COPX Options History — November 2011

In November 2011, COPX traded between $36.75 and $45.84. ATM implied volatility averaged 57.8%, placing in the 33.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 16.0%. IV traded below realized volatility by 6.7% (HV 20d: 64.5%). Max pain ranged from $45.00 to $54.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 3.00.

Notable Days

  • 2011-11-01: Highest Volume — 5 contracts
  • 2011-11-28: Largest IV spike — 94.7% change
  • 2011-11-29: Highest IV Rank — 75.7%
  • 2011-11-29: Largest Expected Move — 33.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$41.64$36.75$45.84$42.06$42.42
Max Pain$52.57$45.00$54.00$48.00$54.00
ATM IV57.8%41.9%115.1%67.5%57.2%
Expected Move16.0%12.0%33.0%19.3%16.4%
HV 20d64.5%51.8%71.0%70.6%56.1%
HV 60d64.0%63.0%66.1%66.1%65.9%
IV Rank33.6%21.8%75.7%40.6%33.1%
IV Percentile85.6%72.7%97.3%92.1%88.3%
Term Structure-3.7%-58.1%11.1%-25.2%-4.8%
Skew 25d5.4%-8.7%28.4%3.3%8.4%
Skew 10d8.6%-7.0%28.0%13.4%28.0%
Call IV 25d63.9%47.5%101.4%65.1%73.1%
Put IV 25d69.3%50.7%117.7%68.4%81.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %137.28128.87200.00129.18128.87
Gamma HHI0.300.220.970.250.32
Net GEX1.1K7471.4K7471.2K
Net DEX-9.0K-28.8K10.6K9.2K-6.7K
Net VEX-211-269-87-220-179
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio3.000.006.006.000.00
Total Volume0.3810550
Total OI55.61919595957

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-11-01$42.06$48.0067.5%19.3%70.6%40.6%0.0%3.3%-25.2%7479.2K-2206.00129.18N/AN/A144316
2011-11-02$43.71$45.0050.7%14.5%69.4%28.3%0.0%2.7%-4.7%1.2K-15.3K-2390.00133.08N/AN/A004412
2011-11-03$45.15$45.0046.3%13.3%67.2%25.1%0.0%8.5%4.7%1.3K-20.3K-2390.00135.17N/AN/A004412
2011-11-04$44.94$54.0046.2%12.4%67.1%25.0%0.0%4.5%8.6%1.3K-19.4K-2420.00134.80N/AN/A204412
2011-11-07$44.94$54.0050.5%12.1%65.9%28.2%0.0%5.7%8.0%1.4K-21.9K-2510.00135.07N/AN/A004612
2011-11-08$45.84$54.0051.0%12.5%66.0%28.5%0.0%-1.4%10.1%1.4K-28.8K-2690.00131.33N/AN/A004612
2011-11-09$42.57$54.0063.0%12.1%71.0%37.4%0.0%0.1%9.3%1.2K-10.4K-2270.00133.15N/AN/A004612
2011-11-10$42.60$54.0043.3%12.4%70.7%22.9%0.0%7.0%10.1%1.2K-11.8K-2360.00134.62N/AN/A004612
2011-11-11$43.74$54.0045.8%13.1%70.3%24.7%0.0%8.9%8.1%1.3K-17.6K-2480.00133.08N/AN/A004612
2011-11-14$43.02$54.0046.3%13.3%67.7%25.1%0.0%6.7%6.1%1.2K-13.3K-2310.00132.61N/AN/A004612
2011-11-15$43.11$54.0046.2%13.2%66.9%25.0%0.0%8.6%9.4%1.2K-12.2K-2260.00130.62N/AN/A004612
2011-11-16$41.76$54.0043.2%12.4%65.8%22.8%0.0%1.3%11.1%1.1K-6.0K-2060.00133.04N/AN/A004612
2011-11-17$40.17$54.0052.9%15.2%67.3%30.0%0.0%-2.7%4.0%1.0K52-1960.00135.11N/AN/A004612
2011-11-18$39.93$54.0054.9%15.7%65.6%31.4%0.0%1.4%-0.5%1.0K124-1970.00130.11N/AN/A004612
2011-11-21$38.04$54.0041.9%12.0%62.6%21.8%0.0%-8.7%0.5%93510.6K-1600.00139.04N/AN/A014512
2011-11-22$38.34$54.0061.5%17.6%61.9%36.2%0.0%-3.5%0.0%9453.2K-1770.00132.21N/AN/A004512
2011-11-23$36.75$54.0064.6%18.5%61.7%38.5%0.0%13.0%-18.2%8907.0K-1650.00140.82N/AN/A004512
2011-11-25$36.87$48.0056.5%16.2%51.8%32.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%946-9.0K-870.00200.00N/AN/A00154
2011-11-28$38.79$54.00109.9%31.5%56.0%71.9%0.0%16.3%-52.9%1.1K-9.4K-2040.00137.57N/AN/A004512
2011-11-29$39.66$54.00115.1%33.0%53.4%75.7%0.0%28.4%-58.1%1.2K-16.8K-2240.00143.42N/AN/A004512
2011-11-30$42.42$54.0057.2%16.4%56.1%33.1%0.0%8.4%-4.8%1.2K-6.7K-1790.00128.87N/AN/A004512