C Options History — April 2020

In April 2020, C traded between $37.24 and $50.51. ATM implied volatility averaged 69.2%, placing in the 41.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 20.2%. IV traded below realized volatility by 48.2% (HV 20d: 117.4%). Max pain ranged from $42.50 to $52.50. Net GEX was positive for 6 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.70.

Notable Days

  • 2020-04-20: Highest Volume — 185,816 contracts
  • 2020-04-06: Largest IV drop — 16.1% change
  • 2020-04-01: Highest IV Rank — 57.0%
  • 2020-04-01: Largest Expected Move — 29.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$43.66$37.24$50.51$38.31$48.73
Max Pain$44.43$42.50$52.50$52.50$45.00
ATM IV69.2%51.8%88.4%88.4%56.2%
Expected Move20.2%15.4%29.1%29.1%16.7%
HV 20d117.4%84.0%153.4%153.1%84.0%
HV 60d100.0%93.2%105.5%93.2%105.5%
IV Rank41.6%27.7%57.0%57.0%31.2%
IV Percentile90.2%84.5%95.6%95.6%85.7%
Term Structure-1.4%-5.4%6.4%-4.6%-0.6%
VWIV70.3%54.5%97.7%97.7%57.9%
Skew 25d15.8%8.2%29.0%24.3%11.0%
Skew 10d34.2%20.0%67.7%67.7%20.4%
Call IV 25d62.1%48.1%74.8%74.8%52.1%
Put IV 25d77.9%56.3%99.2%99.2%63.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %7.252.9236.4436.443.78
Gamma HHI0.060.040.100.050.05
Net GEX-947.5K-8.9M9.7M-5.5M9.0M
Net DEX1.12B406.7M1.46B1.42B611.3M
Net VEX-8.1M-11.2M-5.2M-5.2M-10.8M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.700.341.280.810.37
Total Volume106,483.76258,519185,81658,519154,520
Total OI1,246,918.811,067,4961,417,9991,067,4961,417,999

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2020-04-01$38.31$52.5088.4%29.1%153.1%57.0%97.7%24.3%-4.6%-5.5M1.42B-5.2M0.8136.4432,38326,136505,293562,203
2020-04-02$38.91$45.0084.0%22.6%153.3%53.5%77.5%26.7%-4.6%-5.1M1.41B-5.4M1.206.3127,65233,283522,044572,029
2020-04-03$37.24$45.0084.2%23.2%153.4%53.6%79.2%29.0%1.7%-5.4M1.43B-5.2M1.1712.1928,90333,744530,793585,034
2020-04-06$40.68$45.0070.6%20.1%149.2%42.7%69.3%10.5%1.0%-4.5M1.38B-5.8M0.394.9358,72722,757510,257568,087
2020-04-07$42.23$45.0072.9%20.0%147.9%44.5%72.0%24.0%-5.4%179.9K1.27B-6.5M0.717.6846,13832,728537,567575,590
2020-04-08$43.74$45.0064.8%20.7%146.9%38.1%71.4%18.0%6.4%335.4K1.17B-7.3M0.569.1164,23436,099551,471586,641
2020-04-09$47.53$45.0071.9%20.9%138.8%43.8%74.5%12.3%-1.5%-821.2K837.4M-9.3M0.6410.0075,93248,612589,200606,621
2020-04-13$47.02$45.0075.5%21.4%133.3%46.7%75.8%18.1%-4.5%-2.1M1.02B-9.1M0.436.5166,36828,491577,632599,661
2020-04-14$45.19$45.0069.3%19.8%121.7%41.7%69.8%15.5%-3.4%-653.5K1.17B-8.2M0.719.7562,86744,438616,753615,898
2020-04-15$43.02$45.0072.0%20.6%122.3%43.9%71.3%15.8%-2.6%-5.1M1.32B-7.5M0.724.3669,48350,239634,442633,166
2020-04-16$40.35$45.0072.2%20.7%112.1%44.0%73.1%15.3%-0.7%-8.9M1.46B-7.0M1.284.4057,73174,140659,709643,527
2020-04-17$45.32$42.5069.1%20.0%106.8%41.5%69.1%14.6%-2.0%-4.2M1.04B-9.1M0.804.5981,57664,861684,802671,072
2020-04-20$43.77$42.5073.0%22.1%106.2%44.6%77.6%12.9%-2.3%-1.2M1.11B-8.8M0.923.6096,70089,116578,856609,655
2020-04-21$41.76$42.5073.9%22.1%102.1%45.3%76.9%14.9%-2.0%-3.4M1.21B-8.4M0.412.9271,80429,212628,092658,599
2020-04-22$42.43$42.5071.0%20.4%91.8%43.0%71.3%15.0%-2.0%-1.7M1.17B-8.7M0.623.9758,81736,299662,738670,053
2020-04-23$42.75$42.5063.8%18.8%86.9%37.3%65.5%10.2%-1.1%-2.1M1.18B-8.7M0.854.8345,38338,354676,809676,867
2020-04-24$43.30$42.5060.8%17.2%86.0%34.9%59.9%12.6%-1.1%-1.0M1.18B-8.7M0.733.3647,68334,865678,919693,864
2020-04-27$46.61$43.5055.1%16.0%89.9%30.3%56.9%12.3%0.1%2.8M908.3M-9.9M0.353.3889,30631,192649,064683,662
2020-04-28$47.40$43.5052.8%15.5%89.7%28.5%54.9%10.8%0.6%9.7M775.0M-10.2M0.345.0776,94425,850677,475692,793
2020-04-29$50.51$43.5051.8%15.4%90.8%27.7%54.5%8.2%-0.6%9.7M406.7M-11.2M0.665.0086,07356,519690,218700,140
2020-04-30$48.73$45.0056.2%16.7%84.0%31.2%57.9%11.0%-0.6%9.0M611.3M-10.8M0.373.78112,42142,099704,724713,275