COST Options History — February 2007

In February 2007, COST traded between $55.40 and $58.28. ATM implied volatility averaged 20.7%. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.3% (HV 20d: 15.4%). Max pain ranged from $55.00 to $57.50. Net GEX was positive for 17 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 2 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.89.

Notable Days

  • 2007-02-07: Highest Volume — 18,725 contracts
  • 2007-02-27: Largest IV spike — 21.0% change
  • 2007-02-27: Largest Expected Move — 7.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$56.88$55.40$58.28$56.39$55.89
Max Pain$56.84$55.00$57.50$55.00$57.50
ATM IV20.7%16.6%25.9%16.6%24.6%
Expected Move6.2%4.8%7.4%4.8%7.1%
HV 20d15.4%13.0%18.8%16.8%18.8%
Term Structure-0.6%-3.4%4.3%4.3%-2.1%
VWIV21.4%17.4%24.6%17.4%23.7%
Skew 25d2.2%1.6%3.0%2.6%3.0%
Skew 10d4.3%0.0%10.2%10.2%2.6%
Call IV 25d20.4%15.6%23.8%15.6%22.2%
Put IV 25d22.6%18.3%26.4%18.3%25.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %8.935.3613.926.017.98
Gamma HHI0.200.140.340.210.15
Net GEX2.9M-665.2K8.3M2.7M1.3M
Net DEX-119.9M-175.3M-60.7M-114.2M-71.7M
Net VEX-1.2M-1.3M-1.1M-1.2M-1.3M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.890.332.540.600.93
Total Volume5,344.2111,45718,7252,4055,965
Total OI130,612.632118,313136,194122,203136,194

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2007-02-01$56.39$55.0016.6%4.8%16.8%0.0%17.4%2.6%4.3%2.7M-114.2M-1.2M0.606.011,50190459,99162,212
2007-02-02$56.01$55.0017.0%6.1%15.5%0.0%21.2%2.1%0.3%2.0M-99.9M-1.2M0.5012.813,6961,86660,40862,610
2007-02-05$56.21$55.0018.4%6.3%14.6%0.0%21.7%2.1%-0.3%2.4M-112.5M-1.2M0.3310.041,66055461,45263,501
2007-02-06$56.57$55.0016.7%6.0%14.6%0.0%21.3%2.4%-0.0%3.4M-122.4M-1.2M0.478.061,09351061,66063,399
2007-02-07$57.13$55.0018.5%6.4%14.7%0.0%22.5%2.0%-0.7%4.2M-133.9M-1.2M1.5912.017,22811,49761,92663,636
2007-02-08$56.62$57.5021.7%6.2%15.2%0.0%22.4%2.5%-0.4%2.4M-111.7M-1.2M0.7013.504,2402,96264,45569,584
2007-02-09$55.98$57.5022.3%6.4%14.9%0.0%21.7%1.9%-0.1%-146.7K-83.2M-1.2M0.467.602,3191,06364,26571,147
2007-02-12$55.80$57.5023.3%6.7%14.4%0.0%23.0%1.6%-0.7%-665.2K-67.4M-1.2M0.847.402,7962,35363,27571,329
2007-02-13$56.46$57.5022.4%6.4%14.9%0.0%22.6%2.3%-0.9%1.8M-103.3M-1.2M1.286.101,2391,59163,17969,810
2007-02-14$57.05$57.5022.0%6.3%15.1%0.0%22.2%1.7%-0.7%4.3M-128.0M-1.2M1.226.831,3051,59363,69270,262
2007-02-15$57.90$57.5021.6%6.2%15.9%0.0%21.7%2.4%-0.5%8.3M-172.4M-1.1M0.408.634,6181,85063,83570,776
2007-02-16$57.80$57.5020.3%5.8%15.9%0.0%20.4%2.0%-0.4%5.6M-175.3M-1.1M0.4312.664,5981,97664,32970,801
2007-02-20$58.28$57.5020.7%5.9%15.8%0.0%20.1%2.3%-1.3%3.5M-153.7M-1.1M0.807.8810,2508,15257,24361,070
2007-02-21$58.18$57.5020.1%5.8%15.8%0.0%20.2%2.6%-1.0%3.4M-155.0M-1.2M1.5910.798571,36463,32568,055
2007-02-22$58.09$57.5020.1%5.7%15.5%0.0%20.0%2.0%-1.2%3.3M-152.1M-1.2M0.985.5373672163,48968,856
2007-02-23$57.47$57.5019.6%5.6%13.3%0.0%19.7%2.2%-0.7%2.9M-131.7M-1.3M2.545.365541,40563,82069,105
2007-02-26$57.40$57.5021.4%6.1%13.0%0.0%21.0%1.8%-1.7%2.7M-128.1M-1.3M0.376.581,89170764,06769,815
2007-02-27$55.40$57.5025.9%7.4%18.5%0.0%24.6%2.6%-3.4%1.1M-60.7M-1.3M0.8113.922,1711,75565,08569,982
2007-02-28$55.89$57.5024.6%7.1%18.8%0.0%23.7%3.0%-2.1%1.3M-71.7M-1.3M0.937.983,0842,88165,83570,359