CAR Options History — October 2018

In October 2018, CAR traded between $27.12 and $34.11. ATM implied volatility averaged 64.5%, placing in the 56.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 19.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 19.5% (HV 20d: 45.0%). Max pain ranged from $32.00 to $37.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 3 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 3.20.

Notable Days

  • 2018-10-23: Highest Volume — 16,343 contracts
  • 2018-10-10: Largest IV spike — 30.7% change
  • 2018-10-29: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2018-10-30: Largest Expected Move — 26.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$31.17$27.12$34.11$32.71$28.46
Max Pain$34.83$32.00$37.00$32.00$34.00
ATM IV64.5%40.0%90.6%40.2%89.3%
Expected Move19.1%11.5%26.0%11.5%25.6%
HV 20d45.0%33.7%63.1%35.9%62.5%
HV 60d52.6%48.2%58.5%50.1%56.3%
IV Rank56.8%11.9%100.0%12.3%97.7%
IV Percentile84.2%35.3%100.0%37.7%99.2%
Term Structure-11.4%-26.2%13.5%11.8%-24.1%
VWIV65.9%38.3%89.0%38.3%84.8%
Skew 25d7.4%3.2%10.8%4.9%10.3%
Skew 10d15.1%6.3%22.9%9.3%18.0%
Call IV 25d62.9%38.2%86.1%38.2%84.1%
Put IV 25d70.3%41.6%96.9%43.0%94.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %19.7813.5537.2717.2416.89
Gamma HHI0.080.070.090.080.09
Net GEX-924.7K-1.3M-298.6K-806.1K-1.3M
Net DEX51.2M24.3M77.0M38.5M70.6M
Net VEX-528.4K-609.9K-434.0K-563.8K-456.7K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio3.200.825.251.151.41
Total Volume11,203.9574,59616,3438,1387,018
Total OI109,277.87105,651121,389107,117107,081

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-10-01$32.71$32.0040.2%11.5%35.9%12.3%38.3%4.9%11.8%-806.1K38.5M-563.8K1.1517.243,7934,34536,31770,800
2018-10-02$32.91$32.0040.0%11.5%35.5%12.0%40.2%4.2%13.2%-726.5K35.0M-561.0K1.1618.763,9014,52936,48371,059
2018-10-03$33.44$32.0040.0%11.5%33.7%11.9%39.6%3.2%13.5%-617.8K30.3M-566.9K1.2015.693,7084,44336,66071,107
2018-10-04$32.95$37.0042.1%16.0%33.9%15.9%54.7%5.5%-8.7%-694.6K35.6M-566.3K1.8821.142,6304,93336,81171,502
2018-10-05$33.11$36.0044.5%16.0%33.8%20.3%55.7%7.2%-8.3%-660.2K35.2M-572.0K0.8413.742,6932,27337,14671,659
2018-10-08$34.11$36.0045.5%16.4%34.3%22.2%56.4%7.0%-10.4%-432.0K24.3M-573.3K0.9416.242,3742,22237,48971,698
2018-10-09$31.76$36.0049.7%17.3%43.1%29.9%60.4%4.7%-11.6%-876.7K48.0M-545.5K0.8222.952,9872,45137,55671,799
2018-10-10$30.91$36.0064.9%18.6%38.8%58.3%65.7%3.8%-10.9%-1.0M54.6M-544.9K1.0537.272,6512,79337,78872,106
2018-10-11$30.83$36.0067.2%19.3%38.4%62.6%67.1%7.8%-15.1%-1.1M57.4M-544.7K4.3527.573,04313,24137,95972,362
2018-10-12$31.35$36.0064.8%18.6%38.8%58.1%65.7%8.3%-12.9%-1.2M59.8M-609.9K5.2518.662,49513,10738,28283,107
2018-10-15$32.72$36.0064.1%18.4%41.9%56.9%66.7%8.8%-12.6%-578.1K39.5M-557.8K4.4819.832,87912,90538,36773,654
2018-10-16$33.26$36.0062.9%18.0%42.4%54.5%64.0%7.9%-13.1%-366.6K32.0M-558.1K4.5719.342,85413,04938,63473,387
2018-10-17$33.18$36.0063.3%18.2%41.8%55.4%64.7%7.8%-11.8%-298.6K31.7M-555.3K5.1418.042,57813,24338,81773,279
2018-10-18$31.14$35.0066.5%19.1%47.1%61.3%66.4%6.9%-14.1%-1.0M54.9M-525.8K5.1521.952,59913,37838,86673,366
2018-10-19$31.30$35.0067.1%19.2%47.3%62.3%63.9%7.9%-15.0%-1.1M55.3M-522.4K4.9915.832,58612,91538,93173,658
2018-10-22$31.43$35.0068.8%19.7%43.6%65.6%68.6%8.1%-12.7%-1.1M52.8M-516.1K5.1613.552,57913,30134,47971,172
2018-10-23$30.99$35.0075.0%21.5%43.8%77.1%74.3%10.3%-17.0%-1.1M54.7M-515.1K4.4829.012,98313,36034,81671,950
2018-10-24$27.91$34.0080.9%23.2%56.6%88.0%79.1%7.7%-17.5%-1.3M76.1M-472.8K4.3916.272,37510,43435,35772,805
2018-10-25$28.92$34.0080.8%23.2%58.6%87.8%79.6%9.6%-18.8%-1.2M68.3M-476.3K4.1814.772,40910,07635,66770,597
2018-10-26$27.79$34.0085.2%24.4%59.9%96.1%83.0%8.0%-18.4%-1.3M75.1M-454.7K4.4818.482,0859,34635,56970,605
2018-10-29$27.12$34.0090.2%25.9%59.4%100.0%87.3%10.8%-21.2%-1.2M77.0M-434.0K4.6219.552,0249,34835,61370,610
2018-10-30$28.58$34.0090.6%26.0%63.1%100.0%89.0%8.7%-26.2%-1.2M69.8M-459.7K1.8322.232,3884,36735,77470,647
2018-10-31$28.46$34.0089.3%25.6%62.5%97.7%84.8%10.3%-24.1%-1.3M70.6M-456.7K1.4116.892,9134,10536,09670,985