CTL Options History — March 2017

In March 2017, CTL traded between $22.46 and $24.11. ATM implied volatility averaged 20.2%, placing in the 13.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.3% (HV 20d: 19.9%). Max pain ranged from $24.00 to $24.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 22 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.74.

Notable Days

  • 2017-03-01: Highest Volume — 14,665 contracts
  • 2017-03-14: Largest IV spike — 32.4% change
  • 2017-03-16: Highest IV Rank — 18.1%
  • 2017-03-16: Largest Expected Move — 6.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$23.18$22.46$24.11$24.11$23.61
Max Pain$24.00$24.00$24.00$24.00$24.00
ATM IV20.2%17.7%25.3%19.1%18.1%
Expected Move5.7%5.1%6.1%5.5%5.2%
HV 20d19.9%13.2%24.4%13.2%24.0%
HV 60d20.5%17.0%22.2%19.2%17.1%
IV Rank13.4%6.1%18.1%10.8%7.4%
IV Percentile4.2%0.4%11.9%0.8%0.8%
Term Structure3.9%-0.1%6.4%1.0%6.2%
VWIV20.0%17.9%21.3%20.1%18.6%
Skew 25d1.9%-2.4%4.5%0.9%0.7%
Skew 10d3.2%-11.1%13.6%11.2%2.4%
Call IV 25d19.7%16.5%21.5%20.7%19.0%
Put IV 25d21.6%19.1%23.5%21.6%19.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %17.9110.2970.3523.1411.68
Gamma HHI0.140.100.250.110.19
Net GEX978.4K-72.7K2.4M332.6K2.4M
Net DEX8.7M-13.6M34.7M3.3M-12.0M
Net VEX-615.6K-662.7K-552.8K-616.3K-649.7K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.740.271.460.270.43
Total Volume6,537.7833,61714,66514,6656,588
Total OI168,525.826151,145177,298151,145175,636

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-03-01$24.11$24.0019.1%5.5%13.2%10.8%20.1%0.9%1.0%332.6K3.3M-616.3K0.2723.14N/AN/A11,5903,07588,49262,653
2017-03-02$23.56$24.0019.9%5.7%14.4%13.5%20.1%-2.4%-0.1%347.8K4.9M-652.8K0.8515.83N/AN/A2,4862,11498,08563,138
2017-03-03$23.54$24.0019.0%5.5%14.3%10.5%20.6%4.5%0.5%424.4K2.6M-662.7K1.3411.84N/AN/A1,7702,367100,71363,255
2017-03-06$23.16$24.0021.5%6.0%14.6%16.8%20.6%1.5%3.3%3.5K18.5M-613.6K1.3715.04N/AN/A1,8562,542101,09163,760
2017-03-07$22.51$24.0020.6%5.9%16.5%16.1%21.3%1.0%3.5%-72.7K34.7M-575.2K0.7117.18N/AN/A3,8052,701101,41564,276
2017-03-08$22.46$24.0023.1%6.0%16.5%16.7%20.4%2.0%3.9%84.2K30.9M-578.4K0.5512.63N/AN/A5,4062,981102,38363,928
2017-03-09$22.76$24.0021.9%5.8%17.7%14.1%21.0%3.2%3.7%865.7K25.7M-594.0K0.6015.92N/AN/A3,4772,081106,87165,101
2017-03-10$23.11$24.0018.4%5.6%18.7%12.3%19.7%1.5%4.7%1.3M14.6M-604.1K0.3413.12N/AN/A5,0291,711108,25465,141
2017-03-13$23.42$24.0019.1%5.8%19.5%14.8%20.1%3.2%3.9%914.7K2.7M-639.3K0.5114.65N/AN/A3,6741,876109,24365,192
2017-03-14$23.29$24.0025.3%6.0%19.3%17.1%20.1%2.3%3.3%732.3K6.6M-632.5K0.3916.21N/AN/A5,0541,954109,18865,276
2017-03-15$23.74$24.0019.9%5.7%20.7%13.5%20.8%3.1%3.0%975.3K-13.6M-659.5K0.9521.54N/AN/A5,2054,949109,87364,852
2017-03-16$23.33$24.0021.3%6.1%21.5%18.1%20.5%2.4%2.8%614.5K1.4M-644.8K0.9370.35N/AN/A1,8731,744110,62466,422
2017-03-17$23.63$24.0018.5%5.3%22.0%8.8%18.5%1.4%4.6%1.8M-7.7M-641.7K0.8115.05N/AN/A3,0382,449110,83766,461
2017-03-20$23.67$24.0017.7%5.1%22.0%6.1%17.9%3.0%5.0%2.0M-11.0M-635.9K0.4910.29N/AN/A4,3832,161102,88057,683
2017-03-21$23.41$24.0021.2%6.1%21.2%17.6%20.5%2.8%4.6%2.0M-5.3M-633.8K1.4614.21N/AN/A1,9472,850105,67658,242
2017-03-22$22.82$24.0020.3%5.8%22.4%14.8%21.0%1.2%4.5%1.2M12.8M-604.2K0.3335.08N/AN/A8,3152,777105,95960,975
2017-03-23$22.63$24.0020.8%6.0%22.5%16.3%20.8%1.9%3.6%903.4K18.6M-585.3K1.1615.12N/AN/A1,7852,063104,52261,410
2017-03-24$22.76$24.0020.0%5.7%22.7%13.6%20.3%3.1%4.9%1.0M16.9M-578.5K1.3214.45N/AN/A2,1822,875104,89561,992
2017-03-27$22.64$24.0020.5%5.9%22.7%15.4%20.3%1.1%5.2%731.3K23.3M-569.7K0.4613.68N/AN/A4,3081,960104,99163,204
2017-03-28$22.52$24.0019.9%5.7%22.3%13.4%19.9%1.3%4.5%696.5K24.2M-552.8K0.4910.36N/AN/A4,3192,131106,69862,752
2017-03-29$23.08$24.0018.8%5.4%24.4%9.8%19.3%3.0%5.9%1.4M8.7M-602.6K1.0413.48N/AN/A2,8102,919107,02762,947
2017-03-30$23.36$24.0019.3%5.5%23.6%11.4%18.8%1.5%6.4%1.8M-1.3M-630.2K0.3410.98N/AN/A5,3661,823107,83364,248
2017-03-31$23.61$24.0018.1%5.2%24.0%7.4%18.6%0.7%6.2%2.4M-12.0M-649.7K0.4311.68N/AN/A4,5971,991111,16364,473