C Options History — September 2016

In September 2016, C traded between $45.89 and $47.81. ATM implied volatility averaged 25.1%, placing in the 19.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 11.3% (HV 20d: 13.7%). Max pain ranged from $45.00 to $46.50. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.91.

Notable Days

  • 2016-09-02: Highest Volume — 169,552 contracts
  • 2016-09-29: Largest IV spike — 19.4% change
  • 2016-09-29: Highest IV Rank — 30.8%
  • 2016-09-29: Largest Expected Move — 8.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$46.99$45.89$47.81$47.32$47.46
Max Pain$45.31$45.00$46.50$45.00$46.00
ATM IV25.1%21.1%29.0%24.4%26.2%
Expected Move7.2%5.1%8.5%6.5%7.8%
HV 20d13.7%11.2%20.9%18.0%20.9%
HV 60d26.7%17.2%33.0%33.0%18.9%
IV Rank19.2%7.3%30.8%17.1%22.4%
IV Percentile39.2%11.1%64.7%31.3%50.0%
Term Structure0.1%-1.2%2.0%-0.2%-0.2%
VWIV26.1%18.1%30.8%24.2%28.6%
Skew 25d4.3%2.9%5.3%3.1%5.1%
Skew 10d7.8%2.6%11.4%7.2%11.3%
Call IV 25d23.4%19.9%27.2%23.5%24.2%
Put IV 25d27.7%23.0%32.2%26.6%29.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %5.792.7814.778.4614.77
Gamma HHI0.200.080.540.180.23
Net GEX66.2M15.0M189.3M73.3M67.9M
Net DEX-658.9M-1.20B-135.2M-986.9M-641.1M
Net VEX-11.4M-12.3M-10.8M-12.3M-11.2M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.910.451.660.731.24
Total Volume89,859.33354,101169,552145,97796,064
Total OI1,780,200.4761,558,3211,962,1431,901,1051,709,598

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-09-01$47.32$45.0024.4%6.5%18.0%17.1%24.2%3.1%-0.2%73.3M-986.9M-12.3M0.738.4684,50061,4771,093,110807,995
2016-09-02$47.54$45.0021.8%5.1%11.2%9.5%18.1%2.9%-0.0%189.3M-1.18B-11.9M0.454.66117,01852,5341,127,496829,782
2016-09-06$47.16$45.0022.3%7.0%11.7%11.0%24.7%3.4%2.0%82.7M-902.1M-11.7M0.782.7840,96732,0571,091,210789,616
2016-09-07$47.48$45.0021.3%6.8%11.9%8.0%25.8%3.1%2.0%98.3M-1.03B-11.6M0.914.2440,17736,3751,091,997799,378
2016-09-08$47.81$45.0021.1%6.7%11.3%7.3%23.3%3.1%2.0%112.9M-1.20B-11.6M0.707.1945,89532,0791,099,259812,210
2016-09-09$47.40$45.0024.1%7.2%11.8%16.2%26.2%4.9%1.6%162.5M-944.4M-11.8M0.936.0059,80455,7571,097,886822,052
2016-09-12$47.76$45.0024.6%7.3%11.7%17.9%26.5%4.7%0.6%76.8M-1.11B-11.7M0.705.4254,89038,6321,083,409820,308
2016-09-13$46.89$45.0028.5%7.9%12.0%29.2%28.5%5.2%-1.1%45.0M-703.9M-11.7M1.174.0735,83841,7671,078,066833,884
2016-09-14$46.84$45.0028.8%8.0%11.8%30.1%28.9%5.3%-0.8%46.9M-695.7M-11.7M1.142.9039,56345,0741,085,975843,504
2016-09-15$47.18$45.0027.0%7.5%12.1%24.8%27.9%4.7%-0.8%65.9M-847.5M-11.7M0.664.6840,52726,5601,095,821851,788
2016-09-16$46.50$45.0026.1%7.2%13.2%22.3%26.0%4.7%-1.2%15.0M-501.0M-11.3M0.935.5539,66636,7081,106,274855,869
2016-09-19$46.66$45.0026.0%7.4%13.2%22.0%25.6%4.7%-0.1%35.9M-368.3M-11.1M0.794.5735,83828,422900,948657,373
2016-09-20$46.64$45.0025.8%7.4%13.1%21.2%26.1%4.7%-0.5%36.3M-346.8M-11.2M0.813.8833,10826,653910,763666,338
2016-09-21$46.98$45.0024.6%7.0%13.4%17.6%24.1%4.4%-0.0%48.6M-441.2M-11.2M0.738.3260,54244,466922,164675,343
2016-09-22$47.16$45.0024.0%6.9%13.4%16.0%24.0%4.5%-0.3%61.5M-480.2M-11.2M0.526.1047,98625,060940,605688,276
2016-09-23$47.07$46.0023.8%6.9%13.4%15.5%24.4%4.1%-0.6%62.2M-453.1M-11.1M1.226.0126,24931,944940,153696,514
2016-09-26$45.94$46.5027.5%8.1%15.6%26.2%29.9%4.2%-0.4%20.7M-151.6M-10.8M1.664.8348,28280,079906,562670,908
2016-09-27$46.38$46.0025.4%7.5%16.0%20.1%26.0%3.8%0.1%29.6M-285.9M-10.8M0.745.5831,15822,943928,522715,917
2016-09-28$46.81$46.0024.3%7.2%15.6%16.9%27.5%4.2%0.1%38.8M-420.7M-10.9M0.996.7831,85031,375939,205721,411
2016-09-29$45.89$46.0029.0%8.5%16.9%30.8%30.8%5.0%-0.5%20.4M-135.2M-10.9M1.384.8653,37773,785942,694734,027
2016-09-30$47.46$46.0026.2%7.8%20.9%22.4%28.6%5.1%-0.2%67.9M-641.1M-11.2M1.2414.7742,90253,162950,007759,591