C Options History — October 2022

In October 2022, C traded between $40.55 and $46.10. ATM implied volatility averaged 40.2%, placing in the 65.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 6.2% (HV 20d: 34.0%). Max pain ranged from $45.00 to $50.00. Net GEX was positive for 5 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.88.

Notable Days

  • 2022-10-13: Highest Volume — 237,722 contracts
  • 2022-10-14: Largest IV drop — 13.1% change
  • 2022-10-11: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2022-10-12: Largest Expected Move — 14.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$43.65$40.55$46.10$42.60$46.03
Max Pain$46.19$45.00$50.00$50.00$45.00
ATM IV40.2%30.9%51.0%43.8%30.9%
Expected Move11.6%9.3%14.4%13.0%9.3%
HV 20d34.0%29.4%36.8%30.7%32.1%
HV 60d31.1%26.5%39.1%38.2%29.4%
IV Rank65.7%30.3%100.0%82.4%30.3%
IV Percentile78.9%41.3%100.0%96.4%41.3%
Term Structure-0.8%-2.7%0.6%-0.7%0.6%
VWIV40.9%33.0%49.6%46.5%34.5%
Skew 25d7.2%4.5%9.5%8.5%4.5%
Skew 10d12.9%8.8%16.9%15.1%8.9%
Call IV 25d37.3%29.5%47.4%40.4%29.5%
Put IV 25d44.4%34.1%55.6%48.9%34.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.081.845.953.554.63
Gamma HHI0.080.060.130.080.09
Net GEX-17.0M-39.5M16.7M-30.8M2.6M
Net DEX3.10B2.12B3.89B3.58B2.24B
Net VEX-22.5M-23.8M-19.9M-21.1M-23.3M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.880.331.650.911.65
Total Volume110,248.33352,135237,722114,26152,135
Total OI3,272,508.2383,073,7993,489,9803,126,3453,098,471

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2022-10-03$42.60$50.0043.8%13.0%30.7%82.4%46.5%8.5%-0.7%-30.8M3.58B-21.1M0.913.5559,79054,4711,471,4181,654,927
2022-10-04$44.25$50.0042.3%12.3%34.5%77.0%43.8%8.1%-1.5%-23.5M3.18B-23.2M0.782.2568,62153,3421,492,3011,675,601
2022-10-05$43.95$50.0043.4%13.0%34.1%80.9%49.6%8.1%-1.4%-24.8M3.28B-23.0M0.952.9057,54654,7191,507,8281,697,273
2022-10-06$43.01$47.5045.4%12.4%33.2%88.4%44.9%9.5%-2.1%-28.9M3.46B-22.3M1.042.9558,12260,2671,537,0461,715,433
2022-10-07$42.14$47.5045.8%12.4%31.5%89.7%45.1%8.3%-1.5%-39.5M3.68B-21.3M1.122.7559,78466,7291,558,8861,737,422
2022-10-10$41.72$47.5046.5%12.7%31.3%92.3%45.9%8.8%-1.2%-29.1M3.69B-21.2M1.642.8242,82370,0721,555,9491,721,534
2022-10-11$40.55$47.5048.7%13.6%29.4%100.0%44.1%8.1%-0.4%-31.1M3.89B-19.9M0.333.17110,39336,4471,569,2551,750,199
2022-10-12$41.03$45.0051.0%14.4%30.3%100.0%46.1%8.2%-0.5%-25.9M3.67B-21.3M0.362.41112,51440,9481,598,5861,763,378
2022-10-13$43.05$45.0048.7%13.6%36.3%92.3%46.3%7.4%-1.7%-19.1M3.15B-23.6M0.675.95142,22595,4971,623,2301,773,948
2022-10-14$43.23$45.0042.3%12.1%36.4%70.8%43.0%6.6%-0.4%-17.3M3.25B-22.8M0.752.35103,19276,9511,668,4601,821,520
2022-10-17$43.68$45.0039.4%11.3%36.7%60.9%39.5%7.3%-2.7%-22.8M3.21B-23.0M0.921.9647,66143,6931,609,4051,769,167
2022-10-18$44.12$45.0037.1%10.6%36.8%53.4%39.4%7.6%0.1%-19.9M3.11B-22.9M0.973.0147,62546,1591,623,9491,784,785
2022-10-19$43.21$45.0039.8%11.4%36.8%62.1%39.4%7.1%-2.4%-26.5M3.41B-22.1M1.013.7228,70328,9321,633,9641,802,967
2022-10-20$42.91$45.0037.6%10.9%36.7%55.0%38.2%7.1%-2.0%-29.4M3.47B-21.5M1.112.2443,40048,3621,642,3281,801,765
2022-10-21$44.28$45.0036.0%10.4%36.3%49.6%37.0%7.1%-0.2%-5.7M3.09B-22.9M0.551.8473,37540,5501,649,0341,819,641
2022-10-24$44.44$45.0035.6%10.5%35.2%48.3%36.3%6.3%-0.0%-8.5M2.62B-22.7M0.423.1553,88622,8621,461,2121,612,587
2022-10-25$45.37$45.0033.6%10.0%35.4%41.4%35.6%6.1%0.3%35.8K2.36B-23.6M0.492.4751,63625,3391,482,2341,622,544
2022-10-26$45.55$45.0032.3%9.9%34.6%37.2%35.1%5.6%0.1%3.0M2.32B-23.5M1.313.5736,00347,2121,492,5241,627,950
2022-10-27$45.46$45.0032.8%9.7%33.1%37.8%34.8%5.1%0.3%2.8M2.36B-23.4M0.923.4132,93230,2801,499,4011,638,529
2022-10-28$46.10$45.0031.0%9.4%32.5%30.7%33.0%4.7%0.2%16.7M2.12B-23.8M0.673.6353,97436,0431,504,0951,651,927
2022-10-31$46.03$45.0030.9%9.3%32.1%30.3%34.5%4.5%0.6%2.6M2.24B-23.3M1.654.6319,67032,4651,481,9431,616,528