C Options History — July 2016

In July 2016, C traded between $40.77 and $44.65. ATM implied volatility averaged 25.8%, placing in the 26.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.3%. IV traded below realized volatility by 18.9% (HV 20d: 44.7%). Max pain ranged from $42.50 to $43.00. Net GEX was positive for 17 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.89.

Notable Days

  • 2016-07-14: Highest Volume — 221,593 contracts
  • 2016-07-15: Largest IV drop — 14.8% change
  • 2016-07-05: Highest IV Rank — 53.2%
  • 2016-07-06: Largest Expected Move — 9.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$43.37$40.77$44.65$42.26$43.89
Max Pain$42.58$42.50$43.00$43.00$43.00
ATM IV25.8%20.5%35.3%31.0%20.5%
Expected Move7.3%5.8%9.8%9.3%5.8%
HV 20d44.7%20.8%51.7%49.8%21.0%
HV 60d36.4%35.5%38.0%37.3%35.5%
IV Rank26.4%9.6%53.2%41.6%9.6%
IV Percentile40.3%11.5%88.5%72.6%11.5%
Term Structure-0.0%-1.0%0.6%-0.7%0.5%
VWIV25.8%20.4%34.0%32.3%20.4%
Skew 25d3.8%2.7%5.4%4.9%3.0%
Skew 10d7.2%4.2%11.2%8.6%4.4%
Call IV 25d24.5%19.4%32.8%29.3%19.4%
Put IV 25d28.3%22.4%38.1%34.1%22.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %5.163.306.976.384.60
Gamma HHI0.150.090.330.100.20
Net GEX32.0M-5.4M75.0M5.7M36.0M
Net DEX4.0M-514.9M750.1M312.0M-42.5M
Net VEX-11.7M-12.3M-11.2M-12.1M-11.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.890.441.430.910.92
Total Volume102,790.2561,132221,593114,60875,267
Total OI1,870,608.951,705,4272,056,8691,967,6231,836,749

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-07-01$42.26$43.0031.0%9.3%49.8%41.6%32.3%4.9%-0.7%5.7M312.0M-12.1M0.916.3860,02054,5881,105,840861,783
2016-07-05$40.77$42.5035.3%9.8%50.8%53.2%34.0%5.4%-0.9%-5.4M750.1M-11.3M1.344.8452,69870,6341,068,496815,631
2016-07-06$41.02$42.5034.5%9.8%51.0%51.2%32.9%5.1%-1.0%-3.6M722.1M-11.2M0.904.6062,00955,5401,089,629843,468
2016-07-07$41.26$42.5034.7%9.4%51.1%51.8%32.9%5.0%-0.9%-399.1K593.6M-11.6M0.543.3079,70643,0361,111,102859,643
2016-07-08$41.98$42.5030.1%8.3%51.7%39.2%29.5%5.2%-0.4%75.0M373.4M-11.5M0.653.6570,30746,0091,147,810856,130
2016-07-11$42.37$42.5028.6%8.0%51.2%35.0%27.8%4.7%-0.5%12.7M306.5M-11.4M1.374.1532,61744,5991,101,604829,570
2016-07-12$43.46$42.5027.8%8.1%51.7%32.8%27.4%4.1%0.5%26.1M-57.7M-11.8M0.835.8358,90649,1081,106,015848,060
2016-07-13$43.33$42.5027.4%8.0%50.4%31.9%27.4%3.7%0.3%26.9M-36.9M-11.7M0.686.7563,03042,6801,123,008853,627
2016-07-14$44.48$42.5027.1%7.6%51.2%30.9%28.0%3.1%-0.6%49.1M-514.9M-12.3M0.445.35154,19067,4031,144,611862,036
2016-07-15$44.35$42.5023.1%6.6%51.2%19.9%23.2%3.1%-0.2%43.5M-371.1M-12.0M0.905.4285,55877,1171,169,941886,928
2016-07-18$44.65$42.5021.8%6.2%51.2%16.5%21.8%3.2%0.5%44.6M-360.4M-11.9M0.966.9742,24440,427998,212707,215
2016-07-19$44.31$42.5021.5%6.1%51.3%15.2%22.1%3.2%0.5%40.1M-236.8M-11.7M1.065.8931,89033,9271,009,408717,808
2016-07-20$44.44$42.5021.5%6.2%51.3%15.4%21.6%3.3%0.3%44.6M-304.0M-11.6M0.835.7939,90232,9721,018,892720,829
2016-07-21$44.12$42.5022.6%6.5%51.3%16.7%22.8%3.8%0.3%39.7M-195.9M-11.9M1.435.4529,36341,9521,028,238728,706
2016-07-22$44.29$42.5021.9%6.2%49.3%13.7%21.9%3.3%0.4%37.2M-225.7M-12.0M0.615.0460,81937,3821,036,711740,620
2016-07-25$44.00$42.5022.7%6.5%34.6%15.6%24.3%2.9%0.6%37.2M-127.2M-11.7M1.374.4825,82435,3081,035,836728,048
2016-07-26$44.11$42.5022.1%6.4%28.9%14.0%22.8%3.3%0.4%40.1M-157.6M-11.6M0.733.6454,53539,9121,043,520740,285
2016-07-27$44.29$42.5021.0%6.0%24.7%10.9%21.2%2.7%0.4%47.9M-223.0M-11.5M0.546.8253,71929,1571,062,400755,490
2016-07-28$44.09$43.0021.7%6.2%20.8%12.7%22.1%3.0%0.4%42.4M-123.2M-11.8M0.724.2147,34734,1031,056,220762,060
2016-07-29$43.89$43.0020.5%5.8%21.0%9.6%20.4%3.0%0.5%36.0M-42.5M-11.4M0.924.6039,29835,9691,071,529765,220