CTL Options History — October 2014

In October 2014, CTL traded between $38.30 and $41.50. ATM implied volatility averaged 22.9%, placing in the 52.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.8% (HV 20d: 20.1%). Max pain ranged from $38.00 to $38.00. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 3 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.07.

Notable Days

  • 2014-10-08: Highest Volume — 15,042 contracts
  • 2014-10-13: Largest IV spike — 45.6% change
  • 2014-10-15: Highest IV Rank — 74.9%
  • 2014-10-16: Largest Expected Move — 7.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$40.03$38.30$41.50$40.42$41.45
Max Pain$38.00$38.00$38.00$38.00$38.00
ATM IV22.9%16.9%30.2%19.1%24.8%
Expected Move6.2%5.7%7.0%5.9%5.9%
HV 20d20.1%17.1%21.8%18.6%21.3%
HV 60d19.0%17.5%21.1%18.1%17.6%
IV Rank52.2%15.3%74.9%27.2%58.7%
IV Percentile82.6%33.3%96.0%52.8%88.9%
Term Structure-1.4%-4.3%4.1%2.4%-3.0%
VWIV22.4%20.6%24.4%20.6%22.0%
Skew 25d5.6%2.9%10.7%2.9%6.0%
Skew 10d12.8%6.1%24.9%8.8%6.6%
Call IV 25d21.4%15.3%25.4%17.3%21.9%
Put IV 25d27.0%19.9%36.1%20.2%27.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %40.7131.2049.0033.0537.62
Gamma HHI0.150.130.210.190.13
Net GEX3.8M6.2K6.5M5.3M5.9M
Net DEX-69.3M-117.0M-10.5M-87.9M-117.0M
Net VEX-911.8K-954.2K-880.1K-938.6K-904.5K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.070.1611.413.411.40
Total Volume6,593.30476415,0421,1817,699
Total OI137,590.87122,582148,408137,343135,735

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-10-01$40.42$38.0019.1%5.9%18.6%27.2%20.6%2.9%2.4%5.3M-87.9M-938.6K3.4133.05N/AN/A26891372,86864,475
2014-10-02$40.76$38.0017.6%5.9%18.9%19.2%21.2%4.5%4.1%5.6M-95.0M-954.2K11.4133.19N/AN/A95310,87772,93965,174
2014-10-03$41.00$38.0016.9%5.8%18.6%15.3%24.0%4.6%4.1%6.5M-102.2M-917.7K0.1735.35N/AN/A65111373,40365,337
2014-10-06$40.68$38.0018.2%5.9%17.1%40.5%20.6%4.2%-1.1%6.1M-97.0M-925.6K0.1631.20N/AN/A2,26635473,84065,421
2014-10-07$40.08$38.0019.2%6.1%17.1%46.6%22.9%4.4%-1.7%4.7M-76.0M-926.2K1.8335.57N/AN/A45282775,72265,632
2014-10-08$40.83$38.0018.0%5.7%18.1%45.3%22.5%5.1%-1.6%6.5M-97.8M-943.6K0.5241.53N/AN/A9,9085,13476,69266,143
2014-10-09$39.78$38.0020.6%6.0%19.5%51.9%22.0%4.7%-1.4%3.4M-65.4M-923.3K1.1439.34N/AN/A4,4155,01576,79767,701
2014-10-10$39.45$38.0020.7%6.1%18.3%52.5%22.1%4.2%-1.7%2.7M-55.2M-912.7K1.1143.21N/AN/A3,8484,26877,31967,980
2014-10-13$38.45$38.0030.2%6.8%20.3%68.4%22.9%5.9%-3.4%185.9K-20.3M-891.9K1.3046.44N/AN/A5,1036,64077,44768,906
2014-10-14$38.98$38.0021.6%6.5%21.0%61.7%23.2%5.0%-2.9%534.0K-30.7M-907.3K1.0944.65N/AN/A4,3984,77778,04869,186
2014-10-15$38.66$38.0028.5%6.6%19.9%74.9%24.1%6.1%-4.3%491.5K-21.6M-897.8K1.2749.00N/AN/A5,5597,08778,63668,275
2014-10-16$38.30$38.0027.7%7.0%19.9%74.8%24.2%10.7%-2.2%6.2K-10.5M-880.1K0.9043.25N/AN/A1,05295278,20469,970
2014-10-17$38.86$38.0025.7%6.5%20.6%64.1%24.4%6.7%-2.5%196.3K-27.8M-898.3K1.0044.34N/AN/A70169978,58169,827
2014-10-20$39.31$38.0025.7%6.5%21.2%63.9%23.0%6.2%-1.6%3.2M-43.4M-885.8K2.8646.32N/AN/A2,3046,58666,35856,224
2014-10-21$39.74$38.0023.3%6.2%21.5%50.4%22.8%7.2%-0.8%3.7M-60.5M-897.1K2.9744.14N/AN/A1,5424,57467,15758,813
2014-10-22$40.08$38.0024.1%6.0%21.8%55.1%21.4%6.5%-1.6%4.2M-70.0M-904.2K1.4041.16N/AN/A2,4653,44767,97260,361
2014-10-23$39.90$38.0023.3%6.2%21.3%50.7%21.4%5.4%-1.9%4.3M-68.3M-900.2K2.1440.41N/AN/A1,5243,26868,91259,672
2014-10-24$39.94$38.0023.5%6.1%21.0%51.6%21.4%5.6%-2.0%4.3M-65.7M-894.7K2.3739.17N/AN/A1,4293,38869,12059,771
2014-10-27$40.42$38.0024.8%6.0%21.4%59.1%22.2%5.7%-2.6%4.7M-83.5M-888.5K1.5139.64N/AN/A3,6205,47269,32259,808
2014-10-28$41.02$38.0023.6%6.0%21.6%52.5%21.7%6.1%-2.2%5.2M-94.8M-935.7K2.5740.57N/AN/A1,4413,70771,02662,159
2014-10-29$41.02$38.0023.8%6.0%21.2%53.2%21.9%5.2%-1.6%5.2M-96.2M-928.0K3.1743.49N/AN/A1,3314,22171,24562,500
2014-10-30$41.50$38.0025.4%6.0%21.4%62.5%22.6%6.1%-3.4%5.6M-108.2M-915.2K1.9143.76N/AN/A2,2024,19671,31262,600
2014-10-31$41.45$38.0024.8%5.9%21.3%58.7%22.0%6.0%-3.0%5.9M-117.0M-904.5K1.4037.62N/AN/A3,2044,49573,03162,704