C Options History — August 2022

In August 2022, C traded between $49.09 and $54.27. ATM implied volatility averaged 28.9%, placing in the 27.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.2%. IV traded below realized volatility by 5.1% (HV 20d: 33.9%). Max pain ranged from $52.50 to $52.50. Net GEX was positive for 6 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.89.

Notable Days

  • 2022-08-10: Highest Volume — 135,205 contracts
  • 2022-08-22: Largest IV spike — 12.5% change
  • 2022-08-30: Highest IV Rank — 43.8%
  • 2022-08-30: Largest Expected Move — 9.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$51.91$49.09$54.27$51.90$49.09
Max Pain$52.50$52.50$52.50$52.50$52.50
ATM IV28.9%25.5%33.3%29.2%32.7%
Expected Move8.2%7.3%9.3%8.3%9.2%
HV 20d33.9%18.7%53.6%53.3%23.6%
HV 60d42.4%39.3%46.6%46.6%40.2%
IV Rank27.7%15.2%43.8%28.9%41.8%
IV Percentile42.4%16.7%70.2%48.0%67.5%
Term Structure0.1%-0.7%1.5%-0.5%0.1%
VWIV29.0%25.8%33.0%29.9%32.2%
Skew 25d5.3%3.3%6.7%5.8%6.7%
Skew 10d10.9%6.8%13.5%11.4%13.5%
Call IV 25d26.8%23.9%30.6%26.9%30.0%
Put IV 25d32.1%28.0%37.1%32.8%36.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.141.343.022.662.78
Gamma HHI0.080.060.140.060.09
Net GEX-12.5M-41.5M14.3M-7.7M-33.7M
Net DEX1.41B367.2M2.48B1.43B2.48B
Net VEX-27.9M-29.9M-25.6M-27.6M-25.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.890.481.960.740.61
Total Volume83,726.21749,107135,20598,39284,740
Total OI2,762,896.6092,650,9652,881,0872,650,9652,801,069

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2022-08-01$51.90$52.5029.2%8.3%53.3%28.9%29.9%5.8%-0.5%-7.7M1.43B-27.6M0.742.6656,67141,7211,196,8861,454,079
2022-08-02$51.13$52.5030.4%8.8%53.5%33.4%30.6%6.3%-0.7%-14.4M1.71B-27.2M0.962.2548,62046,8101,209,7561,462,954
2022-08-03$51.73$52.5028.5%7.9%53.5%26.4%29.3%6.0%-0.5%-8.5M1.49B-27.8M0.702.8057,75640,2571,220,0211,479,020
2022-08-04$51.28$52.5029.9%8.2%53.6%31.5%29.8%5.9%-0.5%-13.7M1.61B-27.8M1.072.2154,77558,5231,245,4521,490,966
2022-08-05$51.64$52.5028.0%8.0%53.6%24.4%29.2%5.5%-0.2%-9.2M1.49B-28.4M0.821.8360,63049,5211,255,7041,519,885
2022-08-08$51.69$52.5028.6%8.2%52.9%26.6%28.9%5.3%-0.1%-8.3M1.46B-28.4M1.341.7437,94650,6621,241,9061,508,180
2022-08-09$51.92$52.5028.7%8.2%52.9%27.2%30.1%4.9%0.1%-10.4M1.39B-28.5M1.061.8028,15729,7841,247,4191,531,455
2022-08-10$53.33$52.5027.1%8.1%52.8%21.1%27.3%3.9%1.3%8.2M762.9M-29.3M0.611.9384,12751,0781,254,1241,536,223
2022-08-11$53.95$52.5027.1%7.8%50.3%21.2%29.1%3.9%0.0%14.3M516.7M-29.9M0.611.7264,48439,5741,267,5321,547,625
2022-08-12$54.27$52.5026.0%7.5%24.2%17.1%26.9%3.3%0.2%9.6M367.2M-29.6M0.481.6350,87324,2101,280,3961,559,813
2022-08-15$54.06$52.5026.1%7.5%24.3%17.4%26.5%4.2%1.5%4.0M565.1M-29.1M0.751.5628,11220,9951,255,4221,537,404
2022-08-16$54.24$52.5025.5%7.3%18.7%15.2%26.5%4.4%1.3%5.1M466.1M-29.1M0.971.9637,78236,8151,261,7401,543,807
2022-08-17$53.68$52.5027.4%7.8%19.1%22.2%26.0%4.7%-0.7%1.4M625.4M-28.5M1.962.1420,05539,4051,274,9341,547,308
2022-08-18$53.59$52.5026.1%7.5%19.1%17.7%25.8%4.2%-0.6%-5.0M811.6M-28.9M0.701.9541,17828,8461,277,6281,574,087
2022-08-19$52.65$52.5027.0%7.7%19.6%21.0%27.1%4.8%0.4%-5.0M1.22B-28.5M1.521.3440,60461,6681,292,1851,588,902
2022-08-22$51.14$52.5030.4%8.6%22.0%33.4%29.9%6.0%0.4%-28.8M1.86B-27.3M0.912.6838,04934,5821,184,2471,489,836
2022-08-23$50.97$52.5030.0%8.4%21.1%31.8%29.4%5.7%0.2%-29.8M1.87B-27.2M0.781.6034,83827,0991,203,4841,492,391
2022-08-24$51.09$52.5029.5%8.2%19.1%30.0%28.8%6.0%0.4%-28.3M1.87B-27.4M0.622.6231,84919,8611,223,2671,501,970
2022-08-25$51.98$52.5028.5%7.9%20.1%26.2%27.6%5.2%0.2%-19.7M1.48B-28.0M0.602.0031,15218,6351,239,0531,510,093
2022-08-26$49.97$52.5031.6%8.8%24.4%37.9%31.1%6.4%0.3%-41.5M2.28B-26.4M0.792.8052,67141,3661,248,3431,516,512
2022-08-29$49.51$52.5032.4%9.2%24.5%40.7%32.5%6.4%-0.1%-32.5M2.33B-26.0M0.912.2339,98936,4511,228,0511,492,185
2022-08-30$49.12$52.5033.3%9.3%24.2%43.8%33.0%6.5%0.2%-33.4M2.46B-25.6M0.903.0254,18148,6011,245,0331,508,275
2022-08-31$49.09$52.5032.7%9.2%23.6%41.8%32.2%6.7%0.1%-33.7M2.48B-25.6M0.612.7852,53132,2091,271,8741,529,195