INTC Options History — December 2018

In December 2018, INTC traded between $44.00 and $49.94. ATM implied volatility averaged 33.8%, placing in the 62.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.3% (HV 20d: 30.5%). Max pain ranged from $45.00 to $48.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.85.

Notable Days

  • 2018-12-03: Highest Volume — 189,119 contracts
  • 2018-12-04: Largest IV spike — 21.1% change
  • 2018-12-24: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2018-12-24: Largest Expected Move — 11.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$47.02$44.00$49.94$49.94$46.82
Max Pain$45.45$45.00$48.00$48.00$45.00
ATM IV33.8%23.4%44.2%23.4%39.5%
Expected Move9.4%7.1%11.8%7.1%9.4%
HV 20d30.5%26.4%36.2%27.0%34.8%
HV 60d32.9%31.5%34.5%31.5%33.4%
IV Rank62.5%21.5%100.0%21.5%81.5%
IV Percentile78.2%26.6%100.0%26.6%95.6%
Term Structure0.9%-1.7%5.2%0.5%-0.6%
VWIV33.2%25.6%40.9%25.6%32.3%
Skew 25d5.9%3.8%8.2%3.8%6.7%
Skew 10d11.6%6.4%16.5%6.4%14.1%
Call IV 25d31.2%21.7%41.5%21.7%36.2%
Put IV 25d37.0%25.6%49.7%25.6%42.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.642.355.163.403.55
Gamma HHI0.110.080.150.150.09
Net GEX33.0M-557.9K80.0M80.0M29.8M
Net DEX-727.9M-1.96B160.7M-1.96B-696.1M
Net VEX-12.5M-13.3M-11.3M-12.7M-11.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.850.431.220.430.63
Total Volume73,045.8531,375189,119189,11945,849
Total OI1,771,162.61,637,0901,857,9391,701,1571,698,261

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-12-03$49.94$48.0023.4%7.1%27.0%21.5%25.6%3.8%0.5%80.0M-1.96B-12.7M0.433.40131,92157,198970,870730,287
2018-12-04$48.00$48.0028.3%9.0%30.5%41.9%31.1%4.9%-0.0%48.2M-1.08B-13.3M1.224.7437,26245,4871,009,946758,774
2018-12-05$47.76$48.0028.5%9.3%30.0%42.6%32.4%4.9%0.3%44.7M-973.3M-13.2M1.175.1639,28046,1291,009,946758,774
2018-12-06$48.22$45.0030.4%8.6%28.6%50.3%32.1%4.8%0.1%48.5M-1.18B-13.3M1.052.5431,60533,0491,016,114768,537
2018-12-07$47.19$45.0031.3%9.0%29.4%54.1%30.5%5.2%0.0%32.7M-732.7M-13.2M0.703.1618,44712,9281,019,053776,309
2018-12-10$47.25$45.0032.2%9.2%29.1%58.0%33.9%5.9%-0.4%37.0M-801.6M-12.9M1.102.9932,87736,1891,005,559762,521
2018-12-11$47.58$45.0030.9%8.7%26.9%52.5%30.4%5.1%-0.9%43.4M-907.1M-13.1M0.862.7139,13833,7171,016,202781,740
2018-12-12$48.01$45.0028.6%8.3%26.6%42.9%29.2%4.7%0.4%52.7M-1.08B-13.1M1.102.9927,27130,0591,029,202790,505
2018-12-13$48.31$45.0027.8%8.2%26.7%39.6%29.3%4.5%1.0%57.0M-1.19B-13.1M0.643.0531,75320,4141,034,005802,581
2018-12-14$47.97$45.0029.7%8.5%26.4%46.8%30.4%5.2%-0.1%43.5M-1.04B-13.1M0.762.8248,76437,0371,038,407806,511
2018-12-17$46.72$45.0032.7%9.3%27.1%59.4%32.8%5.4%4.6%23.7M-514.3M-12.5M0.663.1520,86113,8681,018,142797,012
2018-12-18$47.86$45.0031.8%9.1%27.9%55.6%31.9%5.5%4.2%44.8M-982.8M-12.6M1.022.3524,55625,0821,021,672799,004
2018-12-19$45.51$45.0033.1%9.5%32.9%60.9%33.0%5.7%5.0%3.6M-7.8M-11.8M0.955.0241,56639,6781,026,431808,543
2018-12-20$45.55$45.0036.6%10.2%32.9%75.3%36.8%6.7%5.2%3.1M-76.7M-12.0M1.084.1436,41439,2181,038,406802,152
2018-12-21$45.09$45.0039.0%10.7%32.8%85.7%36.5%7.1%4.1%-557.9K77.2M-11.9M0.733.8338,35428,0571,046,005811,934
2018-12-24$44.00$45.0044.2%11.8%32.9%100.0%40.9%8.2%-0.3%3.7M160.7M-11.3M0.894.2721,23418,859920,141716,949
2018-12-26$45.84$45.0043.6%10.9%36.2%97.6%39.4%7.4%-1.5%17.3M-385.2M-11.8M0.494.8155,56927,426926,309716,961
2018-12-27$46.11$45.0042.8%10.8%35.7%94.3%39.0%7.7%-1.4%22.7M-491.0M-11.9M0.653.6357,61037,526949,506724,854
2018-12-28$46.75$45.0041.7%10.3%35.8%90.1%35.5%7.7%-1.7%24.1M-690.9M-12.0M0.794.4255,15243,513972,808742,319
2018-12-31$46.82$45.0039.5%9.4%34.8%81.5%32.3%6.7%-0.6%29.8M-696.1M-11.7M0.633.5528,12217,727968,647729,614