INTC Options History — March 2010

In March 2010, INTC traded between $20.52 and $22.67. ATM implied volatility averaged 25.2%, placing in the 10.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.7% (HV 20d: 19.6%). Max pain ranged from $20.00 to $20.00. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.65.

Notable Days

  • 2010-03-16: Highest Volume — 247,665 contracts
  • 2010-03-11: Largest IV spike — 28.7% change
  • 2010-03-31: Highest IV Rank — 18.4%
  • 2010-03-31: Largest Expected Move — 8.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$21.62$20.52$22.67$20.87$22.29
Max Pain$20.00$20.00$20.00$20.00$20.00
ATM IV25.2%20.1%28.8%22.3%28.8%
Expected Move7.5%6.2%8.2%6.4%8.2%
HV 20d19.6%15.6%23.9%23.7%18.0%
HV 60d25.1%24.4%25.9%25.8%24.4%
IV Rank10.3%0.0%18.4%1.1%18.4%
IV Percentile18.2%0.0%40.5%0.8%40.5%
Term Structure-0.6%-2.9%4.4%3.5%-2.9%
VWIV27.0%22.6%29.6%23.7%29.0%
Skew 25d3.6%2.1%4.8%3.4%2.7%
Skew 10d8.6%4.5%11.3%8.9%8.0%
Call IV 25d25.2%21.7%28.1%22.2%28.1%
Put IV 25d28.9%24.6%30.8%25.6%30.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.382.005.724.572.40
Gamma HHI0.260.160.730.210.19
Net GEX35.8M22.9M134.4M28.5M23.5M
Net DEX-828.9M-1.28B-455.5M-601.8M-864.1M
Net VEX-6.4M-6.6M-6.1M-6.3M-6.3M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.650.201.560.480.46
Total Volume86,686.21740,209247,66566,29541,759
Total OI1,817,394.0871,687,2102,012,3471,687,2101,813,575

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-03-01$20.87$20.0022.3%6.4%23.7%1.1%23.7%3.4%3.5%28.5M-601.8M-6.3M0.484.5744,82121,474972,176715,034
2010-03-02$20.70$20.0023.0%6.6%23.9%2.8%24.0%3.3%3.2%26.7M-537.3M-6.4M0.514.4342,00621,264991,380718,580
2010-03-03$20.52$20.0021.8%6.2%23.8%0.0%22.6%2.9%4.2%24.5M-468.8M-6.3M0.523.6434,79718,121994,101725,962
2010-03-04$20.53$20.0021.5%6.2%23.3%0.0%23.4%2.9%4.4%23.4M-455.5M-6.3M0.455.7241,13818,3381,000,016732,026
2010-03-05$20.79$20.0020.1%7.3%19.2%0.0%26.4%4.6%0.0%29.9M-584.5M-6.2M0.633.0655,21334,7601,014,050736,679
2010-03-08$20.77$20.0021.6%7.5%17.9%3.2%27.0%4.3%-0.6%28.8M-568.3M-6.2M0.353.6438,91313,7691,030,612756,046
2010-03-09$20.94$20.0021.3%7.7%17.6%2.5%27.6%4.5%-1.4%32.6M-655.9M-6.3M0.945.0371,51067,5451,047,768760,462
2010-03-10$21.19$20.0021.4%7.8%17.4%2.7%28.2%4.8%-1.7%34.5M-748.8M-6.4M0.724.4050,73336,2981,057,447798,332
2010-03-11$21.25$20.0027.5%7.9%17.4%15.7%26.7%4.6%-1.2%34.2M-747.6M-6.6M0.502.9841,53720,9411,071,335825,244
2010-03-12$21.27$20.0027.0%7.7%16.5%14.7%27.0%4.2%-1.3%36.0M-779.4M-6.6M0.502.5831,89316,0611,085,624833,943
2010-03-15$21.17$20.0027.2%7.8%15.6%14.9%27.9%4.5%-1.7%41.1M-745.6M-6.5M0.524.1026,39413,8151,085,624833,943
2010-03-16$22.01$20.0026.5%7.6%20.1%13.5%27.6%4.2%-1.8%46.2M-1.15B-6.5M0.203.75206,58741,0781,095,316846,728
2010-03-17$22.24$20.0027.1%7.8%20.1%14.9%28.4%3.7%-1.8%49.5M-1.28B-6.5M0.722.9980,73457,7401,124,547858,496
2010-03-18$22.20$20.0025.8%7.4%20.1%12.2%27.2%3.4%-0.8%59.7M-1.24B-6.5M0.664.2556,95137,8521,124,617881,746
2010-03-19$21.99$20.0026.6%7.6%20.6%13.7%27.2%3.3%-1.2%134.4M-1.10B-6.5M0.423.21104,95443,6951,117,828894,519
2010-03-22$22.24$20.0025.4%7.3%20.8%11.3%26.2%3.5%-0.9%24.6M-901.9M-6.1M0.922.9735,96433,162928,982761,222
2010-03-23$22.67$20.0025.3%7.3%19.0%11.1%26.9%3.6%-2.1%25.1M-1.05B-6.2M0.482.3985,81041,340938,792771,198
2010-03-24$22.43$20.0028.3%8.1%19.4%17.3%29.6%3.7%-2.2%23.8M-953.5M-6.3M1.152.6658,98167,875956,058786,445
2010-03-25$22.35$20.0028.1%8.1%19.4%17.0%28.0%3.1%-2.0%22.9M-929.1M-6.4M0.382.2740,59515,339966,217817,815
2010-03-26$22.24$20.0027.7%7.9%19.4%16.0%29.2%2.1%-1.5%23.6M-897.8M-6.3M1.562.5430,08246,810966,758800,163
2010-03-29$22.33$20.0027.9%8.0%18.9%16.4%29.6%3.2%-2.2%24.9M-897.3M-6.3M0.832.0024,84820,666972,198801,917
2010-03-30$22.34$20.0028.7%8.2%18.4%18.2%28.7%3.4%-2.6%24.8M-905.6M-6.2M0.962.1730,43029,190979,472809,071
2010-03-31$22.29$20.0028.8%8.2%18.0%18.4%29.0%2.7%-2.9%23.5M-864.1M-6.3M0.462.4028,60313,156986,786826,789