CAR Options History — February 2025

In February 2025, CAR traded between $77.56 and $97.41. ATM implied volatility averaged 60.6%, placing in the 34.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 17.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 10.7% (HV 20d: 49.9%). Max pain ranged from $89.00 to $90.00. Net GEX was positive for 13 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.98.

Notable Days

  • 2025-02-12: Highest Volume — 13,917 contracts
  • 2025-02-12: Largest IV drop — 26.5% change
  • 2025-02-03: Highest IV Rank — 61.0%
  • 2025-02-05: Largest Expected Move — 26.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$87.56$77.56$97.41$87.69$77.56
Max Pain$89.95$89.00$90.00$89.00$90.00
ATM IV60.6%48.8%76.4%76.4%55.3%
Expected Move17.9%14.1%26.1%25.8%16.2%
HV 20d49.9%33.5%65.2%35.0%65.1%
HV 60d45.8%41.3%49.4%46.8%48.8%
IV Rank34.7%15.1%61.0%61.0%25.8%
IV Percentile45.8%15.1%82.1%82.1%37.3%
Term Structure-0.9%-6.1%6.9%-5.3%-0.0%
VWIV62.1%47.6%98.5%89.8%56.3%
Skew 25d5.4%-1.9%19.4%4.1%5.1%
Skew 10d17.3%-5.2%44.4%5.7%33.2%
Call IV 25d57.4%31.9%73.3%73.3%53.8%
Put IV 25d62.8%50.1%78.2%77.4%58.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %47.6524.9263.5929.7863.59
Gamma HHI0.080.060.150.080.10
Net GEX179.6K-1.9M2.9M73.6K-1.7M
Net DEX3.5M-80.1M58.8M11.3M58.8M
Net VEX-605.7K-829.6K-423.2K-423.7K-691.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.980.177.500.595.65
Total Volume4,39058413,9172,1524,070
Total OI47,020.84231,86762,87531,86752,758

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2025-02-03$87.69$89.0076.4%25.8%35.0%61.0%89.8%4.1%-5.3%73.6K11.3M-423.7K0.5929.781,35180114,30417,563
2025-02-04$88.70$90.0073.7%25.5%34.5%56.5%88.3%7.5%-3.0%228.8K7.6M-430.9K1.1737.6363274215,41217,959
2025-02-05$87.91$90.0072.9%26.1%33.5%55.2%98.5%5.1%-1.5%45.4K11.5M-431.7K0.7339.0633824615,85918,695
2025-02-06$90.48$90.0073.9%20.1%33.9%56.7%70.9%5.9%-3.7%301.1K2.7M-436.4K1.0426.7638039515,97818,842
2025-02-07$87.16$90.0073.8%20.4%36.6%56.6%68.0%3.7%-6.1%219.7K15.4M-423.2K0.5924.9270541816,62519,022
2025-02-10$89.38$90.0075.1%20.6%35.7%58.7%74.3%-1.9%-1.5%71.2K4.3M-428.6K2.0533.832,2034,52415,25218,546
2025-02-11$89.93$90.0075.4%20.3%35.6%59.3%70.9%4.9%-3.8%168.7K2.8M-451.0K1.3241.954,7536,25716,73820,895
2025-02-12$82.51$90.0055.4%14.9%47.3%26.0%51.4%1.8%-3.5%-1.9M48.3M-478.1K1.1160.496,5827,33520,56426,012
2025-02-13$85.99$90.0049.0%14.3%46.8%15.5%49.3%2.6%1.3%-702.6K24.4M-520.6K0.1758.829,1091,55124,98329,122
2025-02-14$91.44$90.0048.8%14.3%51.9%15.1%49.1%19.4%1.8%2.2M-38.4M-718.4K0.3857.407,1682,70432,60130,274
2025-02-18$97.41$90.0049.7%14.3%55.9%16.5%47.6%4.2%-0.3%2.7M-80.1M-828.2K0.3255.433,2811,04229,51528,344
2025-02-19$94.95$90.0049.7%14.3%56.6%16.6%48.3%5.2%1.4%2.9M-64.8M-826.2K0.7556.1384963430,70628,979
2025-02-20$94.48$90.0049.4%14.1%56.3%16.1%48.0%3.6%1.1%2.6M-60.5M-829.6K0.6657.7758238631,23529,447
2025-02-21$86.61$90.0054.4%15.6%64.5%24.4%52.3%6.2%-0.5%186.7K2.3M-752.4K2.4962.409132,27131,49529,646
2025-02-24$86.36$90.0053.0%15.0%64.5%22.1%50.8%5.1%6.9%9.7K10.9M-735.8K2.6838.546761,81223,73223,393
2025-02-25$84.22$90.0052.7%15.8%64.9%21.5%55.0%6.7%1.0%-849.7K22.2M-721.3K1.1744.349031,05224,23224,090
2025-02-26$80.84$90.0055.1%16.0%65.2%25.6%53.7%5.9%1.0%-1.4M38.4M-675.9K7.5054.776244,67824,60623,992
2025-02-27$79.94$90.0057.9%16.3%65.2%30.2%56.7%7.7%-2.7%-1.7M49.5M-705.0K7.3461.671731,27024,89027,090
2025-02-28$77.56$90.0055.3%16.2%65.1%25.8%56.3%5.1%-0.0%-1.7M58.8M-691.1K5.6563.596123,45824,95227,806