CBL Options History — October 2018

In October 2018, CBL traded between $3.29 and $3.84. ATM implied volatility averaged 63.1%, placing in the 50.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 18.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 17.1% (HV 20d: 46.0%). Max pain ranged from $3.50 to $5.00. Net GEX was positive for 2 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.57.

Notable Days

  • 2018-10-29: Highest Volume — 22,936 contracts
  • 2018-10-30: Largest IV drop — 43.3% change
  • 2018-10-29: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2018-10-29: Largest Expected Move — 31.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$3.56$3.29$3.84$3.82$3.29
Max Pain$3.96$3.50$5.00$5.00$4.00
ATM IV63.1%41.4%108.1%41.4%75.4%
Expected Move18.3%11.9%31.0%11.9%21.6%
HV 20d46.0%39.8%58.7%45.6%58.7%
HV 60d49.5%42.6%50.9%49.7%46.1%
IV Rank50.4%23.6%100.0%23.6%61.6%
IV Percentile80.9%33.3%100.0%33.3%96.0%
Term Structure-7.6%-35.2%21.2%10.4%-17.6%
VWIV65.4%42.0%116.6%42.0%84.5%
Skew 25d13.0%-4.3%56.7%-4.3%16.5%
Skew 10d24.2%-5.2%106.3%5.3%19.5%
Call IV 25d58.0%37.6%84.4%40.1%67.6%
Put IV 25d71.0%35.8%133.3%35.8%84.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %29.8716.0264.4516.4862.01
Gamma HHI0.300.160.510.220.51
Net GEX-75.1K-333.8K3.9K-20.6K-276.8K
Net DEX12.5M10.8M18.5M10.8M18.5M
Net VEX-22.5K-34.0K-17.2K-21.5K-29.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.570.568.570.913.63
Total Volume7,408.0872,49222,9364,17316,744
Total OI78,283.30460,452120,80760,452120,807

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-10-01$3.82$5.0041.4%11.9%45.6%23.6%42.0%-4.3%10.4%-20.6K10.8M-21.5K0.9116.48N/AN/A2,1801,99321,26939,183
2018-10-02$3.81$5.0045.9%13.2%45.3%29.2%46.1%14.7%1.9%-13.6K11.0M-19.2K1.4616.02N/AN/A2,0492,98721,64739,308
2018-10-03$3.75$5.0044.7%12.8%43.8%27.7%57.0%14.8%21.2%-9.8K11.5M-17.8K1.4621.32N/AN/A2,0232,95721,72740,322
2018-10-04$3.65$3.5047.2%15.0%44.3%31.0%53.2%21.6%-5.5%-11.4K11.3M-19.5K1.1534.16N/AN/A2,4982,86822,22041,411
2018-10-05$3.73$3.5057.1%14.2%45.6%43.5%46.2%15.9%-2.6%-8.8K11.6M-18.6K0.9517.06N/AN/A2,0481,94822,19541,489
2018-10-08$3.84$3.5042.9%14.3%47.5%25.5%53.3%1.9%0.4%-3.3K11.2M-20.5K0.8916.43N/AN/A2,2892,04322,91341,183
2018-10-09$3.81$3.5042.1%14.4%47.5%24.4%53.5%-1.3%-1.8%3.9K11.3M-20.1K0.8817.68N/AN/A2,3262,04523,48641,258
2018-10-10$3.77$3.5054.4%15.6%47.6%40.0%54.5%23.9%-2.0%-1.5K11.2M-20.2K0.8227.06N/AN/A1,6711,36923,48841,429
2018-10-11$3.65$3.5062.7%18.0%48.2%50.7%49.6%22.5%-11.5%-3.2K11.0M-20.6K0.7348.35N/AN/A1,7861,31023,78441,439
2018-10-12$3.44$3.5064.1%18.4%51.5%52.4%66.9%15.5%-9.6%-3.7K11.1M-17.2K0.5621.47N/AN/A2,8601,60723,85841,451
2018-10-15$3.46$3.5066.8%19.2%48.4%55.9%73.8%1.8%-13.5%2.6K10.8M-17.7K5.6126.00N/AN/A2,22812,49124,75741,660
2018-10-16$3.51$4.0067.5%19.4%49.0%56.7%69.7%14.1%-13.3%-54.6K13.4M-20.5K0.5928.34N/AN/A2,7251,60324,99751,624
2018-10-17$3.43$4.0069.3%19.9%46.8%59.0%68.5%2.4%-13.1%-50.9K13.3M-20.2K7.6819.77N/AN/A1,51211,61325,39251,699
2018-10-18$3.47$4.0066.8%19.2%45.0%55.9%65.6%0.1%-11.2%-100.6K14.7M-24.4K6.1929.09N/AN/A1,88811,69525,70563,297
2018-10-19$3.41$4.0064.9%18.6%42.8%53.4%65.1%-2.9%-9.2%-99.0K14.4M-24.8K1.0522.36N/AN/A1,8381,92825,90063,568
2018-10-22$3.35$4.0068.1%19.5%41.8%57.5%73.1%-2.3%-8.7%-88.8K11.9M-21.8K0.8424.92N/AN/A1,3551,13724,56753,596
2018-10-23$3.38$4.0066.1%19.0%41.6%55.0%69.1%8.9%-7.6%-86.7K11.9M-21.7K0.9724.51N/AN/A1,5381,48824,96253,567
2018-10-24$3.32$4.0074.2%21.3%40.7%65.3%71.7%17.1%-10.2%-83.2K11.9M-22.3K8.5729.13N/AN/A1,36911,72625,02353,990
2018-10-25$3.47$4.0075.7%21.7%45.5%67.2%79.0%11.7%-12.6%-146.6K12.5M-26.3K0.6420.49N/AN/A2,4461,55825,14864,084
2018-10-26$3.35$4.0085.4%24.5%39.8%79.5%73.2%25.4%-20.0%-162.0K14.0M-28.9K6.1764.45N/AN/A1,5189,36826,39872,365
2018-10-29$3.55$4.00108.1%31.0%45.0%100.0%116.6%56.7%-35.2%-174.6K13.1M-34.0K6.5052.73N/AN/A3,05919,87726,55175,156
2018-10-30$3.65$4.0061.3%17.6%46.3%45.1%71.2%23.9%-2.4%-333.8K16.0M-31.4K0.8047.26N/AN/A2,6842,14128,11292,531
2018-10-31$3.29$4.0075.4%21.6%58.7%61.6%84.5%16.5%-17.6%-276.8K18.5M-29.2K3.6362.01N/AN/A3,61713,12728,12592,682