CTL Options History — February 2011

In February 2011, CTL traded between $40.05 and $45.14. ATM implied volatility averaged 19.4%, placing in the 43.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.3%. IV traded below realized volatility by 1.8% (HV 20d: 21.2%). Max pain ranged from $41.00 to $43.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.45.

Notable Days

  • 2011-02-15: Highest Volume — 64,977 contracts
  • 2011-02-10: Largest IV drop — 30.3% change
  • 2011-02-23: Highest IV Rank — 66.0%
  • 2011-02-23: Largest Expected Move — 6.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$42.89$40.05$45.14$43.44$41.18
Max Pain$42.11$41.00$43.00$43.00$41.00
ATM IV19.4%15.6%23.2%22.0%17.6%
Expected Move5.3%4.5%6.4%6.3%5.0%
HV 20d21.2%19.3%24.6%20.9%21.2%
HV 60d18.6%17.5%19.7%18.2%19.6%
IV Rank43.8%28.1%66.0%63.6%39.3%
IV Percentile66.1%28.2%96.0%91.3%62.7%
Term Structure-0.3%-4.4%1.9%-4.4%0.6%
VWIV18.5%15.0%24.4%20.1%17.5%
Skew 25d3.6%2.3%6.2%4.1%2.4%
Skew 10d6.8%-5.5%13.8%9.2%4.2%
Call IV 25d16.8%14.0%20.5%18.7%17.4%
Put IV 25d20.4%18.3%23.4%22.8%19.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %28.3117.9239.1123.2424.53
Gamma HHI0.170.120.190.180.13
Net GEX2.8M1.2M4.2M2.9M2.2M
Net DEX-17.6M-47.5M10.3M-21.9M-3.9M
Net VEX-335.1K-373.9K-275.0K-327.0K-318.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.450.022.011.060.14
Total Volume5,594.94753664,9771,1724,756
Total OI45,90042,19553,39542,19547,865

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-02-01$43.44$43.0022.0%6.3%20.9%63.6%20.1%4.1%-4.4%2.9M-21.9M-327.0K1.0623.24N/AN/A56960331,07011,125
2011-02-02$43.58$43.0019.6%5.6%20.9%50.0%21.2%4.7%-0.9%3.1M-24.1M-339.7K0.4324.06N/AN/A37616031,53111,486
2011-02-03$43.84$43.0019.6%5.6%21.1%50.4%19.1%6.2%-1.5%3.5M-29.0M-347.4K0.1227.34N/AN/A93611331,78811,228
2011-02-04$43.64$42.0020.0%4.9%20.0%36.5%16.2%3.9%-0.2%3.4M-26.7M-343.8K2.0129.53N/AN/A5691,14332,22711,229
2011-02-07$44.17$42.0022.2%4.9%20.1%36.6%17.5%4.8%-0.4%3.6M-30.5M-366.7K0.5628.12N/AN/A39021831,90712,320
2011-02-08$44.50$42.0021.8%4.9%20.2%36.6%15.0%4.3%-0.5%3.8M-36.1M-365.4K0.2527.62N/AN/A89422631,63812,353
2011-02-09$44.50$42.0023.2%4.8%19.7%35.4%16.8%3.4%-0.9%3.9M-37.8M-368.9K0.3326.81N/AN/A84928431,88812,520
2011-02-10$44.70$42.0016.2%4.6%19.7%31.4%17.0%3.4%1.0%3.8M-39.3M-373.8K0.4336.12N/AN/A41217732,17512,728
2011-02-11$45.10$42.0016.9%4.8%19.9%35.2%16.0%4.0%-0.6%4.0M-45.5M-373.9K0.2527.85N/AN/A75318832,26812,781
2011-02-14$45.14$43.0015.6%4.5%19.3%28.1%15.4%3.5%-0.2%4.2M-47.5M-371.6K0.3530.04N/AN/A3,3871,17232,47912,921
2011-02-15$43.83$43.0016.6%4.8%21.9%33.7%24.4%3.2%0.1%3.5M-21.8M-351.5K0.0235.45N/AN/A63,5081,46933,90413,732
2011-02-16$42.66$43.0018.0%5.2%23.5%41.5%17.8%3.2%0.0%2.5M-6.7M-338.4K0.5039.11N/AN/A4,1752,08035,53614,348
2011-02-17$42.17$42.0017.3%4.9%22.6%37.4%16.8%2.6%0.3%1.8M-1.7M-335.2K0.2132.59N/AN/A2,48052536,93015,281
2011-02-18$41.23$42.0019.6%5.6%23.9%50.5%19.6%2.9%0.9%1.2M10.3M-315.1K0.3124.78N/AN/A3,8561,19538,05915,336
2011-02-22$40.70$42.0019.9%5.7%24.2%51.6%20.6%2.6%0.5%1.4M5.1M-279.7K0.3024.67N/AN/A1,87556531,10812,496
2011-02-23$40.05$41.0022.5%6.4%24.6%66.0%20.1%3.5%-1.4%1.2M8.8M-275.2K0.4632.11N/AN/A1,43965932,13112,700
2011-02-24$40.07$41.0022.1%6.3%19.5%63.8%21.2%2.8%0.7%1.2M9.6M-275.0K0.2326.05N/AN/A2,43356632,69613,054
2011-02-25$40.44$41.0018.6%5.3%20.1%44.5%18.4%2.3%1.9%1.5M4.2M-299.0K0.6217.92N/AN/A80549933,93513,327
2011-02-28$41.18$41.0017.6%5.0%21.2%39.3%17.5%2.4%0.6%2.2M-3.9M-318.8K0.1424.53N/AN/A4,15959734,36913,496