C Options History — January 2020

In January 2020, C traded between $74.09 and $81.76. ATM implied volatility averaged 21.2%, placing in the 22.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.2% (HV 20d: 16.0%). Max pain ranged from $70.00 to $77.50. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.64.

Notable Days

  • 2020-01-14: Highest Volume — 195,619 contracts
  • 2020-01-31: Largest IV spike — 20.7% change
  • 2020-01-31: Highest IV Rank — 53.1%
  • 2020-01-31: Largest Expected Move — 7.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$79.21$74.09$81.76$81.05$74.09
Max Pain$75.95$70.00$77.50$70.00$77.50
ATM IV21.2%17.3%25.5%22.1%25.5%
Expected Move6.0%5.0%7.4%6.5%7.4%
HV 20d16.0%13.3%22.0%13.3%22.0%
HV 60d17.5%16.4%19.2%19.2%18.0%
IV Rank22.2%0.0%53.1%19.3%53.1%
IV Percentile28.0%0.0%70.2%34.9%70.2%
Term Structure0.0%-0.7%1.3%-0.4%-0.7%
VWIV21.2%16.5%25.3%23.6%25.3%
Skew 25d3.9%2.5%6.0%3.9%6.0%
Skew 10d7.2%4.3%12.3%6.8%12.3%
Call IV 25d19.6%16.3%22.8%20.2%22.8%
Put IV 25d23.4%18.9%28.9%24.1%28.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.512.239.482.699.48
Gamma HHI0.130.060.250.170.06
Net GEX55.1M-10.2M109.9M74.9M-10.2M
Net DEX-1.44B-2.84B317.5M-2.44B317.5M
Net VEX-9.4M-10.4M-8.7M-8.7M-10.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.640.281.220.391.22
Total Volume74,294.1934,674195,61978,65960,782
Total OI1,089,950.286769,8641,383,4901,219,934896,968

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2020-01-02$81.05$70.0022.1%6.5%13.3%19.3%23.6%3.9%-0.4%74.9M-2.44B-8.7M0.392.6956,55822,101533,752686,182
2020-01-03$79.88$70.0023.3%7.0%14.5%25.0%24.9%4.1%-0.5%91.5M-2.03B-9.1M0.542.8762,22533,556544,858695,169
2020-01-06$79.34$75.0023.2%6.2%14.9%31.5%22.6%4.8%-0.4%71.8M-1.84B-9.1M0.742.7535,56126,200533,380687,259
2020-01-07$78.81$75.0023.2%6.1%14.5%31.6%22.7%4.2%-0.4%66.2M-1.67B-9.2M0.772.4925,43519,539542,699696,343
2020-01-08$79.69$75.0023.0%6.2%14.5%32.8%23.4%4.7%-0.4%91.1M-1.97B-9.0M0.604.4331,87819,287554,680701,593
2020-01-09$79.99$75.0022.5%6.2%14.5%31.3%22.1%4.1%-0.5%96.8M-2.10B-9.0M0.282.8769,61719,429559,543705,130
2020-01-10$79.12$75.0022.6%6.0%15.3%31.6%22.7%4.1%-0.5%72.4M-1.82B-9.6M0.452.8739,91618,104578,984714,353
2020-01-13$80.48$75.0021.8%6.1%14.7%26.4%21.4%3.2%-0.4%81.1M-2.28B-9.3M0.913.2976,91570,101567,688702,148
2020-01-14$81.76$75.0019.4%5.3%14.8%10.1%19.2%2.9%-0.7%109.9M-2.84B-9.0M0.463.15133,67661,943596,759726,965
2020-01-15$80.83$77.5019.3%5.5%15.6%9.4%19.7%2.8%0.1%94.3M-2.37B-9.3M0.433.3961,82926,398602,808741,985
2020-01-16$81.05$77.5018.1%5.2%15.2%1.7%18.6%2.5%0.1%96.9M-2.57B-9.1M0.572.6440,88523,487614,117749,222
2020-01-17$80.94$77.5017.3%5.0%15.3%0.0%16.5%2.5%0.1%85.7M-2.57B-9.2M0.413.9843,62917,737622,933760,557
2020-01-21$80.12$77.5019.1%5.5%15.8%11.9%19.7%3.2%0.0%32.2M-840.1M-9.3M0.942.2733,67631,597354,859415,005
2020-01-22$80.19$77.5018.3%5.2%15.8%6.7%18.2%2.8%0.3%30.3M-865.0M-9.2M0.512.7122,98811,686360,496432,050
2020-01-23$79.94$77.5018.5%5.3%15.5%8.2%19.0%3.1%0.2%31.1M-816.4M-9.4M0.662.6128,36718,787370,500433,217
2020-01-24$78.17$77.5021.2%6.0%17.5%25.1%20.9%3.8%0.4%10.1M-410.6M-9.7M0.993.4537,82537,278379,302437,981
2020-01-27$76.76$77.5022.6%6.5%17.7%34.2%22.3%5.1%0.6%1.8M-186.0M-9.6M0.732.2354,15839,624373,015436,168
2020-01-28$77.38$77.5021.2%6.0%18.0%25.2%21.3%4.4%0.8%9.0M-358.8M-10.0M0.692.4121,73015,012392,065454,730
2020-01-29$76.62$77.5021.4%6.0%18.3%26.5%20.7%4.3%0.9%305.4K-191.7M-10.0M0.423.6029,11712,161398,254459,700
2020-01-30$77.17$77.5021.1%6.0%18.4%25.0%21.1%4.2%1.3%19.3M-345.0M-10.0M0.747.4339,87929,505410,381465,158
2020-01-31$74.09$77.5025.5%7.4%22.0%53.1%25.3%6.0%-0.7%-10.2M317.5M-10.4M1.229.4827,40433,378416,113480,855