CAR Options History — July 2020

In July 2020, CAR traded between $22.48 and $30.99. ATM implied volatility averaged 100.1%, placing in the 22.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 28.4%. IV traded below realized volatility by 1.8% (HV 20d: 101.9%). Max pain ranged from $19.00 to $25.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.78.

Notable Days

  • 2020-07-02: Highest Volume — 29,738 contracts
  • 2020-07-29: Largest IV drop — 20.0% change
  • 2020-07-13: Highest IV Rank — 30.5%
  • 2020-07-14: Largest Expected Move — 32.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$27.85$22.48$30.99$22.48$25.95
Max Pain$21.23$19.00$25.00$24.00$25.00
ATM IV100.1%75.5%124.8%98.8%77.5%
Expected Move28.4%21.6%32.2%28.3%22.2%
HV 20d101.9%69.4%125.5%114.5%69.4%
HV 60d137.4%128.2%142.5%142.5%128.2%
IV Rank22.2%13.5%30.5%22.9%14.2%
IV Percentile66.3%56.7%79.8%67.9%57.1%
Term Structure-4.8%-12.7%12.4%12.4%1.6%
VWIV97.5%75.1%109.6%98.9%75.1%
Skew 25d13.7%8.2%19.9%17.5%8.2%
Skew 10d25.9%14.4%37.7%31.9%16.2%
Call IV 25d92.0%71.0%103.2%92.6%73.5%
Put IV 25d105.6%79.3%119.2%110.2%81.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %22.0611.3635.7215.0119.64
Gamma HHI0.080.070.100.070.08
Net GEX1.1M325.0K1.8M325.0K650.7K
Net DEX-127.8M-209.0M-39.4M-39.4M-64.5M
Net VEX-988.0K-1.1M-873.6K-921.1K-873.6K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.780.281.820.600.68
Total Volume11,137.4092,51129,7383,85218,070
Total OI310,155.273289,442328,725305,773315,420

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2020-07-01$22.48$24.0098.8%28.3%114.5%22.9%98.9%17.5%12.4%325.0K-39.4M-921.1K0.6015.012,4081,444124,623181,150
2020-07-02$25.93$24.0095.9%27.5%125.5%21.9%95.9%15.7%7.5%761.6K-101.4M-1.0M0.9916.0814,93714,801124,584181,146
2020-07-06$26.88$19.00103.1%29.5%121.0%24.4%102.7%19.5%-5.9%898.6K-114.2M-1.0M1.8218.585,3909,795128,001185,709
2020-07-07$25.49$19.00107.4%30.5%120.9%25.3%105.5%19.9%-9.1%711.0K-87.9M-989.7K1.2925.721,7622,273128,603186,417
2020-07-08$28.19$19.00107.9%30.2%122.3%25.5%104.6%16.9%-7.4%1.1M-141.2M-1.0M1.0819.626,4176,955128,964186,009
2020-07-09$26.81$19.00106.0%30.5%121.4%24.0%109.6%18.8%-6.8%915.6K-117.5M-1.0M1.5722.963,6485,744130,567185,440
2020-07-10$28.01$19.00104.2%31.0%106.8%23.4%104.3%18.0%-9.1%1.2M-140.9M-1.0M0.6622.774,3872,879131,754186,603
2020-07-13$27.38$19.00124.8%31.9%101.8%30.5%106.9%16.9%-10.6%1.1M-129.1M-999.2K0.4320.7610,4814,505132,753186,816
2020-07-14$28.28$19.00119.6%32.2%102.2%28.7%104.7%16.0%-12.7%1.2M-149.7M-1.0M0.5522.235,1592,856135,393188,883
2020-07-15$30.99$19.00104.7%30.0%105.0%23.6%103.2%16.7%-7.5%1.8M-209.0M-1.0M0.7619.4111,5228,745136,259188,880
2020-07-16$30.07$20.00104.8%30.0%101.3%23.6%103.8%16.5%-6.7%1.6M-183.4M-1.1M0.7723.302,7372,103136,489192,236
2020-07-17$29.82$20.00103.2%29.6%101.4%23.0%99.3%9.7%-6.6%1.7M-178.0M-1.0M0.4123.926,4412,627135,744192,640
2020-07-20$28.95$21.00101.2%29.0%101.5%22.3%100.7%10.5%-7.5%1.2M-138.6M-996.0K1.1118.921,9652,181123,134166,308
2020-07-21$28.97$22.00101.3%29.0%100.0%22.4%98.9%9.5%-8.0%1.2M-140.3M-997.9K0.2825.323,9301,120123,887166,623
2020-07-22$29.78$22.0098.2%28.2%100.1%21.3%98.1%10.4%-5.7%1.3M-155.3M-1.0M0.3326.451,975646125,991166,657
2020-07-23$28.96$22.00100.1%28.7%92.6%22.0%97.3%10.6%-7.1%1.3M-139.9M-982.8K0.4629.771,718793126,127166,803
2020-07-24$29.47$22.0097.1%27.8%92.5%20.9%94.6%11.4%-6.3%1.4M-150.9M-984.7K0.4831.8812,3485,925126,806167,386
2020-07-27$28.57$22.0098.6%28.3%87.6%21.4%95.1%10.0%-8.2%1.3M-132.6M-981.3K0.2835.7212,2093,478131,380172,054
2020-07-28$27.55$22.0095.8%27.5%84.2%20.5%94.7%10.7%-5.9%1.2M-112.1M-945.2K0.8515.867,4346,317132,989172,621
2020-07-29$27.52$24.0076.6%22.0%84.3%13.8%75.4%8.9%2.6%1.1M-105.3M-915.3K1.1319.948,4219,522134,846175,808
2020-07-30$26.66$25.0075.5%21.6%85.1%13.5%75.2%8.3%1.3%761.3K-81.5M-893.4K0.7211.364,0402,915134,731178,182
2020-07-31$25.95$25.0077.5%22.2%69.4%14.2%75.1%8.2%1.6%650.7K-64.5M-873.6K0.6819.6410,7577,313135,773179,647