C Options History — October 2017

In October 2017, C traded between $71.72 and $75.66. ATM implied volatility averaged 18.6%, placing in the 15.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.0% (HV 20d: 17.7%). Max pain ranged from $69.00 to $72.50. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.63.

Notable Days

  • 2017-10-12: Highest Volume — 279,262 contracts
  • 2017-10-13: Largest IV drop — 8.0% change
  • 2017-10-09: Highest IV Rank — 32.1%
  • 2017-10-09: Largest Expected Move — 5.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$73.75$71.72$75.66$73.73$73.51
Max Pain$71.75$69.00$72.50$69.00$72.50
ATM IV18.6%16.9%20.8%19.4%18.6%
Expected Move5.3%4.8%5.9%5.5%5.4%
HV 20d17.7%14.2%19.8%19.8%17.4%
HV 60d17.6%16.5%18.6%16.7%17.3%
IV Rank15.8%2.5%32.1%21.3%15.3%
IV Percentile23.0%2.8%53.2%28.2%23.8%
Term Structure0.0%-0.7%1.0%-0.1%0.8%
VWIV19.1%17.0%21.8%19.4%19.3%
Skew 25d1.6%1.0%2.6%2.5%1.0%
Skew 10d3.0%1.3%5.1%4.8%4.2%
Call IV 25d18.2%16.4%20.6%18.4%18.8%
Put IV 25d19.8%17.9%22.2%20.9%19.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.011.8916.083.542.50
Gamma HHI0.140.100.180.130.15
Net GEX129.0M81.8M174.9M126.5M123.8M
Net DEX-3.37B-4.30B-2.42B-3.60B-3.12B
Net VEX-18.7M-19.5M-17.1M-17.1M-19.0M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.630.341.050.850.65
Total Volume118,741.59158,166279,26276,33070,896
Total OI1,896,982.3181,692,3632,110,3431,692,3631,902,965

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-10-02$73.73$69.0019.4%5.5%19.8%21.3%19.4%2.5%-0.1%126.5M-3.60B-17.1M0.853.5441,21835,112976,730715,633
2017-10-03$74.13$69.5019.7%5.6%17.0%23.3%20.1%2.6%-0.1%124.0M-3.69B-17.8M0.993.4842,94942,608984,629726,999
2017-10-04$73.98$70.0020.1%5.5%17.1%26.5%19.6%2.6%-0.4%120.2M-3.65B-17.4M0.424.5193,04138,915992,879744,028
2017-10-05$75.66$70.0020.8%5.9%15.3%31.8%21.8%1.9%-0.7%119.2M-4.23B-18.0M0.412.38151,77662,7521,002,610754,025
2017-10-06$75.57$70.0020.5%5.8%15.5%30.0%20.3%1.6%-0.4%134.4M-4.30B-18.2M0.392.77116,36845,6651,049,960770,769
2017-10-09$75.32$70.0020.8%5.9%14.5%32.1%21.1%1.6%-0.2%145.8M-4.12B-18.8M0.962.7642,01940,4211,071,058757,693
2017-10-10$75.19$72.5020.1%5.7%14.2%26.3%20.2%2.0%-0.4%148.6M-4.06B-19.0M1.052.9342,59644,6251,081,513772,756
2017-10-11$74.96$72.5020.2%5.6%14.4%27.1%20.6%1.6%-0.5%143.5M-4.00B-18.8M0.9716.0871,43069,0611,094,448792,288
2017-10-12$72.44$72.5019.0%5.5%19.7%18.7%19.4%1.4%0.2%86.4M-2.61B-18.8M0.493.37187,67291,5901,125,063833,722
2017-10-13$72.13$72.5017.5%5.0%19.8%7.3%17.8%1.6%0.0%81.8M-2.44B-18.7M0.491.89160,36077,9341,188,094864,192
2017-10-16$71.72$72.5017.7%5.1%18.4%9.0%17.7%1.2%-0.1%105.3M-2.42B-18.9M0.442.9576,44933,6441,190,085827,601
2017-10-17$72.14$72.5017.8%5.1%18.3%9.3%17.9%1.5%-0.1%137.5M-2.69B-19.1M0.4110.5882,85934,1401,214,281833,627
2017-10-18$73.21$72.5017.1%4.9%18.9%4.1%17.3%1.4%-0.4%164.7M-3.38B-18.9M0.342.00100,97234,4381,237,111842,828
2017-10-19$72.77$72.5016.9%4.8%19.1%2.5%17.5%1.4%-0.1%174.9M-3.12B-19.0M0.692.2549,62734,4851,244,835851,003
2017-10-20$73.49$72.5016.9%4.9%19.2%2.6%17.0%1.5%-0.5%124.7M-3.52B-19.5M0.522.1067,09334,6561,248,981861,362
2017-10-23$73.52$72.5017.1%4.9%18.9%4.4%17.6%1.5%0.4%129.2M-3.12B-18.9M0.612.6243,11926,3131,082,835735,774
2017-10-24$74.17$72.5017.9%5.2%19.0%10.1%18.5%1.6%0.8%135.3M-3.42B-19.3M0.512.5173,48337,4951,089,407746,257
2017-10-25$73.65$72.5018.1%5.4%18.2%12.0%19.6%1.5%0.5%121.5M-3.10B-19.3M0.575.5658,29533,3521,090,675755,793
2017-10-26$73.77$72.5018.2%5.3%18.1%12.4%19.4%1.5%0.5%129.9M-3.21B-19.1M0.624.4552,97832,8341,110,092767,712
2017-10-27$73.77$72.5017.6%5.2%18.1%8.1%18.3%1.1%0.6%127.5M-3.19B-19.4M0.704.3246,38832,5211,129,956779,809
2017-10-30$73.77$72.5018.3%5.2%17.5%13.3%19.0%1.2%1.0%133.3M-3.19B-19.4M0.792.6332,54225,6241,122,841768,692
2017-10-31$73.51$72.5018.6%5.4%17.4%15.3%19.3%1.0%0.8%123.8M-3.12B-19.0M0.652.5042,93827,9581,128,380774,585