CTL Options History — August 2012

In August 2012, CTL traded between $41.46 and $42.85. ATM implied volatility averaged 18.1%, placing in the 25.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.4% (HV 20d: 14.7%). Max pain ranged from $40.00 to $41.00. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.98.

Notable Days

  • 2012-08-08: Highest Volume — 31,857 contracts
  • 2012-08-09: Largest IV drop — 53.7% change
  • 2012-08-03: Highest IV Rank — 44.6%
  • 2012-08-03: Largest Expected Move — 6.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$42.07$41.46$42.85$42.12$42.26
Max Pain$40.87$40.00$41.00$40.00$41.00
ATM IV18.1%13.8%32.4%22.7%15.9%
Expected Move5.0%4.3%6.7%6.5%4.6%
HV 20d14.7%10.9%18.6%18.3%11.0%
HV 60d17.9%14.4%20.1%20.0%14.4%
IV Rank25.3%17.5%44.6%42.3%20.8%
IV Percentile33.4%16.7%68.7%61.5%28.2%
Term Structure-0.4%-4.5%1.3%-3.9%0.4%
VWIV18.7%14.8%30.1%26.9%15.1%
Skew 25d6.4%4.4%11.6%8.1%4.4%
Skew 10d14.4%10.1%25.2%22.4%12.0%
Call IV 25d14.7%12.4%20.8%20.2%13.4%
Put IV 25d21.1%17.5%32.4%28.2%17.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %19.9914.3225.2319.9923.53
Gamma HHI0.310.240.380.260.36
Net GEX16.6M9.9M23.9M10.7M21.0M
Net DEX-267.6M-364.7M-216.2M-268.8M-267.2M
Net VEX-1.4M-1.6M-1.3M-1.6M-1.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.980.223.381.650.80
Total Volume5,556.04397931,8576,8841,334
Total OI247,081.478202,497294,082252,069213,303

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-08-01$42.12$40.0022.7%6.5%18.3%42.3%26.9%8.1%-3.9%10.7M-268.8M-1.6M1.6519.99N/AN/A2,6024,282139,371112,698
2012-08-02$41.67$40.0022.5%6.5%18.6%41.7%25.6%9.0%-4.1%10.7M-226.3M-1.6M0.5318.33N/AN/A1,617851142,526112,572
2012-08-03$41.74$40.0023.4%6.7%18.5%44.6%30.1%11.6%-4.5%10.5M-234.7M-1.6M1.4019.31N/AN/A1,4632,054142,851112,953
2012-08-06$41.76$41.0025.4%5.5%18.5%30.4%19.8%7.7%-1.0%11.1M-237.3M-1.6M0.3518.47N/AN/A1,177409143,192113,882
2012-08-07$41.85$41.0027.8%5.6%18.4%31.6%20.3%7.2%-1.8%11.4M-240.0M-1.5M2.7917.81N/AN/A3,2429,044143,988114,026
2012-08-08$42.02$41.0032.4%6.2%17.9%41.9%23.3%8.1%-2.4%9.9M-247.1M-1.6M3.0124.13N/AN/A7,95323,904145,854121,288
2012-08-09$42.54$41.0015.0%4.7%18.3%22.4%18.6%5.8%-0.7%14.0M-325.0M-1.5M0.4720.49N/AN/A9,5894,486150,939138,339
2012-08-10$42.78$41.0013.8%4.6%17.6%21.4%17.8%5.7%0.8%17.5M-364.7M-1.4M0.5119.44N/AN/A4,9462,530152,680140,635
2012-08-13$42.85$41.0014.7%4.6%17.5%21.5%18.2%6.3%0.2%16.8M-358.7M-1.4M0.2223.95N/AN/A995214151,609141,837
2012-08-14$42.74$41.0014.1%4.6%16.6%21.3%17.6%5.6%0.1%16.5M-348.3M-1.4M0.3419.44N/AN/A2,9221,006150,145141,868
2012-08-15$42.29$41.0015.4%4.8%14.4%24.2%17.5%6.5%0.0%17.6M-302.7M-1.4M0.5818.71N/AN/A1,610935151,885142,197
2012-08-16$41.99$41.0016.4%4.7%13.0%22.9%18.2%6.2%0.7%17.7M-268.8M-1.4M0.2824.13N/AN/A3,9781,106150,488138,834
2012-08-17$42.06$41.0015.3%4.4%12.9%18.6%17.8%5.6%0.7%23.9M-280.1M-1.4M0.5617.84N/AN/A6,3683,547151,976139,294
2012-08-20$41.69$41.0015.0%4.3%12.7%17.5%17.5%6.2%1.3%19.1M-232.4M-1.4M1.0415.55N/AN/A5,2655,498136,58665,911
2012-08-21$41.46$41.0016.3%4.7%12.3%22.3%15.6%6.2%0.7%18.8M-216.2M-1.4M0.5014.32N/AN/A857426139,26070,193
2012-08-22$41.51$41.0015.3%4.4%11.9%18.5%16.4%5.2%0.8%18.3M-216.3M-1.4M1.3218.68N/AN/A8851,167137,20770,382
2012-08-23$41.67$41.0015.3%4.4%11.2%18.8%15.8%5.8%0.8%19.9M-223.5M-1.4M0.5817.42N/AN/A831482137,62970,746
2012-08-24$42.26$41.0015.1%4.3%11.5%17.9%14.9%5.1%0.7%18.9M-268.6M-1.4M0.7717.34N/AN/A725557137,90970,986
2012-08-27$41.96$41.0015.4%4.4%11.9%19.0%14.8%5.7%0.8%19.5M-248.7M-1.4M3.3823.41N/AN/A5371,816138,25271,176
2012-08-28$41.97$41.0015.4%4.4%11.8%19.1%15.9%5.2%1.1%19.6M-252.7M-1.3M0.4925.23N/AN/A722353138,37972,844
2012-08-29$42.38$41.0016.2%4.7%11.3%22.0%17.2%5.4%-0.4%18.9M-275.5M-1.4M0.2722.15N/AN/A1,989536138,34173,015
2012-08-30$42.08$41.0016.1%4.6%10.9%21.6%15.6%4.9%0.8%18.9M-251.6M-1.4M0.7520.19N/AN/A559420139,52773,301
2012-08-31$42.26$41.0015.9%4.6%11.0%20.8%15.1%4.4%0.4%21.0M-267.2M-1.4M0.8023.53N/AN/A743591139,72873,575