CAR Options History — September 2007

In September 2007, CAR traded between $21.00 and $23.02. ATM implied volatility averaged 42.7%, placing in the 56.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.2%. IV traded below realized volatility by 2.7% (HV 20d: 45.4%). Max pain ranged from $22.50 to $25.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.35.

Notable Days

  • 2007-09-04: Highest Volume — 447 contracts
  • 2007-09-12: Largest IV spike — 13.8% change
  • 2007-09-12: Highest IV Rank — 68.8%
  • 2007-09-17: Largest Expected Move — 13.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$22.20$21.00$23.02$22.43$22.89
Max Pain$24.61$22.50$25.00$25.00$22.50
ATM IV42.7%36.3%48.9%45.2%38.2%
Expected Move12.2%10.4%13.6%13.0%11.0%
HV 20d45.4%37.1%66.5%65.7%37.3%
HV 60d52.3%51.4%53.6%51.4%52.4%
IV Rank56.5%43.8%68.8%61.5%47.7%
IV Percentile83.0%71.4%93.1%89.9%76.3%
Term Structure-0.0%-2.9%3.9%-2.4%1.5%
VWIV41.1%38.2%45.7%39.5%38.2%
Skew 25d3.1%-1.5%6.2%2.1%-1.5%
Skew 10d4.5%-12.0%15.5%3.7%-6.8%
Call IV 25d41.8%33.5%47.1%45.3%33.5%
Put IV 25d44.8%32.0%50.5%47.4%32.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %32.3123.3859.7323.8141.31
Gamma HHI0.240.220.260.250.23
Net GEX61.4K37.0K90.8K51.6K77.8K
Net DEX-605.5K-2.9M2.0M-640.4K-2.9M
Net VEX-147.9K-156.2K-140.0K-156.2K-150.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.350.0028.8028.801.77
Total Volume98.105044744783
Total OI23,159.31622,20523,64223,64222,568

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2007-09-04$22.43$25.0045.2%13.0%65.7%61.5%39.5%2.1%-2.4%51.6K-640.4K-156.2K28.8023.811543213,32110,321
2007-09-05$21.83$25.0045.8%13.1%66.3%62.7%45.7%3.2%-2.9%47.3K537.3K-149.4K0.2125.001002113,33310,222
2007-09-06$22.11$25.0044.9%12.9%66.5%60.9%0.0%4.7%-2.3%47.7K262.4K-150.3K0.0025.130013,36010,242
2007-09-07$21.84$25.0043.6%12.3%46.4%58.3%0.0%4.7%0.1%47.1K1.1M-149.4K0.0623.5517113,36010,242
2007-09-10$22.09$25.0045.6%12.8%42.4%62.3%44.2%3.6%-1.1%52.4K227.0K-149.0K0.0029.3020013,36210,242
2007-09-11$22.02$25.0043.0%12.4%39.0%57.0%0.0%0.0%-0.0%50.6K551.6K-144.9K0.0056.7811013,38210,083
2007-09-12$21.00$25.0048.9%13.1%42.0%68.8%0.0%1.9%0.9%37.0K2.0M-140.4K0.1128.971521713,39210,083
2007-09-13$21.32$25.0043.0%12.3%41.0%57.1%43.8%5.0%0.5%42.7K2.0M-140.4K1.0929.09353813,45810,098
2007-09-14$21.58$25.0043.4%12.5%40.4%58.0%0.0%5.1%-0.2%48.6K1.7M-142.9K0.0028.8605113,46610,059
2007-09-17$21.20$25.0047.4%13.6%41.0%65.8%0.0%-0.1%-1.7%38.9K1.1M-140.0K0.1359.7352713,4669,668
2007-09-18$22.25$25.0042.0%12.0%44.1%55.2%0.0%6.2%-0.6%71.3K81.9K-144.0K0.0048.960113,5089,657
2007-09-19$23.02$25.0042.8%12.3%43.7%56.6%41.7%5.2%-0.8%90.8K-2.2M-150.8K0.2223.781393013,5089,657
2007-09-20$23.02$25.0042.1%12.1%42.2%55.3%0.0%4.4%-0.4%90.0K-2.7M-149.2K0.3023.381123413,5799,674
2007-09-21$22.86$25.0040.9%11.7%42.1%53.0%39.6%2.7%-0.6%90.7K-2.9M-150.7K0.9227.03242213,5899,688
2007-09-24$22.26$25.0040.2%11.5%42.7%51.6%40.8%0.4%1.4%64.0K-2.1M-148.9K0.1624.62791312,8589,347
2007-09-25$22.75$25.0039.4%11.3%43.4%50.1%39.0%4.4%3.9%71.0K-2.2M-149.0K0.1227.781361612,9329,356
2007-09-26$22.66$22.5038.4%11.0%38.9%48.0%38.3%3.0%2.1%70.3K-2.5M-151.1K0.1636.011422313,0479,366
2007-09-27$22.65$22.5036.3%10.4%37.1%43.8%0.0%3.4%2.4%76.7K-2.8M-152.3K3.5630.8093213,1559,378
2007-09-28$22.89$22.5038.2%11.0%37.3%47.7%38.2%-1.5%1.5%77.8K-2.9M-150.1K1.7741.31305313,1609,408