CCI Options History — April 2012

In April 2012, CCI traded between $52.60 and $56.61. ATM implied volatility averaged 19.5%, placing in the 15.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.3% (HV 20d: 15.2%). Max pain ranged from $46.00 to $55.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.84.

Notable Days

  • 2012-04-10: Highest Volume — 46,580 contracts
  • 2012-04-26: Largest IV drop — 22.3% change
  • 2012-04-25: Highest IV Rank — 25.5%
  • 2012-04-25: Largest Expected Move — 6.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$54.48$52.60$56.61$53.37$56.61
Max Pain$53.20$46.00$55.00$46.00$55.00
ATM IV19.5%16.0%24.0%20.9%20.0%
Expected Move5.7%4.6%6.9%6.0%5.7%
HV 20d15.2%13.6%18.8%18.8%14.5%
HV 60d17.6%15.4%18.6%17.7%15.7%
IV Rank15.3%7.4%25.5%18.4%16.5%
IV Percentile13.8%0.4%51.6%21.8%17.5%
Term Structure0.9%-1.8%2.4%0.4%0.2%
VWIV19.9%15.1%23.8%20.8%20.0%
Skew 25d5.6%1.1%8.9%1.1%7.5%
Skew 10d9.0%0.0%14.4%1.9%7.7%
Call IV 25d16.9%12.0%22.3%20.6%12.6%
Put IV 25d22.5%17.9%25.9%21.7%20.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %35.3519.2768.0627.3331.93
Gamma HHI0.410.330.620.380.36
Net GEX5.4M2.0M13.0M2.0M4.9M
Net DEX-213.7M-339.3M-128.5M-132.3M-258.7M
Net VEX-547.6K-917.3K-265.1K-280.6K-542.7K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.840.008.630.078.63
Total Volume2,964.151546,5804877
Total OI56,551.136,93588,43036,93759,152

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-04-02$53.37$46.0020.9%6.0%18.8%18.4%20.8%1.1%0.4%2.0M-132.3M-280.6K0.0727.3345331,3575,580
2012-04-03$53.06$46.0019.3%5.5%18.2%14.9%20.7%3.2%2.4%2.0M-130.1M-280.1K0.0030.7704731,3645,583
2012-04-04$52.85$46.0016.0%4.6%18.2%7.4%15.1%2.4%0.1%2.0M-128.5M-272.7K0.0132.292,3533431,3645,571
2012-04-05$53.40$46.0016.9%4.9%16.9%9.4%17.4%4.0%2.0%2.7M-137.3M-265.1K0.0434.693,65814333,4655,554
2012-04-09$53.03$55.0018.3%5.4%16.3%12.5%20.1%5.3%1.5%3.3M-137.7M-275.7K0.7824.39776036,1995,641
2012-04-10$52.60$55.0017.7%5.7%15.9%11.3%22.3%4.5%1.4%3.1M-132.7M-322.4K0.0028.7446,5334736,2155,670
2012-04-11$53.89$55.0018.8%6.2%17.4%13.7%20.3%5.8%1.0%6.6M-339.3M-917.3K0.0942.161471382,7235,707
2012-04-12$54.38$55.0020.0%5.7%13.9%16.5%20.2%6.5%1.3%6.3M-237.4M-681.2K0.3233.61742459,4605,717
2012-04-13$53.86$55.0020.1%5.7%14.5%16.5%20.1%5.9%1.0%6.1M-231.6M-666.4K0.5241.72562959,4985,729
2012-04-16$54.26$55.0020.2%5.8%14.4%16.9%20.3%7.1%1.1%6.6M-234.1M-668.5K0.2239.412455559,4985,732
2012-04-17$54.99$55.0019.6%5.6%14.0%15.6%19.9%8.5%1.3%7.3M-247.3M-657.5K0.0468.064171559,5385,787
2012-04-18$54.93$55.0019.5%5.6%13.7%15.3%19.5%8.2%1.5%7.9M-245.4M-657.9K0.0035.6315059,5425,799
2012-04-19$54.79$55.0019.6%5.6%13.7%15.5%19.5%6.6%1.1%9.6M-243.4M-644.2K0.0045.82330059,5425,799
2012-04-20$54.90$55.0019.4%5.6%13.6%15.0%19.6%8.6%1.1%13.0M-246.0M-630.1K0.2219.2787019559,4965,799
2012-04-23$54.70$55.0021.5%6.2%13.7%19.9%21.5%8.9%-0.2%5.0M-224.5M-644.7K0.8921.3279070454,8722,691
2012-04-24$55.00$55.0020.9%6.0%13.6%18.5%20.9%8.1%0.3%5.1M-227.5M-672.8K0.3644.09562055,3613,238
2012-04-25$56.09$55.0024.0%6.9%14.6%25.5%23.8%3.6%-1.8%4.7M-245.1M-611.9K0.3837.041,11542955,3613,258
2012-04-26$56.26$55.0018.6%5.3%14.5%13.3%18.2%5.9%1.3%4.9M-238.0M-694.7K1.0330.6016016555,5673,454
2012-04-27$56.61$55.0018.6%5.3%14.5%13.2%18.6%1.3%1.5%4.9M-256.6M-565.6K2.2838.088619655,5913,548
2012-04-30$56.61$55.0020.0%5.7%14.5%16.5%20.0%7.5%0.2%4.9M-258.7M-542.7K8.6331.9386955,5903,562