COPX Options History — October 2011

In October 2011, COPX traded between $32.52 and $47.25. ATM implied volatility averaged 52.3%, placing in the 29.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 15.5%. IV traded below realized volatility by 18.1% (HV 20d: 70.5%). Max pain ranged from $36.00 to $51.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 2 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.02.

Notable Days

  • 2011-10-31: Highest Volume — 9 contracts
  • 2011-10-07: Largest IV spike — 69.3% change
  • 2011-10-03: Highest IV Rank — 92.1%
  • 2011-10-03: Largest Expected Move — 39.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$40.17$32.52$47.25$32.52$44.37
Max Pain$43.91$36.00$51.00$51.00$45.00
ATM IV52.3%31.0%137.5%137.5%41.4%
Expected Move15.5%8.9%39.4%39.4%11.9%
HV 20d70.5%62.2%76.9%62.2%66.8%
HV 60d64.4%59.2%70.1%59.2%68.5%
IV Rank29.5%13.8%92.1%92.1%21.5%
IV Percentile81.0%39.1%98.9%98.9%76.6%
Term Structure-12.1%-99.9%14.4%-99.9%2.7%
VWIV34.2%21.6%46.7%21.6%46.7%
Skew 25d3.6%-5.4%23.8%-2.6%-5.0%
Skew 10d4.1%-9.4%20.4%0.3%0.9%
Call IV 25d55.3%38.8%62.5%62.5%60.4%
Put IV 25d59.0%52.9%66.5%60.0%55.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %144.45120.35200.00200.00144.68
Gamma HHI0.340.160.990.990.23
Net GEX935-501.4K-501.2K
Net DEX-3.7K-39.2K13.1K1.9K-19.9K
Net VEX-189-311-1-1-245
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.020.000.200.000.00
Total Volume1.3330909
Total OI52.38111651155

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-10-03$32.52$51.00137.5%39.4%62.2%92.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%-501.9K-10.00200.00N/AN/A00101
2011-10-04$33.72$51.0050.3%14.4%65.3%28.0%0.0%0.0%-99.9%222-4.4K-290.00200.00N/AN/A70280
2011-10-05$35.64$51.0044.8%12.8%67.5%23.9%0.0%0.0%-1.7%943-4.2K-950.00200.00N/AN/A00204
2011-10-06$37.92$51.0031.0%8.9%73.0%13.8%0.0%0.0%14.4%779-24.0K-960.00200.00N/AN/A00200
2011-10-07$37.59$36.0052.5%14.1%72.3%29.7%0.0%-2.6%-10.2%54113.1K-1760.00133.28N/AN/A004813
2011-10-10$39.27$36.0058.1%19.5%74.5%33.8%0.0%5.7%-10.2%8188.4K-2060.20120.35N/AN/A204913
2011-10-11$39.45$39.0055.1%20.0%74.3%31.6%0.0%1.3%-25.6%1.0K7.0K-1990.00122.39N/AN/A005013
2011-10-12$40.98$39.0045.9%17.8%76.0%24.8%0.0%17.8%-19.0%1.2K-2.3K-2330.00125.11N/AN/A005013
2011-10-13$40.35$39.0059.5%17.1%75.4%34.8%0.0%1.5%-2.9%1.0K3.1K-2120.00129.55N/AN/A205113
2011-10-14$41.73$0.0048.2%13.8%76.7%26.4%0.0%5.2%-5.5%1.0K505-2300.00129.16N/AN/A004913
2011-10-17$39.60$0.0055.2%15.8%76.3%31.6%0.0%-2.8%-17.1%8398.3K-1940.00125.15N/AN/A004913
2011-10-18$40.86$0.0046.7%13.4%76.9%25.3%0.0%9.0%-5.1%9771.7K-2210.00129.08N/AN/A004913
2011-10-19$39.03$0.0056.3%16.1%74.7%32.4%0.0%-4.6%-8.8%8759.4K-1940.00122.47N/AN/A004913
2011-10-20$38.55$0.0055.6%15.9%63.9%31.9%0.0%-5.4%-7.1%76210.9K-1810.00124.85N/AN/A204913
2011-10-21$40.23$0.0050.3%14.4%65.4%28.1%0.0%23.8%-4.7%9764.7K-2100.00128.35N/AN/A005213
2011-10-24$43.02$0.0053.8%15.4%69.0%30.6%0.0%9.6%-12.6%1.3K-7.3K-2210.00135.20N/AN/A004412
2011-10-25$41.64$0.0036.9%10.6%68.2%18.2%0.0%-1.9%-7.2%1.2K-3.3K-2160.00138.39N/AN/A404412
2011-10-26$43.05$0.0051.2%14.7%64.9%28.7%0.0%2.9%-8.7%1.2K-10.0K-2190.00135.96N/AN/A104112
2011-10-27$46.77$0.0034.4%9.9%69.7%16.3%21.6%0.7%-6.4%1.3K-33.1K-2800.00140.57N/AN/A104212
2011-10-28$47.25$45.0034.4%9.9%67.1%16.3%0.0%6.7%-6.8%1.4K-39.2K-3110.00149.01N/AN/A004312
2011-10-31$44.37$45.0041.4%11.9%66.8%21.5%46.7%-5.0%2.7%1.2K-19.9K-2450.00144.68N/AN/A094312