C Options History — April 2022

In April 2022, C traded between $48.30 and $53.04. ATM implied volatility averaged 33.4%, placing in the 44.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 8.2% (HV 20d: 25.2%). Max pain ranged from $55.00 to $60.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.78.

Notable Days

  • 2022-04-01: Highest Volume — 262,161 contracts
  • 2022-04-04: Largest IV drop — 13.6% change
  • 2022-04-29: Highest IV Rank — 60.7%
  • 2022-04-29: Largest Expected Move — 10.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$51.12$48.30$53.04$52.25$48.30
Max Pain$55.88$55.00$60.00$60.00$55.00
ATM IV33.4%28.1%37.9%36.3%37.9%
Expected Move9.5%8.0%10.9%9.1%10.9%
HV 20d25.2%21.8%28.4%27.5%24.7%
HV 60d29.5%28.7%30.5%30.5%29.4%
IV Rank44.2%24.7%60.7%55.1%60.7%
IV Percentile86.2%56.7%95.2%95.2%95.2%
Term Structure-1.0%-11.0%1.1%-11.0%-0.8%
VWIV32.7%27.9%38.0%30.5%38.0%
Skew 25d6.5%4.7%9.4%7.7%9.4%
Skew 10d12.9%8.4%19.3%13.4%19.3%
Call IV 25d31.2%26.7%34.4%30.8%34.0%
Put IV 25d37.8%31.5%43.5%38.5%43.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.891.854.813.252.65
Gamma HHI0.100.090.110.110.09
Net GEX-49.7M-59.9M-33.9M-59.9M-49.2M
Net DEX4.00B3.20B4.48B4.11B4.38B
Net VEX-25.2M-27.7M-23.6M-23.9M-23.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.780.391.000.950.73
Total Volume138,836.564,262262,161262,161127,122
Total OI2,874,948.252,713,8513,084,1922,717,1532,906,134

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2022-04-01$52.25$60.0036.3%9.1%27.5%55.1%30.5%7.7%-11.0%-59.9M4.11B-23.9M0.953.25134,779127,3821,189,3071,527,846
2022-04-04$52.72$57.5031.4%8.7%27.6%36.9%29.9%5.2%-0.7%-58.2M3.89B-24.3M0.584.8178,95645,5911,200,9401,524,373
2022-04-05$51.55$55.0033.4%9.1%28.4%44.1%31.6%6.7%-1.1%-56.3M4.22B-24.0M0.813.0669,54356,3471,266,7711,568,306
2022-04-06$50.59$57.5034.4%9.8%26.6%47.9%33.0%7.8%-0.9%-58.1M4.32B-23.6M0.802.25126,319100,8091,268,5211,565,272
2022-04-07$50.22$57.5035.4%9.8%25.3%51.8%34.9%7.5%-1.3%-58.1M4.38B-24.2M0.712.2997,70369,8571,314,9321,590,612
2022-04-08$50.93$57.5034.8%9.9%25.9%49.3%34.6%7.1%-1.1%-47.2M4.16B-25.0M0.661.96108,06971,5711,349,3381,621,745
2022-04-11$50.51$55.0036.3%10.3%26.0%54.8%36.3%7.2%0.1%-51.6M4.27B-25.1M0.944.1067,84263,9421,341,6241,641,648
2022-04-12$50.26$55.0036.7%10.3%24.6%56.3%35.5%7.1%-0.7%-52.0M4.30B-25.1M0.692.5261,98742,5581,356,0661,648,679
2022-04-13$50.12$57.5032.8%9.2%21.8%42.2%32.7%5.7%-0.5%-56.3M4.48B-24.2M1.001.8569,68069,3531,375,3251,663,475
2022-04-14$51.07$55.0029.7%8.8%22.9%30.8%29.5%4.7%1.1%-48.4M4.23B-25.1M0.632.11124,26677,8781,392,6831,691,509
2022-04-18$52.23$55.0031.2%8.9%24.7%36.3%30.5%5.2%-0.1%-40.4M3.36B-26.8M0.392.89152,64259,9781,163,5121,550,339
2022-04-19$52.97$55.0028.6%8.2%25.4%26.7%29.2%5.2%0.1%-36.5M3.20B-27.7M0.732.6765,11247,8251,219,6161,584,160
2022-04-20$53.04$55.0028.1%8.0%24.8%24.7%27.9%4.8%-0.1%-33.9M3.20B-27.6M0.822.7165,20253,2441,241,0141,600,882
2022-04-21$52.72$55.0029.3%8.4%24.4%29.4%29.1%5.0%-0.2%-37.1M3.30B-27.2M0.992.6543,31742,9261,252,8081,617,548
2022-04-22$51.57$55.0031.6%9.1%25.2%37.9%32.4%5.7%0.2%-47.5M3.84B-26.7M0.923.2557,85853,3411,259,3201,633,023
2022-04-25$51.13$55.0033.3%9.6%25.0%43.8%34.4%7.0%-0.6%-49.6M3.88B-26.0M0.803.5859,93747,6661,203,4151,595,610
2022-04-26$50.50$55.0036.9%10.7%24.9%57.0%36.0%7.6%-1.2%-48.7M3.99B-25.6M1.003.2832,14132,1211,226,8361,612,958
2022-04-27$49.72$55.0035.9%10.6%24.5%53.5%36.5%7.3%-0.9%-52.0M4.24B-24.2M0.693.1038,43226,5831,233,8341,622,769
2022-04-28$49.96$55.0033.6%9.7%23.3%45.1%32.6%7.2%-0.7%-53.1M4.23B-24.4M0.852.7857,73049,1211,245,8741,630,341
2022-04-29$48.30$55.0037.9%10.9%24.7%60.7%38.0%9.4%-0.8%-49.2M4.38B-23.9M0.732.6573,29353,8291,260,7761,645,358