INTC Options History — March 2018

In March 2018, INTC traded between $47.90 and $52.48. ATM implied volatility averaged 29.3%, placing in the 63.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 2.5% (HV 20d: 31.8%). Max pain ranged from $45.00 to $48.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.51.

Notable Days

  • 2018-03-13: Highest Volume — 291,874 contracts
  • 2018-03-22: Largest IV spike — 18.2% change
  • 2018-03-28: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2018-03-28: Largest Expected Move — 10.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$50.88$47.90$52.48$47.90$51.61
Max Pain$46.90$45.00$48.00$46.00$48.00
ATM IV29.3%24.3%41.7%30.4%36.3%
Expected Move8.1%6.9%10.0%9.0%8.7%
HV 20d31.8%28.1%37.6%36.9%35.7%
HV 60d36.0%34.9%38.8%35.4%38.8%
IV Rank63.1%43.7%100.0%68.9%80.8%
IV Percentile91.5%78.6%100.0%98.8%98.8%
Term Structure1.3%-1.8%6.6%0.2%0.5%
VWIV28.7%24.9%35.5%31.4%31.2%
Skew 25d2.5%1.1%4.7%2.9%2.8%
Skew 10d4.5%1.6%8.4%2.9%3.9%
Call IV 25d28.6%24.3%39.3%30.7%35.6%
Put IV 25d31.1%25.4%44.1%33.5%38.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %7.762.7513.096.4911.10
Gamma HHI0.140.120.170.140.12
Net GEX85.5M50.1M111.3M69.4M91.2M
Net DEX-2.95B-3.91B-1.97B-2.00B-2.81B
Net VEX-12.8M-13.7M-12.3M-13.1M-13.2M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.510.240.890.420.48
Total Volume147,788.76292,322291,874185,224132,705
Total OI1,788,699.811,604,3291,967,7761,724,2261,806,092

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-03-01$47.90$46.0030.4%9.0%36.9%68.9%31.4%2.9%0.2%69.4M-2.00B-13.1M0.426.49130,00855,2161,038,963685,263
2018-03-02$49.01$46.0026.8%7.9%37.6%53.9%28.4%4.1%-0.5%110.7M-2.54B-13.1M0.886.7597,32285,6831,078,412695,574
2018-03-05$49.78$45.0026.8%7.6%35.9%54.1%26.9%2.5%0.1%92.0M-2.87B-12.9M0.326.0493,35629,9201,072,089697,099
2018-03-06$50.66$45.0027.7%8.0%34.2%57.8%28.2%2.0%-0.2%92.6M-3.26B-12.6M0.3413.09142,50948,1481,087,007706,276
2018-03-07$51.34$46.0028.0%8.0%34.1%59.0%28.6%2.0%-0.0%95.3M-3.54B-12.6M0.475.42136,57764,2251,114,806722,490
2018-03-08$50.63$47.0027.8%7.8%34.8%58.0%27.5%1.7%-1.8%99.8M-3.22B-13.0M0.3310.0196,60532,0071,131,247736,647
2018-03-09$52.07$47.0025.7%7.5%28.3%49.4%26.5%1.2%-0.1%111.3M-3.91B-12.3M0.439.42125,42653,3281,151,020742,022
2018-03-12$51.61$47.0026.5%7.6%28.7%52.8%27.2%1.9%0.2%91.0M-3.55B-12.4M0.387.6994,70236,1241,126,337733,988
2018-03-13$51.74$47.0028.6%8.2%28.5%61.5%29.1%1.7%-0.1%90.2M-3.58B-12.7M0.246.44235,85856,0161,144,079743,352
2018-03-14$51.82$47.0027.2%7.7%28.1%55.7%27.4%1.7%-0.2%94.8M-3.62B-12.6M0.385.6274,80528,6001,163,417759,506
2018-03-15$50.94$47.0026.0%7.6%28.9%50.8%26.4%1.5%0.3%93.4M-3.27B-12.7M0.438.7072,96931,4961,173,512767,423
2018-03-16$51.32$47.0024.3%6.9%28.9%43.7%24.9%1.1%-0.2%80.0M-3.48B-12.4M0.352.7582,97029,4171,190,790776,986
2018-03-19$50.89$47.0026.5%7.6%29.1%52.6%26.8%2.3%5.2%77.6M-2.53B-12.7M0.6212.1378,89549,141994,184610,145
2018-03-20$51.56$47.0025.2%7.2%29.0%47.5%25.6%1.5%6.6%85.1M-2.79B-12.4M0.4910.8062,12030,2021,004,575630,392
2018-03-21$51.58$47.0025.3%7.2%28.7%47.6%26.2%1.6%6.0%88.5M-2.80B-12.6M0.644.5657,21536,7971,019,003641,718
2018-03-22$50.96$47.0029.9%8.3%29.1%66.6%30.3%3.1%5.8%77.2M-2.53B-13.1M0.895.1356,75750,2281,038,604657,584
2018-03-23$49.56$48.0032.8%8.9%28.4%78.6%31.2%3.6%5.4%50.1M-1.97B-13.4M0.8510.8872,82761,9111,044,328680,646
2018-03-26$52.48$48.0034.6%8.5%33.4%86.2%30.2%3.7%-0.3%78.7M-3.03B-12.8M0.405.4495,73838,1761,021,916683,998
2018-03-27$51.26$48.0037.9%9.4%34.1%99.6%33.0%3.9%-0.4%72.4M-2.58B-13.2M0.556.59110,18360,7131,039,272694,449
2018-03-28$49.75$48.0041.7%10.0%35.5%100.0%35.5%4.7%-0.2%53.9M-1.99B-13.7M0.727.92102,86573,8041,054,910702,575
2018-03-29$51.61$48.0036.3%8.7%35.7%80.8%31.2%2.8%0.5%91.2M-2.81B-13.2M0.4811.1089,41243,2931,091,896714,196