CAR Options History — December 2025

In December 2025, CAR traded between $128.56 and $135.26. ATM implied volatility averaged 41.6%, placing in the 3.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.3% (HV 20d: 36.2%). Max pain ranged from $130.00 to $170.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 15.46.

Notable Days

  • 2025-12-18: Highest Volume — 56,986 contracts
  • 2025-12-19: Largest IV drop — 9.5% change
  • 2025-12-01: Highest IV Rank — 8.2%
  • 2025-12-01: Largest Expected Move — 14.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$131.98$128.56$135.26$130.42$128.65
Max Pain$151.82$130.00$170.00$130.00$150.00
ATM IV41.6%37.9%46.5%46.5%43.5%
Expected Move11.8%10.6%14.4%14.4%11.6%
HV 20d36.2%26.6%44.7%44.6%26.6%
HV 60d37.5%36.4%38.1%37.1%36.4%
IV Rank3.0%0.0%8.2%8.2%7.9%
IV Percentile3.3%0.0%12.7%12.7%11.1%
Term Structure0.8%-4.6%4.7%-2.6%1.6%
VWIV43.7%37.8%52.1%47.8%49.6%
Skew 25d2.5%-2.8%7.3%-1.7%3.8%
Skew 10d2.4%-13.1%21.0%-5.8%6.6%
Call IV 25d40.5%36.2%46.2%46.2%38.7%
Put IV 25d43.0%40.2%46.9%44.5%42.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %78.0066.0289.5673.3180.75
Gamma HHI0.130.080.170.120.17
Net GEX-13.4M-19.0M-7.0M-12.4M-19.0M
Net DEX568.6M496.2M680.8M680.8M565.5M
Net VEX-2.2M-2.7M-1.7M-2.7M-1.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio15.460.0469.652.2948.85
Total Volume10,337.68252756,9863,69620,538
Total OI251,687.773218,372270,896269,014218,372

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2025-12-01$130.42$130.0046.5%14.4%44.6%8.2%47.8%-1.7%-2.6%-12.4M680.8M-2.7M2.2973.311,1252,571120,085148,929
2025-12-02$132.31$130.0045.6%13.7%44.7%6.9%46.0%7.3%-1.4%-11.8M647.4M-2.6M3.8071.004761,809120,849146,679
2025-12-03$134.98$130.0045.3%12.9%42.3%6.5%52.1%3.9%1.2%-11.3M595.4M-2.6M0.3477.01705242121,115147,613
2025-12-04$133.39$170.0041.8%11.9%42.4%1.3%43.2%-2.8%2.4%-11.3M628.6M-2.6M0.7373.391,370998121,577147,832
2025-12-05$134.95$170.0042.6%11.8%42.6%2.5%42.2%5.3%4.0%-11.3M571.4M-2.6M2.7781.782,0345,637122,715147,827
2025-12-08$133.09$170.0040.5%11.8%40.9%0.0%41.8%-2.7%2.6%-11.5M628.3M-2.4M0.1379.462,959384122,369146,491
2025-12-09$134.95$155.0042.0%11.6%41.3%2.2%39.4%1.1%-0.8%-8.7M548.5M-2.4M0.3480.961,696579124,834143,412
2025-12-10$135.26$155.0044.4%11.7%41.1%5.7%40.7%7.2%-4.6%-7.0M533.2M-2.4M0.0487.931,94386126,127143,752
2025-12-11$134.44$155.0040.7%11.4%41.1%0.3%39.9%6.4%-0.6%-7.5M539.1M-2.4M4.5680.692591,182127,031143,865
2025-12-12$130.76$155.0040.5%11.6%40.1%0.0%40.2%-2.5%-1.5%-12.8M542.6M-2.3M0.5078.141,041525127,238139,251
2025-12-15$128.65$155.0040.6%11.5%40.3%0.2%40.9%4.1%0.7%-14.4M604.3M-2.1M3.2880.477332,401122,574138,145
2025-12-16$132.65$155.0039.5%11.3%35.1%0.0%39.7%4.5%-1.4%-12.7M540.2M-2.1M1.1285.562,3972,680123,186136,491
2025-12-17$129.87$155.0039.3%11.3%35.9%0.0%44.3%0.8%2.4%-12.7M554.9M-2.0M10.7586.698689,335125,227136,695
2025-12-18$128.56$155.0041.9%12.1%34.9%3.7%42.3%2.7%-2.5%-15.7M616.0M-2.0M23.2782.472,34854,638125,847136,329
2025-12-19$130.65$150.0037.9%10.6%30.6%0.0%37.8%3.2%3.6%-12.0M539.8M-1.9M0.8189.56291236125,899135,482
2025-12-22$131.72$150.0041.1%11.7%27.8%4.5%43.0%3.6%4.0%-15.5M520.1M-1.9M18.0368.884708,47499,403121,606
2025-12-23$134.94$150.0039.8%10.7%29.0%2.6%41.3%-0.6%2.2%-14.9M496.2M-1.8M4.0272.913671,47799,740121,586
2025-12-24$131.79$150.0039.0%11.5%29.5%1.5%47.2%0.6%1.9%-16.4M522.9M-1.9M61.3078.0070243,03199,902121,757
2025-12-26$131.97$150.0039.2%10.9%29.5%1.8%42.3%4.1%4.7%-17.2M524.2M-1.8M38.0366.0234112,96899,627122,031
2025-12-29$130.61$150.0041.2%11.1%29.5%4.7%50.6%5.9%2.4%-18.7M542.9M-1.8M69.6567.1328119,57396,677122,369
2025-12-30$129.01$150.0041.7%11.7%27.1%5.4%48.3%-0.1%-0.1%-19.0M566.4M-1.7M45.4773.8133715,32296,809121,786
2025-12-31$128.65$150.0043.5%11.6%26.6%7.9%49.6%3.8%1.6%-19.0M565.5M-1.7M48.8580.7541220,12697,000121,372