CTL Options History — May 2017

In May 2017, CTL traded between $23.59 and $25.94. ATM implied volatility averaged 23.4%, placing in the 25.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.8%. IV traded below realized volatility by 8.3% (HV 20d: 31.8%). Max pain ranged from $24.00 to $25.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.77.

Notable Days

  • 2017-05-04: Highest Volume — 45,148 contracts
  • 2017-05-04: Largest IV drop — 26.5% change
  • 2017-05-03: Highest IV Rank — 58.7%
  • 2017-05-03: Largest Expected Move — 9.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$24.85$23.59$25.94$25.45$25.02
Max Pain$24.09$24.00$25.00$24.00$24.00
ATM IV23.4%20.3%33.8%29.5%20.3%
Expected Move6.8%5.8%9.7%8.5%5.8%
HV 20d31.8%11.9%35.8%11.9%34.7%
HV 60d24.4%17.9%25.9%17.9%25.2%
IV Rank25.4%14.6%58.7%44.9%14.6%
IV Percentile35.4%8.3%94.8%84.5%8.3%
Term Structure-0.7%-5.8%1.5%-4.6%1.4%
VWIV24.8%19.6%37.3%28.0%31.4%
Skew 25d4.1%1.3%8.6%1.3%8.6%
Skew 10d7.4%-0.4%14.8%10.6%13.0%
Call IV 25d21.3%15.7%31.0%27.6%15.7%
Put IV 25d25.4%21.4%36.8%28.9%24.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %18.998.2736.8817.6513.29
Gamma HHI0.140.130.150.150.15
Net GEX6.1M1.9M7.7M5.3M7.7M
Net DEX-80.5M-121.3M570.9K-95.1M-92.1M
Net VEX-932.0K-1.0M-787.5K-787.5K-915.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.770.072.100.220.07
Total Volume12,254.5913,69445,14814,24023,610
Total OI251,769.545188,395278,188188,395251,088

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-05-01$25.45$24.0029.5%8.5%11.9%44.9%28.0%1.3%-4.6%5.3M-95.1M-787.5K0.2217.65N/AN/A11,6532,587127,73360,662
2017-05-02$25.94$24.0029.0%8.3%13.0%43.0%29.0%3.0%-5.8%5.9M-121.3M-787.5K0.1821.84N/AN/A10,7371,937136,41061,465
2017-05-03$25.49$25.0033.8%9.7%14.8%58.7%37.3%5.8%-5.8%5.0M-95.1M-888.2K2.1029.53N/AN/A5,66511,920145,93570,962
2017-05-04$23.76$25.0024.8%7.3%29.8%31.6%25.6%5.2%-1.2%1.9M570.9K-807.7K0.7032.18N/AN/A26,62518,523150,64481,296
2017-05-05$23.59$24.0024.0%7.4%29.4%32.8%25.3%2.3%-1.9%2.9M-828.0K-851.4K1.3836.88N/AN/A7,32810,086167,65880,800
2017-05-08$24.75$24.0024.8%7.2%34.3%30.9%26.3%4.3%0.3%5.7M-87.0M-999.4K0.3134.88N/AN/A27,6088,636173,29485,555
2017-05-09$25.00$24.0024.2%6.9%34.3%27.4%23.7%4.7%-1.4%7.2M-105.4M-1.0M0.4618.94N/AN/A13,7516,287179,30785,553
2017-05-10$25.15$24.0022.4%6.4%34.3%21.6%24.1%4.0%-0.9%7.5M-108.3M-1.0M1.7117.45N/AN/A3,1565,397178,93288,640
2017-05-11$24.48$24.0023.5%6.8%35.6%25.3%24.1%3.6%-1.7%5.6M-65.0M-967.5K1.1120.65N/AN/A2,3832,644180,49189,757
2017-05-12$24.62$24.0022.4%6.4%35.6%21.6%23.8%3.6%1.3%6.0M-71.6M-995.5K0.4919.03N/AN/A4,9112,418186,47090,166
2017-05-15$24.78$24.0022.9%6.6%35.7%23.3%23.7%3.0%0.4%6.4M-82.9M-991.0K1.0017.06N/AN/A2,2502,253186,28290,580
2017-05-16$24.81$24.0022.5%6.5%35.6%22.0%24.5%5.1%0.8%6.4M-83.4M-981.5K0.7219.67N/AN/A2,7131,954186,84490,807
2017-05-17$24.58$24.0022.4%6.4%35.6%21.7%25.4%4.6%0.8%5.6M-68.2M-977.2K1.5920.33N/AN/A2,0373,246186,57290,863
2017-05-18$24.57$24.0022.0%6.3%35.4%20.4%22.3%3.7%1.4%5.7M-64.2M-957.2K0.8118.38N/AN/A2,0461,648187,34990,520
2017-05-19$24.92$24.0020.8%6.0%35.8%16.4%20.8%4.4%1.5%7.3M-94.5M-961.8K1.3215.06N/AN/A3,1444,145187,61090,578
2017-05-22$24.99$24.0020.9%6.0%35.8%16.6%19.6%3.0%0.5%6.6M-88.9M-939.2K0.3913.01N/AN/A5,4692,120167,61173,507
2017-05-23$25.20$24.0022.5%6.5%35.3%21.9%22.0%2.5%-2.3%7.3M-103.6M-957.2K0.3114.80N/AN/A5,5751,751170,30273,987
2017-05-24$24.88$24.0020.6%5.9%35.5%15.6%21.8%4.6%0.9%7.1M-85.1M-933.8K0.9411.60N/AN/A3,0072,826172,85473,693
2017-05-25$24.96$24.0020.9%6.0%35.5%16.7%21.4%2.8%0.3%7.1M-86.0M-933.2K0.508.92N/AN/A2,9731,495173,13374,647
2017-05-26$24.85$24.0020.6%5.9%35.4%15.9%21.5%5.6%-0.3%7.2M-82.5M-913.8K0.318.39N/AN/A3,8921,192173,46674,451
2017-05-30$25.00$24.0021.0%6.0%35.5%16.9%23.1%4.9%0.8%7.5M-91.5M-921.8K0.348.27N/AN/A4,4771,526175,89974,557
2017-05-31$25.02$24.0020.3%5.8%34.7%14.6%31.4%8.6%1.4%7.7M-92.1M-915.4K0.0713.29N/AN/A22,0641,546176,48874,600