C Options History — February 2017

In February 2017, C traded between $55.96 and $60.72. ATM implied volatility averaged 20.6%, placing in the 3.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.0%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.7% (HV 20d: 21.3%). Max pain ranged from $55.00 to $57.50. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.75.

Notable Days

  • 2017-02-14: Highest Volume — 162,227 contracts
  • 2017-02-13: Largest IV spike — 4.1% change
  • 2017-02-28: Highest IV Rank — 8.1%
  • 2017-02-02: Largest Expected Move — 6.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$58.80$55.96$60.72$56.23$59.83
Max Pain$56.32$55.00$57.50$57.50$57.50
ATM IV20.6%19.6%21.6%21.4%21.6%
Expected Move6.0%5.6%6.4%6.2%6.3%
HV 20d21.3%17.8%24.2%19.2%20.9%
HV 60d21.1%20.1%23.0%22.9%20.1%
IV Rank3.5%0.0%8.1%5.0%8.1%
IV Percentile6.0%0.0%18.7%9.5%18.7%
Term Structure0.4%-0.0%1.0%0.3%-0.0%
VWIV21.5%20.1%22.9%22.2%22.6%
Skew 25d1.5%0.9%1.8%1.7%1.7%
Skew 10d3.1%-0.7%4.6%3.9%4.1%
Call IV 25d20.2%19.0%21.1%21.0%21.1%
Put IV 25d21.7%20.1%22.8%22.6%22.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %6.743.8614.0812.314.86
Gamma HHI0.170.120.500.120.12
Net GEX65.7M14.6M171.3M22.7M52.3M
Net DEX-1.46B-2.16B-569.1M-665.5M-1.53B
Net VEX-12.3M-12.7M-11.9M-12.0M-12.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.750.381.200.540.80
Total Volume90,532.84254,473162,22789,21871,199
Total OI1,363,924.1051,231,4491,503,4301,351,3211,303,406

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-02-01$56.23$57.5021.4%6.2%19.2%5.0%22.2%1.7%0.3%22.7M-665.5M-12.0M0.5412.3158,10331,115785,887565,434
2017-02-02$55.96$55.0021.3%6.4%17.8%4.8%22.3%1.8%0.3%19.2M-569.1M-12.0M0.594.6545,75226,887782,701572,353
2017-02-03$57.85$55.0020.7%6.3%21.5%2.9%22.0%1.3%0.5%63.1M-1.33B-12.2M0.665.0865,75943,242787,468576,154
2017-02-06$57.60$55.0020.5%6.1%21.3%2.2%21.8%1.7%0.7%49.3M-1.10B-12.0M0.974.4039,46338,372759,338565,073
2017-02-07$57.16$55.0020.2%6.0%21.4%1.4%22.4%1.4%0.7%40.9M-946.8M-11.9M1.055.5726,56227,911766,674582,819
2017-02-08$56.30$55.0020.6%6.0%21.7%2.6%21.2%1.5%0.4%14.6M-645.0M-11.9M0.514.7778,39440,112775,920590,844
2017-02-09$57.33$55.0020.1%5.9%22.8%1.1%21.0%0.9%0.7%69.0M-1.14B-12.3M0.885.8852,95446,646817,480604,054
2017-02-10$57.63$55.0019.6%5.8%22.8%0.0%20.4%1.1%1.0%69.0M-1.23B-12.3M0.404.1270,48528,272819,737630,647
2017-02-13$59.00$55.0020.4%5.9%24.2%3.0%20.8%1.5%0.5%83.8M-1.69B-12.4M0.544.1578,90442,358804,176621,039
2017-02-14$59.90$55.0021.0%6.0%22.9%5.7%21.3%1.3%0.3%85.6M-1.99B-12.4M0.384.16117,50644,721803,274636,242
2017-02-15$60.47$57.5021.4%6.1%22.4%7.3%21.6%1.4%0.1%85.0M-2.16B-12.4M0.674.1263,47242,698812,516649,952
2017-02-16$60.26$57.5020.5%5.9%21.5%3.9%21.3%1.8%0.1%95.1M-2.08B-12.4M0.753.8651,45338,555819,509655,580
2017-02-17$60.10$57.5019.7%5.6%21.1%0.5%20.1%1.8%0.5%171.3M-2.04B-12.6M0.834.4543,71936,302838,020665,410
2017-02-21$60.60$57.5020.3%5.8%21.0%3.0%20.5%1.6%0.4%70.8M-1.82B-12.4M0.6514.0840,95426,650699,029532,420
2017-02-22$60.72$57.5020.6%5.9%20.3%4.2%20.8%1.4%0.1%74.0M-1.88B-12.4M0.9513.7034,16432,429713,715540,537
2017-02-23$60.63$57.5020.1%5.8%19.8%2.0%20.4%1.5%0.4%71.1M-1.81B-12.6M0.945.7428,85327,041719,309554,604
2017-02-24$59.43$57.5020.4%5.9%21.0%3.6%22.9%1.8%0.3%52.0M-1.40B-12.7M1.209.8849,28858,953725,566556,328
2017-02-27$60.11$57.5020.8%6.1%21.1%5.2%22.4%1.5%0.4%58.5M-1.63B-12.6M0.9212.2236,97833,898713,458567,885
2017-02-28$59.83$57.5021.6%6.3%20.9%8.1%22.6%1.7%-0.0%52.3M-1.53B-12.7M0.804.8639,61431,585722,845580,561