CAR Options History — February 2010

In February 2010, CAR traded between $9.72 and $13.31. ATM implied volatility averaged 60.9%, placing in the 14.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 17.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.6% (HV 20d: 60.3%). Max pain ranged from $12.50 to $12.50. Net GEX was positive for 17 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.82.

Notable Days

  • 2010-02-18: Highest Volume — 13,934 contracts
  • 2010-02-03: Largest IV spike — 25.6% change
  • 2010-02-08: Highest IV Rank — 23.2%
  • 2010-02-08: Largest Expected Move — 19.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$11.27$9.72$13.31$11.37$10.52
Max Pain$12.50$12.50$12.50$12.50$12.50
ATM IV60.9%46.7%77.1%46.7%54.5%
Expected Move17.1%13.4%19.6%13.4%15.6%
HV 20d60.3%36.9%87.4%37.0%87.4%
HV 60d55.3%49.7%63.1%54.9%63.1%
IV Rank14.9%4.1%23.2%11.8%4.1%
IV Percentile15.1%2.4%26.2%2.4%11.9%
Term Structure1.8%-1.8%7.0%4.1%5.3%
VWIV58.1%41.7%67.9%55.0%54.2%
Skew 25d12.0%1.2%21.0%14.0%8.5%
Skew 10d21.6%-5.6%41.0%24.8%16.5%
Call IV 25d55.4%43.1%73.3%50.6%58.1%
Put IV 25d67.4%58.0%82.4%64.6%66.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %18.948.3931.3814.9325.94
Gamma HHI0.260.230.280.250.26
Net GEX109.0K-37.7K341.9K106.2K5.0K
Net DEX-3.2M-21.8M5.1M-2.1M2.5M
Net VEX-124.6K-150.9K-85.3K-132.4K-91.6K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.820.021.810.440.50
Total Volume2,259.26320913,9347812,015
Total OI68,968.21152,77586,19371,56753,900

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-02-01$11.37$12.5046.7%13.4%37.0%11.8%55.0%14.0%4.1%106.2K-2.1M-132.4K0.4414.9354423741,82429,743
2010-02-02$11.43$12.5047.9%13.7%36.9%12.3%49.1%11.8%6.2%127.1K-3.5M-140.3K0.0216.68205442,06729,844
2010-02-03$11.24$12.5060.2%17.3%37.0%16.9%41.7%5.6%7.0%100.1K-2.0M-132.2K0.4515.141878542,21429,846
2010-02-04$10.49$12.5062.9%18.0%42.9%17.8%54.7%18.5%-0.9%10.8K2.1M-120.7K1.818.3911721242,35629,871
2010-02-05$10.56$12.5061.8%18.8%43.3%17.4%59.3%21.0%0.3%7.1K2.4M-118.7K0.5522.9579343742,29929,896
2010-02-08$10.62$12.5077.1%19.6%43.4%23.2%67.9%1.2%-1.2%31.8K1.8M-120.0K1.2816.2067886842,78729,921
2010-02-09$11.43$12.5070.5%16.7%52.5%20.7%59.8%10.3%0.9%131.0K-3.2M-135.0K0.5315.341,24265243,16830,546
2010-02-10$11.77$12.5069.2%17.4%53.3%20.2%65.7%20.1%-0.9%182.8K-6.3M-140.1K0.6313.8551932643,36530,754
2010-02-11$12.42$12.5060.8%17.4%56.9%17.1%64.7%8.9%-0.8%287.2K-11.6M-150.2K1.1124.6183893143,56130,836
2010-02-12$12.43$12.5060.8%17.4%56.1%17.1%58.9%3.9%0.2%283.0K-11.3M-148.8K0.8420.5033628143,62130,913
2010-02-16$12.82$12.5063.8%18.3%57.3%18.2%65.4%16.9%-1.8%341.9K-14.9M-149.5K0.7426.541,13084143,75631,104
2010-02-17$13.31$12.5062.9%18.0%58.8%17.9%59.8%15.2%-0.7%243.4K-21.8M-150.9K0.8529.351,5801,33844,56531,432
2010-02-18$11.39$12.5054.9%15.7%80.5%14.9%57.3%14.2%6.3%103.7K-1.5M-122.6K0.9118.247,3036,63145,21531,648
2010-02-19$11.16$12.5062.6%17.9%78.4%17.7%57.3%14.3%5.1%135.6K-2.5M-134.4K1.1320.1669979249,95236,241
2010-02-22$11.07$12.5061.9%17.7%78.2%17.5%56.7%13.7%0.4%37.0K-235.7K-109.6K0.8214.3051141831,70821,098
2010-02-23$10.52$12.5060.5%17.3%80.1%6.6%58.7%11.5%2.4%6.3K2.4M-97.9K0.9731.381,5271,48131,89221,243
2010-02-24$9.88$12.5060.1%17.2%82.8%6.5%60.0%9.1%0.7%-31.7K4.4M-87.4K1.559.862,3723,67731,48021,295
2010-02-25$9.72$12.5057.5%16.5%82.4%5.3%56.8%9.4%0.9%-37.7K5.1M-85.3K0.4515.5177334632,03922,396
2010-02-26$10.52$12.5054.5%15.6%87.4%4.1%54.2%8.5%5.3%5.0K2.5M-91.6K0.5025.941,34367232,41621,484