INTC Options History — December 2017

In December 2017, INTC traded between $43.10 and $47.50. ATM implied volatility averaged 20.5%, placing in the 52.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.2% (HV 20d: 19.3%). Max pain ranged from $41.00 to $45.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.79.

Notable Days

  • 2017-12-18: Highest Volume — 205,749 contracts
  • 2017-12-26: Largest IV spike — 15.7% change
  • 2017-12-26: Highest IV Rank — 92.3%
  • 2017-12-05: Largest Expected Move — 5.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$44.96$43.10$47.50$44.67$46.24
Max Pain$43.00$41.00$45.00$45.00$45.00
ATM IV20.5%18.2%25.6%18.8%25.0%
Expected Move5.6%5.1%5.9%5.7%5.2%
HV 20d19.3%15.0%23.7%16.0%22.1%
HV 60d22.3%20.7%23.8%20.8%23.3%
IV Rank52.7%34.9%92.3%39.2%87.5%
IV Percentile70.9%52.8%98.8%57.5%96.8%
Term Structure1.6%-0.6%6.5%-0.2%0.2%
VWIV19.6%18.0%21.1%20.4%18.4%
Skew 25d1.1%-0.2%2.3%1.1%1.5%
Skew 10d2.1%-1.4%4.6%2.9%2.8%
Call IV 25d20.3%17.8%26.0%18.7%24.3%
Put IV 25d21.4%19.1%27.8%19.8%25.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %9.215.3514.8013.4711.73
Gamma HHI0.110.080.290.110.10
Net GEX50.8M-13.2M92.9M58.8M67.5M
Net DEX-1.62B-2.97B-697.5M-1.37B-2.11B
Net VEX-9.8M-10.3M-9.4M-9.7M-10.0M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.790.311.700.770.66
Total Volume103,950.745,045205,74985,02945,045
Total OI1,848,903.41,698,4611,958,0761,776,4591,915,016

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-12-01$44.67$45.0018.8%5.7%16.0%39.2%20.4%1.1%-0.2%58.8M-1.37B-9.7M0.7713.4747,96237,067921,369855,090
2017-12-04$44.56$41.0019.7%5.9%15.0%46.6%21.1%1.9%0.9%57.3M-1.35B-9.9M0.776.1838,11229,532926,646844,541
2017-12-05$43.48$42.0019.2%5.9%16.4%42.8%20.5%1.4%1.4%35.7M-877.4M-9.5M0.618.8550,96030,850937,032852,146
2017-12-06$43.41$42.0018.6%5.7%16.3%38.4%19.5%1.6%1.0%35.9M-842.4M-9.4M1.425.5339,71056,453950,463862,256
2017-12-07$43.10$42.0018.4%5.5%16.3%36.3%19.7%1.3%0.1%29.7M-697.5M-9.4M1.055.8249,94852,614961,515874,228
2017-12-08$43.34$42.0020.1%5.8%16.6%49.5%20.3%0.9%0.0%38.0M-838.2M-9.5M0.326.8373,78123,430976,697878,170
2017-12-11$43.60$42.0019.4%5.6%16.2%43.8%19.8%2.3%0.9%50.9M-1.01B-9.5M0.515.3541,77121,332998,910873,102
2017-12-12$43.35$42.0019.3%5.6%16.1%43.3%19.5%1.4%0.2%46.9M-910.2M-9.4M0.646.1538,39224,4641,011,723881,590
2017-12-13$43.36$42.0018.2%5.3%16.0%34.9%18.7%0.9%0.2%46.9M-902.3M-9.4M0.5911.5135,31520,9521,020,030880,090
2017-12-14$43.27$42.0019.4%5.4%15.7%43.9%19.0%0.6%-0.6%48.2M-896.8M-9.4M0.536.4454,27628,9511,037,383885,219
2017-12-15$44.54$42.0018.5%5.4%19.0%37.6%19.1%1.6%0.4%73.3M-1.56B-9.7M0.3210.14133,33042,8861,060,059898,017
2017-12-18$46.23$43.0019.7%5.6%21.9%46.3%19.9%-0.2%4.6%88.4M-2.31B-10.1M0.3112.11157,42548,324934,492763,969
2017-12-19$46.88$42.0018.5%5.3%22.3%37.6%18.9%0.3%5.8%92.9M-2.64B-9.9M0.398.52127,04049,952966,225772,526
2017-12-20$47.50$44.0019.8%5.7%22.6%46.9%19.9%0.3%5.1%91.2M-2.97B-10.0M0.3910.56123,77048,4371,006,714805,959
2017-12-21$46.82$44.0020.3%5.5%23.2%51.5%19.6%0.5%5.3%90.5M-2.63B-10.3M1.5514.2155,24885,8581,026,505831,967
2017-12-22$46.52$44.0022.1%5.7%23.4%65.5%20.3%-0.1%6.5%-13.2M-2.41B-10.3M1.7014.8060,195102,1801,040,279881,807
2017-12-26$46.04$44.0025.6%5.8%23.7%92.3%20.5%1.8%-0.1%38.6M-1.96B-10.2M0.736.8850,74737,207972,228880,782
2017-12-27$46.14$45.0025.1%5.5%23.7%88.4%19.7%1.6%-0.2%28.6M-2.00B-10.1M1.209.2330,14436,035991,230896,052
2017-12-28$46.22$45.0024.2%5.1%22.9%81.4%18.0%1.7%-0.3%9.1M-2.06B-10.0M1.329.9321,26428,055995,230910,811
2017-12-29$46.24$45.0025.0%5.2%22.1%87.5%18.4%1.5%0.2%67.5M-2.11B-10.0M0.6611.7327,10017,9451,004,884910,132