CTL Options History — December 2015

In December 2015, CTL traded between $24.34 and $27.13. ATM implied volatility averaged 28.2%, placing in the 37.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 1.5% (HV 20d: 29.7%). Max pain ranged from $28.00 to $30.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.70.

Notable Days

  • 2015-12-11: Highest Volume — 12,244 contracts
  • 2015-12-11: Largest IV spike — 23.4% change
  • 2015-12-14: Highest IV Rank — 60.1%
  • 2015-12-14: Largest Expected Move — 10.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$25.84$24.34$27.13$27.03$25.23
Max Pain$29.45$28.00$30.00$28.00$29.00
ATM IV28.2%23.1%35.5%24.1%27.8%
Expected Move8.1%6.9%10.2%6.9%8.0%
HV 20d29.7%24.7%33.7%26.3%32.6%
HV 60d27.8%25.7%29.8%26.1%28.3%
IV Rank37.6%24.7%60.1%24.7%34.8%
IV Percentile68.0%50.8%94.0%50.8%65.5%
Term Structure1.9%-1.1%3.5%0.2%3.5%
VWIV32.4%24.3%43.8%25.3%33.1%
Skew 25d7.0%3.9%9.5%6.2%7.5%
Skew 10d15.4%9.5%25.5%14.8%19.5%
Call IV 25d26.1%21.9%31.7%21.9%27.0%
Put IV 25d33.1%28.1%40.4%28.1%34.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %38.1018.9759.2223.7759.22
Gamma HHI0.140.110.170.110.17
Net GEX-1.6M-2.3M-597.0K-868.8K-2.3M
Net DEX99.1M76.7M115.4M84.4M110.6M
Net VEX-922.7K-972.4K-863.3K-932.1K-917.0K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.700.440.910.640.71
Total Volume6,592.7271,01612,2443,9296,391
Total OI201,067.364193,638206,784193,638203,646

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-12-01$27.03$28.0024.1%6.9%26.3%24.7%25.3%6.2%0.2%-868.8K84.4M-932.1K0.6423.77N/AN/A2,3941,53579,722113,916
2015-12-02$26.48$28.0025.6%7.3%26.9%29.4%28.3%3.9%1.4%-1.3M97.4M-968.9K0.8926.00N/AN/A5,5104,92280,986114,164
2015-12-03$26.49$30.0028.1%8.0%26.3%36.9%30.1%7.7%1.9%-1.2M95.0M-903.2K0.6622.59N/AN/A6,2034,06882,247114,936
2015-12-04$26.70$30.0023.1%7.0%24.7%26.0%24.3%5.4%3.3%-997.6K83.8M-936.0K0.5720.18N/AN/A4,9542,81383,148114,910
2015-12-07$27.13$30.0025.1%7.2%25.7%27.6%24.9%5.9%3.4%-597.0K76.7M-941.8K0.8122.84N/AN/A56145582,780114,664
2015-12-08$26.55$30.0024.5%7.3%26.2%29.2%35.7%4.9%2.2%-1.1M85.5M-922.6K0.7819.86N/AN/A3,9853,10483,432114,931
2015-12-09$26.35$30.0027.7%8.0%26.1%35.9%36.0%5.8%2.8%-1.2M88.2M-922.3K0.7320.72N/AN/A3,9402,85984,019115,233
2015-12-10$25.95$30.0027.2%7.8%26.1%34.3%38.9%6.4%2.7%-1.6M95.5M-909.0K0.6429.30N/AN/A4,0982,62284,767115,483
2015-12-11$24.91$30.0033.6%9.6%28.0%54.1%37.9%9.5%-0.8%-1.9M109.7M-865.9K0.9130.23N/AN/A6,4065,83885,075115,465
2015-12-14$24.34$30.0035.5%10.2%28.6%60.1%35.5%8.7%-1.1%-2.0M115.4M-863.3K0.5648.08N/AN/A4,5042,53086,124117,475
2015-12-15$25.34$30.0032.1%9.2%30.9%49.3%26.8%8.8%0.4%-2.0M112.8M-951.3K0.7351.72N/AN/A3,1812,31186,938117,889
2015-12-16$26.12$30.0028.9%8.3%33.3%39.4%40.2%6.8%2.5%-1.7M96.7M-964.4K0.5554.48N/AN/A4,1832,30187,205118,254
2015-12-17$25.44$30.0030.4%8.7%33.7%44.3%43.8%7.4%2.2%-1.8M100.2M-972.4K0.6655.14N/AN/A3,5222,32988,331118,453
2015-12-18$25.13$30.0031.1%8.9%33.7%46.2%36.6%8.4%0.7%-1.9M111.2M-930.9K0.8547.36N/AN/A3,3082,81888,319118,455
2015-12-21$25.14$29.0030.5%8.7%30.3%44.4%38.5%8.7%-0.0%-2.1M111.6M-911.3K0.7244.64N/AN/A3,2972,36183,101116,549
2015-12-22$25.15$29.0029.6%8.5%30.2%41.5%26.0%6.5%2.4%-2.0M108.7M-940.2K0.7441.70N/AN/A3,3132,44483,658116,616
2015-12-23$25.99$29.0026.4%7.6%32.9%31.7%24.6%7.2%2.7%-1.7M95.7M-894.7K0.7651.41N/AN/A4,4393,38684,092116,955
2015-12-24$25.87$29.0026.9%7.7%32.9%33.4%27.7%7.4%3.0%-1.8M97.4M-902.0K0.4447.37N/AN/A4,2711,87186,225117,420
2015-12-28$25.82$29.0027.6%7.9%32.8%35.4%29.9%7.1%2.6%-1.8M100.0M-944.0K0.5818.97N/AN/A3,0541,78384,633117,727
2015-12-29$25.85$29.0027.3%7.8%32.8%33.2%32.1%7.0%2.3%-1.9M96.6M-875.7K0.6149.38N/AN/A3,5172,13684,684117,736
2015-12-30$25.41$29.0027.9%8.0%33.2%35.1%36.7%6.9%2.5%-2.1M106.5M-930.6K0.8453.36N/AN/A3,0052,51884,905118,214
2015-12-31$25.23$29.0027.8%8.0%32.6%34.8%33.1%7.5%3.5%-2.3M110.6M-917.0K0.7159.22N/AN/A3,7352,65685,017118,629