COR Options History — February 2012

In February 2012, COR traded between $2.04 and $2.21. ATM implied volatility averaged 43.5%, placing in the 12.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 25.7% (HV 20d: 17.8%). Max pain ranged from $2.00 to $2.50. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.01.

Notable Days

  • 2012-02-06: Highest Volume — 220 contracts
  • 2012-02-22: Largest IV spike — 86.3% change
  • 2012-02-22: Highest IV Rank — 23.5%
  • 2012-02-22: Largest Expected Move — 18.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$2.14$2.04$2.21$2.04$2.13
Max Pain$2.19$2.00$2.50$2.00$2.50
ATM IV43.5%26.4%62.7%49.0%31.4%
Expected Move12.9%8.5%18.0%14.0%9.0%
HV 20d17.8%14.1%22.5%14.1%22.5%
HV 60d25.1%21.2%30.6%30.1%21.2%
IV Rank12.4%2.5%23.5%15.5%5.4%
IV Percentile29.5%3.5%45.6%37.0%11.0%
Term Structure-4.1%-26.4%17.9%12.8%2.4%
VWIV36.1%25.8%65.3%35.6%26.5%
Skew 25d6.0%-8.4%42.2%42.2%-1.1%
Skew 10d15.5%-10.9%57.2%54.9%0.5%
Call IV 25d43.4%28.1%58.0%28.1%30.0%
Put IV 25d49.3%24.8%70.4%70.4%28.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %131.0384.48160.18137.9396.61
Gamma HHI0.400.300.570.360.38
Net GEX5.3K2.3K7.4K5.9K3.1K
Net DEX-171.2K-222.7K-113.5K-139.8K-132.0K
Net VEX-381-439-318-424-329
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.010.000.100.000.00
Total Volume580220500
Total OI1,808.51,2802,0801,9501,390

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-02-01$2.04$2.0049.0%14.0%14.1%15.5%35.6%42.2%12.8%5.9K-139.8K-4240.00137.93N/AN/A5001,430520
2012-02-02$2.04$2.0044.9%12.9%14.1%13.2%27.5%2.7%17.9%5.6K-139.5K-4390.00154.08N/AN/A10001,430520
2012-02-03$2.10$0.0047.0%13.5%16.3%14.4%0.0%2.5%-6.8%6.3K-175.2K-4320.00159.23N/AN/A4001,480520
2012-02-06$2.10$0.0026.4%11.3%16.6%2.5%0.0%0.7%-0.1%6.3K-169.5K-3840.1085.07N/AN/A200201,440520
2012-02-07$2.12$0.0028.3%11.2%16.7%3.6%0.0%2.5%-0.1%6.9K-193.6K-4270.0086.80N/AN/A001,540540
2012-02-08$2.13$0.0032.0%11.0%16.4%5.7%0.0%3.7%-0.9%7.3K-199.9K-4110.0090.71N/AN/A3001,540540
2012-02-09$2.13$0.0047.5%13.6%16.0%14.7%0.0%2.9%-11.2%7.2K-194.0K-4200.00158.83N/AN/A10001,530540
2012-02-10$2.12$0.0050.1%14.4%15.9%16.2%0.0%3.8%-8.6%7.1K-193.7K-4270.00158.45N/AN/A001,530540
2012-02-13$2.18$0.0045.6%13.1%17.2%13.6%0.0%-8.4%-13.3%7.4K-222.7K-3800.00149.77N/AN/A10001,530540
2012-02-14$2.18$0.0047.6%13.6%17.5%14.8%0.0%1.5%-10.0%7.3K-222.5K-3900.00158.37N/AN/A001,530540
2012-02-15$2.17$0.0048.4%13.9%17.6%15.2%0.0%0.3%-10.6%7.3K-219.7K-3850.00160.18N/AN/A6001,530540
2012-02-16$2.17$0.0038.4%11.0%17.8%9.4%0.0%-1.0%11.2%6.7K-213.2K-3640.00103.12N/AN/A14001,530540
2012-02-17$2.17$0.0049.5%14.2%17.9%15.8%0.0%2.6%-0.5%2.3K-194.0K-3550.00158.48N/AN/A1001,480540
2012-02-21$2.13$0.0033.7%9.7%19.5%6.7%25.8%5.1%-1.5%2.5K-117.7K-3410.0092.31N/AN/A100840440
2012-02-22$2.12$2.5062.7%18.0%19.7%23.5%65.3%31.5%-26.4%2.7K-113.5K-3610.00144.03N/AN/A1100850440
2012-02-23$2.13$2.0052.6%15.1%19.4%17.6%0.0%3.8%-17.5%4.0K-140.0K-3180.00138.65N/AN/A800960440
2012-02-24$2.15$2.0029.8%8.5%19.7%4.4%0.0%-7.7%1.5%4.1K-146.7K-3500.0084.48N/AN/A001,040440
2012-02-27$2.21$2.0051.6%14.8%20.7%17.1%26.5%25.8%-5.1%3.5K-156.6K-3550.00151.58N/AN/A11001,040440
2012-02-28$2.18$2.5054.4%15.6%20.7%18.7%0.0%5.9%-14.7%2.9K-141.1K-3330.00151.88N/AN/A00950440
2012-02-29$2.13$2.5031.4%9.0%22.5%5.4%0.0%-1.1%2.4%3.1K-132.0K-3290.0096.61N/AN/A00950440