CAR Options History — February 2013

In February 2013, CAR traded between $22.18 and $24.53. ATM implied volatility averaged 36.7%, placing in the 22.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.4% (HV 20d: 33.3%). Max pain ranged from $21.00 to $24.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.76.

Notable Days

  • 2013-02-13: Highest Volume — 7,089 contracts
  • 2013-02-07: Largest IV drop — 24.5% change
  • 2013-02-04: Highest IV Rank — 45.5%
  • 2013-02-25: Largest Expected Move — 11.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$23.16$22.18$24.53$22.65$23.37
Max Pain$22.47$21.00$24.00$21.00$24.00
ATM IV36.7%29.9%47.5%38.5%36.7%
Expected Move10.0%8.6%11.8%9.7%10.5%
HV 20d33.3%25.3%44.8%25.3%44.4%
HV 60d29.6%27.0%32.7%29.0%32.0%
IV Rank22.8%6.1%45.5%24.8%24.5%
IV Percentile24.4%1.2%69.4%30.6%25.0%
Term Structure-0.4%-2.5%3.1%-0.3%-0.5%
VWIV34.9%30.1%38.4%35.5%37.5%
Skew 25d4.8%2.7%6.5%4.7%5.1%
Skew 10d12.2%-8.2%21.5%11.7%17.5%
Call IV 25d32.9%28.9%37.8%31.7%33.5%
Put IV 25d37.7%31.6%43.8%36.4%38.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %14.9310.6919.9919.9916.54
Gamma HHI0.240.120.730.260.12
Net GEX598.5K65.0K1.5M845.6K138.4K
Net DEX-42.7M-78.6M-10.3M-57.8M-13.5M
Net VEX-128.8K-141.6K-114.6K-133.9K-139.7K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.760.071.920.340.17
Total Volume1,733.6841647,0892,626418
Total OI41,856.57923,97756,57849,93029,589

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-02-01$22.65$21.0038.5%9.7%25.3%24.8%35.5%4.7%-0.3%845.6K-57.8M-133.9K0.3419.991,96266434,39915,531
2013-02-04$22.18$21.0047.5%10.5%25.9%45.5%37.7%6.3%-0.7%1.0M-52.7M-138.8K0.0712.231,0346935,19515,864
2013-02-05$22.77$21.0045.3%10.1%27.2%40.4%36.6%5.9%-1.0%971.6K-60.0M-133.2K0.4812.7224211636,09415,894
2013-02-06$22.83$21.0045.9%9.9%27.2%41.8%34.2%5.7%-0.7%975.6K-61.2M-129.7K0.4715.4923411136,20115,975
2013-02-07$22.84$21.0034.7%9.9%26.6%16.0%33.4%6.0%-0.7%901.5K-61.9M-128.9K1.5613.1410316136,25416,077
2013-02-08$22.86$21.0034.3%9.8%26.1%15.8%34.3%4.9%-0.5%883.8K-62.4M-128.0K0.5817.9723613636,32516,159
2013-02-11$22.84$22.0035.4%10.1%25.6%19.3%35.6%5.4%-0.6%884.9K-62.0M-125.6K1.2913.7716821736,37916,237
2013-02-12$23.24$22.0035.5%10.2%25.7%21.3%34.9%6.5%-1.0%720.2K-66.8M-120.1K0.5416.7433618236,49616,367
2013-02-13$23.06$22.0036.9%10.6%25.4%25.0%36.2%4.6%-0.8%764.7K-65.1M-119.6K0.3018.345,4421,64736,41916,521
2013-02-14$24.30$22.0029.9%8.6%30.3%6.1%30.1%2.7%3.1%643.6K-78.6M-114.6K0.4715.423,1601,48537,46717,411
2013-02-15$23.84$21.0032.4%9.3%31.5%12.9%32.7%5.1%1.1%1.5M-74.3M-119.5K0.6711.892,1441,44138,51218,066
2013-02-19$24.53$24.0031.0%8.9%32.5%9.0%32.9%3.5%-1.3%173.0K-19.1M-119.0K0.7112.4461743713,69210,285
2013-02-20$23.12$24.0033.3%9.5%40.1%15.3%31.8%3.6%-0.8%184.4K-13.6M-124.6K0.4510.6953524114,07810,361
2013-02-21$22.57$24.0033.6%9.6%41.2%16.2%34.4%4.8%-0.6%186.0K-11.2M-125.4K0.4814.1940419514,25610,529
2013-02-22$23.64$24.0033.7%9.7%43.8%16.3%34.3%3.2%0.2%190.9K-15.8M-125.3K1.7015.281,3402,27614,48810,670
2013-02-25$23.08$24.0041.1%11.8%44.5%36.6%38.4%6.0%-2.5%124.6K-12.0M-138.8K1.9215.941,0532,02515,55412,660
2013-02-26$22.98$24.0036.8%10.6%44.6%24.9%37.7%4.5%-1.0%65.0K-10.3M-141.6K1.5416.357651,18016,15213,649
2013-02-27$23.35$24.0035.6%10.2%44.8%21.7%35.7%3.0%0.7%144.5K-13.4M-140.8K0.6114.591026216,36013,109
2013-02-28$23.37$24.0036.7%10.5%44.4%24.5%37.5%5.1%-0.5%138.4K-13.5M-139.7K0.1716.543586016,41913,170