CTL Options History — May 2018

In May 2018, CTL traded between $18.02 and $19.64. ATM implied volatility averaged 33.3%, placing in the 28.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.2% (HV 20d: 31.2%). Max pain ranged from $17.50 to $18.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.16.

Notable Days

  • 2018-05-08: Highest Volume — 53,862 contracts
  • 2018-05-17: Largest IV spike — 89.6% change
  • 2018-05-17: Highest IV Rank — 49.3%
  • 2018-05-08: Largest Expected Move — 23.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$18.74$18.02$19.64$18.45$18.22
Max Pain$17.95$17.50$18.00$17.50$18.00
ATM IV33.3%24.4%52.8%39.9%25.1%
Expected Move12.6%6.9%23.0%12.5%7.5%
HV 20d31.2%21.7%35.1%25.2%34.3%
HV 60d32.7%30.3%36.6%36.6%30.3%
IV Rank28.0%20.3%49.3%34.4%21.1%
IV Percentile35.8%11.1%96.0%62.7%11.5%
Term Structure-4.2%-49.2%25.0%-0.6%0.3%
VWIV31.6%8.2%96.7%44.8%46.1%
Skew 25d9.2%3.9%46.5%9.3%7.6%
Skew 10d16.6%-14.6%51.2%9.7%14.1%
Call IV 25d29.1%12.0%66.7%33.4%21.7%
Put IV 25d38.3%26.7%75.6%42.7%29.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %16.246.6835.1625.457.66
Gamma HHI0.340.140.560.250.49
Net GEX8.4M1.3M15.2M9.9M8.4M
Net DEX-163.8M-324.9M-1.1M-201.7M-1.1M
Net VEX-1.7M-15.9M-782.7K-1.1M-857.6K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.160.245.561.280.24
Total Volume23,865.45511,87853,86218,22441,523
Total OI560,453.136530,757580,343553,521572,682

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-05-01$18.45$17.5039.9%12.5%25.2%34.4%44.8%9.3%-0.6%9.9M-201.7M-1.1M1.2825.45N/AN/A7,98010,244296,197257,324
2018-05-02$18.45$17.5028.1%12.2%21.7%23.7%44.2%6.1%13.9%9.8M-218.1M-1.1M1.0835.16N/AN/A10,77411,589297,760259,145
2018-05-03$18.05$18.0042.8%22.7%23.4%37.4%55.4%6.5%-3.3%2.0M-173.5M-835.4K1.0016.70N/AN/A8,9668,984297,480260,655
2018-05-04$18.48$18.0038.3%20.8%24.3%32.7%9.2%5.2%0.7%5.7M-190.2M-791.1K1.0016.53N/AN/A10,28910,299299,626262,240
2018-05-07$18.43$18.0040.4%21.3%24.2%34.4%53.7%8.6%-36.2%8.1M-232.9M-1.2M1.1812.69N/AN/A6,7087,929296,806261,279
2018-05-08$18.11$18.0040.0%23.0%24.8%34.8%96.7%7.7%-35.8%1.3M-171.0M-782.7K5.5626.83N/AN/A8,20545,657298,926263,004
2018-05-09$18.02$18.0045.6%20.7%24.3%39.3%8.2%21.8%-49.2%2.0M-146.2M-15.9M1.2330.63N/AN/A13,24616,315301,421255,267
2018-05-10$19.42$18.0052.2%17.3%35.1%43.6%12.9%6.6%-22.7%10.3M-324.9M-1.1M0.4812.91N/AN/A30,25514,570307,171261,819
2018-05-11$19.64$18.0028.7%7.9%34.2%24.7%27.4%5.2%-3.2%10.1M-216.1M-1.0M0.4925.74N/AN/A17,9368,752312,482263,127
2018-05-14$19.26$18.0027.5%7.8%35.0%23.0%25.4%8.9%-0.1%9.6M-161.8M-1.0M0.7311.80N/AN/A10,9848,040309,124252,339
2018-05-15$19.34$18.0028.5%8.2%34.8%24.1%21.6%46.5%25.0%9.0M-279.8M-1.1M1.0011.33N/AN/A6,2506,261312,043254,721
2018-05-16$19.24$18.0027.9%8.0%34.9%23.5%27.3%8.9%1.5%9.4M-159.2M-971.4K1.099.43N/AN/A5,6966,182312,223255,179
2018-05-17$19.26$18.0052.8%16.3%34.4%49.3%15.0%5.2%22.4%15.2M-301.5M-1.0M0.8210.01N/AN/A7,8806,496313,316256,264
2018-05-18$19.33$18.0026.3%7.6%34.4%22.4%24.8%9.0%-0.2%9.4M-174.1M-998.9K0.7313.72N/AN/A9,5997,044312,164256,694
2018-05-21$19.24$18.0037.3%18.1%34.5%20.3%22.0%5.1%1.0%10.2M-307.8M-920.1K0.8613.53N/AN/A8,0046,882290,082240,675
2018-05-22$19.30$18.0024.4%6.9%34.5%20.4%23.0%5.7%-1.2%8.6M-140.9M-924.2K1.019.96N/AN/A10,63410,705295,218242,047
2018-05-23$18.97$18.0024.9%7.2%33.6%20.9%24.8%6.2%0.9%9.0M-106.6M-953.7K1.0826.65N/AN/A6,9347,509301,477245,729
2018-05-24$18.50$18.0025.8%7.4%34.8%21.8%25.0%5.4%-0.6%8.9M-54.9M-953.0K0.7911.37N/AN/A9,4177,421303,034246,857
2018-05-25$18.16$18.0025.3%7.3%34.7%21.9%28.5%3.9%-4.0%9.4M-20.4M-911.3K1.5010.42N/AN/A19,97729,889307,376248,345
2018-05-29$18.23$18.0026.4%8.3%34.4%22.1%28.3%7.7%-0.6%9.2M-9.6M-931.6K0.5112.12N/AN/A20,00510,177314,963265,380
2018-05-30$18.27$18.0025.4%7.6%34.3%21.3%30.0%6.3%-0.4%8.4M-10.9M-926.0K1.876.68N/AN/A4,4798,354304,615265,693
2018-05-31$18.22$18.0025.1%7.5%34.3%21.1%46.1%7.6%0.3%8.4M-1.1M-857.6K0.247.66N/AN/A33,5158,008305,159267,523