CTL Options History — April 2013

In April 2013, CTL traded between $34.86 and $37.89. ATM implied volatility averaged 20.7%, placing in the 72.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.1% (HV 20d: 15.6%). Max pain ranged from $35.00 to $36.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.82.

Notable Days

  • 2013-04-19: Highest Volume — 17,917 contracts
  • 2013-04-11: Largest IV spike — 22.6% change
  • 2013-04-24: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2013-04-29: Largest Expected Move — 7.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$36.72$34.86$37.89$34.86$37.57
Max Pain$35.82$35.00$36.00$35.00$36.00
ATM IV20.7%15.5%26.8%15.6%24.5%
Expected Move6.1%4.4%7.7%4.5%7.0%
HV 20d15.6%13.3%18.5%15.2%18.0%
HV 60d55.4%55.0%55.8%55.0%55.7%
IV Rank72.0%34.4%100.0%35.1%86.1%
IV Percentile86.0%37.7%100.0%40.1%96.8%
Term Structure-2.0%-5.6%4.2%3.8%-4.1%
VWIV21.6%16.4%27.5%16.4%25.7%
Skew 25d3.6%0.5%6.2%1.0%6.2%
Skew 10d9.7%2.1%14.7%7.0%13.7%
Call IV 25d20.0%15.2%24.2%15.6%23.4%
Put IV 25d23.6%16.4%29.5%16.6%29.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %18.388.1927.9710.018.19
Gamma HHI0.190.160.310.180.17
Net GEX14.5M9.1M18.4M13.4M10.9M
Net DEX-195.9M-276.2M-57.2M-57.2M-208.6M
Net VEX-1.5M-1.6M-1.3M-1.3M-1.5M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.820.154.410.660.55
Total Volume5,940.18292817,9173,307928
Total OI272,492.682244,701293,938264,421259,389

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-04-01$34.86$35.0015.6%4.5%15.2%35.1%16.4%1.0%3.8%13.4M-57.2M-1.3M0.6610.01N/AN/A1,9941,313167,63796,784
2013-04-02$35.18$35.0015.5%4.4%15.4%34.4%16.9%1.2%4.2%15.0M-82.0M-1.4M0.8723.87N/AN/A3,0062,603168,59797,471
2013-04-03$35.06$35.0016.9%4.9%15.4%44.0%17.0%0.5%3.5%13.8M-72.9M-1.4M1.1823.44N/AN/A2,7383,236169,53398,490
2013-04-04$36.02$35.0017.0%4.9%17.8%44.6%17.2%0.7%3.9%15.4M-152.3M-1.5M0.409.10N/AN/A7,1602,834170,37399,668
2013-04-05$36.11$36.0016.6%5.9%13.5%67.5%19.2%3.9%-2.5%16.2M-163.0M-1.5M0.3320.23N/AN/A5,2241,730173,037100,897
2013-04-08$36.16$36.0017.1%5.8%13.3%67.0%18.6%3.8%-2.1%17.0M-167.8M-1.5M0.1716.58N/AN/A7,3711,248174,644101,606
2013-04-09$36.35$36.0017.0%5.9%13.3%67.3%19.3%3.7%-2.6%18.4M-193.4M-1.5M0.2016.19N/AN/A6,0981,223180,934102,176
2013-04-10$36.95$36.0016.3%5.6%14.2%62.2%20.3%3.1%-2.5%18.0M-250.7M-1.6M0.5915.46N/AN/A3,1841,865183,435102,906
2013-04-11$37.26$36.0020.0%5.7%14.3%64.4%19.6%3.3%-1.8%17.2M-276.2M-1.5M0.2219.58N/AN/A7,3501,642183,998103,645
2013-04-12$37.22$36.0020.1%5.8%14.4%64.8%20.2%2.9%-2.4%17.7M-270.0M-1.5M2.1616.97N/AN/A6931,496185,166104,533
2013-04-15$36.69$36.0021.6%6.2%14.8%74.8%22.8%3.5%-2.8%18.4M-227.4M-1.6M0.2917.09N/AN/A4,9551,426185,165105,592
2013-04-16$37.16$36.0021.3%6.1%14.9%73.0%20.8%3.6%-3.1%17.2M-273.8M-1.5M0.2812.70N/AN/A2,409671186,807105,996
2013-04-17$36.76$36.0022.6%6.5%15.8%81.7%23.3%3.9%-3.6%17.9M-233.6M-1.5M0.6117.65N/AN/A2,8921,751187,531106,303
2013-04-18$36.85$36.0023.3%6.7%15.6%86.4%23.4%4.0%-3.6%17.0M-238.4M-1.5M0.5124.06N/AN/A2,9521,518185,843106,208
2013-04-19$37.17$36.0023.3%6.7%15.6%86.2%26.4%4.3%-3.6%16.1M-267.8M-1.6M4.4116.46N/AN/A3,31014,607187,220106,718
2013-04-22$37.35$36.0023.7%6.8%14.9%89.1%23.0%5.5%-3.1%9.1M-186.4M-1.6M0.1520.54N/AN/A3,834578144,585100,116
2013-04-23$37.89$36.0021.4%6.1%15.4%73.4%21.6%4.2%-1.6%10.3M-228.8M-1.5M0.2225.02N/AN/A3,148687147,100100,436
2013-04-24$37.10$36.0026.0%7.5%17.7%100.0%26.1%5.8%-5.6%9.5M-170.0M-1.5M0.6125.39N/AN/A5,4563,331148,197100,713
2013-04-25$37.53$36.0024.0%6.9%17.9%87.0%24.7%5.1%-4.6%10.1M-206.3M-1.6M0.5520.75N/AN/A2,4021,315150,481102,317
2013-04-26$37.15$36.0025.4%7.3%18.5%95.9%25.1%3.7%-4.7%10.0M-179.7M-1.6M0.5617.08N/AN/A3,5091,977152,099102,999
2013-04-29$37.45$36.0026.8%7.7%18.1%100.0%27.5%4.9%-5.3%10.9M-203.1M-1.5M2.6027.97N/AN/A8392,181153,741103,753
2013-04-30$37.57$36.0024.5%7.0%18.0%86.1%25.7%6.2%-4.1%10.9M-208.6M-1.5M0.558.19N/AN/A600328154,167105,222