CORN Options History — March 2022

In March 2022, CORN traded between $25.22 and $27.13. ATM implied volatility averaged 48.5%, placing in the 62.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 12.6% (HV 20d: 35.9%). Max pain ranged from $22.00 to $23.00. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 0 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.41.

Notable Days

  • 2022-03-03: Highest Volume — 30,631 contracts
  • 2022-03-03: Largest IV spike — 50.5% change
  • 2022-03-03: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2022-03-07: Largest Expected Move — 21.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$26.25$25.22$27.13$25.62$27.13
Max Pain$22.65$22.00$23.00$23.00$23.00
ATM IV48.5%36.6%74.0%38.8%41.8%
Expected Move13.2%10.5%21.2%11.1%11.1%
HV 20d35.9%27.9%40.4%35.1%29.2%
HV 60d25.6%23.1%27.3%23.1%27.3%
IV Rank62.2%46.2%100.0%72.7%46.2%
IV Percentile92.4%78.2%100.0%81.0%79.0%
Term Structure-5.5%-10.1%-1.9%-2.3%-3.3%
VWIV48.0%36.4%79.6%38.7%39.3%
Skew 25d-7.3%-12.1%-2.8%-2.8%-5.7%
Skew 10d-12.5%-21.5%-0.5%-0.5%-7.6%
Call IV 25d51.6%38.0%67.4%40.4%44.7%
Put IV 25d44.3%33.3%55.8%37.6%39.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %23.6911.0259.5559.5527.29
Gamma HHI0.140.120.370.180.12
Net GEX1.6M976.1K2.4M1.1M1.5M
Net DEX-43.9M-54.1M-31.0M-33.4M-47.4M
Net VEX-155.9K-173.4K-103.7K-103.7K-165.0K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.410.041.660.141.66
Total Volume6,563.4781,78530,6316,5729,692
Total OI38,835.43523,64946,62623,64937,714

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2022-03-01$25.62$23.0038.8%11.1%35.1%72.7%38.7%-2.8%-2.3%1.1M-33.4M-103.7K0.1459.55N/AN/A5,76081221,4412,208
2022-03-02$25.22$23.0036.6%10.5%35.8%66.4%36.4%-4.8%-1.9%1.1M-31.0M-108.4K0.1414.66N/AN/A4,77667422,3822,573
2022-03-03$25.54$23.0055.1%15.8%35.2%100.0%58.7%-8.9%-5.6%976.1K-33.3M-116.4K0.0455.72N/AN/A29,4811,15023,3402,688
2022-03-04$26.23$23.0062.9%18.0%35.4%100.0%70.4%-10.6%-6.5%1.7M-49.3M-152.2K0.0650.69N/AN/A21,4601,33737,3493,160
2022-03-07$26.39$23.0074.0%21.2%35.4%100.0%79.6%-11.6%-10.1%1.8M-53.7M-163.7K0.0811.02N/AN/A12,38993540,9153,718
2022-03-08$26.29$23.0055.7%18.4%35.3%69.4%69.3%-11.2%-7.6%2.0M-54.1M-173.4K0.0718.67N/AN/A9,96271042,7763,850
2022-03-09$25.78$23.0053.5%16.7%36.3%65.8%61.0%-12.1%-7.5%1.8M-46.6M-169.4K0.2526.60N/AN/A3,22379841,0814,118
2022-03-10$26.35$23.0049.7%14.9%36.6%59.4%55.3%-10.5%-6.4%2.0M-51.4M-168.1K0.1823.63N/AN/A4,24674640,4144,219
2022-03-11$26.56$23.0050.8%15.2%36.2%61.2%55.4%-10.3%-7.1%2.1M-52.5M-167.4K0.2614.28N/AN/A2,68071040,3024,353
2022-03-14$26.01$22.0048.0%11.9%37.4%56.5%43.7%-9.0%-6.5%2.0M-46.5M-159.4K0.3115.55N/AN/A2,65583440,4324,420
2022-03-15$26.16$22.0048.1%12.1%37.4%56.7%43.0%-6.5%-6.1%2.0M-47.8M-161.0K0.5030.31N/AN/A2,2461,12641,3544,728
2022-03-16$25.28$22.0045.3%11.4%38.5%52.1%41.2%-7.1%-5.6%1.6M-38.0M-153.8K0.2929.38N/AN/A2,65077041,0494,777
2022-03-17$26.08$22.0046.5%11.7%39.6%54.0%41.9%-6.3%-5.7%1.8M-45.4M-154.7K0.3513.55N/AN/A2,08472140,7144,820
2022-03-18$26.02$22.0046.5%11.6%39.7%54.1%42.0%-5.3%-6.0%2.4M-43.9M-154.2K0.4125.65N/AN/A1,70070540,9184,939
2022-03-21$26.74$22.0048.5%12.3%40.4%57.5%43.3%-6.4%-5.9%1.2M-41.3M-155.6K0.2814.06N/AN/A3,10587828,9523,420
2022-03-22$26.80$22.0046.8%11.9%39.7%54.5%41.5%-6.8%-5.5%1.3M-43.1M-161.6K0.4013.21N/AN/A1,83073030,4373,668
2022-03-23$26.96$22.0045.4%11.8%39.7%52.2%43.1%-6.0%-3.8%1.3M-44.0M-161.8K0.4317.78N/AN/A2,7931,21330,3543,773
2022-03-24$26.69$23.0044.5%11.6%40.1%50.8%41.7%-5.7%-4.4%1.3M-42.8M-167.3K0.4814.98N/AN/A1,78084731,7754,223
2022-03-25$26.86$23.0042.1%11.4%34.8%46.8%38.7%-4.6%-2.2%1.4M-44.2M-169.3K0.9717.10N/AN/A1,3021,26132,5024,334
2022-03-28$26.55$23.0045.5%11.4%31.2%52.3%39.4%-5.2%-5.3%1.4M-41.6M-167.4K0.5818.85N/AN/A1,55690132,7444,742
2022-03-29$26.08$23.0044.8%11.3%28.4%51.2%39.4%-4.9%-5.5%1.3M-37.8M-166.0K0.7519.51N/AN/A2,2581,68933,0214,809
2022-03-30$26.36$23.0044.3%11.2%27.9%50.5%40.1%-5.4%-4.9%1.4M-40.6M-165.5K0.7012.74N/AN/A1,04773833,3574,352
2022-03-31$27.13$23.0041.8%11.1%29.2%46.2%39.3%-5.7%-3.3%1.5M-47.4M-165.0K1.6627.29N/AN/A3,6396,05333,3334,381