CBL Options History — August 2018

In August 2018, CBL traded between $4.30 and $5.57. ATM implied volatility averaged 50.2%, placing in the 34.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.6%. IV traded below realized volatility by 13.2% (HV 20d: 63.4%). Max pain ranged from $6.00 to $6.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 3.08.

Notable Days

  • 2018-08-02: Highest Volume — 29,185 contracts
  • 2018-08-14: Largest IV spike — 70.7% change
  • 2018-08-14: Highest IV Rank — 92.6%
  • 2018-08-01: Largest Expected Move — 17.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$4.60$4.30$5.57$5.57$4.44
Max Pain$6.00$6.00$6.00$6.00$6.00
ATM IV50.2%37.3%95.7%59.4%37.3%
Expected Move13.6%10.7%17.0%17.0%10.7%
HV 20d63.4%32.9%69.3%32.9%53.4%
HV 60d51.6%40.4%54.1%40.4%49.6%
IV Rank34.8%18.3%92.6%46.5%18.3%
IV Percentile58.2%21.0%99.6%88.1%21.0%
Term Structure-0.3%-11.8%7.0%-11.8%3.2%
VWIV48.3%34.9%70.5%70.5%34.9%
Skew 25d9.4%-15.9%22.4%11.8%2.1%
Skew 10d34.6%-24.6%74.0%24.8%5.3%
Call IV 25d45.6%31.4%60.8%60.3%31.4%
Put IV 25d55.0%33.5%73.8%72.1%33.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %18.749.3572.5517.7514.28
Gamma HHI0.370.310.490.480.39
Net GEX-252.0K-423.2K-152.0K-330.6K-257.9K
Net DEX17.9M7.0M20.6M7.0M19.7M
Net VEX-40.6K-58.7K-32.2K-49.6K-32.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio3.080.1612.608.180.49
Total Volume5,993.9131,37129,1853,6891,933
Total OI110,704.95794,191117,82594,191115,029

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-08-01$5.57$6.0059.4%17.0%32.9%46.5%70.5%11.8%-11.8%-330.6K7.0M-49.6K8.1817.75N/AN/A4023,28727,14167,050
2018-08-02$5.01$6.0043.2%12.4%49.4%25.9%46.4%-15.9%0.6%-290.2K13.5M-39.8K10.7212.97N/AN/A2,49026,69527,34468,172
2018-08-03$5.23$6.0038.1%10.9%52.1%19.4%38.1%3.3%2.1%-423.2K12.4M-58.7K11.539.35N/AN/A1,71119,72827,73375,039
2018-08-06$4.68$6.0055.4%12.6%64.2%41.3%44.9%0.5%3.2%-265.4K17.4M-44.6K7.3911.93N/AN/A2,29816,98427,95175,109
2018-08-07$4.42$6.0055.2%15.9%66.3%41.1%53.3%19.6%0.3%-165.9K19.2M-33.3K2.2911.66N/AN/A1,8624,26528,10375,204
2018-08-08$4.46$6.0043.4%17.0%66.7%26.1%58.8%19.6%-5.8%-152.0K19.3M-37.3K5.3626.20N/AN/A1,6678,93728,89377,613
2018-08-09$4.43$6.0048.3%16.6%66.7%32.4%54.9%20.8%-5.8%-207.5K20.4M-38.7K1.0614.18N/AN/A1,0471,11529,14285,354
2018-08-10$4.43$6.0079.5%16.4%66.7%72.0%50.1%17.4%-5.6%-245.7K20.0M-40.3K0.4020.08N/AN/A1,25850529,16785,499
2018-08-13$4.30$6.0056.1%15.4%66.1%42.2%50.6%22.4%1.0%-181.9K20.6M-35.1K0.8512.51N/AN/A97082229,69885,463
2018-08-14$4.51$6.0095.7%13.1%69.3%92.6%48.2%12.2%0.1%-187.1K20.0M-40.1K0.7620.51N/AN/A85865029,97085,395
2018-08-15$4.53$6.0049.4%14.2%69.0%33.8%53.8%8.5%-3.1%-189.0K19.7M-40.3K0.9215.08N/AN/A71565630,08885,306
2018-08-16$4.47$6.0056.1%16.1%67.2%42.2%54.6%9.6%-3.0%-183.1K20.2M-37.9K5.7414.91N/AN/A6683,83330,20885,067
2018-08-17$4.60$6.0045.5%13.0%68.5%28.8%45.6%15.2%1.8%-207.1K19.4M-42.0K12.6020.99N/AN/A1,02812,95530,35287,473
2018-08-20$4.67$6.0046.5%13.3%68.7%30.0%47.3%12.8%-3.5%-290.9K16.6M-49.8K0.1613.95N/AN/A2,84145227,32785,469
2018-08-21$4.66$6.0045.7%13.1%68.6%29.0%45.0%8.5%-0.1%-295.1K16.9M-47.1K0.4725.57N/AN/A99246726,75885,556
2018-08-22$4.57$6.0043.3%12.4%68.7%25.9%44.1%6.9%4.4%-287.3K18.2M-42.1K0.1920.66N/AN/A1,70332826,75585,538
2018-08-23$4.45$6.0044.5%12.8%68.3%27.5%45.9%3.4%1.6%-273.0K18.0M-40.3K0.2111.23N/AN/A1,91340826,91285,610
2018-08-24$4.57$6.0039.6%11.4%68.9%21.3%38.2%5.2%7.0%-295.1K18.0M-40.7K0.2872.55N/AN/A1,27936027,01185,680
2018-08-27$4.46$6.0042.6%12.2%67.6%25.1%45.2%0.2%5.5%-281.6K18.0M-40.5K0.2713.40N/AN/A1,31735927,06185,715
2018-08-28$4.45$6.0043.5%12.5%67.2%26.2%48.1%1.0%3.9%-263.1K19.2M-35.0K0.3616.12N/AN/A1,61658427,85685,839
2018-08-29$4.49$6.0044.4%12.7%66.5%27.4%44.1%9.0%-1.7%-264.3K19.0M-35.9K0.3018.70N/AN/A1,49144028,06985,988
2018-08-30$4.43$6.0042.4%12.2%56.3%24.8%47.3%21.3%-0.3%-258.2K19.4M-33.5K0.4216.49N/AN/A1,38658528,31186,196
2018-08-31$4.44$6.0037.3%10.7%53.4%18.3%34.9%2.1%3.2%-257.9K19.7M-32.2K0.4914.28N/AN/A1,30163228,52486,505