CAR Options History — February 2014

In February 2014, CAR traded between $35.92 and $47.89. ATM implied volatility averaged 42.1%, placing in the 48.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.8% (HV 20d: 40.3%). Max pain ranged from $40.00 to $40.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 2 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.33.

Notable Days

  • 2014-02-19: Highest Volume — 13,819 contracts
  • 2014-02-13: Largest IV drop — 31.5% change
  • 2014-02-12: Highest IV Rank — 98.0%
  • 2014-02-03: Largest Expected Move — 10.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$41.34$35.92$47.89$35.92$46.99
Max Pain$40.00$40.00$40.00$40.00$40.00
ATM IV42.1%31.3%56.8%47.6%34.2%
Expected Move10.4%10.0%10.8%10.8%10.2%
HV 20d40.3%31.1%48.7%31.1%45.0%
HV 60d30.4%27.6%34.2%27.6%34.2%
IV Rank48.6%12.6%98.0%67.3%22.3%
IV Percentile70.7%23.0%99.6%97.2%46.0%
Term Structure-2.7%-10.5%3.1%-7.4%-1.3%
VWIV37.6%34.6%44.2%34.6%38.7%
Skew 25d3.4%1.5%6.3%1.5%3.0%
Skew 10d9.9%1.7%19.4%1.7%13.5%
Call IV 25d38.2%29.1%49.3%48.3%33.6%
Put IV 25d41.6%33.8%53.4%49.8%36.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %15.5812.2425.1015.9617.54
Gamma HHI0.160.110.210.140.11
Net GEX1.4M835.8K3.4M835.8K1.9M
Net DEX-91.2M-169.5M-35.7M-35.7M-123.3M
Net VEX-449.4K-481.4K-394.8K-435.1K-449.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.330.0912.782.860.52
Total Volume3,754.15838313,8191,0504,352
Total OI70,979.36859,24886,58566,36965,994

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-02-03$35.92$40.0047.6%10.8%31.1%67.3%0.0%1.5%-7.4%835.8K-35.7M-435.1K2.8615.9627277838,91827,451
2014-02-04$37.81$40.0048.3%10.8%37.0%69.5%34.6%2.4%-8.8%976.3K-57.4M-455.0K0.7514.442,1251,58538,97627,684
2014-02-05$37.63$40.0050.5%10.7%37.0%76.8%36.7%4.0%-10.5%1.0M-56.1M-481.4K2.0416.8113527540,80429,188
2014-02-06$38.82$40.0048.8%10.5%38.8%71.1%0.0%3.9%-9.4%1.1M-71.6M-477.7K1.5218.0915223140,88429,399
2014-02-07$38.95$40.0049.1%10.5%38.8%72.4%39.6%4.0%-1.1%1.1M-72.1M-476.1K11.2719.311792,01840,91129,556
2014-02-10$39.25$40.0054.2%10.5%38.8%89.2%0.0%4.3%-1.7%989.1K-74.7M-472.1K1.3113.3426434541,04231,025
2014-02-11$39.31$40.0054.6%10.5%38.2%90.8%35.9%4.6%-2.1%990.5K-75.4M-469.7K1.1017.3741545741,13831,114
2014-02-12$38.68$40.0056.8%10.6%37.5%98.0%35.4%3.3%-1.8%910.8K-68.1M-468.5K0.8612.241,6301,40941,39431,277
2014-02-13$38.67$40.0038.9%10.4%36.1%38.0%38.0%2.5%-0.9%1.0M-68.2M-479.4K5.0313.322321,16742,63232,138
2014-02-14$38.75$40.0038.9%10.4%36.2%38.1%0.0%2.9%-1.9%962.3K-68.8M-478.5K1.2414.5246457442,74132,991
2014-02-18$38.92$40.0041.3%10.6%36.0%45.9%0.0%2.7%-3.4%985.1K-71.9M-470.6K12.7812.542543,24742,90333,920
2014-02-19$40.00$40.0041.4%10.4%37.6%46.4%42.6%1.9%-2.8%898.9K-85.2M-456.6K1.6513.185,2138,60642,97035,117
2014-02-20$43.61$40.0032.0%10.3%48.7%15.0%44.2%3.7%3.1%3.4M-148.0M-402.4K0.2525.109,8182,42346,20636,063
2014-02-21$44.88$40.0031.3%10.2%48.2%12.6%34.9%3.9%2.3%3.2M-169.5M-414.9K0.1613.083,35353549,34337,242
2014-02-24$46.05$40.0032.6%10.4%45.8%16.9%36.8%3.1%-0.7%1.6M-116.4M-394.8K0.2616.064,8011,27135,01124,237
2014-02-25$46.64$40.0033.1%10.4%45.1%18.5%0.0%3.3%-1.6%1.6M-119.4M-401.5K0.0914.163,48332835,77525,370
2014-02-26$46.75$40.0033.0%10.2%45.2%18.1%36.5%3.5%-0.9%1.7M-122.7M-421.5K0.3914.953,4331,34637,22225,601
2014-02-27$47.89$40.0032.8%10.0%43.8%17.3%34.7%6.3%-1.1%1.6M-129.0M-432.3K0.1213.993,71244737,61426,757
2014-02-28$46.99$40.0034.2%10.2%45.0%22.3%38.7%3.0%-1.3%1.9M-123.3M-449.3K0.5217.542,8721,48039,02326,971