C Options History — August 2016

In August 2016, C traded between $42.97 and $47.92. ATM implied volatility averaged 21.9%, placing in the 11.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.3% (HV 20d: 19.6%). Max pain ranged from $42.50 to $45.00. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 16 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.72.

Notable Days

  • 2016-08-05: Highest Volume — 216,244 contracts
  • 2016-08-22: Largest IV spike — 8.9% change
  • 2016-08-25: Highest IV Rank — 19.5%
  • 2016-08-25: Largest Expected Move — 6.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$45.99$42.97$47.92$43.37$47.72
Max Pain$43.43$42.50$45.00$43.50$45.00
ATM IV21.9%19.7%25.2%21.5%23.5%
Expected Move6.2%5.5%6.8%6.2%6.1%
HV 20d19.6%17.0%22.2%21.5%17.5%
HV 60d34.6%32.9%36.4%35.5%33.0%
IV Rank11.0%3.6%19.5%12.2%14.4%
IV Percentile16.8%4.0%35.7%15.5%27.8%
Term Structure0.8%-0.2%3.1%0.1%-0.1%
VWIV22.4%19.9%24.9%21.5%22.9%
Skew 25d3.6%3.0%4.2%3.3%3.4%
Skew 10d7.4%4.4%11.2%4.8%6.6%
Call IV 25d20.8%19.2%23.5%20.3%22.1%
Put IV 25d24.3%22.4%27.1%23.7%25.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %5.913.5918.354.606.80
Gamma HHI0.210.130.340.160.19
Net GEX70.1M13.2M154.1M20.4M80.0M
Net DEX-754.3M-1.30B221.5M121.7M-1.16B
Net VEX-11.8M-12.3M-11.0M-11.1M-12.2M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.720.191.650.650.92
Total Volume91,542.47849,520216,24471,60895,217
Total OI1,862,813.2171,761,8491,984,4191,805,3811,868,672

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-08-01$43.37$43.5021.5%6.2%21.5%12.2%21.5%3.3%0.1%20.4M121.7M-11.1M0.654.6043,49628,1121,054,392750,989
2016-08-02$42.97$42.5023.0%6.6%17.0%16.4%23.2%3.5%0.0%13.2M221.5M-11.0M0.494.6775,58737,0811,067,042749,775
2016-08-03$43.85$43.0022.6%6.7%18.1%15.4%23.0%3.5%-0.1%33.1M-80.3M-11.3M0.546.7851,54427,6171,070,865763,595
2016-08-04$43.82$42.5022.6%6.5%18.1%15.5%23.3%3.2%0.1%33.1M-92.0M-11.3M0.714.0137,37526,4421,079,375770,194
2016-08-05$45.68$42.5021.6%6.5%22.2%12.5%22.5%3.2%-0.0%57.4M-939.0M-11.8M0.326.33163,85952,3851,086,542778,624
2016-08-08$45.87$42.5021.7%6.6%22.2%12.8%22.9%3.7%1.3%69.3M-834.9M-11.9M1.063.9538,48240,7251,076,260758,616
2016-08-09$45.87$42.5020.8%6.4%20.7%10.4%22.3%3.2%1.3%72.9M-821.1M-11.8M1.194.5732,86838,9851,083,632774,511
2016-08-10$45.47$42.5021.3%6.4%21.0%8.2%24.1%3.1%1.0%62.8M-645.4M-11.8M1.654.1023,91839,4221,086,165788,045
2016-08-11$45.80$42.5020.8%6.3%19.2%6.8%21.6%3.2%1.5%73.5M-781.2M-11.9M1.254.6121,99927,5211,092,315796,098
2016-08-12$45.53$42.5021.1%6.2%19.3%7.4%24.9%3.8%1.0%64.3M-619.2M-11.8M1.244.2631,42738,9001,094,679809,925
2016-08-15$46.44$42.5019.7%5.6%20.3%3.6%22.5%4.2%2.1%76.2M-935.4M-11.8M0.875.1443,53837,7561,074,413796,362
2016-08-16$46.70$42.5020.2%5.8%20.0%4.9%21.9%4.2%2.3%83.6M-1.04B-11.9M0.504.0568,06533,8081,084,452810,814
2016-08-17$46.63$42.5020.5%5.9%20.1%5.7%21.8%4.0%2.7%77.1M-1.02B-11.9M0.283.8659,00216,6021,110,145819,712
2016-08-18$46.50$42.5020.5%5.7%19.8%5.5%21.0%3.5%2.8%67.9M-969.6M-11.8M0.196.2388,58517,0551,133,266827,371
2016-08-19$46.50$42.5020.2%5.5%19.8%4.9%21.6%3.0%3.1%79.5M-979.4M-11.8M0.563.8366,89637,1941,151,487832,932
2016-08-22$46.73$45.0022.0%5.9%19.6%10.2%20.8%3.8%0.1%76.6M-852.4M-11.7M0.723.9244,11431,9791,043,201718,648
2016-08-23$46.67$45.0022.8%6.1%19.6%12.4%21.7%3.1%-0.0%75.7M-808.8M-11.9M0.813.5935,35228,5901,057,662734,532
2016-08-24$46.66$45.0024.4%6.5%19.7%17.2%23.4%3.9%0.1%74.2M-841.2M-12.1M0.505.0546,87323,2271,067,650746,057
2016-08-25$46.68$45.0025.2%6.8%19.5%19.5%23.8%3.6%-0.2%82.5M-872.0M-12.2M0.654.2956,23436,6631,096,413756,097
2016-08-26$47.12$45.0023.8%6.2%19.4%15.5%23.2%3.9%-0.0%154.1M-1.04B-12.3M0.5918.3584,10449,6631,110,716772,065
2016-08-29$47.28$45.0022.0%5.6%18.5%10.0%19.9%3.9%0.1%100.0M-1.06B-11.8M0.3816.59104,03639,1041,079,254763,716
2016-08-30$47.92$45.0022.7%5.9%18.1%12.2%22.1%4.2%-0.0%84.1M-1.30B-12.1M0.636.3351,56932,5061,080,753776,675
2016-08-31$47.72$45.0023.5%6.1%17.5%14.4%22.9%3.4%-0.1%80.0M-1.16B-12.2M0.926.8049,63845,5791,081,109787,563