COPX Options History — May 2011

In May 2011, COPX traded between $54.99 and $60.66. ATM implied volatility averaged 31.5%. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.7% (HV 20d: 28.7%). Max pain ranged from $51.00 to $57.00. Net GEX was positive for 8 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.73.

Notable Days

  • 2011-05-12: Highest Volume — 9 contracts
  • 2011-05-12: Largest IV spike — 14.6% change
  • 2011-05-12: Largest Expected Move — 10.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$56.72$54.99$60.66$60.66$58.02
Max Pain$56.71$51.00$57.00$57.00$51.00
ATM IV31.5%27.2%36.5%29.0%28.4%
Expected Move9.1%7.8%10.5%8.3%8.2%
HV 20d28.7%26.5%30.8%27.9%29.3%
HV 60d30.7%29.7%31.9%29.7%29.9%
Term Structure1.9%-1.7%4.4%1.0%1.5%
VWIV28.9%22.7%37.8%37.8%24.1%
Skew 25d7.2%-3.8%16.0%13.4%2.2%
Skew 10d4.8%-0.4%19.0%8.9%-0.4%
Call IV 25d24.5%19.4%30.7%20.2%23.4%
Put IV 25d31.7%20.9%38.1%33.6%25.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %89.1160.32103.8298.67103.02
Gamma HHI0.300.250.370.300.37
Net GEX-103-4.5K8.8K5.7K8.8K
Net DEX-25.5K-185.0K42.0K-185.0K-139.1K
Net VEX-1.1K-1.3K-814-1.2K-814
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.730.004.004.000.00
Total Volume2.3810916
Total OI148.333112159147112

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-05-02$60.66$57.0029.0%8.3%27.9%0.0%0.0%13.4%1.0%5.7K-185.0K-1.2K4.0098.67N/AN/A017968
2011-05-03$59.01$57.0031.2%8.9%26.7%0.0%0.0%5.4%-1.6%4.7K-113.5K-1.3K0.0060.32N/AN/A007968
2011-05-04$57.84$57.0031.7%9.1%26.5%0.0%0.0%-2.4%1.8%3.5K-72.4K-1.2K0.0070.23N/AN/A007968
2011-05-05$56.01$57.0033.0%9.5%28.1%0.0%0.0%7.8%1.2%1.1K-9.6K-1.2K0.0072.24N/AN/A007968
2011-05-06$56.52$57.0031.5%9.5%28.6%0.0%37.8%-1.4%3.5%1.5K-24.1K-1.2K0.0087.49N/AN/A107968
2011-05-09$57.78$57.0030.7%9.2%30.0%0.0%32.3%11.7%3.2%3.2K-71.6K-1.2K3.0092.82N/AN/A257968
2011-05-10$57.72$57.0028.9%8.8%29.8%0.0%0.0%14.1%4.4%3.3K-68.1K-1.2K0.0091.19N/AN/A107970
2011-05-11$55.50$57.0031.8%8.9%30.8%0.0%29.9%4.1%4.1%-1.3K20.3K-1.1K1.5097.53N/AN/A118070
2011-05-12$55.32$57.0036.5%10.5%30.6%0.0%33.0%5.9%0.2%-1.4K30.7K-1.1K0.5987.84N/AN/A638071
2011-05-13$55.02$57.0034.7%9.9%30.7%0.0%0.0%11.3%1.8%-2.0K39.2K-1.1K2.0088.61N/AN/A018474
2011-05-16$54.99$57.0034.4%9.9%30.6%0.0%0.0%10.5%2.3%-2.8K40.5K-1.1K0.0080.95N/AN/A008475
2011-05-17$55.29$57.0034.7%10.0%28.7%0.0%0.0%13.4%3.2%-3.5K42.0K-1.1K0.0087.34N/AN/A008475
2011-05-18$57.00$57.0033.3%9.6%29.8%0.0%0.0%6.2%1.9%-842-24.6K-1.1K0.0085.99N/AN/A008475
2011-05-19$56.64$57.0033.4%9.6%27.7%0.0%0.0%4.1%2.1%-830-14.2K-1.1K0.0093.93N/AN/A008475
2011-05-20$56.64$57.0031.0%8.9%26.8%0.0%0.0%5.7%2.0%-2.2K-10.1K-1.1K0.0092.72N/AN/A018475
2011-05-23$55.29$57.0032.8%9.4%27.4%0.0%22.7%5.0%-1.7%-4.0K35.1K-9930.00103.82N/AN/A407172
2011-05-24$55.59$57.0028.8%8.3%27.6%0.0%28.6%6.5%2.6%-4.1K28.8K-9860.0096.68N/AN/A207172
2011-05-25$56.55$57.0027.2%7.8%28.6%0.0%27.4%14.3%3.6%-4.5K3.7K-9550.0090.39N/AN/A107072
2011-05-26$56.52$57.0029.3%8.4%28.6%0.0%0.0%16.0%1.3%-3.7K1.1K-9720.0092.40N/AN/A907072
2011-05-27$57.18$57.0028.8%8.3%28.7%0.0%24.6%-3.8%1.4%-2.6K-44.7K-1.0K0.6397.23N/AN/A327672
2011-05-31$58.02$51.0028.4%8.2%29.3%0.0%24.1%2.2%1.5%8.8K-139.1K-8140.00103.02N/AN/A607339