C Options History — September 2017

In September 2017, C traded between $65.95 and $72.72. ATM implied volatility averaged 19.5%, placing in the 22.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.1% (HV 20d: 18.4%). Max pain ranged from $65.00 to $69.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 16 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.79.

Notable Days

  • 2017-09-27: Highest Volume — 313,953 contracts
  • 2017-09-05: Largest IV spike — 26.2% change
  • 2017-09-05: Highest IV Rank — 37.5%
  • 2017-09-07: Largest Expected Move — 6.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$69.77$65.95$72.72$68.69$72.72
Max Pain$67.55$65.00$69.00$65.00$69.00
ATM IV19.5%17.1%21.6%17.1%18.8%
Expected Move5.6%4.5%6.6%4.5%5.3%
HV 20d18.4%14.4%19.7%14.4%19.6%
HV 60d16.9%15.5%17.6%15.5%16.5%
IV Rank22.0%4.2%37.5%4.2%17.2%
IV Percentile28.3%5.2%55.2%5.2%20.6%
Term Structure0.4%-1.0%1.7%0.5%0.6%
VWIV20.0%16.3%22.3%16.3%19.0%
Skew 25d2.8%1.8%3.9%2.6%1.8%
Skew 10d6.0%3.6%7.7%6.2%3.6%
Call IV 25d18.4%15.8%20.1%15.8%17.9%
Put IV 25d21.2%18.4%23.6%18.4%19.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.141.726.184.083.36
Gamma HHI0.170.120.320.230.13
Net GEX108.8M45.3M191.7M128.2M116.6M
Net DEX-2.39B-3.28B-1.06B-2.38B-3.28B
Net VEX-15.0M-17.4M-14.3M-14.9M-17.2M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.790.231.370.780.69
Total Volume91,115.752,217313,95377,04862,895
Total OI1,601,575.351,380,4441,784,9261,653,9771,730,773

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-09-01$68.69$65.0017.1%4.5%14.4%4.2%16.3%2.6%0.5%128.2M-2.38B-14.9M0.784.0843,28433,764890,040763,937
2017-09-05$67.08$67.5021.6%6.4%16.6%37.5%22.0%3.9%1.0%74.5M-1.52B-15.3M0.872.4947,63441,584872,893754,566
2017-09-06$67.36$67.5020.0%6.2%16.7%25.7%21.8%3.0%1.7%82.6M-1.66B-15.2M0.802.2530,42424,454891,908770,321
2017-09-07$65.95$67.5021.3%6.6%17.8%35.6%22.3%3.1%1.7%45.3M-1.06B-14.7M0.582.0357,81033,640902,552775,423
2017-09-08$66.18$67.5021.6%6.6%17.4%37.5%22.2%3.3%1.7%56.6M-1.18B-14.7M0.782.2144,33534,469921,226784,962
2017-09-11$67.77$67.5019.4%5.8%19.2%21.5%19.9%2.9%0.4%117.3M-1.98B-14.4M0.742.2835,74826,613915,077779,461
2017-09-12$68.82$67.5019.2%5.5%19.1%20.2%19.5%3.0%-0.4%166.1M-2.51B-14.3M0.782.3446,72336,518920,571785,607
2017-09-13$69.32$67.5019.1%5.4%19.2%19.4%20.4%2.7%-0.2%191.7M-2.75B-14.3M0.972.6236,55435,378924,258798,540
2017-09-14$69.24$67.5019.1%5.3%18.9%19.3%19.2%2.7%-0.8%168.6M-2.57B-14.6M0.621.7264,41139,885928,533811,998
2017-09-15$69.01$67.5018.6%5.2%18.1%15.4%18.7%2.6%-1.0%84.7M-2.54B-14.5M0.842.3436,48730,788954,770830,156
2017-09-18$70.58$67.5019.4%5.5%19.6%21.6%19.5%2.9%0.1%101.5M-2.47B-14.4M0.683.1268,44746,410759,101621,343
2017-09-19$71.19$67.5020.0%5.7%18.7%25.8%20.5%3.1%0.2%103.0M-2.61B-15.3M0.492.8479,10638,536775,074641,370
2017-09-20$71.58$67.5019.5%5.6%18.5%22.3%19.1%2.8%0.3%106.6M-2.77B-14.7M0.393.7586,50233,505786,770659,899
2017-09-21$71.75$67.5018.9%5.4%18.4%18.1%19.0%2.7%0.2%110.3M-2.85B-14.7M0.823.1433,11527,239800,293673,176
2017-09-22$71.45$67.5018.3%5.2%18.6%13.5%19.4%2.6%0.3%111.6M-2.72B-14.7M1.373.1322,01530,202807,307679,187
2017-09-25$70.82$68.0019.4%5.6%19.0%21.1%20.7%3.0%0.7%88.2M-2.33B-15.3M1.246.1823,36628,857789,465664,304
2017-09-26$70.95$68.0019.1%5.5%18.9%19.1%19.5%2.6%0.8%92.8M-2.44B-14.7M1.145.4330,83835,305797,832676,289
2017-09-27$72.33$68.0019.9%5.8%19.7%25.2%20.3%2.5%0.5%105.6M-2.94B-14.6M0.234.11255,94458,009799,822689,953
2017-09-28$72.63$68.0019.1%5.5%19.6%19.3%20.2%2.0%0.4%124.9M-3.22B-17.4M0.963.3341,53139,989986,647716,103
2017-09-29$72.72$69.0018.8%5.3%19.6%17.2%19.0%1.8%0.6%116.6M-3.28B-17.2M0.693.3637,29925,596997,276733,497