CAR Options History — April 2015

In April 2015, CAR traded between $54.23 and $58.69. ATM implied volatility averaged 33.9%, placing in the 28.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 12.1% (HV 20d: 21.8%). Max pain ranged from $57.50 to $60.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.23.

Notable Days

  • 2015-04-09: Highest Volume — 24,931 contracts
  • 2015-04-08: Largest IV spike — 15.9% change
  • 2015-04-29: Highest IV Rank — 37.7%
  • 2015-04-29: Largest Expected Move — 10.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$55.71$54.23$58.69$58.69$54.23
Max Pain$57.62$57.50$60.00$60.00$57.50
ATM IV33.9%26.6%37.0%27.4%36.4%
Expected Move9.9%7.9%10.6%7.9%10.4%
HV 20d21.8%17.7%26.1%24.3%17.8%
HV 60d24.8%22.6%26.7%26.4%22.6%
IV Rank28.5%6.6%37.7%9.1%35.9%
IV Percentile55.2%2.4%73.4%8.3%71.0%
Term Structure-2.2%-5.9%4.2%4.2%-5.5%
VWIV34.8%26.4%38.0%26.4%37.6%
Skew 25d3.7%2.5%4.4%2.5%2.5%
Skew 10d7.3%5.5%8.8%7.6%5.5%
Call IV 25d33.1%25.9%36.4%25.9%36.4%
Put IV 25d36.8%28.4%39.3%28.4%38.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %19.9715.5528.1328.1318.40
Gamma HHI0.180.140.310.310.14
Net GEX3.9M1.3M7.5M7.5M1.3M
Net DEX-13.5M-73.2M18.2M-73.2M12.1M
Net VEX-1.1M-1.6M-1.0M-1.3M-1.0M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.230.492.231.640.90
Total Volume10,925.1431,97324,93113,5694,991
Total OI148,013.238138,623174,165138,623149,768

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-04-01$58.69$60.0027.4%7.9%24.3%9.1%26.4%2.5%4.2%7.5M-73.2M-1.3M1.6428.135,1348,43587,57951,044
2015-04-02$57.46$57.5026.6%9.1%25.3%6.6%31.2%3.8%0.5%5.8M-40.1M-1.2M1.4819.525,3997,97087,76351,082
2015-04-06$56.67$57.5027.2%9.0%25.6%8.6%32.4%3.4%1.4%4.8M-21.4M-1.1M1.5018.565,4478,15188,03551,142
2015-04-07$55.64$57.5028.8%9.4%26.1%13.2%31.5%4.0%0.4%3.5M1.4M-1.1M0.9418.409,1758,60887,87251,163
2015-04-08$55.70$57.5033.4%9.6%25.1%26.9%34.2%4.1%-0.0%3.6M2.0M-1.1M0.8121.751,09288188,44051,554
2015-04-09$54.88$57.5035.0%10.0%24.0%31.8%35.0%3.5%-0.9%2.9M12.7M-1.0M0.9120.3913,05511,87688,61651,948
2015-04-10$55.00$57.5035.2%10.1%24.1%32.2%37.4%3.8%-0.9%3.1M9.2M-1.1M1.9419.075,1059,89391,55354,935
2015-04-13$54.84$57.5035.6%10.2%22.1%33.6%36.4%4.2%-2.1%2.8M13.0M-1.1M2.2317.973,9028,69492,00155,956
2015-04-14$54.51$57.5035.6%10.2%22.1%33.6%37.1%4.0%-1.7%2.6M18.2M-1.0M2.0916.854,2968,97192,69256,091
2015-04-15$55.37$57.5035.7%10.2%23.1%33.9%36.8%4.1%-2.3%3.5M5.7M-1.6M1.9018.354,2918,145101,15173,014
2015-04-16$55.85$57.5035.5%10.2%20.4%33.1%36.1%3.9%-1.5%4.6M-29.7M-1.2M1.8116.654,4047,955103,16656,169
2015-04-17$55.78$57.5035.8%10.3%19.7%34.0%34.1%3.3%-2.4%4.7M-24.6M-1.2M1.5415.555,1097,859101,12756,185
2015-04-20$55.90$57.5036.5%10.5%19.7%36.1%34.5%4.0%-4.9%4.6M-32.4M-1.2M0.8022.414,1413,31294,69752,590
2015-04-21$55.94$57.5035.3%10.1%19.7%32.7%35.0%4.1%-4.2%4.2M-27.2M-1.2M0.7723.563,7112,85395,12952,842
2015-04-22$55.80$57.5035.0%10.0%19.4%31.7%38.0%3.4%-3.7%4.1M-25.5M-1.2M0.9022.353,8943,52295,21752,826
2015-04-23$56.94$57.5033.9%9.7%20.3%28.5%34.8%3.6%-3.4%5.9M-50.0M-1.2M0.7119.414,4573,18495,20953,420
2015-04-24$55.72$57.5034.1%9.8%21.5%29.0%33.1%3.6%-3.4%3.7M-20.5M-1.1M0.6115.724,9663,02994,98053,459
2015-04-27$55.13$57.5036.1%10.3%21.7%34.9%36.3%3.3%-4.7%3.3M-9.6M-1.1M0.4920.238,1263,97295,59353,492
2015-04-28$55.00$57.5036.4%10.4%18.2%36.0%35.7%4.4%-5.3%2.4M-2.1M-1.1M0.8123.543,4682,81894,81454,520
2015-04-29$54.84$57.5037.0%10.6%17.7%37.7%37.1%3.0%-5.9%2.2M-1.0M-1.1M1.1622.502,3752,76294,93354,511
2015-04-30$54.23$57.5036.4%10.4%17.8%35.9%37.6%2.5%-5.5%1.3M12.1M-1.0M0.9018.402,6272,36495,23154,537