C Options History — November 2017

In November 2017, C traded between $71.29 and $75.59. ATM implied volatility averaged 18.8%, placing in the 18.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.2% (HV 20d: 13.6%). Max pain ranged from $70.00 to $72.50. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.67.

Notable Days

  • 2017-11-02: Highest Volume — 247,709 contracts
  • 2017-11-29: Largest IV spike — 10.3% change
  • 2017-11-29: Highest IV Rank — 34.5%
  • 2017-11-29: Largest Expected Move — 6.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$72.81$71.29$75.59$73.99$75.59
Max Pain$70.40$70.00$72.50$72.50$72.00
ATM IV18.8%17.4%20.7%19.2%19.8%
Expected Move5.6%5.0%6.4%5.4%6.2%
HV 20d13.6%10.2%17.6%17.5%17.6%
HV 60d16.9%16.5%17.8%17.3%17.4%
IV Rank18.1%7.4%34.5%19.8%27.6%
IV Percentile29.3%10.3%61.1%32.9%46.4%
Term Structure0.3%-0.7%1.5%0.1%0.3%
VWIV20.1%17.9%23.0%19.1%22.1%
Skew 25d1.5%-0.7%2.4%-0.7%0.8%
Skew 10d3.0%-2.7%6.9%-1.3%0.5%
Call IV 25d18.8%16.8%22.6%20.6%20.0%
Put IV 25d20.3%18.5%24.0%20.0%20.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.831.8511.304.759.97
Gamma HHI0.140.110.200.160.15
Net GEX96.3M948.5K171.0M142.0M149.8M
Net DEX-2.26B-3.72B-1.47B-3.33B-3.44B
Net VEX-17.8M-19.5M-16.2M-19.4M-17.2M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.670.171.470.700.48
Total Volume94,593.76235,110247,70963,745140,995
Total OI1,862,529.3811,742,5011,968,5411,931,0591,817,948

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-11-01$73.99$72.5019.2%5.4%17.5%19.8%19.1%-0.7%0.1%142.0M-3.33B-19.4M0.704.7537,57526,1701,147,566783,493
2017-11-02$74.71$70.0019.0%5.6%15.9%18.3%19.8%0.6%0.5%171.0M-3.72B-19.5M0.172.03211,46836,2411,148,176790,608
2017-11-03$73.98$70.0018.0%5.4%16.2%10.7%19.4%0.8%0.8%127.4M-2.76B-18.8M0.621.8564,70040,3301,060,040799,283
2017-11-06$73.82$70.0017.6%5.3%16.2%8.4%22.5%1.1%0.6%137.3M-2.72B-18.7M0.551.9965,10835,8181,067,941788,691
2017-11-07$72.60$70.0018.8%5.7%17.1%17.0%20.1%1.8%1.0%88.8M-2.08B-18.6M0.572.1877,27443,8791,079,025803,427
2017-11-08$72.38$70.0019.1%5.7%17.1%19.4%19.9%1.5%0.7%88.5M-2.02B-18.5M0.681.9847,23631,8981,100,976814,145
2017-11-09$72.43$70.0019.7%5.9%12.1%24.0%20.9%1.4%1.0%94.9M-2.07B-18.4M0.651.9445,26829,4721,101,564821,833
2017-11-10$72.11$70.0019.3%5.8%12.1%20.7%20.2%1.3%1.5%109.6M-1.89B-18.2M0.673.5235,72024,0431,112,544831,062
2017-11-13$71.98$70.0019.3%5.6%11.9%20.4%20.0%2.2%-0.1%67.2M-1.82B-17.6M0.581.9633,84719,7791,092,271813,152
2017-11-14$71.46$70.0019.2%5.5%12.0%19.6%20.9%2.3%0.3%43.2M-1.55B-17.5M0.972.1341,18540,1421,098,142819,614
2017-11-15$71.94$70.0019.9%5.7%11.0%27.7%20.3%2.0%0.2%66.7M-1.81B-17.6M0.803.5747,39437,8091,105,644831,864
2017-11-16$71.71$70.0019.4%5.6%10.8%24.1%19.6%2.4%0.4%68.2M-1.68B-17.4M0.582.0040,05823,1181,115,016842,025
2017-11-17$71.29$70.0018.9%5.4%10.2%20.2%19.1%2.1%-0.4%70.1M-1.47B-17.3M1.473.0055,92682,0821,123,546844,995
2017-11-20$72.03$70.0018.2%5.2%11.0%13.9%17.9%1.6%-0.4%76.4M-1.83B-17.2M0.502.6648,30624,044989,081753,420
2017-11-21$72.41$70.0017.4%5.0%10.7%7.6%17.9%1.8%-0.1%91.3M-2.05B-17.2M0.634.3936,05622,8451,002,642757,609
2017-11-22$72.31$70.0017.6%5.2%10.5%9.1%18.3%2.3%-0.6%87.8M-1.99B-16.9M0.703.1835,63124,8351,005,761758,181
2017-11-24$72.02$71.0018.0%5.2%10.5%12.0%18.9%1.4%-0.7%948.5K-1.85B-16.5M1.128.7116,52518,5851,009,924766,900
2017-11-27$71.36$70.5017.4%5.4%10.8%7.4%20.0%1.9%0.6%70.2M-1.57B-16.2M0.853.0937,64331,859999,620749,359
2017-11-28$73.77$71.0018.7%6.1%16.5%18.4%21.4%2.1%0.4%119.6M-2.61B-17.1M0.344.3283,43628,7491,003,602765,960
2017-11-29$75.09$71.5020.7%6.4%17.5%34.5%23.0%1.1%-0.1%150.5M-3.28B-17.3M0.3511.30120,90742,5131,024,766771,701
2017-11-30$75.59$72.0019.8%6.2%17.6%27.6%22.1%0.8%0.3%149.8M-3.44B-17.2M0.489.9795,20345,7921,036,392781,556