C Options History — April 2019

In April 2019, C traded between $64.42 and $71.19. ATM implied volatility averaged 23.3%, placing in the 23.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.6%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.9% (HV 20d: 24.2%). Max pain ranged from $65.00 to $65.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.86.

Notable Days

  • 2019-04-12: Highest Volume — 166,689 contracts
  • 2019-04-16: Largest IV drop — 10.1% change
  • 2019-04-09: Highest IV Rank — 34.4%
  • 2019-04-10: Largest Expected Move — 7.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$67.60$64.42$71.19$64.42$70.49
Max Pain$65.00$65.00$65.00$65.00$65.00
ATM IV23.3%19.6%27.4%25.3%19.6%
Expected Move6.6%5.6%7.7%6.8%5.8%
HV 20d24.2%19.3%27.3%26.3%19.3%
HV 60d21.6%20.4%24.4%24.4%21.2%
IV Rank23.0%12.8%34.4%28.8%12.9%
IV Percentile52.2%23.8%82.1%71.0%24.2%
Term Structure-0.4%-1.7%0.7%-0.8%0.3%
VWIV23.2%19.2%27.0%24.7%21.4%
Skew 25d4.4%2.8%6.0%5.2%2.8%
Skew 10d8.3%5.1%11.6%9.9%5.6%
Call IV 25d21.3%18.6%24.4%22.9%18.6%
Put IV 25d25.7%21.4%30.2%28.1%21.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.352.026.252.284.46
Gamma HHI0.130.080.240.080.15
Net GEX44.5M32.3M66.7M32.3M48.4M
Net DEX-1.04B-2.18B-385.0M-385.0M-1.23B
Net VEX-12.5M-13.1M-11.7M-12.9M-11.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.860.372.030.592.03
Total Volume69,233.66728,145166,68958,39166,119
Total OI1,207,259.0951,091,1191,335,2191,179,2191,123,007

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-04-01$64.42$65.0025.3%6.8%26.3%28.8%24.7%5.2%-0.8%32.3M-385.0M-12.9M0.592.2836,74121,650584,969594,250
2019-04-02$64.59$65.0026.1%6.9%26.0%30.8%24.4%5.3%-1.7%34.5M-443.6M-13.0M0.662.9131,05620,541597,883606,963
2019-04-03$65.03$65.0026.4%7.1%25.8%31.7%25.3%5.3%-0.8%38.2M-582.1M-13.0M0.702.6026,90218,723599,265611,907
2019-04-04$65.83$65.0026.1%7.3%25.6%30.9%24.6%5.3%-0.8%46.6M-835.5M-13.1M0.682.4531,34721,321603,154620,233
2019-04-05$65.45$65.0026.0%7.2%25.8%30.7%25.7%5.3%-1.0%56.2M-730.2M-13.0M1.152.8826,64230,613607,914627,927
2019-04-08$65.92$65.0025.9%7.4%25.8%30.3%25.5%5.1%0.4%43.6M-780.1M-12.8M0.692.0216,66811,477592,727613,315
2019-04-09$65.15$65.0027.4%7.6%26.2%34.4%26.1%5.6%-0.7%37.5M-535.7M-12.9M2.002.6220,48840,962602,035620,750
2019-04-10$65.67$65.0027.4%7.7%25.6%34.4%27.0%5.5%-0.7%41.9M-686.5M-13.1M0.942.9230,89229,059608,667642,966
2019-04-11$65.83$65.0027.0%7.6%25.6%33.2%25.8%6.0%-0.3%41.1M-724.7M-13.0M0.722.6026,61919,047614,682661,653
2019-04-12$67.38$65.0025.2%7.1%26.5%28.3%25.0%5.3%-0.2%59.3M-1.29B-12.9M0.435.60116,65050,039620,401668,877
2019-04-15$67.31$65.0022.7%6.5%25.9%21.5%23.1%4.9%-0.4%65.4M-1.22B-12.5M0.742.6450,50537,240619,617662,674
2019-04-16$69.16$65.0020.4%5.8%27.2%15.1%21.3%4.2%0.7%66.7M-1.81B-12.2M0.703.0156,79539,764625,786677,071
2019-04-17$70.58$65.0021.4%6.1%27.1%17.8%21.7%3.5%-0.5%54.6M-2.18B-12.0M0.406.25114,48045,483625,298687,721
2019-04-18$69.80$65.0020.5%5.9%27.3%15.4%21.7%3.6%-0.1%49.7M-1.94B-12.1M0.562.3252,37929,413635,301699,918
2019-04-22$69.17$65.0020.7%6.1%20.9%15.9%21.6%3.3%-0.3%33.2M-1.01B-12.1M0.954.1221,68220,547515,557575,562
2019-04-23$69.26$65.0020.3%5.6%19.9%14.8%20.6%3.1%-0.5%34.2M-1.04B-12.0M1.305.0818,38523,902521,562581,916
2019-04-24$69.06$65.0019.8%5.7%20.2%13.5%20.9%2.8%-0.3%32.8M-982.2M-12.0M1.122.7516,06217,935527,271589,567
2019-04-25$69.06$65.0020.3%5.8%20.2%14.7%20.5%3.2%-0.2%32.6M-986.0M-12.0M0.824.3328,68723,629532,527599,604
2019-04-26$69.33$65.0019.6%5.6%20.0%12.8%19.2%3.2%-0.2%35.8M-1.04B-12.0M0.372.4741,44515,538537,444608,626
2019-04-29$71.19$65.0020.6%6.1%21.3%15.6%21.3%3.4%0.1%49.2M-1.44B-11.7M0.494.0771,28135,199518,323587,551
2019-04-30$70.49$65.0019.6%5.8%19.3%12.9%21.4%2.8%0.3%48.4M-1.23B-11.7M2.034.4621,79244,327529,618593,389