COST Options History — July 2015

In July 2015, COST traded between $136.04 and $146.48. ATM implied volatility averaged 15.8%, placing in the 28.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.5%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.0% (HV 20d: 15.9%). Max pain ranged from $135.00 to $140.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.98.

Notable Days

  • 2015-07-10: Highest Volume — 27,188 contracts
  • 2015-07-06: Largest IV spike — 8.5% change
  • 2015-07-08: Highest IV Rank — 39.5%
  • 2015-07-08: Largest Expected Move — 5.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$142.96$136.04$146.48$136.51$145.43
Max Pain$137.27$135.00$140.00$140.00$140.00
ATM IV15.8%14.7%17.8%16.1%14.9%
Expected Move4.5%4.1%5.0%4.5%4.3%
HV 20d15.9%11.4%17.8%12.5%15.1%
HV 60d14.1%12.7%15.1%13.3%13.6%
IV Rank28.7%22.7%39.5%30.1%23.9%
IV Percentile56.6%34.1%87.3%65.5%35.3%
Term Structure-0.0%-0.9%1.0%1.0%0.4%
VWIV16.8%15.3%19.9%16.1%16.8%
Skew 25d2.5%1.8%3.1%2.4%1.8%
Skew 10d5.3%3.7%7.9%4.5%4.0%
Call IV 25d15.1%14.0%16.8%15.1%14.8%
Put IV 25d17.5%16.2%20.0%17.5%16.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %12.349.0519.8110.9114.41
Gamma HHI0.140.080.220.080.22
Net GEX14.2M-14.6M28.0M-12.9M22.7M
Net DEX-254.7M-382.0M92.4M92.4M-323.6M
Net VEX-2.2M-2.4M-2.1M-2.3M-2.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.980.351.521.220.75
Total Volume12,541.2736,96827,18810,0336,968
Total OI137,099.227114,335161,308145,140127,240

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-07-01$136.51$140.0016.1%4.5%12.5%30.1%16.1%2.4%1.0%-12.9M92.4M-2.3M1.2210.914,5175,51672,54372,597
2015-07-02$136.52$140.0015.5%4.5%12.1%27.0%16.1%2.4%0.8%-13.9M92.0M-2.2M0.9612.406,9476,67174,41273,741
2015-07-06$136.04$135.0016.8%4.9%11.4%34.3%18.0%3.1%0.3%-14.6M75.1M-2.1M1.419.053,7905,32872,57970,807
2015-07-07$140.45$135.0016.8%4.8%16.2%34.3%17.1%2.7%0.4%6.5M-180.5M-2.3M0.9011.4910,2479,23673,73471,530
2015-07-08$140.10$135.0017.8%5.0%16.2%39.5%18.5%3.0%-0.2%10.3M-164.6M-2.4M0.8013.618,9117,10077,31873,941
2015-07-09$139.73$135.0017.7%5.0%15.8%39.4%18.7%3.1%-0.4%9.1M-149.2M-2.3M1.469.378,64012,61778,75975,323
2015-07-10$142.89$140.0017.0%4.6%17.7%35.2%19.9%2.8%-0.0%24.5M-372.8M-2.4M0.689.1016,18811,00080,89880,410
2015-07-13$144.19$135.0016.1%4.4%17.8%30.2%17.6%1.9%-0.5%23.3M-367.8M-2.4M0.899.957,8406,99877,38570,573
2015-07-14$143.97$135.0015.6%4.3%17.2%27.7%16.3%3.0%-0.9%23.3M-356.3M-2.3M1.1511.144,9425,68877,88770,434
2015-07-15$143.59$135.0015.6%4.3%17.2%27.5%16.2%2.0%-0.7%21.9M-333.2M-2.3M1.3710.853,8255,23378,15570,995
2015-07-16$144.28$135.0014.9%4.1%17.1%23.6%15.6%2.3%-0.8%28.0M-370.8M-2.3M1.5214.284,2236,42478,23470,992
2015-07-17$144.73$135.0014.7%4.1%16.8%22.7%15.3%2.7%-0.6%15.6M-380.6M-2.1M0.7110.129,9227,09078,38672,471
2015-07-20$145.00$135.0014.9%4.2%16.8%23.5%15.5%2.2%0.2%20.2M-324.8M-2.2M0.9713.194,8274,69160,55853,777
2015-07-21$145.02$135.0015.2%4.3%16.8%25.1%15.5%2.1%0.2%20.3M-329.6M-2.2M1.2615.395,5256,94362,09555,092
2015-07-22$146.48$137.0015.0%4.3%17.0%24.2%16.1%2.3%0.4%21.5M-382.0M-2.2M1.0614.244,5484,83564,10358,172
2015-07-23$145.55$139.0015.2%4.4%16.7%25.0%16.6%2.6%-0.5%21.1M-343.3M-2.2M0.9213.873,8883,56264,43858,455
2015-07-24$145.10$139.0015.7%4.5%16.5%27.8%16.4%2.5%-0.9%15.7M-317.5M-2.3M0.8613.815,9045,09265,11959,065
2015-07-27$144.14$140.0016.2%4.7%16.8%30.6%17.8%2.4%0.1%13.3M-246.6M-2.3M1.0111.135,3085,38563,03557,073
2015-07-28$144.54$140.0015.8%4.5%15.3%28.5%16.4%2.6%0.5%14.2M-272.4M-2.2M0.7511.324,5153,40564,23459,002
2015-07-29$145.43$140.0015.2%4.5%15.1%25.0%15.8%2.3%0.8%18.7M-319.4M-2.2M0.3519.819,3613,31465,16258,977
2015-07-30$145.45$140.0015.4%4.4%15.1%26.4%16.3%2.5%0.1%22.7M-327.2M-2.1M0.4512.126,1622,78267,19959,283
2015-07-31$145.43$140.0014.9%4.3%15.1%23.9%16.8%1.8%0.4%22.7M-323.6M-2.1M0.7514.413,9822,98667,67359,567