CAR Options History — May 2018

In May 2018, CAR traded between $39.10 and $48.71. ATM implied volatility averaged 39.1%, placing in the 11.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 14.6% (HV 20d: 53.7%). Max pain ranged from $42.00 to $49.00. Net GEX was positive for 13 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 17 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.74.

Notable Days

  • 2018-05-02: Highest Volume — 54,700 contracts
  • 2018-05-03: Largest IV drop — 31.8% change
  • 2018-05-02: Highest IV Rank — 57.3%
  • 2018-05-02: Largest Expected Move — 17.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$43.23$39.10$48.71$48.08$39.10
Max Pain$45.32$42.00$49.00$42.00$43.00
ATM IV39.1%33.9%62.4%58.3%37.8%
Expected Move11.1%9.7%17.9%16.7%10.8%
HV 20d53.7%35.4%56.9%35.7%56.0%
HV 60d46.6%42.8%52.3%46.4%43.1%
IV Rank11.0%0.6%57.3%49.2%8.5%
IV Percentile18.4%1.2%86.9%76.6%19.8%
Term Structure0.7%-15.2%5.7%-12.7%-0.6%
VWIV39.0%33.8%67.8%60.4%36.5%
Skew 25d5.0%3.6%6.2%4.8%4.6%
Skew 10d10.3%6.7%13.1%9.8%6.7%
Call IV 25d36.6%31.7%60.9%56.5%34.9%
Put IV 25d41.6%36.8%66.2%61.3%39.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %16.8311.7626.0519.1114.22
Gamma HHI0.270.070.920.200.07
Net GEX2.8M-4.6M46.9M863.4K-1.9M
Net DEX-40.9M-248.3M82.2M-227.2M82.2M
Net VEX-870.0K-1.0M-752.5K-1.0M-752.5K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.740.136.110.131.13
Total Volume18,736.3186,17354,70043,49210,125
Total OI171,227.273110,868211,411198,599116,878

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-05-01$48.08$42.0058.3%16.7%35.7%49.2%60.4%4.8%-12.7%863.4K-227.2M-1.0M0.1319.1138,4465,04694,876103,723
2018-05-02$48.71$42.0062.4%17.9%35.4%57.3%67.8%5.4%-15.2%755.4K-248.3M-1.0M0.3026.0542,18612,51495,597105,237
2018-05-03$43.19$49.0042.5%10.8%55.0%17.8%36.3%6.2%2.1%1.9M-46.2M-981.6K0.4713.5632,95315,58497,341108,944
2018-05-04$44.82$48.0039.5%10.5%56.6%11.7%36.7%5.1%2.6%1.1M-108.3M-1.0M0.6017.7514,7368,83098,686112,725
2018-05-07$44.43$47.0040.2%10.9%56.6%13.3%36.7%5.0%1.9%1.5M-104.5M-957.7K0.5620.2814,3177,96499,106111,227
2018-05-08$43.25$47.0039.2%10.9%55.4%11.2%38.0%4.5%3.1%2.9M-51.3M-894.5K0.6617.6921,68914,24999,155111,279
2018-05-09$41.83$47.0038.2%11.0%55.2%9.3%37.8%4.9%2.4%4.4M6.8M-879.2K0.6016.0614,5488,66899,337111,308
2018-05-10$43.07$47.0036.3%10.4%55.2%5.5%36.8%5.3%3.5%3.9M-63.6M-902.4K0.8615.6313,78511,83693,009107,221
2018-05-11$43.47$46.0036.2%10.4%55.3%5.3%37.0%5.5%4.0%3.4M-83.4M-904.0K6.1117.641,77010,81393,276106,598
2018-05-14$43.47$46.0037.4%10.7%54.4%7.6%37.6%4.9%3.3%3.7M-83.5M-829.3K1.2517.575,4706,86193,460104,931
2018-05-15$43.00$45.0037.5%10.7%52.9%7.8%38.4%5.4%3.9%5.9M-68.8M-821.1K4.2018.882,50910,54595,188105,018
2018-05-16$43.85$45.0035.8%10.3%53.3%4.4%37.5%4.7%4.5%2.1M-111.2M-826.0K2.6416.782,3706,26895,238108,356
2018-05-17$44.68$45.0033.9%9.7%53.8%0.6%35.4%5.2%5.7%-4.6M-131.7M-822.2K2.9213.642,7578,05094,685108,423
2018-05-18$42.15$45.0037.6%10.8%56.2%8.0%37.6%6.0%4.2%46.9M-42.0M-789.5K1.7418.315,5959,75194,702107,766
2018-05-21$42.91$45.0035.6%10.2%56.6%4.1%35.7%5.0%0.0%-1.4M44.6M-809.7K2.4513.113,0517,48731,08579,783
2018-05-22$42.80$45.0034.6%9.9%56.6%2.2%35.6%4.0%0.6%-1.3M45.1M-830.5K2.2819.332,1214,83232,27380,024
2018-05-23$42.79$45.0034.3%9.8%56.3%1.4%36.1%4.6%0.9%-1.4M46.9M-831.9K2.3112.311,9834,58932,58580,615
2018-05-24$43.07$45.0034.6%9.9%56.2%2.2%33.8%4.2%-0.0%-1.3M42.7M-831.9K2.1421.142,0704,42432,95680,730
2018-05-25$42.19$45.0034.0%9.7%56.0%0.8%33.8%4.8%1.1%-1.5M52.1M-821.6K2.4415.941,7964,37733,13980,891
2018-05-29$40.50$44.0037.6%10.8%56.9%8.1%37.9%3.6%0.1%-1.7M70.3M-772.8K1.2313.513,5764,39433,03980,851
2018-05-30$39.68$44.0036.6%10.5%56.6%6.1%35.0%5.9%-0.0%-2.0M79.8M-766.9K1.2711.763,1934,07133,99181,748
2018-05-31$39.10$43.0037.8%10.8%56.0%8.5%36.5%4.6%-0.6%-1.9M82.2M-752.5K1.1314.224,7495,37634,92081,958