CTL Options History — July 2012

In July 2012, CTL traded between $39.36 and $41.78. ATM implied volatility averaged 17.5%, placing in the 26.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.0% (HV 20d: 15.5%). Max pain ranged from $38.00 to $40.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.28.

Notable Days

  • 2012-07-09: Highest Volume — 63,649 contracts
  • 2012-07-12: Largest IV spike — 43.0% change
  • 2012-07-25: Highest IV Rank — 49.1%
  • 2012-07-25: Largest Expected Move — 7.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$40.55$39.36$41.78$39.66$41.54
Max Pain$39.05$38.00$40.00$38.00$40.00
ATM IV17.5%10.3%24.7%10.5%21.7%
Expected Move5.2%3.0%7.1%3.0%6.2%
HV 20d15.5%13.0%18.6%13.3%17.8%
HV 60d18.9%18.0%19.9%18.3%19.9%
IV Rank26.6%0.0%49.1%0.0%39.0%
IV Percentile38.0%0.0%72.6%0.0%54.0%
Term Structure-0.7%-3.9%3.4%3.4%-3.9%
VWIV19.8%10.6%28.2%10.8%28.2%
Skew 25d5.7%-0.6%9.6%1.9%8.8%
Skew 10d13.2%0.3%24.4%1.6%16.7%
Call IV 25d16.0%8.8%20.7%9.1%19.8%
Put IV 25d21.7%10.1%29.6%11.0%28.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %18.6111.6124.4324.4317.20
Gamma HHI0.300.230.400.360.26
Net GEX14.4M6.7M21.6M19.0M11.3M
Net DEX-204.5M-358.9M-126.6M-162.4M-225.6M
Net VEX-1.4M-1.6M-981.8K-1.0M-1.5M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.280.106.161.036.16
Total Volume11,109.66748463,6491,01510,967
Total OI227,341.19189,920270,852189,920235,933

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-07-02$39.66$38.0010.5%3.0%13.3%0.0%10.8%1.9%3.4%19.0M-162.4M-1.0M1.0324.43N/AN/A499516110,97278,948
2012-07-03$39.69$38.0010.3%3.0%13.3%0.0%10.6%2.2%3.4%19.2M-163.9M-1.0M0.6821.63N/AN/A288196111,11179,189
2012-07-05$39.38$38.0011.7%3.4%13.4%4.7%11.0%-0.6%3.1%19.6M-138.7M-1.0M3.1523.22N/AN/A3851,214111,23179,195
2012-07-06$39.36$39.0012.1%4.3%13.1%16.5%15.6%4.4%1.2%19.9M-136.3M-1.0M1.5718.72N/AN/A303476111,30079,391
2012-07-09$39.52$39.0010.4%3.9%13.0%10.9%15.4%4.2%2.0%21.6M-154.7M-981.8K0.5416.93N/AN/A41,32722,322111,36979,610
2012-07-10$39.37$39.0012.1%4.5%13.2%18.1%14.5%4.6%1.1%13.8M-131.7M-1.1M0.1818.19N/AN/A1,624297115,19881,530
2012-07-11$39.92$39.0013.2%4.9%13.5%22.8%17.8%4.7%-0.8%15.7M-171.2M-1.2M2.5921.49N/AN/A9,61724,931113,56181,574
2012-07-12$40.09$39.0018.9%5.4%13.3%29.2%21.9%4.9%-0.7%10.4M-161.8M-1.3M0.1017.87N/AN/A37,4343,784118,810105,802
2012-07-13$40.73$39.0017.9%5.1%13.8%26.1%17.9%5.2%-0.8%16.9M-260.9M-1.5M0.3218.86N/AN/A2,833909151,049108,472
2012-07-16$41.05$39.0018.0%5.2%13.0%26.3%17.6%4.4%-0.3%17.4M-293.2M-1.5M0.4214.97N/AN/A2,6531,117151,256108,484
2012-07-17$41.78$39.0017.1%4.9%13.9%23.2%17.4%4.6%0.3%17.7M-358.9M-1.4M0.2415.40N/AN/A3,952958151,774108,484
2012-07-18$40.77$39.0018.8%5.4%16.9%29.1%22.5%5.6%-1.2%17.9M-262.8M-1.5M1.9423.28N/AN/A5,50710,676151,825108,596
2012-07-19$41.59$39.0018.0%5.2%17.8%26.2%19.4%5.6%-1.5%15.5M-330.0M-1.5M0.6416.71N/AN/A1,9551,257152,133117,960
2012-07-20$41.48$39.0019.2%5.5%17.3%30.5%19.0%5.5%-1.6%14.1M-312.0M-1.5M0.1411.61N/AN/A4,841693151,860118,992
2012-07-23$41.02$39.0022.3%6.4%18.1%41.0%26.6%8.6%-3.0%8.7M-180.6M-1.5M1.7216.61N/AN/A7,12512,247125,37088,302
2012-07-24$40.62$39.0022.9%6.6%17.8%42.9%27.0%8.9%-2.9%6.9M-145.2M-1.6M0.6717.21N/AN/A3,9402,655131,52899,160
2012-07-25$40.34$39.0024.7%7.1%18.1%49.1%26.6%8.7%-3.7%6.7M-126.6M-1.6M1.7018.67N/AN/A7561,283134,27998,389
2012-07-26$40.85$40.0021.3%6.1%18.4%37.5%23.8%7.9%-2.0%8.8M-166.8M-1.6M0.4421.40N/AN/A1,942850134,77799,173
2012-07-27$41.33$40.0022.4%6.4%18.6%41.3%27.2%9.6%-3.3%11.1M-200.4M-1.6M1.8321.93N/AN/A2,8725,243136,30199,445
2012-07-30$41.37$40.0023.4%6.7%17.9%44.5%24.0%9.5%-3.8%9.8M-210.5M-1.6M0.7714.46N/AN/A484375138,304103,528
2012-07-31$41.54$40.0021.7%6.2%17.8%39.0%28.2%8.8%-3.9%11.3M-225.6M-1.5M6.1617.20N/AN/A1,5329,435135,809100,124