COPX Options History — April 2011

In April 2011, COPX traded between $56.31 and $62.22. ATM implied volatility averaged 30.5%. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.5% (HV 20d: 29.0%). Max pain ranged from $51.00 to $57.00. Net GEX was positive for 18 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.43.

Notable Days

  • 2011-04-18: Highest Volume — 20 contracts
  • 2011-04-12: Largest IV spike — 173.5% change
  • 2011-04-15: Largest Expected Move — 10.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$60.01$56.31$62.22$58.71$61.05
Max Pain$56.70$51.00$57.00$51.00$57.00
ATM IV30.5%19.4%71.5%27.0%28.1%
Expected Move8.7%7.3%10.6%7.7%8.0%
HV 20d29.0%25.6%34.3%33.6%27.8%
HV 60d31.1%29.8%31.8%31.0%29.8%
Term Structure1.5%-3.2%6.7%2.8%1.9%
VWIV29.7%25.2%37.6%25.2%28.7%
Skew 25d2.8%-6.1%8.0%-6.1%0.2%
Skew 10d4.1%-13.8%8.4%2.0%2.9%
Call IV 25d29.0%23.5%39.1%24.8%23.7%
Put IV 25d31.7%18.7%42.4%18.7%23.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %99.6056.41145.3772.3760.83
Gamma HHI0.330.220.500.410.28
Net GEX7.3K-90213.8K10.8K5.8K
Net DEX-180.2K-339.6K13.0K-154.2K-182.9K
Net VEX-1.3K-1.5K-1.2K-1.5K-1.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.430.006.250.000.00
Total Volume6.4020102
Total OI153.45132172158145

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-04-01$58.71$51.0027.0%7.7%33.6%0.0%25.2%-6.1%2.8%10.8K-154.2K-1.5K0.0072.37N/AN/A1009068
2011-04-04$60.81$57.0028.8%9.0%34.2%0.0%0.0%3.9%1.4%10.2K-235.3K-1.4K0.0085.68N/AN/A808868
2011-04-05$61.89$57.0019.4%8.5%34.3%0.0%0.0%5.7%1.4%9.2K-292.0K-1.3K0.0090.69N/AN/A1309068
2011-04-06$62.22$57.0025.2%8.7%32.7%0.0%0.0%7.5%3.8%8.8K-324.2K-1.4K0.1486.87N/AN/A719668
2011-04-07$61.89$57.0019.5%8.4%27.2%0.0%0.0%3.6%6.7%10.9K-336.9K-1.5K0.0094.79N/AN/A3010368
2011-04-08$62.13$57.0044.4%9.2%26.9%0.0%31.4%2.4%2.7%9.6K-339.6K-1.5K0.00144.13N/AN/A10010468
2011-04-11$61.32$57.0026.1%9.6%27.4%0.0%0.0%-0.4%0.7%13.1K-304.7K-1.4K0.10122.63N/AN/A7110068
2011-04-12$59.37$57.0071.5%10.5%29.9%0.0%37.6%3.8%-1.9%7.8K-195.4K-1.4K0.27144.75N/AN/A729769
2011-04-13$58.71$57.0028.9%9.9%29.0%0.0%35.4%2.2%3.0%13.8K-167.2K-1.4K0.30118.18N/AN/A729570
2011-04-14$58.56$57.0035.1%10.1%25.7%0.0%0.0%0.9%-3.2%11.2K-135.6K-1.4K0.00136.85N/AN/A009372
2011-04-15$58.14$57.0036.8%10.6%25.6%0.0%0.0%3.3%-2.7%11.3K-122.1K-1.4K0.00145.37N/AN/A019372
2011-04-18$56.31$57.0029.4%8.4%28.1%0.0%29.6%-2.1%3.1%-90213.0K-1.3K6.2591.01N/AN/A3176568
2011-04-19$57.51$57.0025.9%7.4%28.7%0.0%27.4%3.0%6.5%-284-13.6K-1.2K0.1792.85N/AN/A616468
2011-04-20$59.25$57.0026.5%7.6%28.1%0.0%26.5%3.0%2.5%2.4K-79.2K-1.3K0.0090.84N/AN/A206868
2011-04-21$60.21$57.0025.5%7.3%28.5%0.0%25.3%4.3%2.2%3.5K-107.4K-1.3K0.0796.22N/AN/A916968
2011-04-25$60.78$57.0028.2%8.1%28.0%0.0%0.0%8.0%-1.1%4.7K-164.1K-1.3K0.0094.90N/AN/A107768
2011-04-26$60.42$57.0029.1%8.3%28.1%0.0%28.7%6.6%-1.8%4.9K-155.7K-1.3K0.0068.94N/AN/A507768
2011-04-27$60.42$57.0027.9%8.0%28.1%0.0%0.0%2.3%0.5%4.7K-150.9K-1.3K0.0097.80N/AN/A207568
2011-04-28$60.42$57.0027.2%7.8%27.8%0.0%0.0%3.0%1.3%5.1K-156.8K-1.3K0.0056.41N/AN/A007768
2011-04-29$61.05$57.0028.1%8.0%27.8%0.0%0.0%0.2%1.9%5.8K-182.9K-1.3K0.0060.83N/AN/A207768