INTC Options History — May 2010

In May 2010, INTC traded between $20.67 and $23.26. ATM implied volatility averaged 33.4%, placing in the 28.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.5%. IV traded below realized volatility by 1.9% (HV 20d: 35.3%). Max pain ranged from $22.00 to $23.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 17 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.65.

Notable Days

  • 2010-05-04: Highest Volume — 210,716 contracts
  • 2010-05-10: Largest IV drop — 25.3% change
  • 2010-05-20: Highest IV Rank — 50.2%
  • 2010-05-20: Largest Expected Move — 12.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$21.76$20.67$23.26$23.26$21.42
Max Pain$22.35$22.00$23.00$23.00$22.00
ATM IV33.4%23.4%43.8%23.4%32.4%
Expected Move9.5%6.7%12.6%6.7%9.3%
HV 20d35.3%24.0%43.4%24.0%42.7%
HV 60d25.8%20.3%29.8%20.3%29.8%
IV Rank28.1%7.1%50.2%7.1%26.1%
IV Percentile65.9%9.9%93.3%9.9%67.9%
Term Structure0.8%-1.2%3.0%1.6%2.2%
VWIV34.3%24.3%45.7%24.3%32.2%
Skew 25d7.6%2.7%12.3%2.7%7.8%
Skew 10d16.1%4.6%28.4%4.6%17.5%
Call IV 25d30.9%22.8%39.7%22.8%28.8%
Put IV 25d38.4%25.5%51.9%25.5%36.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.752.085.433.824.18
Gamma HHI0.140.100.360.190.10
Net GEX9.7M-16.2M26.8M21.8M10.8M
Net DEX-369.0M-864.4M-10.0M-769.0M-362.0M
Net VEX-8.0M-8.2M-7.4M-7.4M-8.0M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.650.231.170.271.04
Total Volume125,475.6560,007210,71679,30160,007
Total OI2,005,007.151,840,7832,199,2721,840,7831,973,729

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-05-03$23.26$23.0023.4%6.7%24.0%7.1%24.3%2.7%1.6%21.8M-769.0M-7.4M0.273.8262,61116,6901,052,471788,312
2010-05-04$22.56$23.0027.2%7.8%26.4%15.1%30.6%3.2%0.4%13.5M-512.1M-7.6M0.292.78163,73146,9851,062,727795,895
2010-05-05$22.17$23.0028.9%8.3%27.1%18.7%29.2%3.4%0.6%11.7M-430.1M-7.9M0.512.0891,79846,5991,092,597817,223
2010-05-06$21.51$23.0032.6%9.3%29.1%26.4%33.7%3.4%-1.2%8.1M-241.5M-7.9M0.765.43108,42481,8741,118,328815,692
2010-05-07$21.31$23.0039.0%10.8%28.8%40.0%37.0%8.3%0.4%7.0M-200.1M-8.1M0.684.13117,39779,8551,152,236847,113
2010-05-10$22.55$22.0029.1%8.2%35.7%19.1%29.2%6.9%1.5%16.1M-593.1M-8.2M0.354.2082,82229,1421,152,244856,437
2010-05-11$22.28$22.0031.7%9.0%35.7%24.6%31.7%6.9%1.1%13.0M-485.9M-8.1M0.233.8977,09518,0521,161,398855,018
2010-05-12$23.09$22.0026.7%7.9%36.1%14.0%28.0%6.8%1.3%26.8M-864.4M-8.1M0.603.5870,60542,0391,185,628853,894
2010-05-13$22.50$23.0030.9%8.8%35.3%22.8%30.0%6.3%1.3%17.8M-600.2M-8.1M0.984.8640,31439,6581,193,790864,070
2010-05-14$21.89$23.0034.3%9.8%36.2%30.1%35.5%8.1%0.4%8.4M-342.4M-8.1M0.484.6396,01545,7911,199,464879,590
2010-05-17$22.02$22.0034.3%9.8%36.3%30.0%35.0%7.9%0.8%10.6M-410.8M-8.0M0.623.4245,58428,2451,226,306890,349
2010-05-18$21.43$22.0037.8%10.8%37.0%37.5%36.7%7.8%-0.1%4.9M-206.6M-8.0M0.403.3058,45623,5801,232,705895,774
2010-05-19$21.60$22.0036.5%10.5%37.2%34.8%38.6%9.1%0.7%6.6M-271.5M-8.2M1.113.7262,23168,8711,246,756893,266
2010-05-20$20.79$22.0043.8%12.6%38.7%50.2%45.7%12.1%-1.1%617.8K-19.8M-8.0M1.174.9678,41991,4901,248,845914,399
2010-05-21$20.91$22.0041.1%11.8%38.8%44.5%43.9%12.3%0.5%-16.2M-10.0M-8.1M0.993.2395,89694,9371,267,384931,888
2010-05-24$20.67$22.0038.5%11.0%38.8%38.9%40.3%11.3%0.6%6.0M-177.9M-7.9M0.743.0046,34534,4051,077,925809,147
2010-05-25$20.85$22.0035.7%10.2%38.9%33.0%37.8%11.1%1.8%6.9M-214.5M-7.8M0.503.8493,41146,7801,081,616808,982
2010-05-26$20.70$22.0035.1%10.1%38.9%31.7%35.6%8.1%0.8%6.9M-198.6M-7.8M0.682.6154,04336,5721,100,058816,936
2010-05-27$21.76$22.0027.9%8.0%43.4%16.6%29.9%8.1%3.0%13.4M-469.6M-7.9M0.543.2886,25546,4891,108,648831,303
2010-05-28$21.42$22.0032.4%9.3%42.7%26.1%32.2%7.8%2.2%10.8M-362.0M-8.0M1.044.1829,46030,5471,130,564843,165