CAR Options History — February 2007

In February 2007, CAR traded between $25.84 and $27.40. ATM implied volatility averaged 30.9%. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 13.4% (HV 20d: 17.5%). Max pain ranged from $20.00 to $25.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 3.19.

Notable Days

  • 2007-02-09: Highest Volume — 1,998 contracts
  • 2007-02-07: Largest IV spike — 41.7% change
  • 2007-02-20: Largest Expected Move — 10.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$26.85$25.84$27.40$25.84$26.56
Max Pain$24.74$20.00$25.00$20.00$25.00
ATM IV30.9%22.7%37.7%32.7%29.9%
Expected Move8.5%6.5%10.4%9.4%8.6%
HV 20d17.5%15.5%20.6%16.6%20.6%
Term Structure-1.7%-6.1%10.0%-5.7%-3.0%
VWIV29.3%15.7%35.2%32.7%32.8%
Skew 25d3.2%-6.1%12.2%5.8%-6.1%
Skew 10d1.3%-9.6%18.4%3.8%-9.6%
Call IV 25d26.6%16.2%35.6%25.3%35.6%
Put IV 25d29.8%25.9%36.1%31.1%29.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %14.195.2424.339.3816.47
Gamma HHI0.460.370.630.630.37
Net GEX110.7K7.8K225.1K225.1K32.3K
Net DEX-15.5M-18.8M-11.1M-15.3M-11.7M
Net VEX-66.4K-77.8K-56.4K-58.6K-76.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio3.190.0039.780.392.09
Total Volume515.263271,998506590
Total OI12,750.52611,06215,06211,06212,608

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2007-02-01$25.84$20.0032.7%9.4%16.6%0.0%32.7%5.8%-5.7%225.1K-15.3M-58.6K0.399.383641428,1712,891
2007-02-02$26.30$25.0031.8%7.5%16.7%0.0%28.4%-1.8%0.4%208.5K-16.4M-57.3K0.6212.192021258,3222,953
2007-02-05$26.75$25.0036.0%8.2%16.9%0.0%28.3%-0.1%-3.3%192.6K-17.4M-56.4K0.8515.7166568,4513,038
2007-02-06$26.64$25.0026.6%7.8%17.4%0.0%27.2%-0.8%-0.2%192.6K-17.2M-57.3K2.0313.962294648,4933,083
2007-02-07$26.86$25.0037.7%7.9%17.3%0.0%27.7%-1.4%-1.1%181.7K-17.5M-57.1K0.7318.26124908,5893,334
2007-02-08$26.50$25.0028.6%8.2%18.1%0.0%28.6%0.6%-0.9%189.2K-16.9M-59.6K8.7421.76907878,6753,405
2007-02-09$26.73$25.0032.0%9.2%18.0%0.0%32.0%1.5%-4.7%126.8K-16.9M-61.4K39.7815.66491,9498,7004,090
2007-02-12$26.79$25.0033.0%9.5%17.7%0.0%32.5%2.6%-4.5%42.5K-16.3M-64.3K0.9513.932272158,7355,249
2007-02-13$26.97$25.0032.7%9.4%17.7%0.0%31.1%1.2%-5.0%13.2K-17.0M-62.4K0.1617.837531228,7475,410
2007-02-14$27.05$25.0032.6%9.4%17.1%0.0%33.5%1.1%-3.7%52.2K-18.1M-68.7K0.4112.88207859,3535,355
2007-02-15$27.14$25.0033.1%9.5%16.6%0.0%31.7%0.1%-5.4%60.5K-18.4M-69.6K0.7712.751791379,5175,354
2007-02-16$27.29$25.0031.8%9.1%15.7%0.0%30.8%0.1%-3.7%75.7K-18.8M-69.0K0.5314.80139749,6445,418
2007-02-20$27.40$25.0036.2%10.4%15.5%0.0%35.2%2.8%-6.1%84.4K-12.8M-68.7K0.3213.838252687,4754,198
2007-02-21$26.89$25.0029.6%8.5%17.7%0.0%28.2%11.0%-2.3%66.5K-12.5M-74.6K0.727.163892808,1634,453
2007-02-22$27.12$25.0022.7%6.5%17.5%0.0%15.7%11.2%10.0%102.7K-13.1M-74.9K0.0012.232708,2434,362
2007-02-23$27.40$25.0024.2%6.9%17.6%0.0%0.0%12.2%7.2%124.9K-13.6M-74.8K0.2524.3360158,2514,362
2007-02-26$27.40$25.0025.1%7.2%17.5%0.0%19.6%11.7%5.3%124.2K-13.7M-73.0K0.245.2451128,2444,359
2007-02-27$26.45$25.0031.1%8.9%20.6%0.0%31.1%9.1%-5.1%7.8K-11.1M-77.8K0.9711.212021968,2054,360
2007-02-28$26.56$25.0029.9%8.6%20.6%0.0%32.8%-6.1%-3.0%32.3K-11.7M-76.8K2.0916.471913998,1974,411