IT Options History — May 2007

In May 2007, IT traded between $25.29 and $28.22. ATM implied volatility averaged 26.3%. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.5%. IV traded below realized volatility by 8.3% (HV 20d: 34.5%). Max pain ranged from $22.50 to $25.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.61.

Notable Days

  • 2007-05-02: Highest Volume — 813 contracts
  • 2007-05-02: Largest IV spike — 114.6% change
  • 2007-05-02: Largest Expected Move — 16.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$27.04$25.29$28.22$25.29$27.56
Max Pain$22.84$22.50$25.00$25.00$22.50
ATM IV26.3%16.9%57.5%26.8%19.9%
Expected Move7.5%4.9%16.5%7.7%5.7%
HV 20d34.5%19.6%39.9%19.6%39.1%
HV 60d29.3%24.9%30.8%25.7%28.3%
Term Structure1.8%-18.4%11.3%-1.2%7.9%
VWIV24.5%16.1%56.3%56.3%21.5%
Skew 25d2.2%-6.9%16.1%6.0%2.6%
Skew 10d2.5%-8.3%16.9%9.6%2.9%
Call IV 25d23.4%17.3%32.0%21.6%18.6%
Put IV 25d25.6%18.2%35.9%27.6%21.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %71.527.29103.7392.267.29
Gamma HHI0.630.430.890.550.43
Net GEX24.7K3.7K112.6K26.9K3.7K
Net DEX-1.8M-3.1M-863.7K-863.7K-1.6M
Net VEX-2.0K-3.5K-1.2K-2.0K-1.7K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.610.0011.000.000.00
Total Volume88.81808131023
Total OI1,105.4556351,4356371,010

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2007-05-01$25.29$25.0026.8%7.7%19.6%0.0%0.0%6.0%-1.2%26.9K-863.7K-2.0K0.0092.26100497140
2007-05-02$25.98$25.0057.5%16.5%21.5%0.0%56.3%9.4%-18.4%17.6K-913.0K-2.0K0.0989.9574865495140
2007-05-03$25.64$25.0026.9%7.7%19.6%0.0%0.0%2.1%-1.2%112.6K-2.1M-3.5K0.0075.19001,205205
2007-05-04$27.67$22.5019.2%5.8%32.9%0.0%25.0%2.2%2.3%27.5K-3.1M-1.8K0.1286.77588701,230205
2007-05-07$27.01$22.5023.0%7.4%34.5%0.0%27.8%-1.4%5.9%25.2K-2.1M-2.0K0.4578.334420921275
2007-05-08$27.23$22.5025.2%6.4%34.4%0.0%16.1%-1.3%10.8%24.2K-2.1M-2.1K0.0080.23300941285
2007-05-09$27.40$22.5028.4%8.1%34.3%0.0%29.6%-5.1%-2.1%23.3K-2.1M-2.0K0.0084.57240948285
2007-05-10$26.62$22.5024.8%7.1%36.1%0.0%22.1%-4.7%4.6%30.7K-2.0M-2.1K0.0080.9550939285
2007-05-11$26.88$22.5026.0%7.5%36.2%0.0%0.0%-6.9%0.9%26.3K-2.0M-2.1K0.0083.7200939285
2007-05-14$26.63$22.5026.5%7.6%36.0%0.0%18.8%5.2%1.0%30.4K-2.0M-2.1K0.0096.02300939285
2007-05-15$26.32$22.5026.0%7.5%36.2%0.0%26.1%4.0%0.9%37.8K-1.9M-2.2K0.0097.10140969285
2007-05-16$27.25$22.5022.7%6.5%37.6%0.0%17.3%9.4%11.3%21.5K-2.1M-1.8K0.0098.32310968285
2007-05-17$27.33$22.5023.6%6.8%37.1%0.0%0.0%-1.1%-0.6%22.0K-2.2M-1.8K0.00103.5050976285
2007-05-18$27.66$22.5016.9%4.9%36.6%0.0%19.0%0.7%9.1%9.0K-2.3M-1.3K0.00103.55760980285
2007-05-21$27.80$22.5017.0%4.9%36.5%0.0%19.8%2.6%8.5%7.4K-1.7M-1.2K0.00103.73590710220
2007-05-22$28.00$22.5021.4%6.1%36.0%0.0%19.1%-6.7%0.4%13.3K-1.6M-1.5K11.0031.62555703220
2007-05-23$28.22$22.5020.4%5.9%36.0%0.0%21.5%-5.2%0.8%8.9K-1.6M-1.6K0.0087.6910703275
2007-05-24$27.00$22.5033.0%9.5%39.9%0.0%0.0%10.2%-5.8%19.4K-1.3M-2.2K0.0025.40400703275
2007-05-25$26.89$22.5031.6%9.0%39.9%0.0%0.0%9.2%-4.3%19.7K-1.4M-2.3K0.0023.2900733275
2007-05-29$27.30$22.5031.1%8.9%39.8%0.0%0.0%0.9%5.3%18.0K-1.5M-2.2K0.0022.7850733275
2007-05-30$27.21$22.5030.3%8.7%39.9%0.0%0.0%16.1%3.3%17.8K-1.5M-2.2K0.0021.2160733275
2007-05-31$27.56$22.5019.9%5.7%39.1%0.0%0.0%2.6%7.9%3.7K-1.6M-1.7K0.007.29230735275