C Options History — March 2020

In March 2020, C traded between $34.61 and $67.15. ATM implied volatility averaged 88.3%, placing in the 77.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 25.7%. IV traded below realized volatility by 16.7% (HV 20d: 105.0%). Max pain ranged from $55.00 to $75.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.82.

Notable Days

  • 2020-03-12: Highest Volume — 115,672 contracts
  • 2020-03-05: Largest IV spike — 45.0% change
  • 2020-03-06: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2020-03-18: Largest Expected Move — 40.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$48.30$34.61$67.15$66.49$42.11
Max Pain$63.14$55.00$75.00$75.00$55.00
ATM IV88.3%36.9%142.1%43.4%76.3%
Expected Move25.7%10.7%40.7%12.6%23.3%
HV 20d105.0%43.5%155.0%44.4%151.8%
HV 60d65.3%29.9%91.6%30.1%91.6%
IV Rank77.8%47.3%100.0%63.3%47.3%
IV Percentile98.6%94.0%100.0%99.6%94.0%
Term Structure-3.9%-17.0%15.4%-2.2%-8.3%
VWIV88.4%38.1%137.1%43.7%79.4%
Skew 25d32.5%12.3%76.0%18.7%26.1%
Skew 10d58.3%12.4%108.8%35.9%45.0%
Call IV 25d71.2%31.4%119.7%33.3%61.4%
Put IV 25d103.7%43.6%164.9%52.0%87.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %24.636.0349.8610.6535.73
Gamma HHI0.070.050.090.080.05
Net GEX-11.5M-28.0M-1.0M-24.0M-5.0M
Net DEX1.50B1.04B1.98B1.12B1.35B
Net VEX-7.5M-11.4M-4.5M-11.2M-6.3M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.820.361.480.740.60
Total Volume71,217.18244,836115,67280,59272,016
Total OI1,072,292.591956,6131,193,9541,016,1381,034,488

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2020-03-02$66.49$75.0043.4%12.6%44.4%63.3%43.7%18.7%-2.2%-24.0M1.12B-11.2M0.7410.6546,37434,218445,226570,912
2020-03-03$65.94$73.5043.7%14.6%43.5%63.9%49.3%17.1%-0.6%-24.0M1.18B-11.4M1.089.9128,67431,006457,344581,680
2020-03-04$67.15$73.0036.9%10.7%43.7%47.4%38.1%12.3%-1.1%-25.0M1.04B-11.3M0.696.2226,52418,312462,082586,734
2020-03-05$63.09$67.5053.5%14.3%45.9%87.6%48.3%20.7%-2.9%-27.1M1.45B-10.8M1.116.0324,77127,487472,683589,423
2020-03-06$61.01$67.5061.6%16.5%46.2%100.0%70.2%23.3%-4.6%-28.0M1.60B-10.6M1.4810.0336,32953,772482,388595,342
2020-03-09$51.84$67.5081.1%20.8%70.3%100.0%71.7%23.8%2.9%-17.8M1.98B-7.7M0.7933.8535,56128,215458,283589,051
2020-03-10$55.10$65.0073.4%20.5%75.9%87.9%73.3%23.5%1.1%-18.7M1.78B-8.9M0.5235.3851,06326,332476,743583,197
2020-03-11$51.01$65.0086.3%23.6%78.0%100.0%77.1%41.1%-5.3%-14.1M1.85B-8.3M0.4849.8640,45419,521505,327591,764
2020-03-12$43.53$65.00106.0%30.1%91.1%100.0%95.2%38.3%-2.4%-9.6M1.94B-5.6M1.087.4055,73059,942516,077593,592
2020-03-13$48.50$65.0093.4%25.5%103.3%85.8%87.7%20.7%-1.1%-10.7M1.81B-7.4M1.0012.5740,88141,023546,192594,867
2020-03-16$41.60$65.00122.4%34.6%112.6%100.0%122.4%38.7%-12.6%-7.0M1.75B-6.1M0.7013.4733,06423,204528,512599,577
2020-03-17$40.02$62.50111.0%31.5%112.3%89.2%99.5%37.9%0.6%-6.6M1.79B-5.3M0.5819.5749,39528,639542,171603,071
2020-03-18$34.61$60.00142.1%40.7%118.1%100.0%137.1%45.2%-8.9%-4.2M1.61B-4.6M1.0341.4249,62951,143565,475610,233
2020-03-19$40.26$57.50124.7%36.5%135.8%86.0%120.5%39.2%-17.0%-4.7M1.57B-6.2M1.0128.5042,62643,163589,512604,442
2020-03-20$38.53$60.00118.8%34.8%135.8%81.3%122.3%34.8%-12.7%-4.9M1.58B-5.2M1.0547.2837,21438,941581,391593,464
2020-03-23$35.23$57.50116.5%34.5%137.2%79.5%126.2%76.0%15.4%-4.0M1.29B-4.5M1.0634.1725,55427,192435,118521,495
2020-03-24$40.09$57.5094.6%30.1%149.2%61.9%106.1%31.2%4.9%-4.9M1.36B-5.4M0.5529.5038,10820,887448,369530,715
2020-03-25$43.52$57.5095.9%28.9%154.1%63.0%98.7%37.5%-6.1%-4.8M1.26B-6.8M0.3625.2855,98120,306461,105540,582
2020-03-26$45.11$57.5087.7%28.2%155.0%56.4%94.6%27.0%-5.4%-1.0M1.21B-7.0M0.5135.6347,32724,100489,044547,449
2020-03-27$44.38$57.5094.1%28.2%154.8%61.6%99.1%34.3%-6.2%-2.6M1.23B-7.1M0.9126.3926,62124,258499,888557,744
2020-03-30$43.59$57.5080.0%24.2%151.8%50.3%83.5%47.1%-14.1%-5.4M1.34B-6.4M0.7422.9235,16426,057468,946538,739
2020-03-31$42.11$55.0076.3%23.3%151.8%47.3%79.4%26.1%-8.3%-5.0M1.35B-6.3M0.6035.7344,97827,038486,218548,270