INTC Options History — February 2010

In February 2010, INTC traded between $19.02 and $20.87. ATM implied volatility averaged 25.5%, placing in the 8.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.5%. IV traded below realized volatility by 5.0% (HV 20d: 30.5%). Max pain ranged from $20.00 to $20.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.64.

Notable Days

  • 2010-02-02: Highest Volume — 194,092 contracts
  • 2010-02-04: Largest IV spike — 17.9% change
  • 2010-02-08: Highest IV Rank — 17.5%
  • 2010-02-05: Largest Expected Move — 9.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$20.16$19.02$20.87$19.61$20.53
Max Pain$20.00$20.00$20.00$20.00$20.00
ATM IV25.5%21.9%29.8%27.4%21.9%
Expected Move7.5%6.3%9.2%7.8%6.3%
HV 20d30.5%25.5%33.7%30.8%25.5%
HV 60d26.4%25.5%27.1%25.9%26.0%
IV Rank8.1%0.3%17.5%12.2%0.3%
IV Percentile11.2%0.4%33.3%19.8%0.4%
Term Structure2.7%1.0%3.9%1.0%3.8%
VWIV27.1%23.1%32.2%28.0%23.1%
Skew 25d3.7%1.1%4.9%1.7%3.4%
Skew 10d8.5%3.8%11.6%4.2%8.7%
Call IV 25d25.3%21.8%29.8%27.8%21.8%
Put IV 25d29.1%25.0%34.7%29.4%25.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.552.479.562.709.56
Gamma HHI0.200.130.350.150.20
Net GEX18.3M3.5M44.1M6.7M22.7M
Net DEX-352.3M-682.8M78.7M-69.0M-470.1M
Net VEX-6.4M-6.7M-6.1M-6.3M-6.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.640.131.160.510.80
Total Volume90,928.73733,573194,09275,79633,573
Total OI1,820,446.2111,582,2821,965,7201,763,6291,681,036

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-02-01$19.61$20.0027.4%7.8%30.8%12.2%28.0%1.7%1.0%6.7M-69.0M-6.3M0.512.7050,34525,4511,040,413723,216
2010-02-02$19.91$20.0024.9%7.1%30.0%6.9%31.6%1.1%2.2%10.1M-180.7M-6.3M0.133.42171,64522,4471,060,717732,233
2010-02-03$19.68$20.0024.0%6.9%30.2%4.9%25.2%1.8%3.0%8.1M-131.6M-6.2M0.663.3233,19421,9341,063,807738,094
2010-02-04$19.02$20.0028.3%8.1%32.2%14.3%28.8%3.2%2.3%3.5M78.7M-6.1M0.623.7779,86049,5631,075,309748,311
2010-02-05$19.47$20.0028.8%9.2%33.6%15.4%32.2%4.7%2.0%6.7M-93.2M-6.5M0.583.0388,37951,5521,095,602763,990
2010-02-08$19.35$20.0029.8%9.1%33.2%17.5%31.7%4.9%1.9%5.3M-38.2M-6.3M0.543.0842,94923,0251,100,367765,525
2010-02-09$19.65$20.0026.5%8.3%33.7%10.4%30.6%4.8%2.2%8.0M-151.3M-6.4M0.694.3347,34232,6081,110,156770,301
2010-02-10$19.69$20.0025.6%8.2%33.4%8.3%29.2%4.8%2.5%8.3M-166.0M-6.5M0.282.5553,09114,6181,116,271787,580
2010-02-11$20.06$20.0027.5%7.9%33.5%12.5%27.2%4.5%2.5%14.0M-340.6M-6.6M0.453.2468,07030,5951,130,965791,382
2010-02-12$20.43$20.0028.1%8.1%32.9%13.9%27.3%3.9%2.4%21.2M-514.7M-6.7M0.393.3286,66033,4021,151,739793,277
2010-02-16$20.72$20.0026.0%7.4%31.5%9.2%27.4%4.4%2.4%28.0M-652.3M-6.5M0.502.9573,23336,4191,156,860803,438
2010-02-17$20.66$20.0025.2%7.2%31.2%7.5%27.3%4.5%2.9%30.0M-619.2M-6.4M1.163.4244,43151,4851,154,916794,650
2010-02-18$20.84$20.0024.1%6.9%31.3%5.0%24.8%4.6%2.9%44.1M-682.8M-6.4M0.743.1144,26332,7201,155,247800,728
2010-02-19$20.82$20.0023.1%6.6%31.1%2.8%24.8%4.5%3.6%39.5M-626.8M-6.4M0.643.1648,99431,3731,155,328810,392
2010-02-22$20.87$20.0022.5%6.5%26.0%1.7%23.5%3.0%3.5%23.8M-577.2M-6.2M0.473.3852,88024,735916,646665,636
2010-02-23$20.39$20.0025.6%7.3%26.6%8.4%25.2%3.6%2.9%19.7M-422.2M-6.3M1.103.8345,56850,184939,347675,636
2010-02-24$20.70$20.0022.5%6.5%26.4%1.6%23.7%3.9%3.5%24.3M-524.4M-6.3M0.742.8346,73434,656952,024691,021
2010-02-25$20.63$20.0022.3%6.4%26.2%1.1%23.7%3.4%3.9%23.8M-511.5M-6.4M1.092.4723,72925,939966,046710,272
2010-02-26$20.53$20.0021.9%6.3%25.5%0.3%23.1%3.4%3.8%22.7M-470.1M-6.4M0.809.5618,61114,962968,016713,020