IP Options History — February 2007

In February 2007, IP traded between $31.94 and $35.28. ATM implied volatility averaged 18.1%. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.2%. IV traded below realized volatility by 2.7% (HV 20d: 20.8%). Max pain ranged from $30.35 to $32.69. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.60.

Notable Days

  • 2007-02-13: Highest Volume — 13,607 contracts
  • 2007-02-27: Largest IV spike — 12.4% change
  • 2007-02-27: Largest Expected Move — 5.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$34.06$31.94$35.28$31.94$33.60
Max Pain$32.07$30.35$32.69$32.69$32.69
ATM IV18.1%17.0%20.5%18.4%20.2%
Expected Move5.2%4.9%5.9%5.3%5.8%
HV 20d20.8%17.3%23.2%20.2%22.2%
Term Structure0.2%-0.8%1.1%-0.8%0.0%
VWIV18.2%16.9%21.7%19.4%19.4%
Skew 25d0.3%-4.6%2.3%1.9%0.7%
Skew 10d0.8%-7.4%9.1%7.6%-0.1%
Call IV 25d18.3%16.6%19.8%18.2%19.5%
Put IV 25d18.5%14.1%21.9%20.1%20.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %12.655.0621.0618.4312.95
Gamma HHI0.280.240.340.240.24
Net GEX2.1M752.1K3.0M752.1K2.4M
Net DEX-62.2M-87.3M-12.2M-12.2M-53.1M
Net VEX-489.8K-540.1K-427.9K-427.9K-522.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.600.082.550.750.51
Total Volume3,877.42155213,6071,7322,094
Total OI73,162.78964,90480,51365,45373,843

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2007-02-01$31.94$32.6918.4%5.3%20.2%0.0%19.4%1.9%-0.8%752.1K-12.2M-427.9K0.7518.4398974337,69827,755
2007-02-02$32.57$30.3517.0%4.9%20.8%0.0%17.1%2.2%0.7%1.1M-26.7M-433.5K0.2017.797,3341,43438,21328,222
2007-02-05$32.61$30.3518.6%5.1%19.1%0.0%18.3%2.3%0.5%1.6M-32.0M-469.4K0.4517.561,15252342,35928,680
2007-02-06$32.98$30.3517.9%5.0%19.1%0.0%17.3%1.4%0.8%1.8M-41.7M-476.6K0.4715.272,6161,22742,76628,983
2007-02-07$33.64$30.3519.4%5.3%19.9%0.0%17.9%2.3%-0.5%1.7M-62.4M-480.0K0.0810.905,08340343,97229,457
2007-02-08$34.12$30.3517.8%5.1%20.3%0.0%18.3%-0.0%-0.3%1.9M-78.9M-481.0K0.128.554,19252146,59529,729
2007-02-09$33.48$32.6917.8%5.1%21.6%0.0%17.4%0.9%0.6%2.2M-64.3M-483.8K0.4310.071,58967748,23930,044
2007-02-12$33.87$32.6917.4%5.0%21.8%0.0%18.0%2.0%0.0%2.2M-70.9M-491.2K2.5511.095551,41449,30030,465
2007-02-13$34.78$32.6917.4%5.0%23.2%0.0%17.7%0.5%1.1%1.9M-87.3M-491.5K0.5311.988,9014,70649,46331,050
2007-02-14$34.86$32.6917.7%5.1%22.4%0.0%18.6%0.5%0.2%2.2M-64.8M-492.4K0.1512.975,87085343,53933,241
2007-02-15$34.88$32.6918.0%5.2%22.4%0.0%18.6%1.5%0.4%1.6M-70.0M-502.4K0.8218.9966154145,26932,030
2007-02-16$35.28$32.6918.2%5.2%22.5%0.0%18.0%0.3%0.2%1.8M-82.5M-483.3K0.618.452,1541,31244,96931,931
2007-02-20$35.19$32.6917.5%5.0%21.0%0.0%17.4%-4.0%-0.1%2.3M-75.4M-476.2K0.7110.022,1171,51242,45122,453
2007-02-21$35.06$32.6917.4%5.0%21.0%0.0%17.4%-4.2%0.6%2.5M-76.2M-486.1K0.6116.473,2241,96044,05423,334
2007-02-22$34.68$32.6917.4%5.0%21.7%0.0%17.4%-0.7%0.8%2.7M-70.9M-522.0K0.295.062,01857946,40624,623
2007-02-23$34.72$32.6917.5%5.0%17.8%0.0%16.9%-0.2%0.4%3.0M-72.8M-528.4K0.516.7736518747,76324,981
2007-02-26$34.98$32.6918.2%5.2%17.3%0.0%18.2%-4.6%0.2%3.0M-79.3M-517.5K0.396.0195537547,86325,015
2007-02-27$33.95$32.6920.5%5.9%21.6%0.0%21.7%2.0%-0.5%2.6M-59.8M-540.1K1.2121.061,2841,55148,30925,029
2007-02-28$33.60$32.6920.2%5.8%22.2%0.0%19.4%0.7%0.0%2.4M-53.1M-522.8K0.5112.951,38471048,25325,590