CTL Options History — November 2012

In November 2012, CTL traded between $37.53 and $39.24. ATM implied volatility averaged 18.0%, placing in the 35.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.8% (HV 20d: 16.3%). Max pain ranged from $38.00 to $39.00. Net GEX was positive for 15 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.00.

Notable Days

  • 2012-11-08: Highest Volume — 17,709 contracts
  • 2012-11-08: Largest IV drop — 36.4% change
  • 2012-11-07: Highest IV Rank — 51.5%
  • 2012-11-07: Largest Expected Move — 6.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$38.39$37.53$39.24$38.50$38.84
Max Pain$38.81$38.00$39.00$39.00$39.00
ATM IV18.0%14.9%27.3%19.3%15.0%
Expected Move5.0%4.3%6.0%5.5%4.3%
HV 20d16.3%9.7%19.0%10.7%18.7%
HV 60d15.6%13.6%16.4%13.9%16.1%
IV Rank35.4%22.4%51.5%43.9%22.8%
IV Percentile48.9%19.0%73.4%66.7%19.4%
Term Structure-0.2%-1.7%1.8%0.2%0.9%
VWIV17.7%13.4%22.2%17.9%14.7%
Skew 25d5.7%4.8%7.4%5.5%7.4%
Skew 10d13.2%9.8%17.7%13.7%13.8%
Call IV 25d14.7%10.7%18.3%16.0%10.7%
Put IV 25d20.4%18.1%23.8%21.4%18.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %20.9814.1629.4227.2521.95
Gamma HHI0.230.170.280.260.23
Net GEX2.1M-3.8M7.9M5.1M3.1M
Net DEX37.0M-28.9M110.0M17.2M14.6M
Net VEX-831.3K-937.4K-758.9K-886.5K-781.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.000.064.801.000.50
Total Volume4,780.42960617,7092,404621
Total OI168,482.762154,996182,863154,996174,206

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-11-01$38.50$39.0019.3%5.5%10.7%43.9%17.9%5.5%0.2%5.1M17.2M-886.5K1.0027.25N/AN/A1,2021,20292,00962,987
2012-11-02$38.33$39.0019.7%5.6%9.8%45.7%17.9%4.8%-0.8%4.4M22.8M-859.4K0.3519.58N/AN/A45015692,25263,507
2012-11-05$38.43$38.0021.6%5.6%9.8%45.7%19.5%5.8%-1.6%4.8M15.9M-840.9K0.3825.39N/AN/A1,27848592,44463,617
2012-11-06$38.49$38.0023.4%5.6%9.7%45.7%17.8%6.1%-1.2%4.7M17.7M-852.5K1.8822.56N/AN/A1,2192,28792,49363,895
2012-11-07$37.88$38.0027.3%6.0%10.9%51.5%21.3%5.5%-1.7%3.0M31.9M-835.5K0.9729.42N/AN/A4,1794,07093,12965,098
2012-11-08$39.24$38.0017.4%5.1%17.2%37.0%18.1%5.2%-0.9%7.9M-28.9M-925.0K1.7819.57N/AN/A6,35911,35095,23567,148
2012-11-09$38.81$39.0017.0%4.8%17.5%31.4%17.6%5.5%-0.0%5.3M13.1M-913.3K0.6319.38N/AN/A6,5884,17598,22173,901
2012-11-12$38.92$39.0016.4%5.1%17.3%35.6%20.3%6.0%-0.3%7.2M-91.8K-937.4K4.8018.28N/AN/A1,9659,441102,92872,575
2012-11-13$38.78$39.0016.1%4.9%17.3%33.8%19.5%6.0%-0.1%4.3M23.7M-896.2K1.5817.61N/AN/A1,4702,32099,13581,255
2012-11-14$38.15$39.0019.4%5.4%18.0%41.8%17.6%5.7%-1.4%-1.7M65.0M-878.4K0.1321.44N/AN/A2,564321100,06182,802
2012-11-15$37.71$39.0018.8%5.4%18.3%41.2%18.8%5.6%-0.7%-3.8M90.3M-817.8K0.7119.02N/AN/A2,0181,43799,54381,313
2012-11-16$37.53$39.0018.4%5.3%17.9%39.6%22.2%6.2%0.1%-2.3M110.0M-759.3K1.6914.16N/AN/A4,2927,26199,98382,222
2012-11-19$37.91$39.0017.0%4.9%18.4%32.6%16.5%5.6%-0.1%-1.5M66.7M-765.2K0.4219.36N/AN/A1,63668887,02776,843
2012-11-20$38.07$39.0016.8%4.8%18.2%31.5%17.3%6.2%-0.0%-1.1M62.3M-798.3K0.6716.65N/AN/A79053388,15977,220
2012-11-21$37.83$39.0016.7%4.8%18.0%31.0%13.4%5.3%0.1%-1.8M71.5M-758.9K0.0619.91N/AN/A5,58730888,32277,385
2012-11-23$38.52$39.0014.9%4.3%19.0%22.4%13.8%6.2%1.5%847.1K37.2M-795.0K0.1919.12N/AN/A1,06820590,24277,567
2012-11-26$38.40$39.0017.4%5.0%18.7%34.8%18.2%5.4%-0.7%380.9K48.3M-788.8K1.3221.09N/AN/A1,2161,60590,95577,676
2012-11-27$38.52$39.0016.0%4.6%18.7%27.7%15.9%4.9%0.2%965.5K35.4M-791.9K0.1721.66N/AN/A2,87549791,34478,046
2012-11-28$38.55$39.0015.0%4.3%18.7%23.1%16.5%6.0%1.8%1.5M36.6M-771.3K1.1823.03N/AN/A1,5311,79993,63878,220
2012-11-29$38.70$39.0015.3%4.4%18.7%24.1%17.2%5.8%0.3%2.5M26.3M-803.6K0.4824.10N/AN/A90443794,61678,919
2012-11-30$38.84$39.0015.0%4.3%18.7%22.8%14.7%7.4%0.9%3.1M14.6M-781.9K0.5021.95N/AN/A41420794,96479,242