C Options History — January 2021

In January 2021, C traded between $58.10 and $69.09. ATM implied volatility averaged 37.1%, placing in the 15.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.3% (HV 20d: 36.8%). Max pain ranged from $60.00 to $65.00. Net GEX was positive for 18 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.61.

Notable Days

  • 2021-01-15: Highest Volume — 203,288 contracts
  • 2021-01-27: Largest IV spike — 18.4% change
  • 2021-01-04: Highest IV Rank — 19.3%
  • 2021-01-27: Largest Expected Move — 12.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$63.25$58.10$69.09$60.36$58.10
Max Pain$63.05$60.00$65.00$60.00$62.50
ATM IV37.1%32.4%42.3%41.4%41.2%
Expected Move10.4%9.3%12.3%11.3%11.9%
HV 20d36.8%28.4%43.6%29.7%43.6%
HV 60d42.2%40.2%44.5%40.7%44.5%
IV Rank15.1%11.4%19.3%19.3%16.6%
IV Percentile26.5%9.1%52.0%50.0%48.0%
Term Structure-0.9%-8.5%0.8%-1.5%-0.7%
VWIV37.0%33.1%43.2%40.3%42.0%
Skew 25d2.1%-0.1%5.7%3.3%5.7%
Skew 10d4.8%1.2%13.3%8.4%13.3%
Call IV 25d36.8%32.7%42.6%39.9%39.3%
Put IV 25d39.0%34.3%46.3%43.2%45.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %9.132.3433.235.428.97
Gamma HHI0.080.050.130.060.05
Net GEX20.5M-3.1M45.3M19.9M-3.1M
Net DEX-2.13B-4.22B-268.6M-1.98B-268.6M
Net VEX-15.3M-17.3M-14.3M-15.6M-17.3M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.610.250.960.960.86
Total Volume110,072.42147,870203,28860,860146,077
Total OI1,842,044.1051,401,1362,204,4862,054,7971,634,321

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2021-01-04$60.36$60.0041.4%11.3%29.7%19.3%40.3%3.3%-1.5%19.9M-1.98B-15.6M0.965.4230,98129,879973,3501,081,447
2021-01-05$61.84$60.0040.0%10.8%28.4%18.2%38.8%3.3%-1.4%25.9M-2.40B-15.6M0.8933.2335,00931,225986,0121,095,991
2021-01-06$65.06$60.0037.7%10.5%32.9%16.4%36.9%4.0%-0.5%33.5M-3.31B-14.8M0.5725.95115,74265,673993,0561,109,098
2021-01-07$66.41$60.0036.0%10.0%33.2%15.0%35.4%1.7%-0.9%38.0M-3.64B-14.4M0.618.6162,27038,1681,002,7231,119,821
2021-01-08$65.48$62.5037.0%10.3%34.0%15.8%36.6%0.4%-0.9%29.9M-3.35B-14.5M0.664.2556,81937,2191,006,8551,132,925
2021-01-11$66.33$62.5038.9%10.7%32.9%17.4%38.0%0.8%-1.5%33.0M-3.47B-14.3M0.484.4960,46429,027985,1501,113,045
2021-01-12$66.59$65.0037.7%10.5%31.1%16.4%37.3%0.9%-0.8%35.4M-3.53B-14.4M0.619.4744,66927,236995,7521,125,752
2021-01-13$66.69$65.0037.7%10.5%31.1%16.4%37.2%2.0%-1.4%34.0M-3.57B-14.4M0.523.7854,64128,1771,005,8791,136,677
2021-01-14$69.09$65.0037.9%10.7%32.7%16.5%37.8%-0.1%-0.5%45.3M-4.22B-14.3M0.408.85142,50756,3871,018,1111,145,863
2021-01-15$64.51$65.0036.5%9.6%42.4%15.4%33.9%1.0%-8.5%15.9M-2.70B-14.7M0.7414.50116,82686,4621,034,2861,170,200
2021-01-19$63.52$65.0032.8%9.4%42.9%12.4%34.3%2.5%0.3%15.4M-1.41B-15.0M0.705.4965,64846,210646,020755,116
2021-01-20$63.31$65.0032.8%9.4%42.3%11.7%33.1%1.3%0.1%16.0M-1.39B-14.8M0.407.1459,43023,771671,446785,545
2021-01-21$62.00$65.0032.4%9.3%41.4%11.4%33.1%1.6%0.5%6.9M-1.09B-15.5M0.712.3445,24332,043697,111796,505
2021-01-22$61.49$65.0033.2%9.5%40.2%11.8%33.8%0.5%0.4%2.5M-973.4M-15.6M0.502.7686,77143,561709,919809,321
2021-01-25$60.41$63.0035.6%10.2%39.6%12.0%36.1%2.4%-0.2%6.1M-828.2M-15.8M0.662.5865,33142,929706,072805,140
2021-01-26$60.69$62.5035.7%10.2%39.4%12.1%36.2%2.0%0.1%12.7M-903.3M-16.3M0.3814.1034,78313,087735,382829,574
2021-01-27$59.24$62.5042.3%12.3%39.9%17.5%43.2%3.7%-0.2%5.1M-584.3M-16.9M0.743.7048,08735,578743,810836,869
2021-01-28$60.64$62.5037.7%10.8%40.9%13.7%38.1%3.3%0.8%16.8M-918.3M-16.7M0.257.81122,88130,565758,225846,469
2021-01-29$58.10$62.5041.2%11.9%43.6%16.6%42.0%5.7%-0.7%-3.1M-268.6M-17.3M0.868.9778,33467,743768,409865,912