IT Options History — September 2007

In September 2007, IT traded between $21.62 and $25.04. ATM implied volatility averaged 34.7%, placing in the 43.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.6% (HV 20d: 32.2%). Max pain ranged from $22.50 to $25.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 9.52.

Notable Days

  • 2007-09-13: Highest Volume — 101 contracts
  • 2007-09-20: Largest IV spike — 4.4% change
  • 2007-09-18: Highest IV Rank — 46.3%
  • 2007-09-18: Largest Expected Move — 10.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$23.05$21.62$25.04$22.17$24.46
Max Pain$22.89$22.50$25.00$25.00$22.50
ATM IV34.7%33.4%35.7%35.4%34.0%
Expected Move10.0%9.7%10.2%10.2%9.8%
HV 20d32.2%26.9%39.2%39.2%29.5%
HV 60d36.7%35.8%37.8%36.5%37.8%
IV Rank43.9%40.6%46.3%45.7%42.2%
IV Percentile88.6%80.0%94.9%94.0%80.6%
Term Structure0.2%-0.8%1.2%0.5%0.6%
VWIV34.8%34.2%35.6%35.0%34.4%
Skew 25d-1.3%-8.1%6.3%-2.1%6.3%
Skew 10d0.2%-6.5%9.8%-1.8%9.8%
Call IV 25d31.1%28.9%34.3%28.9%30.5%
Put IV 25d29.8%26.1%36.8%26.7%36.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %45.0919.2670.6219.2640.10
Gamma HHI0.440.330.600.500.44
Net GEX-4.7K-12.5K-874-4.1K-2.5K
Net DEX384.2K-224.6K845.1K637.4K-103.1K
Net VEX-3.0K-3.5K-2.6K-3.5K-2.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio9.520.00100.00100.000.33
Total Volume26.158010100
Total OI1,123.7896581,3311,267674

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2007-09-04$22.17$25.0035.4%10.2%39.2%45.7%0.0%-2.1%0.5%-4.1K637.4K-3.5K0.0019.2600555712
2007-09-05$21.85$25.0034.4%9.8%37.0%43.0%0.0%-4.5%0.9%-2.0K709.2K-3.3K0.0047.2900555712
2007-09-06$22.20$25.0035.3%10.1%35.9%45.3%0.0%-3.1%0.4%-3.0K670.9K-3.3K0.0025.59043555712
2007-09-07$21.85$22.5034.5%10.1%35.8%43.2%0.0%-5.7%-0.5%-3.9K800.3K-3.3K0.0045.0400555755
2007-09-10$21.62$22.5035.1%10.1%33.9%44.9%0.0%-8.1%-0.6%-2.7K845.1K-3.0K0.0049.3600555755
2007-09-11$22.45$22.5033.7%10.0%36.0%41.4%35.0%1.3%-0.0%-6.2K681.2K-3.3K0.0047.99069555755
2007-09-12$22.39$22.5033.4%10.0%36.0%40.6%0.0%1.9%-0.2%-9.3K688.4K-3.3K0.0051.0800555776
2007-09-13$22.56$22.5034.6%9.9%35.5%43.7%34.9%2.7%-0.1%-9.7K647.0K-3.3K100.0056.941100555776
2007-09-14$22.93$22.5035.7%10.2%34.4%46.2%0.0%6.3%-0.6%-8.4K446.0K-3.0K0.0060.7780556695
2007-09-17$22.28$22.5035.2%10.1%28.7%45.1%34.2%0.0%-0.8%-2.9K625.4K-2.7K0.8357.691210551695
2007-09-18$23.04$22.5035.7%10.2%30.2%46.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%-3.2K413.1K-2.6K0.2670.626918541695
2007-09-19$23.14$22.5034.2%9.8%29.9%42.5%0.0%0.0%0.2%-3.3K326.1K-2.8K0.0038.58100569713
2007-09-20$23.54$22.5035.7%10.2%30.4%46.2%0.0%0.0%-0.1%-12.5K270.7K-2.9K1.6736.92610569713
2007-09-21$23.74$22.5034.4%9.9%27.6%43.1%35.6%0.0%1.0%-7.0K217.4K-2.7K0.0036.81440573703
2007-09-24$23.87$22.5034.8%10.0%27.0%44.1%0.0%0.0%0.3%-2.5K-71.8K-2.8K1.4040.701521312346
2007-09-25$23.96$22.5035.1%10.1%26.9%44.7%34.4%0.0%0.9%-3.0K-75.8K-2.9K0.2038.04153319367
2007-09-26$24.91$22.5034.8%10.0%28.7%44.0%0.0%0.0%-0.1%-1.2K-203.3K-2.9K0.0049.3030319365
2007-09-27$25.04$22.5033.9%9.7%28.4%42.0%0.0%0.0%1.2%-874-224.6K-2.8K0.3344.663010319365
2007-09-28$24.46$22.5034.0%9.8%29.5%42.2%0.0%0.0%0.6%-2.5K-103.1K-2.8K0.0040.1000299375