CORN Options History — November 2010

In November 2010, CORN traded between $33.42 and $37.14. ATM implied volatility averaged 38.4%. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.1%. Max pain ranged from $30.00 to $37.00. Net GEX was positive for 14 of 15 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 1 of 15 days. Put/call ratio averaged 3.69.

Notable Days

  • 2010-11-19: Highest Volume — 100 contracts
  • 2010-11-10: Largest IV spike — 13.1% change
  • 2010-11-29: Largest Expected Move — 12.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$35.03$33.42$37.14$37.14$34.51
Max Pain$32.45$30.00$37.00$37.00$30.00
ATM IV38.4%32.9%42.2%32.9%39.9%
Expected Move11.1%9.9%12.1%10.4%11.4%
Term Structure-1.3%-3.0%1.6%-1.3%-1.1%
VWIV38.5%31.0%42.0%37.9%40.1%
Skew 25d-5.7%-10.8%0.2%-2.7%-7.7%
Skew 10d3.3%-8.2%16.6%4.2%1.4%
Call IV 25d39.4%35.3%43.3%37.6%39.1%
Put IV 25d33.8%27.1%42.9%34.9%31.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %68.7753.3481.6880.3259.85
Gamma HHI0.490.151.001.000.16
Net GEX5.5K024.7K014.7K
Net DEX-141.7K-509.1K6.7K0-509.1K
Net VEX-768-2.3K00-2.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio3.690.0041.000.000.50
Total Volume47.0670100848
Total OI16304960496

Daily Data (15 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-11-09$37.14$0.0032.9%10.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%-1.3%0000.0080.32N/AN/A8000
2010-11-10$37.10$0.0037.2%10.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%-2.7%-1.2%455-12.7K-850.0079.88N/AN/A0080
2010-11-11$36.65$0.0034.6%9.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%-2.7%1.6%446-12.0K-820.0060.78N/AN/A0080
2010-11-12$34.97$0.0036.9%10.6%0.0%0.0%37.9%-0.9%-0.5%394-9.5K-721.1570.59N/AN/A131580
2010-11-15$35.73$37.0037.3%10.7%0.0%0.0%37.1%-7.6%-1.2%481-20.2K-1950.0072.16N/AN/A4101815
2010-11-16$33.94$35.0037.7%10.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%-10.8%-1.1%4.2K-40.3K-3080.0068.76N/AN/A6004915
2010-11-17$34.07$35.0038.0%10.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%-10.7%-1.9%2.7K-50.3K-4040.0070.69N/AN/A0108515
2010-11-18$35.01$35.0036.8%10.6%0.0%0.0%38.7%-9.2%-1.4%24.7K-97.5K-39441.0073.95N/AN/A1417025
2010-11-19$33.90$35.0039.0%11.2%0.0%0.0%31.0%-0.6%-2.9%886.7K-6490.5965.60N/AN/A63377166
2010-11-22$33.42$30.0041.5%11.9%0.0%0.0%39.0%-0.8%-3.0%400-56.7K-9910.2781.68N/AN/A671810392
2010-11-23$34.11$30.0041.6%11.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.2%-2.0%4.2K-194.9K-1.3K0.0053.34N/AN/A280158106
2010-11-24$34.93$30.0040.7%11.7%0.0%0.0%40.2%-8.2%-1.4%6.3K-306.5K-1.4K0.1271.43N/AN/A8911186106
2010-11-26$34.83$30.0039.5%11.3%0.0%0.0%40.4%-9.6%-0.3%9.2K-365.8K-1.6K0.1366.98N/AN/A547229114
2010-11-29$35.07$30.0042.2%12.1%0.0%0.0%42.0%-7.9%-1.9%14.4K-456.6K-1.8K0.5155.56N/AN/A6332281121
2010-11-30$34.51$30.0039.9%11.4%0.0%0.0%40.1%-7.7%-1.1%14.7K-509.1K-2.3K0.5059.85N/AN/A3216343153