C Options History — March 2019

In March 2019, C traded between $60.44 and $66.01. ATM implied volatility averaged 23.8%, placing in the 24.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.5% (HV 20d: 18.3%). Max pain ranged from $62.50 to $65.00. Net GEX was positive for 11 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.79.

Notable Days

  • 2019-03-22: Highest Volume — 192,978 contracts
  • 2019-03-22: Largest IV spike — 17.7% change
  • 2019-03-22: Highest IV Rank — 39.4%
  • 2019-03-22: Largest Expected Move — 8.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$63.01$60.44$66.01$64.53$62.20
Max Pain$63.93$62.50$65.00$62.50$65.00
ATM IV23.8%20.3%29.2%21.6%25.3%
Expected Move6.8%6.0%8.0%6.0%7.1%
HV 20d18.3%14.5%23.5%16.7%23.3%
HV 60d25.1%22.6%28.7%28.7%23.8%
IV Rank24.5%14.7%39.4%18.5%28.7%
IV Percentile55.6%27.8%85.3%38.5%70.6%
Term Structure0.6%-1.7%3.1%0.3%0.1%
VWIV23.6%20.6%28.7%20.9%24.6%
Skew 25d4.2%2.9%5.7%3.3%4.8%
Skew 10d8.6%4.0%13.1%6.6%10.1%
Call IV 25d21.9%17.9%27.4%19.8%22.9%
Put IV 25d26.1%20.8%32.7%23.1%27.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.962.374.853.273.12
Gamma HHI0.120.080.610.120.08
Net GEX11.0M-24.1M202.9M37.0M6.8M
Net DEX59.8M-668.6M693.7M-524.4M256.9M
Net VEX-12.3M-12.6M-11.9M-12.6M-12.5M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.790.281.520.821.31
Total Volume72,169.66735,092192,97868,69477,027
Total OI1,199,357.1431,021,1451,307,1681,248,6541,195,237

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-03-01$64.53$62.5021.6%6.0%16.7%18.5%20.9%3.3%0.3%37.0M-524.4M-12.6M0.823.2737,71230,982636,755611,899
2019-03-04$63.69$62.5023.1%7.0%17.3%22.5%25.3%4.2%-0.0%19.2M-233.9M-12.3M1.522.6030,86047,008623,412598,597
2019-03-05$63.01$62.5022.1%6.1%17.7%19.8%20.7%4.0%0.4%-938.2K32.2M-12.1M0.652.4764,96141,930638,264619,176
2019-03-06$62.51$62.5022.7%6.5%17.9%21.4%22.2%4.4%0.4%-11.9M180.1M-12.2M0.282.4357,28615,868646,546635,835
2019-03-07$61.82$62.5023.8%7.0%18.2%24.5%24.4%4.4%0.4%-24.1M427.5M-12.1M0.633.2841,51526,229633,217640,276
2019-03-08$61.91$62.5023.7%6.7%16.8%24.3%23.6%4.5%0.1%-20.3M383.6M-12.3M0.922.6130,28027,771642,466648,683
2019-03-11$62.43$62.5021.7%6.7%16.2%18.7%23.7%3.7%2.7%-23.8M212.3M-11.9M0.553.1922,59412,498625,839639,292
2019-03-12$62.76$62.5021.2%6.6%16.3%17.3%22.2%3.9%2.8%-16.8M102.2M-11.9M0.812.8524,02819,524632,373643,290
2019-03-13$63.93$62.5020.6%6.2%16.4%15.7%21.6%3.5%2.1%23.5M-302.4M-12.0M0.803.1066,43153,422638,580647,016
2019-03-14$64.06$65.0020.8%6.2%16.2%16.4%22.2%3.4%2.3%25.7M-385.6M-12.5M0.473.0331,04214,463643,242656,792
2019-03-15$64.88$65.0020.3%6.1%16.2%14.7%22.6%2.9%3.1%202.9M-668.6M-12.3M0.772.6934,46526,667647,756659,412
2019-03-18$66.01$65.0021.9%6.4%14.5%19.3%20.6%3.3%-0.8%24.1M-517.2M-12.4M0.423.1239,40516,678481,962539,183
2019-03-19$65.42$65.0023.2%6.6%14.9%22.9%21.6%3.5%-0.7%23.1M-404.6M-12.5M0.752.7536,60927,434504,711546,861
2019-03-20$64.51$65.0024.8%6.7%15.8%27.2%23.2%3.9%-0.3%7.8M-130.5M-12.5M0.893.9831,81528,307504,492561,025
2019-03-21$63.98$65.0024.8%6.7%16.0%27.2%25.2%3.8%-1.1%1.1M24.2M-12.6M0.702.6042,94030,231518,511571,695
2019-03-22$61.16$65.0029.2%8.0%22.5%39.4%26.5%5.3%-1.7%-23.5M657.4M-12.1M0.494.85129,77163,207532,994576,637
2019-03-25$60.44$65.0029.1%8.0%22.5%39.1%26.3%5.7%0.4%-12.0M693.7M-12.0M0.942.5434,01231,858560,854577,297
2019-03-26$60.94$65.0027.2%7.8%22.9%33.9%28.7%5.3%0.5%-7.7M578.6M-12.1M0.952.4527,91226,410569,535580,242
2019-03-27$61.07$65.0026.8%7.7%22.8%32.8%25.2%5.2%0.5%-5.0M550.1M-12.2M1.122.3730,73634,394582,173588,498
2019-03-28$61.91$65.0026.1%7.2%23.5%30.9%23.7%5.2%0.2%5.6M324.2M-12.5M0.782.8627,70521,576591,553594,322
2019-03-29$62.20$65.0025.3%7.1%23.3%28.7%24.6%4.8%0.1%6.8M256.9M-12.5M1.313.1233,35043,677596,887598,350