CTL Options History — November 2008

In November 2008, CTL traded between $21.81 and $27.67. ATM implied volatility averaged 61.6%, placing in the 85.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 17.5%. IV traded below realized volatility by 35.3% (HV 20d: 96.8%). Max pain ranged from $25.00 to $30.00. Net GEX was positive for 14 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.75.

Notable Days

  • 2008-11-07: Highest Volume — 1,876 contracts
  • 2008-11-04: Largest IV drop — 24.2% change
  • 2008-11-19: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2008-11-20: Largest Expected Move — 20.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$25.49$21.81$27.67$27.44$26.56
Max Pain$27.63$25.00$30.00$30.00$25.00
ATM IV61.6%49.1%72.5%64.7%59.2%
Expected Move17.5%14.1%20.8%18.6%17.0%
HV 20d96.8%87.4%105.4%105.0%87.4%
HV 60d70.8%65.8%79.0%66.0%79.0%
IV Rank85.1%64.1%100.0%96.7%75.4%
IV Percentile95.8%91.3%100.0%99.2%92.1%
Term Structure1.1%-4.8%6.8%-2.5%2.1%
VWIV59.9%47.9%73.6%58.1%58.6%
Skew 25d10.7%2.1%21.1%21.1%5.9%
Skew 10d25.0%12.4%34.9%34.9%22.5%
Call IV 25d55.0%41.2%72.8%45.7%54.5%
Put IV 25d65.6%58.5%77.8%66.8%60.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %28.0913.0570.3917.6923.93
Gamma HHI0.230.200.260.220.24
Net GEX10.6K-14.5K48.6K23.4K41.3K
Net DEX5.6M3.1M7.5M5.2M3.3M
Net VEX-43.6K-56.7K-34.5K-42.5K-56.0K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.750.0120.610.190.33
Total Volume395.105421,87634048
Total OI15,140.26313,09316,26613,09316,204

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-11-03$27.44$30.0064.7%18.6%105.0%96.7%58.1%21.1%-2.5%23.4K5.2M-42.5K0.1917.69N/AN/A285558,9394,154
2008-11-04$27.67$30.0049.1%14.1%105.2%64.1%56.0%13.9%-0.7%21.1K5.0M-43.4K0.1717.39N/AN/A224398,9064,187
2008-11-05$26.80$30.0059.2%17.0%105.4%85.1%53.9%5.1%-4.8%20.7K5.3M-40.9K20.6123.07N/AN/A234749,0064,189
2008-11-06$25.18$30.0056.9%16.3%103.5%80.3%48.5%18.1%0.9%-8.8K6.5M-34.8K0.1370.39N/AN/A246318,9954,661
2008-11-07$26.42$25.0058.3%16.1%104.1%78.5%60.1%11.4%-0.4%3.8K5.9M-40.6K0.0115.70N/AN/A1,861159,2014,673
2008-11-10$25.69$25.0060.9%16.2%96.7%79.6%58.4%9.3%2.6%17.5K5.8M-41.0K5.0015.92N/AN/A2110510,1274,681
2008-11-11$24.86$25.0056.2%16.1%94.0%79.2%58.1%9.4%1.0%5.3K6.3M-37.3K0.0313.49N/AN/A7111910,1484,741
2008-11-12$24.79$25.0061.6%16.7%90.8%83.4%47.9%9.2%4.2%19.1K5.8M-40.6K5.1017.36N/AN/A8241810,3834,758
2008-11-13$26.26$30.0061.2%17.5%94.1%89.3%61.5%13.5%0.6%26.8K5.4M-45.1K1.9559.49N/AN/A25950610,4395,055
2008-11-14$25.25$30.0062.4%17.9%94.5%91.9%61.9%13.0%-0.7%1.8K6.2M-46.1K5.0049.09N/AN/A73510,6255,476
2008-11-17$25.75$30.0062.0%17.8%92.9%91.0%60.6%11.5%0.9%6.2K5.6M-47.0K5.8739.73N/AN/A158810,6275,480
2008-11-18$25.89$30.0066.1%19.0%93.1%99.6%66.4%16.1%-0.9%8.2K5.5M-49.0K1.5148.73N/AN/A375610,6375,512
2008-11-19$23.86$30.0071.7%20.5%95.5%100.0%69.6%11.8%-0.2%-11.8K6.7M-41.3K1.8716.12N/AN/A529710,6475,535
2008-11-20$21.81$30.0072.5%20.8%99.2%100.0%73.6%2.1%2.6%-12.1K7.3M-34.5K0.4532.26N/AN/A994510,6775,487
2008-11-21$22.01$25.0068.9%19.8%98.7%93.4%64.0%8.1%3.4%-14.5K7.5M-35.3K2.6813.05N/AN/A8723310,7545,512
2008-11-24$24.50$25.0061.7%17.7%95.9%80.1%64.5%7.8%2.2%-10.7K6.0M-44.5K0.4221.25N/AN/A1767410,0935,373
2008-11-25$26.30$25.0058.8%16.8%94.6%74.6%57.1%8.0%6.8%14.8K4.3M-52.4K0.1821.95N/AN/A66311910,2445,417
2008-11-26$27.33$25.0058.5%16.8%89.3%74.3%59.6%7.1%3.1%48.6K3.1M-56.7K0.7717.20N/AN/A1148810,6515,471
2008-11-28$26.56$25.0059.2%17.0%87.4%75.4%58.6%5.9%2.1%41.3K3.3M-56.0K0.3323.93N/AN/A361210,6635,541