C Options History — October 2020

In October 2020, C traded between $41.14 and $45.91. ATM implied volatility averaged 42.3%, placing in the 20.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 8.7% (HV 20d: 33.6%). Max pain ranged from $42.50 to $47.50. Net GEX was positive for 1 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 2 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.59.

Notable Days

  • 2020-10-13: Highest Volume — 282,598 contracts
  • 2020-10-28: Largest IV spike — 13.1% change
  • 2020-10-06: Highest IV Rank — 24.8%
  • 2020-10-30: Largest Expected Move — 14.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$43.50$41.14$45.91$43.16$41.14
Max Pain$45.23$42.50$47.50$47.50$45.00
ATM IV42.3%38.3%48.3%43.0%47.4%
Expected Move12.2%10.8%14.5%12.9%14.5%
HV 20d33.6%28.4%40.1%38.8%29.2%
HV 60d32.3%31.1%35.4%35.4%31.8%
IV Rank20.1%16.9%24.8%20.6%24.1%
IV Percentile52.5%40.1%63.1%57.9%62.7%
Term Structure-1.1%-10.6%3.9%-10.6%-0.2%
VWIV43.3%37.8%55.7%45.6%55.7%
Skew 25d2.8%1.2%7.0%3.2%7.0%
Skew 10d5.4%0.1%19.6%6.9%19.6%
Call IV 25d41.8%37.7%48.4%42.9%45.6%
Put IV 25d44.6%40.4%52.7%46.1%52.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.852.283.752.783.11
Gamma HHI0.100.070.110.110.10
Net GEX-23.2M-40.3M6.1M-30.8M-36.9M
Net DEX1.65B1.04B2.08B1.85B2.08B
Net VEX-15.8M-16.9M-15.2M-15.2M-15.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.590.310.960.490.88
Total Volume121,927.72740,115282,598127,233134,452
Total OI2,305,249.0452,113,8702,557,1862,113,8702,417,271

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2020-10-01$43.16$47.5043.0%12.9%38.8%20.6%45.6%3.2%-10.6%-30.8M1.85B-15.2M0.492.7885,10742,126951,4331,162,437
2020-10-02$43.58$47.5044.9%13.2%39.4%22.1%47.0%3.3%3.9%-25.5M1.73B-15.6M0.372.6294,76035,478991,2171,185,583
2020-10-05$44.82$42.5047.0%13.2%40.1%23.8%47.6%2.3%-1.5%-19.1M1.39B-16.4M0.413.16114,97547,152975,2251,167,911
2020-10-06$44.45$42.5048.3%13.4%39.5%24.8%48.8%1.6%-1.4%-16.8M1.44B-16.4M0.533.13102,12253,6851,024,4061,190,285
2020-10-07$44.90$42.5046.9%12.9%39.8%23.8%46.2%2.6%-1.7%-14.6M1.35B-16.5M0.473.7540,12619,0101,033,8061,203,054
2020-10-08$44.78$42.5045.3%12.6%39.8%22.4%45.0%2.9%-0.9%-15.7M1.39B-16.3M0.672.6787,38858,6751,049,4201,212,799
2020-10-09$44.90$42.5042.8%11.8%39.7%20.4%41.1%1.3%-2.2%6.1M1.31B-16.4M0.503.3879,45740,0561,083,5631,238,919
2020-10-12$45.91$47.5041.1%11.6%36.2%19.1%40.8%2.4%-0.6%-8.3M1.04B-16.9M0.592.3887,23551,5901,076,6311,246,288
2020-10-13$43.78$47.5040.7%11.3%32.7%18.8%40.0%2.3%-1.0%-19.4M1.69B-15.6M0.503.53188,77293,8261,119,2741,241,720
2020-10-14$43.11$47.5038.8%11.0%32.1%17.2%38.6%1.9%-0.2%-32.4M1.94B-15.3M0.483.4991,75144,2211,167,4401,285,564
2020-10-15$43.53$47.5039.8%11.2%32.1%18.1%39.4%2.4%-1.0%-27.9M1.81B-15.5M0.523.3498,63451,3451,193,1591,305,160
2020-10-16$43.20$47.5038.4%10.8%32.0%16.9%37.8%2.3%-1.5%-19.0M1.82B-15.5M0.962.5462,94560,6101,234,3001,322,886
2020-10-19$43.01$45.0040.7%11.6%30.5%18.8%41.7%1.2%-1.0%-28.6M1.72B-15.4M0.952.3265,68962,4221,021,0191,190,330
2020-10-20$43.67$45.0040.1%11.5%30.8%18.3%40.4%1.4%-1.3%-24.2M1.52B-16.0M0.892.5653,72347,8841,045,9801,213,475
2020-10-21$42.97$45.0038.6%11.1%29.4%17.1%39.2%3.6%-0.7%-30.0M1.73B-15.3M0.542.7626,07614,0391,052,4171,210,274
2020-10-22$43.91$45.0038.3%11.0%30.3%16.9%39.2%3.7%-0.7%-20.4M1.46B-15.7M0.582.6841,80724,0601,062,5531,212,167
2020-10-23$43.95$45.0038.5%11.1%30.2%17.0%40.2%2.4%-0.8%-8.8M1.42B-15.8M0.512.4460,81531,2091,069,8871,221,334
2020-10-26$43.15$45.0040.9%12.0%28.4%19.0%42.6%2.9%-0.3%-30.7M1.65B-15.3M0.312.5497,49830,3621,045,6691,214,371
2020-10-27$42.03$45.0040.8%12.2%29.0%18.8%43.0%2.7%-0.0%-35.6M1.91B-15.3M0.592.2844,53826,1291,099,2131,224,535
2020-10-28$41.34$45.0046.1%14.1%29.2%23.1%48.8%4.0%0.8%-32.2M2.04B-15.2M0.822.6867,54455,6311,119,2331,235,251
2020-10-29$41.66$45.0042.5%12.7%29.3%20.2%42.9%5.1%-0.5%-40.3M2.05B-15.4M0.452.4746,44021,0461,138,2481,259,772
2020-10-30$41.14$45.0047.4%14.5%29.2%24.1%55.7%7.0%-0.2%-36.9M2.08B-15.6M0.883.1171,66862,7841,146,2741,270,997