IMCG Options History — October 2023

In October 2023, IMCG traded between $53.18 and $58.17. ATM implied volatility averaged 21.7%, placing in the 20.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.9% (HV 20d: 16.8%). Max pain ranged from $54.00 to $63.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.00.

Notable Days

  • 2023-10-30: Highest Volume — 9 contracts
  • 2023-10-03: Largest IV spike — 29.2% change
  • 2023-10-26: Highest IV Rank — 29.4%
  • 2023-10-26: Largest Expected Move — 7.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$55.97$53.18$58.17$56.56$53.93
Max Pain$59.68$54.00$63.00$63.00$54.00
ATM IV21.7%16.1%26.1%16.1%22.9%
Expected Move6.1%4.6%7.5%4.6%6.6%
HV 20d16.8%12.1%19.4%12.1%18.9%
HV 60d14.1%13.0%15.3%13.0%15.2%
IV Rank20.8%9.6%29.4%9.6%23.1%
IV Percentile58.7%14.7%83.1%14.7%67.4%
Term Structure-1.3%-7.5%8.5%4.2%4.1%
VWIV18.8%15.8%21.8%15.8%21.8%
Skew 25d3.8%-1.8%9.4%-1.8%4.9%
Skew 10d2.2%-7.2%10.8%-0.4%2.2%
Call IV 25d19.6%13.8%27.4%18.9%26.0%
Put IV 25d23.4%17.1%30.8%17.1%30.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %133.32128.69138.08136.69134.46
Gamma HHI0.700.351.000.690.56
Net GEX1.9K983.9K3103.0K
Net DEX-12.1K-31.8K-315-1.7K-28.0K
Net VEX-17-101-1-8-101
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.000.000.000.000.00
Total Volume0.8640900
Total OI6.136113313

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2023-10-02$56.56$63.0016.1%4.6%12.1%9.6%0.0%-1.8%4.2%310-1.7K-80.00136.69N/AN/A0030
2023-10-03$55.68$63.0020.8%6.0%12.7%18.9%0.0%1.9%-4.7%305-1.5K-70.00132.77N/AN/A0030
2023-10-04$56.33$63.0021.2%6.1%13.8%19.7%0.0%6.3%8.5%213-1.2K-60.00134.79N/AN/A0030
2023-10-05$56.30$60.0025.2%5.3%13.9%27.7%0.0%5.9%-3.0%266-1.3K-60.00130.17N/AN/A1030
2023-10-06$57.19$60.0021.6%6.2%15.3%20.5%0.0%6.3%-0.6%859-6.0K-130.00130.23N/AN/A0040
2023-10-09$57.38$60.0024.1%5.7%15.3%25.4%0.0%5.2%-1.2%849-6.1K-90.00132.79N/AN/A6040
2023-10-10$58.02$60.0022.2%5.9%15.9%21.7%0.0%4.6%-4.3%3.7K-30.5K-320.00132.47N/AN/A00100
2023-10-11$58.17$60.0017.6%5.1%15.9%12.7%0.0%5.4%-1.9%3.7K-31.8K-300.00131.65N/AN/A00100
2023-10-12$57.33$60.0019.4%5.6%16.3%16.2%0.0%2.5%-1.0%3.6K-25.5K-310.00132.91N/AN/A00100
2023-10-13$56.74$60.0020.0%5.7%16.1%17.3%0.0%5.5%-1.3%3.9K-21.5K-280.00131.17N/AN/A00100
2023-10-16$57.69$60.0020.6%5.9%17.4%18.5%0.0%5.3%-3.4%3.9K-27.8K-220.00131.28N/AN/A00100
2023-10-17$57.89$60.0018.2%5.2%17.5%13.7%0.0%3.6%2.7%3.8K-29.0K-200.00133.89N/AN/A00100
2023-10-18$56.63$60.0019.4%5.6%19.0%16.2%0.0%9.4%-2.5%3.8K-20.3K-170.00128.69N/AN/A00100
2023-10-19$55.80$60.0021.6%6.2%18.2%20.6%0.0%7.6%-2.7%3.6K-14.2K-120.00134.89N/AN/A00100
2023-10-20$55.18$60.0019.8%5.7%18.6%17.0%0.0%2.6%1.9%3.3K-7.5K-40.00135.06N/AN/A00100
2023-10-23$54.95$60.0023.5%6.7%18.6%24.3%0.0%1.3%-2.3%155-608-30.00136.40N/AN/A0010
2023-10-24$55.20$60.0023.9%6.8%18.0%25.0%0.0%1.6%-3.7%170-712-30.00135.65N/AN/A0010
2023-10-25$53.97$60.0024.9%7.1%19.4%27.2%0.0%-0.3%-2.3%111-415-20.00138.08N/AN/A0010
2023-10-26$53.76$60.0026.1%7.5%18.8%29.4%15.8%2.2%-5.4%98-315-10.00132.32N/AN/A3010
2023-10-27$53.18$55.0025.4%7.3%19.0%28.1%0.0%0.9%-7.5%1.0K-5.0K-140.00132.70N/AN/A0040
2023-10-30$53.56$55.0024.2%6.9%19.2%25.7%21.8%2.1%-2.5%1.2K-5.2K-130.00133.94N/AN/A9040
2023-10-31$53.93$54.0022.9%6.6%18.9%23.1%0.0%4.9%4.1%3.0K-28.0K-1010.00134.46N/AN/A00130