INTC Options History — March 2008

In March 2008, INTC traded between $19.87 and $22.27. ATM implied volatility averaged 38.3%, placing in the 53.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.1% (HV 20d: 33.2%). Max pain ranged from $20.00 to $22.50. Net GEX was positive for 15 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.89.

Notable Days

  • 2008-03-04: Highest Volume — 145,347 contracts
  • 2008-03-13: Largest IV spike — 28.6% change
  • 2008-03-31: Highest IV Rank — 72.4%
  • 2008-03-31: Largest Expected Move — 13.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$20.96$19.87$22.27$20.01$21.18
Max Pain$21.02$20.00$22.50$20.00$21.00
ATM IV38.3%31.5%45.6%34.6%45.6%
Expected Move11.5%9.0%13.1%9.9%13.1%
HV 20d33.2%27.4%37.8%33.9%36.9%
HV 60d49.6%48.1%51.1%49.3%50.4%
IV Rank53.6%32.8%72.4%47.0%72.4%
IV Percentile87.3%67.9%98.0%83.7%98.0%
Term Structure-1.0%-6.3%7.9%5.8%-6.3%
VWIV40.0%31.7%46.1%34.7%45.3%
Skew 25d5.1%3.1%6.7%3.4%6.6%
Skew 10d9.8%5.6%14.4%5.9%11.4%
Call IV 25d37.9%29.7%42.3%33.5%42.3%
Put IV 25d43.0%33.9%48.9%36.9%48.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.292.164.642.162.64
Gamma HHI0.130.110.140.130.14
Net GEX1.6M-2.3M5.7M-188.1K1.7M
Net DEX-101.7M-422.5M177.8M143.2M-67.1M
Net VEX-10.6M-11.2M-9.9M-9.9M-10.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.890.261.541.010.91
Total Volume72,736.831,021145,34741,91658,275
Total OI2,220,245.62,120,8452,369,6522,134,5322,205,100

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-03-03$20.01$20.0034.6%9.9%33.9%47.0%34.7%3.4%5.8%-188.1K143.2M-9.9M1.012.1620,82121,0951,176,660957,872
2008-03-04$20.00$20.0033.2%9.5%32.8%43.3%33.2%3.5%6.8%-843.3K154.8M-9.9M1.282.6063,84881,4991,178,922962,531
2008-03-05$20.20$20.0031.5%9.0%27.4%38.8%31.7%4.1%7.5%461.3K114.7M-9.9M0.262.2755,13214,1711,194,354978,569
2008-03-06$19.87$20.0032.0%9.2%27.8%40.2%32.1%3.1%7.9%438.5K177.8M-9.9M0.502.5520,69110,3301,209,588974,303
2008-03-07$20.07$21.0031.5%11.6%27.9%38.8%40.0%4.7%-1.8%602.0K142.2M-9.9M0.494.0251,11525,2821,204,056976,067
2008-03-10$20.12$21.0035.7%12.2%27.7%49.7%42.3%5.0%-2.5%1.2M92.5M-9.9M1.043.7539,87341,3991,212,350975,570
2008-03-11$21.20$21.0031.6%11.4%32.7%32.8%38.9%5.0%-1.9%2.8M-211.1M-10.5M0.993.4570,20169,3381,215,463996,239
2008-03-12$21.12$21.0031.6%11.6%32.6%32.9%39.4%4.7%-2.2%1.2M-182.8M-10.7M0.463.5538,04117,3791,234,1081,024,146
2008-03-13$21.28$21.0040.7%11.7%32.3%58.4%39.7%5.0%-2.1%1.7M-224.6M-10.8M0.622.9348,14530,0881,239,8211,025,935
2008-03-14$20.66$21.0042.8%12.3%31.4%64.3%43.1%5.8%-2.6%-598.1K-32.7M-10.6M1.544.6445,81570,7041,246,5151,032,612
2008-03-17$20.85$21.0044.4%12.7%30.8%68.8%46.1%6.0%-4.3%-455.7K-97.1M-10.9M0.813.0045,76937,0021,272,3061,053,088
2008-03-18$21.75$21.0042.6%12.2%34.0%63.8%41.5%6.7%-4.1%5.6M-422.5M-11.2M0.874.1460,50452,5391,289,0511,048,761
2008-03-19$21.09$21.0042.8%12.3%36.0%64.5%42.7%5.6%-3.2%-2.3M-197.5M-11.0M0.843.6127,06822,6491,294,9371,074,715
2008-03-20$21.75$21.0041.5%11.9%37.4%60.7%41.1%5.6%-2.3%3.5M-422.0M-11.1M0.463.2745,80321,1961,288,7871,058,331
2008-03-24$22.13$21.0038.8%11.1%36.2%53.3%39.9%6.0%-1.2%5.7M-362.7M-11.0M1.373.2429,46740,3341,175,333945,512
2008-03-25$22.27$21.0039.2%11.2%36.2%54.2%40.2%5.6%-1.9%5.5M-369.8M-11.1M1.093.5229,67432,2571,182,617955,004
2008-03-26$21.86$22.5040.0%11.5%35.2%56.6%41.0%5.9%-2.6%4.0M-258.7M-11.1M1.263.8217,42421,9491,195,708975,091
2008-03-27$21.09$22.5043.5%12.5%37.7%66.4%43.9%5.6%-4.1%1.5M-54.9M-10.7M0.803.9925,99720,8321,197,498982,310
2008-03-28$20.79$22.5043.1%12.3%37.8%65.2%42.8%4.9%-4.1%465.0K43.8M-10.5M1.142.5814,51016,5201,205,964989,118
2008-03-31$21.18$21.0045.6%13.1%36.9%72.4%45.3%6.6%-6.3%1.7M-67.1M-10.6M0.912.6430,54327,7321,212,420992,680