COST Options History — January 2007

In January 2007, COST traded between $52.84 and $57.06. ATM implied volatility averaged 18.9%. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.1% (HV 20d: 17.7%). Max pain ranged from $52.50 to $55.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 20 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.72.

Notable Days

  • 2007-01-18: Highest Volume — 11,369 contracts
  • 2007-01-11: Largest IV spike — 17.8% change
  • 2007-01-08: Largest Expected Move — 6.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$55.40$52.84$57.06$52.84$56.16
Max Pain$53.63$52.50$55.00$52.50$55.00
ATM IV18.9%16.9%21.1%20.3%17.3%
Expected Move5.5%4.8%6.4%5.8%5.0%
HV 20d17.7%17.1%18.3%18.3%17.3%
Term Structure2.6%1.5%4.3%1.6%4.3%
VWIV19.3%16.8%22.3%20.5%16.8%
Skew 25d2.2%1.1%3.0%2.5%1.9%
Skew 10d5.8%3.5%8.7%6.4%8.7%
Call IV 25d18.5%16.0%20.9%19.7%16.0%
Put IV 25d20.7%18.0%23.5%22.2%18.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %8.925.6515.546.295.99
Gamma HHI0.210.150.310.200.19
Net GEX2.5M-1.0M5.9M-1.0M2.2M
Net DEX-134.3M-245.8M-60.3M-60.3M-106.0M
Net VEX-1.1M-1.2M-991.3K-1.2M-1.2M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.720.202.170.370.76
Total Volume5,085.71,49411,3696,4683,743
Total OI140,317.0597,450168,603156,629121,164

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2007-01-03$52.84$52.5020.3%5.8%0.0%0.0%20.5%2.5%1.6%-1.0M-60.3M-1.2M0.376.294,7231,74572,74483,885
2007-01-04$54.07$52.5018.5%5.3%0.0%0.0%18.9%1.4%2.4%1.7M-115.3M-1.2M0.306.153,4511,05172,43684,009
2007-01-05$53.41$52.5020.5%6.4%0.0%0.0%20.8%2.4%1.5%461.8K-86.7M-1.2M0.836.721,6211,34073,48884,328
2007-01-08$53.63$52.5021.1%6.4%0.0%0.0%21.5%2.7%1.5%1.2M-102.9M-1.1M0.3212.962,35075273,80984,720
2007-01-09$54.03$52.5018.1%6.1%0.0%0.0%21.4%2.5%2.0%2.5M-122.8M-1.1M0.6815.5499067174,31784,848
2007-01-10$54.41$52.5017.3%5.9%0.0%0.0%22.3%2.8%2.2%3.7M-136.6M-1.1M2.1711.151,4353,11574,17485,024
2007-01-11$55.32$52.5020.3%5.8%0.0%0.0%20.3%2.5%2.1%4.6M-179.2M-1.1M0.4811.803,4351,66574,03586,885
2007-01-12$55.95$52.5020.3%5.8%0.0%0.0%19.6%2.5%1.6%5.4M-210.8M-1.0M0.5311.723,0121,60074,63787,063
2007-01-16$56.24$52.5021.0%6.0%0.0%0.0%19.8%3.0%1.5%5.8M-219.6M-1.0M0.305.652,59978975,37486,113
2007-01-17$56.68$52.5019.5%5.6%0.0%0.0%19.9%2.1%2.2%5.6M-239.4M-991.3K0.867.183,1542,72275,74386,307
2007-01-18$56.90$52.5019.5%5.6%0.0%0.0%19.3%2.0%1.9%5.9M-245.8M-993.5K0.338.688,5292,84076,52988,082
2007-01-19$56.77$55.0018.7%5.4%0.0%0.0%18.6%2.1%2.4%3.1M-234.6M-1.0M0.298.653,08089178,62389,980
2007-01-22$56.34$55.0018.6%5.3%0.0%0.0%19.7%2.8%2.9%1.9M-93.7M-1.0M0.5511.143,0601,67446,31451,136
2007-01-23$56.44$55.0018.1%5.2%0.0%0.0%18.6%2.2%2.9%2.0M-98.1M-1.1M0.207.615,7341,14847,62252,229
2007-01-24$57.06$55.0016.9%4.8%0.0%0.0%17.7%2.0%3.4%3.1M-124.6M-1.1M1.376.844,2355,81751,53452,723
2007-01-25$55.73$55.0017.7%5.1%18.3%0.0%17.5%1.1%3.6%1.1M-87.4M-1.1M1.137.691,1251,27654,19757,345
2007-01-26$55.36$55.0017.6%5.0%18.1%0.0%17.5%2.4%3.5%707.3K-74.6M-1.1M1.536.6959090454,47757,857
2007-01-29$55.27$55.0017.6%5.0%17.6%0.0%17.1%1.6%4.3%405.4K-73.7M-1.1M0.7410.936,4504,76754,75258,189
2007-01-30$55.30$55.0018.1%5.2%17.1%0.0%18.1%2.0%3.8%801.4K-74.8M-1.2M0.649.032,2101,42158,49561,154
2007-01-31$56.16$55.0017.3%5.0%17.3%0.0%16.8%1.9%4.3%2.2M-106.0M-1.2M0.765.992,1301,61359,34161,823