CTL Options History — November 2010

In November 2010, CTL traded between $41.44 and $43.05. ATM implied volatility averaged 16.3%, placing in the 33.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.1% (HV 20d: 14.1%). Max pain ranged from $40.00 to $41.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.50.

Notable Days

  • 2010-11-30: Highest Volume — 4,554 contracts
  • 2010-11-11: Largest IV spike — 21.3% change
  • 2010-11-29: Highest IV Rank — 42.1%
  • 2010-11-29: Largest Expected Move — 5.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$42.42$41.44$43.05$41.44$42.99
Max Pain$40.81$40.00$41.00$40.00$41.00
ATM IV16.3%13.9%18.1%17.0%17.6%
Expected Move4.8%4.0%5.2%4.9%5.0%
HV 20d14.1%9.9%17.1%10.6%17.1%
HV 60d13.5%12.1%14.8%12.1%14.2%
IV Rank33.5%17.5%42.1%29.2%39.3%
IV Percentile34.0%6.7%52.4%36.1%47.6%
Term Structure-0.4%-1.6%1.9%0.3%-1.2%
VWIV16.7%13.7%20.1%16.6%20.1%
Skew 25d3.7%1.7%8.3%2.6%2.0%
Skew 10d9.1%2.4%13.1%6.4%6.6%
Call IV 25d14.3%7.5%19.2%15.5%19.2%
Put IV 25d18.0%15.4%21.2%18.1%21.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %35.8223.3174.0427.7027.98
Gamma HHI0.200.170.230.230.17
Net GEX3.9M3.2M4.8M3.7M4.3M
Net DEX-84.3M-95.5M-72.5M-72.5M-90.3M
Net VEX-218.7K-235.8K-154.4K-227.6K-235.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.500.072.730.300.08
Total Volume1,471.0482864,5541,6704,554
Total OI40,445.23837,40943,19337,40943,193

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-11-01$41.44$40.0017.0%4.9%10.6%29.2%16.6%2.6%0.3%3.7M-72.5M-227.6K0.3027.70N/AN/A1,28538529,1058,304
2010-11-02$41.83$40.0016.6%4.7%9.9%31.3%16.8%1.7%-0.3%3.9M-76.0M-233.2K0.2223.31N/AN/A48510929,8578,554
2010-11-03$42.24$40.0013.9%4.0%10.3%17.5%13.7%2.4%1.9%3.9M-84.3M-215.4K0.1728.80N/AN/A1,50325329,9598,572
2010-11-04$43.05$40.0015.6%4.5%11.5%28.2%15.7%8.3%0.5%3.6M-95.5M-209.7K0.3825.71N/AN/A1,54258730,5588,624
2010-11-05$42.57$41.0014.5%4.6%12.0%31.5%17.5%3.2%-0.5%3.8M-88.2M-224.6K0.3129.38N/AN/A1,07733730,6808,932
2010-11-08$42.43$41.0014.6%4.8%12.2%34.0%18.4%4.2%-1.0%3.8M-84.8M-217.3K1.4337.11N/AN/A7671,09530,2709,066
2010-11-09$42.28$41.0015.4%4.9%12.4%35.9%15.8%2.6%-1.0%3.4M-84.0M-219.0K0.2328.09N/AN/A75117030,55810,078
2010-11-10$42.93$41.0014.0%4.7%13.1%32.6%16.9%4.5%-0.6%3.2M-91.1M-214.7K0.0840.65N/AN/A5324530,38510,037
2010-11-11$42.37$41.0017.0%4.9%14.4%35.8%16.7%2.9%-1.6%3.4M-83.3M-219.1K0.6629.76N/AN/A32221330,33010,037
2010-11-12$42.08$41.0017.5%5.0%14.7%38.7%14.8%3.5%-0.9%3.4M-78.1M-223.4K0.1033.27N/AN/A1,06510230,34710,185
2010-11-15$42.33$41.0016.9%4.9%14.7%35.6%16.3%6.2%-1.4%3.7M-84.6M-214.6K2.7366.83N/AN/A35095531,23910,208
2010-11-16$41.69$41.0018.0%5.2%15.4%41.4%18.5%4.1%-0.9%4.3M-73.3M-223.7K1.0236.75N/AN/A75877131,2819,615
2010-11-17$41.90$41.0017.5%5.0%14.5%38.6%17.5%3.5%-1.3%4.3M-76.9M-220.4K0.6631.11N/AN/A17211431,3669,934
2010-11-18$42.57$41.0016.2%4.6%15.2%31.5%17.2%3.7%-0.4%4.0M-88.4M-210.7K0.4635.77N/AN/A1,81684431,4499,998
2010-11-19$42.97$41.0016.1%4.6%15.4%31.2%17.8%3.5%-0.2%4.0M-92.6M-202.6K0.0733.53N/AN/A7445131,91810,497
2010-11-22$42.53$41.0015.0%4.3%15.9%24.8%15.0%4.7%0.8%4.8M-88.7M-154.4K0.1574.04N/AN/A2,00630729,9258,386
2010-11-23$42.08$41.0017.3%5.0%16.5%37.5%15.7%3.8%-0.6%4.0M-74.1M-224.8K0.2437.18N/AN/A1,07026031,6848,632
2010-11-24$42.66$41.0015.7%4.5%17.0%28.7%15.1%4.3%0.0%4.3M-85.2M-235.8K0.8734.98N/AN/A82571432,4668,825
2010-11-26$43.04$41.0017.2%4.9%17.0%37.3%17.6%2.9%-0.2%4.4M-90.0M-233.8K0.1138.72N/AN/A3804132,6669,348
2010-11-29$42.90$41.0018.1%5.2%17.1%42.1%17.7%3.4%0.4%4.3M-88.0M-232.0K0.1731.65N/AN/A1,31222332,9069,376
2010-11-30$42.99$41.0017.6%5.0%17.1%39.3%20.1%2.0%-1.2%4.3M-90.3M-235.4K0.0827.98N/AN/A4,22832633,6749,519