C Options History — March 2022

In March 2022, C traded between $53.60 and $59.67. ATM implied volatility averaged 36.8%, placing in the 58.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.2% (HV 20d: 35.6%). Max pain ranged from $60.00 to $67.50. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.89.

Notable Days

  • 2022-03-02: Highest Volume — 252,383 contracts
  • 2022-03-02: Largest IV drop — 14.1% change
  • 2022-03-01: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2022-03-07: Largest Expected Move — 15.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$56.20$53.60$59.67$58.45$53.60
Max Pain$62.83$60.00$67.50$67.50$60.00
ATM IV36.8%28.5%48.6%44.9%31.5%
Expected Move10.8%7.9%15.9%14.4%9.0%
HV 20d35.6%26.6%40.1%33.9%26.6%
HV 60d30.5%28.9%31.3%28.9%30.2%
IV Rank58.8%26.5%100.0%100.0%37.2%
IV Percentile87.8%62.7%100.0%100.0%84.5%
Term Structure-0.4%-1.7%1.1%-1.2%-0.6%
VWIV38.0%27.5%55.8%50.5%30.3%
Skew 25d8.0%4.8%13.5%10.7%6.0%
Skew 10d17.0%9.1%28.7%20.8%11.9%
Call IV 25d33.9%26.7%42.4%40.1%29.4%
Put IV 25d42.0%31.5%56.0%50.8%35.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.032.327.845.192.55
Gamma HHI0.100.070.150.080.10
Net GEX-51.1M-69.4M-37.1M-37.1M-69.4M
Net DEX3.10B2.27B3.86B2.78B3.73B
Net VEX-26.4M-27.6M-24.8M-26.1M-24.8M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.890.481.681.680.88
Total Volume133,95683,921252,383197,605149,909
Total OI2,585,589.6522,373,6912,764,9352,384,5672,666,785

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2022-03-01$58.45$67.5044.9%14.4%33.9%100.0%50.5%10.7%-1.2%-37.1M2.78B-26.1M1.685.1973,652123,9531,034,3401,350,227
2022-03-02$59.67$67.5038.6%12.0%33.8%73.2%46.5%9.5%-0.8%-39.6M2.54B-26.8M0.663.77152,099100,2841,061,0371,398,946
2022-03-03$57.07$67.5041.2%13.0%36.5%84.3%47.9%10.0%-1.4%-60.5M3.28B-25.5M0.584.20132,56477,1931,079,7341,440,951
2022-03-04$56.33$65.0045.2%14.0%36.4%100.0%49.0%12.1%-1.7%-57.1M3.44B-26.2M1.142.79105,856120,3791,126,3691,479,020
2022-03-07$55.49$65.0048.6%15.9%35.4%100.0%55.8%13.5%-0.5%-49.8M3.46B-26.4M1.344.8953,19371,1981,100,8471,476,351
2022-03-08$54.98$65.0046.0%14.3%35.2%90.3%49.8%10.9%-0.2%-54.6M3.64B-26.0M1.043.8151,10453,3811,111,4781,501,839
2022-03-09$56.43$65.0042.4%13.4%36.8%77.3%46.8%11.0%-1.6%-51.4M3.32B-27.2M0.485.19105,44050,7761,132,0601,516,614
2022-03-10$54.87$65.0041.9%12.7%36.6%75.3%44.7%9.7%0.4%-57.0M3.74B-26.3M1.003.1153,67253,4111,185,6981,523,495
2022-03-11$54.21$65.0042.3%12.4%36.6%76.9%44.5%9.6%-0.5%-59.9M3.86B-25.8M1.032.3242,58644,0231,200,5301,527,188
2022-03-14$54.08$62.5043.0%11.3%36.7%79.4%40.5%9.7%-0.7%-52.0M3.80B-25.5M0.787.1584,24466,0811,157,8701,497,746
2022-03-15$55.13$62.5041.2%11.0%38.2%72.8%38.4%8.9%-1.0%-48.9M3.48B-26.7M1.153.4467,73577,7891,186,9381,512,095
2022-03-16$56.59$62.5035.8%9.9%39.8%53.1%33.3%7.6%-0.5%-47.0M3.09B-27.6M0.577.7268,36438,8191,203,5691,520,841
2022-03-17$57.14$62.5034.2%9.5%40.1%47.2%34.3%6.5%-0.2%-43.9M2.90B-27.6M0.942.9044,28541,5051,220,5271,522,860
2022-03-18$57.45$62.5032.5%8.9%39.0%41.0%32.3%6.4%-0.5%-62.2M2.80B-27.6M0.842.9146,42839,1211,233,3011,531,634
2022-03-21$56.79$60.0031.6%8.6%39.1%37.6%28.9%5.9%1.1%-46.1M2.48B-26.5M0.854.5345,24538,6761,005,4351,368,256
2022-03-22$57.51$60.0028.9%8.3%39.6%27.9%28.3%5.0%0.1%-40.8M2.27B-26.8M0.792.7451,71240,9201,023,2141,383,094
2022-03-23$56.60$60.0030.6%8.5%39.8%34.2%29.8%5.9%-0.1%-44.7M2.59B-26.4M0.977.8448,47646,9651,047,6891,393,928
2022-03-24$56.45$60.0030.2%8.3%36.7%32.7%27.5%5.2%0.5%-46.6M2.68B-26.3M0.512.68109,60655,4901,064,0151,414,174
2022-03-25$56.73$60.0028.8%8.1%34.4%27.3%27.9%4.8%0.6%-45.3M2.52B-27.2M0.744.2457,91442,7661,122,0041,439,173
2022-03-28$55.86$60.0029.4%8.5%29.2%29.7%30.4%5.8%0.8%-53.8M2.90B-25.9M0.833.6662,78152,3701,087,9141,431,663
2022-03-29$56.42$60.0028.5%7.9%29.4%26.5%28.1%4.8%-0.1%-46.5M2.71B-26.6M0.862.4257,46049,2341,113,5511,457,960
2022-03-30$54.83$60.0029.3%8.3%29.7%29.1%29.4%5.1%-0.4%-61.0M3.32B-25.5M0.902.5969,48962,8401,134,1401,481,462
2022-03-31$53.60$60.0031.5%9.0%26.6%37.2%30.3%6.0%-0.6%-69.4M3.73B-24.8M0.882.5579,72870,1811,158,8331,507,952