C Options History — April 2017

In April 2017, C traded between $57.60 and $60.26. ATM implied volatility averaged 22.2%, placing in the 12.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.8% (HV 20d: 17.4%). Max pain ranged from $59.50 to $60.00. Net GEX was positive for 17 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.87.

Notable Days

  • 2017-04-13: Highest Volume — 173,810 contracts
  • 2017-04-24: Largest IV drop — 15.3% change
  • 2017-04-11: Highest IV Rank — 27.8%
  • 2017-04-12: Largest Expected Move — 7.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$59.07$57.60$60.26$59.70$59.09
Max Pain$59.92$59.50$60.00$59.50$60.00
ATM IV22.2%18.8%26.1%21.9%18.8%
Expected Move6.3%5.2%7.3%6.2%5.2%
HV 20d17.4%13.3%18.7%18.7%16.6%
HV 60d19.9%19.1%20.5%20.5%20.0%
IV Rank12.4%0.0%27.8%11.0%0.0%
IV Percentile30.8%0.0%71.0%29.4%0.0%
Term Structure-0.4%-1.8%0.3%0.2%0.3%
VWIV22.2%17.8%26.5%21.6%17.8%
Skew 25d2.7%1.7%4.1%2.1%2.1%
Skew 10d5.3%3.1%8.1%6.1%4.1%
Call IV 25d21.0%17.5%24.7%20.8%17.5%
Put IV 25d23.7%19.6%27.7%22.9%19.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %8.243.6935.6010.175.04
Gamma HHI0.100.080.140.090.10
Net GEX36.8M-19.4M86.2M50.3M23.9M
Net DEX-780.1M-1.31B-194.6M-1.04B-713.1M
Net VEX-14.9M-15.4M-14.3M-14.6M-15.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.870.501.270.860.50
Total Volume104,042.89549,388173,81087,442102,107
Total OI1,542,323.4741,454,3171,688,1671,454,3171,552,603

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-04-03$59.70$59.5021.9%6.2%18.7%11.0%21.6%2.1%0.2%50.3M-1.04B-14.6M0.8610.1746,95640,486819,643634,674
2017-04-04$59.68$59.5022.2%6.4%18.7%12.3%22.5%2.3%-0.0%52.1M-1.04B-14.7M0.885.2935,20830,995828,546647,351
2017-04-05$59.73$59.5023.6%6.6%18.0%17.9%23.2%2.5%-1.6%55.8M-1.08B-14.8M0.6111.6866,63740,475831,367653,679
2017-04-06$59.94$60.0023.2%6.5%17.9%16.4%22.8%2.3%0.1%62.9M-1.11B-15.4M0.797.5146,65436,836848,444673,739
2017-04-07$59.44$60.0023.5%6.6%18.1%17.3%23.6%3.5%0.1%62.2M-891.0M-15.2M1.015.7243,09443,398853,361681,984
2017-04-10$59.21$60.0024.2%6.8%18.0%20.4%24.3%3.4%-0.5%30.4M-797.0M-15.1M1.224.8330,89337,721828,954669,308
2017-04-11$58.88$60.0026.1%7.0%18.1%27.8%25.6%2.6%-1.8%24.1M-682.5M-15.1M1.194.1252,44362,251838,845676,232
2017-04-12$58.53$60.0025.6%7.3%17.9%26.0%26.5%3.7%0.1%16.7M-569.2M-15.0M1.274.0958,06773,600854,626694,531
2017-04-13$58.27$60.0023.4%6.6%17.7%17.1%22.6%4.1%-0.2%11.5M-403.4M-14.6M0.8535.6093,89379,917869,756715,000
2017-04-17$58.06$60.0024.1%6.9%17.3%19.6%25.0%3.3%-0.9%7.6M-387.2M-14.5M0.9815.9624,94524,443871,975695,657
2017-04-18$58.48$60.0022.5%6.5%17.6%13.5%22.0%3.4%-0.6%21.9M-538.2M-14.5M0.556.6279,87943,635880,857702,655
2017-04-19$57.60$60.0022.1%6.3%13.3%11.8%22.4%2.6%-0.3%-19.4M-194.6M-14.3M0.766.6566,41950,347906,805714,391
2017-04-20$58.58$60.0021.1%6.0%14.7%7.8%21.2%2.9%-0.6%26.5M-609.7M-14.8M1.025.2251,67152,764922,532732,115
2017-04-21$57.89$60.0022.6%6.5%15.3%13.7%22.8%3.3%-0.7%-9.4M-339.8M-14.7M1.069.4758,99062,680936,655751,512
2017-04-24$59.47$60.0019.1%5.5%18.1%0.0%19.8%2.2%-0.6%61.0M-992.8M-15.0M0.974.4659,96557,975787,925670,926
2017-04-25$60.26$60.0018.8%5.7%18.5%0.0%20.1%1.7%-0.3%71.3M-1.31B-15.1M0.655.9467,77644,249800,794693,715
2017-04-26$60.14$60.0019.7%5.6%17.4%3.4%19.5%2.3%0.3%86.2M-1.25B-15.1M0.544.4274,42239,841824,217707,563
2017-04-27$59.39$60.0018.9%5.4%18.0%0.4%19.2%1.7%0.1%64.1M-879.6M-15.0M0.823.6952,35442,829820,853710,356
2017-04-28$59.09$60.0018.8%5.2%16.6%0.0%17.8%2.1%0.3%23.9M-713.1M-15.1M0.505.0467,99834,109828,420724,183