CSV Options History — March 2015

In March 2015, CSV traded between $23.43 and $25.00. ATM implied volatility averaged 20.7%, placing in the 9.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.2% (HV 20d: 16.5%). Max pain ranged from $17.50 to $22.50. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 20 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.73.

Notable Days

  • 2015-03-13: Highest Volume — 376 contracts
  • 2015-03-03: Largest IV drop — 38.6% change
  • 2015-03-02: Highest IV Rank — 25.4%
  • 2015-03-02: Largest Expected Move — 7.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$24.20$23.43$25.00$23.44$23.87
Max Pain$18.18$17.50$22.50$22.50$17.50
ATM IV20.7%16.8%27.3%27.3%17.6%
Expected Move5.9%4.8%7.8%7.8%5.1%
HV 20d16.5%15.3%18.5%16.4%16.8%
HV 60d22.5%21.1%24.1%23.6%21.1%
IV Rank9.8%0.0%25.4%25.4%2.2%
IV Percentile5.3%0.0%32.5%32.5%0.8%
Term Structure4.1%-2.6%11.6%-2.6%5.3%
VWIV21.2%17.9%26.9%26.9%20.3%
Skew 25d0.1%-8.6%13.3%7.8%3.0%
Skew 10d-3.3%-13.6%5.2%5.2%-7.5%
Call IV 25d21.7%15.4%27.6%19.7%17.9%
Put IV 25d21.8%18.6%31.7%27.5%20.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %101.2983.40108.57104.81105.81
Gamma HHI0.630.500.870.730.54
Net GEX71.1K49.6K99.2K60.4K99.2K
Net DEX-2.0M-2.8M-1.2M-1.2M-2.2M
Net VEX-4.9K-8.1K-1.9K-2.5K-7.6K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.730.0010.000.120.13
Total Volume157.2270376272283
Total OI1,249.7738011,7128031,673

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-03-02$23.44$22.5027.3%7.8%16.4%25.4%26.9%7.8%-2.6%60.4K-1.2M-2.5K0.12104.812423076340
2015-03-03$23.97$22.5016.8%4.8%17.6%0.0%18.6%13.3%4.8%61.6K-1.3M-2.2K0.12102.842443076140
2015-03-04$23.74$22.5021.6%6.2%17.4%11.9%21.7%1.8%1.1%58.3K-1.3M-2.2K0.11108.572843076140
2015-03-05$23.74$17.5019.8%5.4%16.7%7.5%17.9%-0.2%10.5%61.9K-1.4M-2.3K0.10101.092923080140
2015-03-06$23.43$17.5019.7%6.2%17.6%7.1%21.8%-0.4%5.0%70.5K-1.2M-2.4K0.1099.762923080140
2015-03-09$23.90$17.5019.4%5.1%18.5%6.6%0.0%7.3%11.4%56.8K-1.4M-2.1K0.0098.370080139
2015-03-10$23.95$17.5020.8%5.3%15.8%10.0%0.0%9.7%11.6%54.7K-1.4M-2.2K0.00103.040080139
2015-03-11$24.06$17.5018.4%5.3%15.6%3.9%0.0%2.4%11.2%54.4K-1.4M-2.1K0.00104.950080139
2015-03-12$24.10$17.5022.5%6.5%15.6%14.2%0.0%-4.7%2.1%49.6K-1.5M-1.9K0.00100.0145080139
2015-03-13$24.29$17.5021.7%6.2%15.5%12.1%0.0%-3.7%3.0%49.8K-1.6M-2.2K0.00102.07376084639
2015-03-16$24.32$17.5021.1%6.1%15.3%10.8%0.0%-2.8%3.1%64.4K-2.0M-4.7K0.00102.4915301,21039
2015-03-17$24.51$17.5020.2%5.8%15.3%8.6%0.0%-2.0%3.9%75.2K-2.3M-5.4K10.00102.161101,36239
2015-03-18$24.25$17.5020.3%5.8%16.0%8.6%0.0%-2.3%3.6%76.2K-2.2M-5.8K0.03102.50335101,36349
2015-03-19$24.35$17.5019.1%5.5%16.0%5.9%0.0%-0.6%5.1%91.5K-2.6M-7.6K0.0083.40001,66349
2015-03-20$24.63$17.5020.6%5.9%15.9%9.5%0.0%-2.4%4.0%80.3K-2.7M-7.9K0.00100.846001,66349
2015-03-23$24.55$17.5020.1%5.8%15.8%8.3%20.3%-3.9%2.8%77.9K-2.6M-7.9K0.00102.263001,60339
2015-03-24$25.00$17.5021.9%6.3%16.5%12.6%0.0%-3.4%1.3%73.4K-2.8M-7.8K0.00100.45001,63339
2015-03-25$24.74$17.5022.7%6.5%17.2%14.6%0.0%-3.3%0.8%86.2K-2.6M-8.1K0.0099.76001,63339
2015-03-26$24.75$17.5021.2%6.1%17.0%10.9%22.1%-2.9%2.1%82.3K-2.6M-7.9K0.10102.13296301,63340
2015-03-27$24.69$17.5021.4%6.1%17.1%11.6%0.0%-3.0%1.3%83.3K-2.6M-7.9K0.00102.86001,63339
2015-03-30$24.17$17.5021.7%6.2%18.0%12.3%21.1%-8.6%-2.0%95.7K-2.4M-7.9K0.1098.27296301,63340
2015-03-31$23.87$17.5017.6%5.1%16.8%2.2%20.3%3.0%5.3%99.2K-2.2M-7.6K0.13105.81251321,63340