CSV Options History — March 2013

In March 2013, CSV traded between $17.96 and $21.25. ATM implied volatility averaged 34.1%. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.3%. IV traded below realized volatility by 1.9% (HV 20d: 36.0%). Max pain ranged from $15.00 to $17.50. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 17 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.08.

Notable Days

  • 2013-03-01: Highest Volume — 222 contracts
  • 2013-03-11: Largest IV spike — 68.8% change
  • 2013-03-11: Largest Expected Move — 11.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$19.71$17.96$21.25$17.96$21.25
Max Pain$15.75$15.00$17.50$15.00$17.50
ATM IV34.1%25.5%58.4%27.7%29.8%
Expected Move9.3%6.4%11.3%7.9%8.6%
HV 20d36.0%25.1%41.0%41.0%25.1%
HV 60d41.7%41.4%42.4%41.4%42.0%
Term Structure1.8%-2.4%7.3%1.8%6.1%
VWIV33.0%24.2%44.1%44.1%31.1%
Skew 25d5.4%-14.2%31.7%-2.8%-0.7%
Skew 10d32.4%-19.8%91.2%5.9%3.0%
Call IV 25d30.2%22.5%40.9%32.2%30.9%
Put IV 25d35.6%24.6%65.5%29.4%30.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %90.2760.14110.48110.4877.93
Gamma HHI0.450.320.850.850.32
Net GEX9.7K5.2K12.7K5.5K12.0K
Net DEX-752.3K-993.8K-609.5K-993.8K-960.1K
Net VEX-1.2K-1.5K-741-916-1.5K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.080.000.330.000.11
Total Volume49.5502222224
Total OI554.3464694694647

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-03-01$17.96$15.0027.7%7.9%41.0%0.0%44.1%-2.8%1.8%5.5K-993.8K-9160.00110.48222061282
2013-03-04$18.35$15.0025.6%8.6%41.0%0.0%24.2%31.4%1.3%6.1K-690.4K-7410.00107.8254042582
2013-03-05$18.91$15.0026.8%6.4%40.7%0.0%30.4%0.6%7.3%5.4K-679.4K-9010.20108.2520441382
2013-03-06$19.09$15.0028.5%10.3%40.7%0.0%27.7%-9.7%-2.3%5.7K-682.2K-9080.0897.7313141586
2013-03-07$19.40$15.0025.5%8.7%40.5%0.0%26.3%-14.2%0.8%5.3K-719.2K-9780.33106.916242887
2013-03-08$19.40$15.0027.1%9.8%40.7%0.0%35.2%-2.3%-2.4%5.2K-720.3K-9270.0299.93169343089
2013-03-11$19.40$15.0045.7%11.3%40.9%0.0%42.2%-2.4%-1.5%10.7K-679.4K-1.3K0.00102.315047092
2013-03-12$19.40$15.0052.6%9.5%38.5%0.0%0.0%-2.1%2.3%11.7K-685.1K-1.3K0.00109.270047592
2013-03-13$19.33$15.0058.4%9.5%38.6%0.0%36.5%-2.3%2.4%11.9K-676.8K-1.3K0.00109.8135047592
2013-03-14$19.61$15.0033.7%9.7%38.3%0.0%32.8%7.3%2.3%11.8K-648.6K-1.2K0.0078.2416044192
2013-03-15$19.25$15.0033.3%9.6%39.8%0.0%33.3%4.9%1.3%11.9K-637.8K-1.3K0.0079.4850045392
2013-03-18$19.42$15.0033.2%9.5%39.4%0.0%32.5%5.1%0.7%9.2K-609.5K-1.1K0.0078.3944040559
2013-03-19$19.61$15.0034.5%9.9%38.0%0.0%33.5%6.5%0.0%10.8K-668.8K-1.3K0.0176.80119144959
2013-03-20$20.52$15.0034.0%9.8%31.7%0.0%33.9%7.5%0.9%11.5K-775.6K-1.2K0.2382.5935846760
2013-03-21$20.38$17.5033.2%9.5%32.1%0.0%31.1%7.6%2.7%12.0K-779.4K-1.4K0.2883.3125748768
2013-03-22$20.15$17.5031.7%9.1%28.5%0.0%31.7%5.7%4.0%12.7K-781.2K-1.5K0.0082.462050975
2013-03-25$20.76$17.5033.3%9.5%29.3%0.0%32.3%31.7%3.0%11.8K-847.6K-1.4K0.1360.1446650975
2013-03-26$20.97$17.5033.3%9.5%28.2%0.0%33.5%27.5%2.7%11.4K-890.5K-1.4K0.0085.6234052181
2013-03-27$21.12$17.5034.1%9.8%26.5%0.0%33.8%9.2%2.6%10.9K-920.4K-1.4K0.1167.9854652981
2013-03-28$21.25$17.5029.8%8.6%25.1%0.0%31.1%-0.7%6.1%12.0K-960.1K-1.5K0.0077.930456087