C Options History — January 2016

In January 2016, C traded between $39.48 and $51.13. ATM implied volatility averaged 32.7%, placing in the 69.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.3%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.8% (HV 20d: 33.6%). Max pain ranged from $45.00 to $52.50. Net GEX was positive for 9 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 2 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.78.

Notable Days

  • 2016-01-20: Highest Volume — 246,186 contracts
  • 2016-01-07: Largest IV spike — 16.9% change
  • 2016-01-15: Highest IV Rank — 84.8%
  • 2016-01-20: Largest Expected Move — 10.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$44.14$39.48$51.13$51.13$41.00
Max Pain$48.42$45.00$52.50$52.50$45.00
ATM IV32.7%27.0%36.6%27.6%32.0%
Expected Move9.3%7.6%10.4%7.9%9.4%
HV 20d33.6%25.9%39.0%28.2%39.0%
HV 60d29.8%26.3%32.4%26.3%31.7%
IV Rank69.4%46.7%84.8%48.8%66.5%
IV Percentile94.2%83.7%98.8%86.9%90.5%
Term Structure-0.8%-1.6%0.5%-0.5%-0.2%
VWIV32.6%25.2%39.0%26.2%33.6%
Skew 25d5.6%3.9%7.6%4.0%5.8%
Skew 10d10.7%4.7%16.4%11.2%9.1%
Call IV 25d30.6%25.2%34.9%25.5%29.8%
Put IV 25d36.3%29.6%40.7%29.6%35.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %9.705.4113.679.547.39
Gamma HHI0.100.060.310.090.08
Net GEX686.0K-18.5M25.9M11.3M25.9M
Net DEX912.7M208.9M1.82B208.9M655.1M
Net VEX-8.3M-10.2M-6.8M-10.2M-8.2M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.780.351.440.580.59
Total Volume127,707.10571,353246,18674,72771,353
Total OI1,631,8161,193,0651,990,3681,686,7381,610,043

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-01-04$51.13$52.5027.6%7.9%28.2%48.8%26.2%4.0%-0.5%11.3M208.9M-10.2M0.589.5447,16627,5611,020,210666,528
2016-01-05$50.85$52.5027.0%7.6%25.9%46.7%25.2%4.4%-0.8%8.3M277.6M-10.0M0.8810.4461,80554,6791,036,876676,014
2016-01-06$50.14$52.5028.5%7.9%26.0%52.8%26.5%4.7%-0.5%1.8M454.7M-10.0M0.378.6576,24228,4301,039,554680,110
2016-01-07$47.83$52.5033.4%9.2%29.9%72.0%31.2%5.0%-1.0%-8.9M945.8M-9.1M0.569.5384,70747,0211,059,542684,241
2016-01-08$46.15$50.0035.1%9.8%31.7%79.0%32.2%4.1%-1.3%-12.5M1.26B-8.4M0.5513.26107,66259,4841,098,702699,138
2016-01-11$46.89$50.0033.1%9.0%32.7%70.9%31.6%4.5%-1.6%-10.3M1.07B-9.0M0.8412.0057,35547,9341,112,696705,047
2016-01-12$47.07$50.0031.0%8.5%31.5%62.5%30.0%3.9%-1.5%-10.7M1.04B-9.1M0.907.7338,81934,8051,137,083719,457
2016-01-13$45.18$50.0035.5%9.7%34.0%80.3%33.4%6.5%-1.2%-13.5M1.38B-8.3M0.9610.0046,31144,4871,144,266724,620
2016-01-14$45.24$50.0032.3%9.0%31.7%67.6%34.8%5.7%-0.9%-18.5M1.41B-8.2M1.117.7482,01291,2321,163,066733,596
2016-01-15$42.44$50.0036.6%10.2%34.9%84.8%36.9%5.8%-1.5%-7.2M1.82B-7.0M1.1010.72105,140115,3271,209,501780,867
2016-01-19$42.06$47.5032.4%9.3%34.8%68.1%34.6%6.3%-1.0%-1.6M759.9M-7.3M1.2411.9348,93160,744753,224439,841
2016-01-20$40.48$47.5036.2%10.4%35.4%83.3%36.9%7.0%0.5%-3.6M874.8M-6.8M0.7212.48142,783103,403771,684469,089
2016-01-21$40.26$45.0034.4%9.9%34.6%75.9%39.0%7.6%-1.1%3.7M925.9M-6.9M1.4410.7961,64589,009842,156516,211
2016-01-22$41.08$45.0032.1%9.2%36.1%66.8%31.6%6.0%-0.4%19.9M823.7M-7.4M0.795.4193,16773,842854,367577,164
2016-01-25$39.48$45.0035.3%10.3%36.3%79.7%36.1%7.4%-0.8%-2.0M970.0M-7.1M0.806.2764,89851,618857,284597,075
2016-01-26$40.45$45.0033.0%9.7%38.4%70.3%32.9%6.5%0.0%5.9M857.8M-7.7M0.438.1082,58335,776891,284620,754
2016-01-27$40.55$45.0033.6%9.9%38.7%72.6%33.1%6.1%-0.5%11.7M796.6M-7.9M0.6213.6748,74430,458926,415619,021
2016-01-28$40.42$45.0033.1%9.8%37.7%71.0%33.8%5.7%-0.3%13.2M802.0M-8.0M0.358.5981,25928,043943,311624,467
2016-01-29$41.00$45.0032.0%9.4%39.0%66.5%33.6%5.8%-0.2%25.9M655.1M-8.2M0.597.3944,92226,431991,697618,346