,70668,64724,393
Total OI2,018,593.3681,851,4032,120,7921,951,7751,953,245

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-11-03$53.43$52.5017.7%6.0%23.8%21.6%22.0%2.5%0.2%73.1M-1.71B-12.6M1.1812.7531,45737,1901,002,050949,725
2014-11-04$53.15$55.0018.0%6.1%22.7%23.5%23.1%4.2%-0.1%69.0M-1.61B-12.4M0.8810.6934,77630,6431,008,668965,146
2014-11-05$54.02$55.0017.7%5.7%21.9%21.6%22.4%2.4%0.5%82.8M-2.06B-12.2M0.818.9963,05951,1321,011,139974,002
2014-11-06$53.97$55.0017.2%5.7%19.5%18.9%21.3%2.0%0.4%82.9M-1.99B-12.8M0.7710.6235,34827,3611,029,556994,463
2014-11-07$53.68$55.0017.7%6.1%19.3%21.5%19.5%2.2%0.9%70.1M-1.91B-12.3M0.7510.7351,33838,6461,032,8801,002,430
2014-11-10$53.85$55.0016.4%5.6%18.2%14.3%20.2%2.7%-0.9%77.9M-1.94B-12.0M1.1711.6822,08125,8601,017,1781,003,337
2014-11-11$53.80$52.5016.1%5.5%17.1%12.0%21.4%2.5%-0.3%71.6M-1.87B-11.8M0.8210.3130,59725,2421,014,167998,825
2014-11-12$53.45$55.0016.5%5.9%13.6%14.9%21.4%2.0%0.4%70.2M-1.75B-11.8M0.7412.5130,98922,8941,025,2761,015,491
2014-11-13$53.51$55.0017.2%5.9%13.6%19.0%21.6%2.5%-0.1%69.4M-1.70B-12.0M1.3312.4133,88245,0401,032,7281,017,773
2014-11-14$53.38$55.0015.9%5.8%13.7%11.0%20.8%1.9%1.4%56.3M-1.68B-11.7M1.5211.6520,56031,3291,049,6361,038,233
2014-11-17$53.52$55.0016.5%5.8%13.5%14.6%21.0%3.1%-0.6%67.9M-1.65B-11.7M2.5311.3122,50556,8311,040,6271,027,725
2014-11-18$53.87$52.5015.2%5.4%12.6%7.2%21.9%1.9%0.4%81.9M-1.88B-11.6M1.248.6834,19642,5421,042,1111,062,544
2014-11-19$53.66$52.5016.5%5.8%11.6%14.6%19.5%2.6%-0.1%62.2M-1.72B-11.5M0.4713.0213,5946,4421,052,3811,068,411
2014-11-20$53.53$52.5016.8%5.8%11.3%16.4%23.3%3.0%-0.2%75.5M-1.72B-11.1M1.1710.6428,50433,3141,035,6411,059,613
2014-11-21$53.66$52.5016.1%5.6%11.0%12.1%19.0%3.2%-1.1%85.1M-1.72B-11.1M1.1110.3859,57465,9271,038,9751,061,821
2014-11-24$54.40$52.5013.4%5.1%11.4%0.0%20.0%1.7%0.7%82.6M-1.77B-10.9M1.5711.3056,73588,971943,853907,550
2014-11-25$54.32$55.0013.7%5.1%10.1%1.5%17.2%1.2%0.8%81.5M-1.84B-10.7M1.1811.3738,79245,913970,278955,288
2014-11-26$54.13$55.0013.3%5.1%10.1%0.0%20.3%1.3%1.1%67.9M-1.59B-11.2M0.6610.1021,84814,453975,225975,283
2014-11-28$53.97$55.0013.9%5.1%9.8%3.5%18.8%1.6%0.4%105.8M-1.62B-10.9M0.989.4012,34212,051976,605976,640