C Options History — August 2019

In August 2019, C traded between $61.33 and $68.40. ATM implied volatility averaged 27.8%, placing in the 33.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.9%. IV traded below realized volatility by 3.1% (HV 20d: 30.9%). Max pain ranged from $67.50 to $70.00. Net GEX was positive for 1 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.96.

Notable Days

  • 2019-08-14: Highest Volume — 161,726 contracts
  • 2019-08-05: Largest IV spike — 21.8% change
  • 2019-08-14: Highest IV Rank — 46.6%
  • 2019-08-14: Largest Expected Move — 9.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$64.25$61.33$68.40$68.40$64.26
Max Pain$67.73$67.50$70.00$70.00$67.50
ATM IV27.8%23.4%32.8%23.4%26.1%
Expected Move7.9%6.7%9.0%6.7%7.5%
HV 20d30.9%21.5%35.9%21.8%35.0%
HV 60d26.6%24.5%28.4%25.8%26.4%
IV Rank33.0%23.4%46.6%23.4%24.9%
IV Percentile74.3%46.8%92.9%46.8%61.9%
Term Structure-0.2%-1.6%1.2%-0.3%-0.1%
VWIV28.4%23.4%35.5%24.6%27.0%
Skew 25d6.8%5.0%8.3%5.0%6.1%
Skew 10d13.4%9.7%25.6%10.8%12.1%
Call IV 25d24.7%21.9%29.0%21.9%23.2%
Put IV 25d31.5%27.0%37.2%27.0%29.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.232.034.874.862.47
Gamma HHI0.080.060.090.080.07
Net GEX-14.8M-27.2M411.3K-12.4M411.3K
Net DEX611.5M172.1M1.21B172.1M359.9M
Net VEX-11.5M-12.0M-10.8M-11.9M-11.5M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.960.501.740.600.63
Total Volume69,194.09129,061161,726107,99449,099
Total OI1,173,128.2731,103,9601,270,0331,103,9601,218,407

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-08-01$68.40$70.0023.4%6.7%21.8%23.4%24.6%5.0%-0.3%-12.4M172.1M-11.9M0.604.8667,43940,555534,738569,222
2019-08-02$67.74$70.0025.1%7.1%21.5%28.0%23.4%6.1%1.0%-12.2M249.7M-12.0M0.504.8768,21334,115552,096581,498
2019-08-05$65.40$67.5030.5%8.5%24.4%43.1%30.0%8.1%-0.5%-16.6M606.1M-11.7M1.164.4339,94746,428545,580568,388
2019-08-06$66.09$67.5027.6%8.1%24.8%34.9%27.8%7.6%-0.0%-13.0M457.9M-11.9M0.583.5434,47419,992561,728584,743
2019-08-07$65.19$67.5029.0%8.1%25.1%38.8%28.2%7.8%-0.2%-17.7M652.5M-11.8M1.743.6228,07448,804574,687590,989
2019-08-08$66.76$67.5025.1%7.0%26.6%28.0%24.7%6.8%-0.1%-3.2M241.4M-12.0M0.623.6135,89722,383580,359590,764
2019-08-09$66.45$67.5025.8%7.2%26.5%29.1%27.8%6.8%0.2%-10.5M317.0M-11.9M1.324.0322,27329,391594,683600,288
2019-08-12$64.17$67.5030.1%8.4%28.7%38.8%29.1%7.8%-0.9%-22.6M803.1M-11.4M0.992.8428,33228,004566,117588,656
2019-08-13$64.78$67.5027.3%7.9%29.1%30.8%27.3%7.1%0.3%-21.1M694.7M-11.4M0.682.9742,67428,865573,941598,458
2019-08-14$61.74$67.5032.8%9.0%32.9%46.6%31.2%8.3%-1.5%-27.2M1.21B-10.8M1.243.6372,19789,529589,482607,739
2019-08-15$61.33$67.5031.1%8.5%32.0%41.7%35.5%5.1%-1.6%-24.3M1.14B-10.9M0.944.3753,42550,073617,520612,137
2019-08-16$63.32$67.5027.7%8.1%35.0%31.7%27.8%7.3%1.2%-13.6M720.1M-11.5M0.573.0276,21043,085640,559629,474
2019-08-19$64.40$67.5025.5%7.3%35.9%25.4%27.4%6.6%-0.1%-6.3M385.9M-11.6M0.902.7035,42531,752539,144588,646
2019-08-20$63.70$67.5027.1%7.8%35.4%30.0%27.4%6.9%-0.3%-10.1M526.3M-11.4M1.282.4915,53919,911550,247595,116
2019-08-21$63.23$67.5026.5%7.6%34.5%28.2%30.3%6.3%0.0%-15.4M651.9M-11.3M1.352.0319,99427,049557,414606,060
2019-08-22$64.01$67.5025.9%7.4%34.6%26.5%26.4%6.4%0.2%-11.2M467.3M-11.5M0.882.6924,67621,739562,106620,167
2019-08-23$62.07$67.5031.0%9.0%35.1%41.4%31.0%6.8%-0.9%-23.3M889.8M-11.2M0.883.2531,07327,405570,100626,457
2019-08-26$62.43$67.5029.6%8.5%35.4%37.3%30.5%7.0%-0.1%-18.0M779.0M-11.2M1.552.3711,39917,662543,847614,316
2019-08-27$61.72$67.5029.9%8.7%35.4%37.9%31.2%6.6%-0.3%-22.5M928.9M-10.9M1.062.7521,97623,287551,288620,334
2019-08-28$62.34$67.5029.0%8.3%35.9%34.3%28.8%7.1%0.0%-18.9M787.3M-11.1M0.872.2423,27320,135559,779627,926
2019-08-29$64.06$67.5026.1%7.4%35.0%25.9%27.2%6.1%0.1%-5.2M412.6M-11.4M0.692.2429,96720,530565,389638,233
2019-08-30$64.26$67.5026.1%7.5%35.0%24.9%27.0%6.1%-0.1%411.3K359.9M-11.5M0.632.4730,07519,024572,771645,636