CTL Options History — August 2015

In August 2015, CTL traded between $25.44 and $28.90. ATM implied volatility averaged 35.3%, placing in the 67.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 8.0% (HV 20d: 27.3%). Max pain ranged from $28.00 to $32.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 1 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.77.

Notable Days

  • 2015-08-05: Highest Volume — 35,953 contracts
  • 2015-08-24: Largest IV spike — 32.5% change
  • 2015-08-04: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2015-08-25: Largest Expected Move — 13.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$27.70$25.44$28.90$28.90$27.08
Max Pain$28.57$28.00$32.00$32.00$28.00
ATM IV35.3%28.3%48.4%31.6%34.4%
Expected Move10.0%7.7%13.9%9.1%9.9%
HV 20d27.3%23.7%32.6%24.1%32.2%
HV 60d24.2%21.9%27.1%22.4%27.0%
IV Rank67.3%41.3%100.0%96.9%58.4%
IV Percentile97.1%90.5%100.0%98.4%96.8%
Term Structure-3.2%-10.2%0.4%-4.5%-0.3%
VWIV38.3%29.6%51.8%30.8%34.8%
Skew 25d9.4%5.5%18.5%6.9%10.7%
Skew 10d20.5%12.3%36.9%16.3%27.3%
Call IV 25d30.9%24.2%43.7%28.7%31.3%
Put IV 25d40.3%32.6%61.3%35.5%41.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %41.3819.2379.5519.2372.01
Gamma HHI0.150.110.240.110.12
Net GEX-2.3M-4.7M-508.6K-508.6K-1.4M
Net DEX106.2M80.7M124.2M80.7M104.5M
Net VEX-888.4K-966.5K-778.6K-867.3K-837.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.770.4910.247.231.33
Total Volume10,425.813,15335,9534,8457,996
Total OI195,997.857166,012219,865166,012175,515

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-08-03$28.90$32.0031.6%9.1%24.1%96.9%30.8%6.9%-4.5%-508.6K80.7M-867.3K7.2319.23N/AN/A5894,25686,62179,391
2015-08-04$28.42$32.0040.4%11.6%23.9%100.0%44.6%8.0%-8.4%-559.7K84.1M-870.5K10.2421.44N/AN/A2,63326,95586,93979,622
2015-08-05$28.55$32.0044.1%12.6%23.7%100.0%51.8%9.9%-10.2%-1.6M89.3M-936.5K5.4833.39N/AN/A5,54530,40887,57298,691
2015-08-06$28.05$28.0033.0%8.5%24.3%50.7%34.0%8.5%-0.7%-4.4M121.9M-914.4K1.1227.98N/AN/A6,8627,70890,656120,261
2015-08-07$27.67$28.0032.9%8.3%24.3%48.4%30.5%8.1%-0.7%-4.7M124.2M-928.2K1.8926.96N/AN/A2,7325,16391,181122,225
2015-08-10$28.75$28.0028.3%7.7%28.3%41.3%30.1%8.7%-0.2%-2.7M93.4M-936.8K7.6622.07N/AN/A2,84921,83091,856123,423
2015-08-11$28.24$28.0033.2%8.4%28.8%49.4%29.6%6.9%-0.7%-4.0M111.9M-960.4K0.8925.22N/AN/A1,6711,48292,336127,529
2015-08-12$28.50$28.0030.3%8.7%29.0%53.1%34.5%6.7%-1.8%-2.8M108.3M-966.5K2.0629.35N/AN/A2,3434,83393,244117,931
2015-08-13$27.98$28.0029.8%8.6%27.0%51.5%35.0%6.9%-1.5%-3.7M114.2M-932.2K1.3229.78N/AN/A2,8013,71193,495117,980
2015-08-14$28.27$28.0029.4%8.4%26.8%50.1%38.4%7.3%-1.2%-3.0M105.1M-927.6K1.6139.15N/AN/A2,4153,88593,673117,973
2015-08-17$28.40$28.0029.6%8.5%26.7%50.8%30.6%7.5%-1.6%-2.3M100.0M-914.0K1.4135.56N/AN/A3,1154,38693,809117,597
2015-08-18$28.13$28.0029.7%8.5%25.3%50.9%40.6%5.5%-2.5%-2.6M102.2M-882.0K2.2735.15N/AN/A1,9034,31394,387117,777
2015-08-19$28.37$28.0029.5%8.4%25.0%50.2%31.8%6.8%-0.5%-1.9M98.5M-913.1K6.6339.22N/AN/A6384,23394,393117,674
2015-08-20$27.73$28.0031.5%9.0%26.0%57.0%42.4%6.2%-1.3%-3.6M112.6M-896.7K1.6035.96N/AN/A2,1473,43994,670121,469
2015-08-21$27.16$28.0035.8%10.3%24.6%71.9%37.4%8.8%-3.0%-1.5M119.5M-876.8K1.7871.78N/AN/A2,2513,99694,774121,685
2015-08-24$26.09$28.0047.5%13.6%28.1%100.0%48.3%18.5%-6.5%-1.4M112.2M-817.5K0.5779.55N/AN/A5,6823,22981,40487,197
2015-08-25$25.44$28.0048.4%13.9%28.9%100.0%46.5%12.7%-10.2%-1.5M118.5M-778.6K0.4956.34N/AN/A5,9982,94782,29687,985
2015-08-26$26.34$28.0047.0%13.5%32.2%95.7%42.7%13.0%-8.5%-1.3M114.0M-823.4K0.8063.21N/AN/A4,3473,46684,95087,937
2015-08-27$26.65$28.0039.8%11.4%32.6%74.3%47.9%14.1%-2.9%-1.4M111.2M-828.9K0.9254.87N/AN/A3,7593,44785,28388,295
2015-08-28$26.98$28.0036.0%10.3%32.4%63.2%42.2%15.8%0.4%-1.3M104.5M-848.7K0.7750.80N/AN/A3,9333,04685,77588,484
2015-08-31$27.08$28.0034.4%9.9%32.2%58.4%34.8%10.7%-0.3%-1.4M104.5M-837.3K1.3372.01N/AN/A3,4374,55986,98588,530