C Options History — December 2016

In December 2016, C traded between $56.10 and $61.10. ATM implied volatility averaged 25.3%, placing in the 17.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.5% (HV 20d: 21.8%). Max pain ranged from $50.00 to $55.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.70.

Notable Days

  • 2016-12-08: Highest Volume — 220,391 contracts
  • 2016-12-08: Largest IV spike — 9.0% change
  • 2016-12-14: Highest IV Rank — 24.2%
  • 2016-12-14: Largest Expected Move — 8.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$59.51$56.10$61.10$57.16$59.39
Max Pain$50.95$50.00$55.00$50.00$50.00
ATM IV25.3%22.4%27.6%24.5%27.2%
Expected Move7.5%7.0%8.3%7.6%7.8%
HV 20d21.8%17.4%27.8%26.8%18.6%
HV 60d21.5%20.0%22.2%21.5%20.2%
IV Rank17.0%8.1%24.2%14.6%23.0%
IV Percentile39.2%15.1%59.5%32.5%56.7%
Term Structure0.6%-0.2%1.8%-0.2%0.4%
VWIV26.5%24.5%29.0%27.1%27.9%
Skew 25d2.4%1.7%3.1%2.6%2.8%
Skew 10d4.6%3.5%7.1%4.6%4.0%
Call IV 25d24.4%21.4%27.0%23.6%26.1%
Put IV 25d26.7%23.8%28.9%26.2%28.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %6.883.9113.5313.534.96
Gamma HHI0.190.110.430.110.16
Net GEX84.6M-90.2M184.7M75.8M95.7M
Net DEX-3.77B-4.38B-2.94B-3.36B-3.28B
Net VEX-13.0M-19.7M-11.7M-12.1M-12.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.700.381.380.650.91
Total Volume122,768.71454,908220,391125,438123,470
Total OI2,250,347.5241,925,9013,823,8542,018,7232,142,301

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-12-01$57.16$50.0024.5%7.6%26.8%14.6%27.1%2.6%-0.2%75.8M-3.36B-12.1M0.6513.5376,05349,3851,129,222889,501
2016-12-02$56.10$50.0023.7%7.1%27.6%12.2%25.4%2.0%-0.2%62.4M-2.94B-12.3M1.1511.1942,90749,2191,152,702910,815
2016-12-05$57.20$50.0023.0%7.1%27.8%10.0%25.4%2.1%0.6%78.3M-3.39B-11.8M1.385.4632,74145,2891,140,152896,239
2016-12-06$58.04$50.0022.4%7.1%26.5%8.1%24.6%2.4%0.7%79.7M-3.67B-11.7M1.064.7034,46636,6551,146,776931,094
2016-12-07$59.07$50.0024.0%7.5%26.7%13.0%26.8%1.7%0.7%84.4M-4.05B-11.9M0.463.91126,00258,5341,156,253957,117
2016-12-08$60.19$50.0026.1%7.9%25.5%19.6%28.1%1.8%0.3%92.9M-4.38B-12.4M0.535.25144,04876,3431,179,277987,523
2016-12-09$59.97$50.0025.5%7.8%23.2%17.7%27.8%2.2%0.7%107.9M-4.38B-13.1M0.813.9771,27357,4611,246,0971,060,359
2016-12-12$59.65$55.0026.9%8.1%22.4%21.8%28.6%2.4%1.3%75.1M-4.01B-13.6M0.656.4168,94944,5401,227,3211,140,131
2016-12-13$59.84$55.0026.3%8.0%20.4%20.0%27.8%2.1%1.3%51.9M-3.97B-14.5M0.425.03102,63843,5521,252,4951,338,323
2016-12-14$59.70$55.0027.6%8.3%20.1%24.2%29.0%1.9%1.3%-8.7M-3.48B-16.7M0.525.02107,68156,4901,286,6831,731,075
2016-12-15$60.33$55.0026.6%8.1%19.1%21.0%27.9%2.3%1.8%-90.2M-3.28B-19.7M0.744.7467,21049,5721,310,6922,513,162
2016-12-16$59.79$50.0024.6%7.3%19.1%14.8%25.9%2.2%1.7%184.7M-4.27B-12.6M0.635.3085,82253,9881,308,958990,092
2016-12-19$59.68$50.0024.9%7.3%19.2%15.9%24.5%2.4%0.3%98.1M-3.60B-12.1M0.3811.24114,38543,1671,143,590782,311
2016-12-20$60.75$50.0024.8%7.2%19.7%15.6%24.8%3.1%0.6%109.6M-4.04B-12.2M0.537.8286,59946,3211,171,689802,119
2016-12-21$60.85$50.0024.5%7.0%19.6%14.5%24.9%2.7%0.5%116.4M-4.10B-12.4M0.646.8072,27546,2051,203,227826,740
2016-12-22$60.55$50.0024.9%7.1%19.7%15.8%25.4%2.6%0.4%111.5M-3.92B-12.7M0.727.0037,54726,9681,215,529849,532
2016-12-23$60.97$50.0024.7%7.1%19.7%15.3%25.5%2.5%0.3%139.9M-4.11B-12.6M0.587.1956,51032,5221,224,446858,020
2016-12-27$61.10$50.0025.0%7.2%17.4%16.0%24.9%2.5%0.5%118.1M-4.07B-12.1M1.017.3827,31327,5951,185,850836,920
2016-12-28$60.08$50.0026.8%7.7%18.9%21.6%27.2%2.7%0.2%104.5M-3.58B-12.4M0.618.8879,41248,5881,190,674847,560
2016-12-29$59.34$50.0027.1%7.7%18.9%22.6%26.7%2.7%0.3%88.1M-3.25B-12.3M0.418.6790,90237,5461,231,704863,027
2016-12-30$59.39$50.0027.2%7.8%18.6%23.0%27.9%2.8%0.4%95.7M-3.28B-12.6M0.914.9664,58758,8831,266,914875,387