C Options History — October 2024

In October 2024, C traded between $61.11 and $66.16. ATM implied volatility averaged 31.1%, placing in the 61.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.3%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.2% (HV 20d: 31.3%). Max pain ranged from $60.00 to $62.50. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.35.

Notable Days

  • 2024-10-15: Highest Volume — 262,471 contracts
  • 2024-10-07: Largest IV spike — 13.2% change
  • 2024-10-07: Highest IV Rank — 90.6%
  • 2024-10-31: Largest Expected Move — 11.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$63.37$61.11$66.16$61.75$64.50
Max Pain$60.22$60.00$62.50$62.50$60.00
ATM IV31.1%27.2%36.3%31.0%32.4%
Expected Move9.3%7.8%11.0%9.7%11.0%
HV 20d31.3%24.8%36.2%28.6%35.4%
HV 60d31.9%28.6%34.0%32.0%28.6%
IV Rank61.7%39.4%90.6%60.9%68.8%
IV Percentile91.3%71.0%99.6%94.8%97.2%
Term Structure-0.4%-3.1%3.8%3.8%-1.4%
VWIV32.4%27.5%38.3%33.7%38.3%
Skew 25d3.2%2.2%4.8%4.7%2.6%
Skew 10d5.9%3.2%8.7%6.3%6.2%
Call IV 25d29.6%26.6%33.5%28.6%31.7%
Put IV 25d32.8%29.0%38.3%33.3%34.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.831.9434.062.992.79
Gamma HHI0.120.080.170.090.12
Net GEX83.2M45.6M120.9M60.4M111.8M
Net DEX-2.42B-3.63B-1.60B-1.80B-2.81B
Net VEX-23.3M-24.3M-22.3M-24.3M-23.0M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.350.110.650.480.16
Total Volume112,638.04336,575262,47157,532105,634
Total OI2,254,356.2612,148,3972,421,5912,148,3972,295,810

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2024-10-01$61.75$62.5031.0%9.7%28.6%60.9%33.7%4.7%3.8%60.4M-1.80B-24.3M0.482.9938,81618,7161,131,0191,017,378
2024-10-02$61.86$62.5030.4%9.8%28.4%57.4%33.8%3.9%3.2%63.5M-1.88B-23.6M0.622.5541,59425,7681,135,7341,028,770
2024-10-03$61.11$60.0033.2%10.1%28.8%73.4%34.6%4.5%3.1%53.7M-1.60B-23.8M0.652.1122,13014,4451,155,2671,043,480
2024-10-04$62.55$60.0032.0%9.5%28.1%66.8%33.0%3.8%3.0%100.0M-2.16B-24.2M0.312.6463,41119,5921,159,6821,050,766
2024-10-07$62.47$60.0036.3%10.0%28.0%90.6%33.8%4.8%-3.1%59.1M-2.12B-23.4M0.592.0838,62822,6971,124,3721,038,870
2024-10-08$63.28$60.0035.6%10.0%25.5%86.7%33.7%4.7%-1.0%70.1M-2.41B-23.9M0.313.1233,41510,2591,140,6241,052,252
2024-10-09$64.06$60.0035.4%9.5%24.8%85.7%33.0%4.1%-2.3%80.1M-2.72B-23.8M0.242.2875,85117,8761,144,1371,056,051
2024-10-10$63.33$60.0034.9%9.7%25.6%82.6%34.1%3.7%-1.0%75.4M-2.50B-23.2M0.502.8744,82422,2781,164,3651,064,185
2024-10-11$65.88$60.0032.5%9.2%28.4%69.5%32.0%4.1%-0.3%92.8M-3.58B-23.6M0.322.09160,87251,0631,178,6001,070,587
2024-10-14$66.16$60.0032.4%9.2%28.3%68.7%32.0%3.0%-2.1%92.8M-3.63B-22.3M0.3734.06177,75365,2641,160,7391,051,440
2024-10-15$62.66$60.0029.5%8.5%35.4%52.8%29.2%2.2%-1.4%66.7M-2.01B-22.9M0.242.12212,48149,9901,234,7321,077,838
2024-10-16$64.34$60.0028.1%8.1%36.2%45.0%28.6%2.6%-0.2%105.1M-2.95B-22.7M0.461.9476,48235,4191,273,6481,087,057
2024-10-17$64.06$60.0027.2%7.8%32.4%39.4%27.5%2.4%0.0%97.8M-2.80B-22.4M0.492.0788,75643,3871,276,7771,091,247
2024-10-18$62.77$60.0027.8%8.1%33.0%42.8%28.7%2.4%-1.0%104.1M-2.08B-23.2M0.531.9788,74246,9341,303,2641,118,327
2024-10-21$61.77$60.0028.2%8.4%33.4%45.5%29.1%2.7%-1.1%45.6M-1.62B-22.9M0.402.2945,27918,2201,176,5891,031,951
2024-10-22$63.41$60.0029.1%8.8%33.6%50.5%30.3%2.6%-1.2%82.3M-2.31B-23.6M0.232.53103,06823,7731,194,3211,036,789
2024-10-23$63.03$60.0030.0%9.1%33.3%55.5%31.5%3.0%-1.5%81.6M-2.24B-23.3M0.152.4286,09913,2221,234,3561,043,110
2024-10-24$63.13$60.0029.4%9.0%32.6%52.0%32.0%2.6%-1.3%90.5M-2.30B-23.3M0.212.9348,78510,1591,266,9241,048,028
2024-10-25$61.86$60.0030.0%9.2%33.5%55.5%32.4%2.5%-1.7%50.7M-1.68B-23.4M0.292.3360,77317,4661,281,7081,049,794
2024-10-28$64.31$60.0030.1%9.7%36.1%56.1%33.9%2.7%-0.3%96.0M-2.75B-23.1M0.312.39110,49534,3461,193,3411,027,101
2024-10-29$64.60$60.0030.2%9.8%35.7%56.7%34.7%2.3%-0.5%111.7M-2.93B-23.1M0.112.56151,77116,1941,216,2891,040,143
2024-10-30$64.59$60.0030.0%10.0%35.7%55.4%34.7%2.3%-0.7%120.9M-2.82B-23.5M0.172.89118,04119,9071,234,9801,047,752
2024-10-31$64.50$60.0032.4%11.0%35.4%68.8%38.3%2.6%-1.4%111.8M-2.81B-23.0M0.162.7991,09614,5381,238,1521,057,658