CAR Options History — August 2017

In August 2017, CAR traded between $30.11 and $36.19. ATM implied volatility averaged 56.2%, placing in the 46.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 15.4%. IV traded below realized volatility by 2.5% (HV 20d: 58.7%). Max pain ranged from $30.00 to $35.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.74.

Notable Days

  • 2017-08-21: Highest Volume — 24,043 contracts
  • 2017-08-08: Largest IV drop — 37.8% change
  • 2017-08-03: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2017-08-02: Largest Expected Move — 21.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$33.06$30.11$36.19$31.86$36.19
Max Pain$33.65$30.00$35.00$30.00$35.00
ATM IV56.2%47.0%83.9%72.7%47.0%
Expected Move15.4%13.5%21.1%20.8%13.5%
HV 20d58.7%46.9%65.0%48.3%62.2%
HV 60d62.1%60.3%64.1%62.9%62.0%
IV Rank46.0%25.1%100.0%91.6%25.1%
IV Percentile64.1%43.7%100.0%98.8%43.7%
Term Structure0.7%-12.3%4.7%-12.1%3.7%
VWIV55.6%47.9%75.2%74.7%47.9%
Skew 25d7.2%5.0%9.5%9.1%8.0%
Skew 10d14.9%10.8%19.5%16.0%19.5%
Call IV 25d50.9%44.5%70.7%70.6%44.5%
Put IV 25d58.1%51.6%80.2%79.7%52.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %17.0114.0023.2616.7523.26
Gamma HHI0.110.090.130.110.09
Net GEX-1.7M-2.7M-734.6K-1.6M-1.3M
Net DEX19.0M-29.0M59.6M25.3M3.1M
Net VEX-759.2K-814.1K-699.2K-813.0K-739.0K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.740.7613.241.931.75
Total Volume9,925.4354,22724,0436,44810,680
Total OI175,371.609139,932200,263169,554169,303

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-08-01$31.86$30.0072.7%20.8%48.3%91.6%74.7%9.1%-12.1%-1.6M25.3M-813.0K1.9316.752,1984,25035,939133,615
2017-08-02$31.02$30.0073.4%21.1%49.7%93.3%75.2%9.5%-12.3%-1.8M38.4M-814.1K1.9116.152,0583,92436,000135,848
2017-08-03$30.99$32.0078.4%17.6%48.4%100.0%63.1%8.3%-2.3%-1.8M39.4M-812.8K1.3020.041,8392,38836,052135,911
2017-08-04$32.15$32.0075.2%16.9%46.9%92.8%60.5%7.8%-1.8%-1.6M22.4M-808.4K1.0618.984,3164,59636,117136,062
2017-08-07$33.19$32.0083.9%17.9%47.8%100.0%66.4%8.7%-4.0%-1.5M7.2M-777.4K3.5020.063,71212,98136,599137,382
2017-08-08$30.11$33.0052.2%14.8%60.1%35.6%50.8%6.4%1.6%-2.7M59.6M-796.9K1.6517.664,4427,34637,892149,325
2017-08-09$32.25$33.0050.2%14.4%62.7%31.5%54.0%7.2%3.6%-1.8M22.8M-767.8K1.4015.803,7925,31138,365149,960
2017-08-10$32.40$33.0051.9%14.9%57.2%35.0%57.4%7.6%2.8%-1.7M18.7M-777.7K1.7516.103,2185,62438,502152,187
2017-08-11$34.63$33.0049.0%14.1%61.8%29.2%49.7%6.6%3.8%-1.2M-16.9M-744.2K0.7614.004,8983,71538,780153,663
2017-08-14$34.90$33.0048.1%13.8%61.5%27.4%55.4%6.1%4.7%-943.0K-26.3M-719.3K1.4216.724,1045,84141,200153,871
2017-08-15$34.99$33.0050.4%14.5%61.5%32.0%51.8%5.6%2.2%-902.3K-29.0M-719.1K3.1814.492,3437,45842,246154,955
2017-08-16$33.93$35.0049.9%14.3%61.1%31.0%51.9%5.0%4.3%-734.6K-8.9M-740.4K4.0216.552,1668,71842,321157,942
2017-08-17$33.14$35.0050.7%14.5%61.7%32.6%51.7%6.8%3.7%-751.9K-6.5M-699.2K2.7614.752,1225,86542,293154,071
2017-08-18$32.50$35.0050.2%14.4%62.0%31.7%49.9%5.7%4.4%-1.9M2.9M-706.6K1.7614.263,4706,09342,237154,072
2017-08-21$32.32$35.0052.8%15.1%62.0%36.8%54.6%6.8%0.6%-1.9M39.3M-713.1K13.2418.131,68922,35423,432116,500
2017-08-22$33.26$35.0051.9%14.9%62.5%35.0%55.6%7.3%1.2%-2.0M35.5M-757.9K5.4316.901,6328,86323,779128,350
2017-08-23$33.62$35.0050.4%14.4%62.5%32.0%50.3%7.2%2.3%-2.0M33.3M-750.1K2.2716.532,3855,40524,676132,117
2017-08-24$33.74$35.0049.6%14.2%62.5%30.4%51.4%6.6%3.1%-1.9M32.6M-755.6K1.9418.172,7975,43025,112133,202
2017-08-25$32.11$35.0051.3%14.7%65.0%33.9%51.8%8.6%2.2%-2.2M49.0M-768.1K2.1315.223,1246,66826,063134,235
2017-08-28$32.77$35.0051.8%14.8%61.5%34.8%54.1%6.4%1.6%-2.2M43.4M-771.4K2.1718.392,5575,55527,360136,130
2017-08-29$33.47$35.0052.4%15.0%60.8%36.1%51.0%7.6%1.6%-2.0M34.3M-753.9K1.9917.002,7565,47927,700136,492
2017-08-30$34.95$35.0049.6%14.2%61.4%30.4%49.7%7.7%2.2%-1.6M17.6M-754.5K3.7715.212,5409,58328,063137,626
2017-08-31$36.19$35.0047.0%13.5%62.2%25.1%47.9%8.0%3.7%-1.3M3.1M-739.0K1.7523.263,8876,79328,621140,682