IT Options History — April 2007

In April 2007, IT traded between $24.30 and $25.89. ATM implied volatility averaged 25.6%. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.6% (HV 20d: 19.9%). Max pain ranged from $20.00 to $25.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.42.

Notable Days

  • 2007-04-16: Highest Volume — 113 contracts
  • 2007-04-12: Largest IV spike — 7.9% change
  • 2007-04-27: Largest Expected Move — 8.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$25.29$24.30$25.89$24.30$25.23
Max Pain$22.75$20.00$25.00$20.00$25.00
ATM IV25.6%24.0%28.2%24.0%26.7%
Expected Move7.3%6.9%8.1%6.9%7.7%
HV 20d19.9%17.3%22.9%22.9%20.1%
HV 60d25.9%25.3%26.4%25.6%25.8%
Term Structure-0.4%-3.6%1.4%1.4%-1.2%
VWIV26.3%18.3%33.3%18.3%28.5%
Skew 25d4.6%0.6%7.5%5.5%0.6%
Skew 10d5.1%-1.1%13.0%6.0%-1.0%
Call IV 25d19.8%18.2%21.4%20.0%21.4%
Put IV 25d24.4%21.1%27.5%25.5%22.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %90.7975.8798.7898.7892.90
Gamma HHI0.640.500.900.690.55
Net GEX17.4K8.3K26.3K18.7K26.3K
Net DEX-836.0K-1.0M-671.8K-671.8K-871.9K
Net VEX-1.8K-2.1K-1.3K-1.3K-1.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.420.007.000.000.00
Total Volume18.651113109
Total OI575.25423664423638

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2007-04-02$24.30$20.0024.0%6.9%22.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.4%18.7K-671.8K-1.3K0.0098.7810036855
2007-04-03$24.38$20.0025.2%7.2%21.1%0.0%18.3%0.0%-0.4%18.7K-699.9K-1.4K7.0093.3853537855
2007-04-04$25.14$20.0024.2%6.9%22.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.3%13.1K-751.6K-1.4K0.0092.2204538290
2007-04-05$24.96$20.0025.0%7.2%22.0%0.0%0.0%5.5%0.5%11.4K-692.5K-1.7K0.0092.7220382135
2007-04-09$25.08$25.0024.4%7.2%20.5%0.0%0.0%6.6%-0.2%10.5K-713.9K-1.6K1.0088.511010384135
2007-04-10$25.39$25.0025.3%7.1%20.1%0.0%0.0%6.7%0.7%9.6K-762.6K-1.6K0.0088.55250394140
2007-04-11$25.30$25.0024.3%7.1%19.2%0.0%0.0%6.5%-0.3%9.8K-754.2K-1.6K0.0089.2550393140
2007-04-12$25.54$25.0026.2%7.5%19.1%0.0%0.0%7.3%-0.6%9.2K-779.4K-1.6K0.0087.1210398140
2007-04-13$25.46$25.0024.8%7.1%19.1%0.0%0.0%7.0%0.5%9.6K-776.4K-1.6K0.0090.12200399140
2007-04-16$25.89$25.0025.1%7.2%18.3%0.0%24.8%4.6%-0.5%8.3K-851.0K-1.4K0.0092.811130406140
2007-04-17$25.76$25.0026.3%7.5%17.3%0.0%0.0%3.9%-1.3%19.4K-1.0M-1.9K0.0091.72110519140
2007-04-18$25.39$25.0025.4%7.3%18.6%0.0%33.3%1.0%-0.5%22.0K-967.1K-2.0K0.0091.0470522140
2007-04-19$25.07$20.0026.0%7.5%18.7%0.0%0.0%5.4%-1.2%23.6K-911.4K-2.1K0.0089.8890524140
2007-04-20$25.64$20.0025.2%7.2%19.9%0.0%0.0%2.8%0.4%20.9K-995.8K-1.9K0.0092.14170519140
2007-04-23$25.55$20.0025.9%7.4%19.5%0.0%0.0%1.9%-0.5%22.3K-884.0K-1.9K0.0092.29140481140
2007-04-24$25.23$20.0026.0%7.5%20.3%0.0%0.0%0.9%-0.4%24.3K-863.4K-2.1K0.0075.8710495140
2007-04-25$25.37$20.0026.1%7.5%20.3%0.0%26.1%6.5%-0.8%24.2K-878.6K-2.1K0.0091.7180495140
2007-04-26$25.67$25.0026.8%7.7%20.0%0.0%26.7%3.8%-1.3%23.0K-941.3K-1.9K0.0093.45100499140
2007-04-27$25.50$25.0028.2%8.1%19.5%0.0%28.5%7.5%-3.6%23.6K-927.2K-1.9K0.0091.3460499140
2007-04-30$25.23$25.0026.7%7.7%20.1%0.0%0.0%0.6%-1.2%26.3K-871.9K-1.9K0.0092.9090498140