IT Options History — February 2008

In February 2008, IT traded between $14.77 and $19.91. ATM implied volatility averaged 44.0%, placing in the 66.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.4%. IV traded below realized volatility by 17.0% (HV 20d: 61.0%). Max pain ranged from $15.00 to $22.50. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.18.

Notable Days

  • 2008-02-07: Highest Volume — 56 contracts
  • 2008-02-11: Largest IV drop — 28.0% change
  • 2008-02-04: Highest IV Rank — 86.0%
  • 2008-02-01: Largest Expected Move — 14.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$17.72$14.77$19.91$15.20$18.91
Max Pain$22.13$15.00$22.50$15.00$22.50
ATM IV44.0%35.3%51.8%48.8%40.9%
Expected Move12.4%11.4%14.0%14.0%11.7%
HV 20d61.0%33.6%70.1%40.7%68.0%
HV 60d50.7%41.9%54.1%42.5%52.9%
IV Rank66.7%45.4%86.0%78.6%59.1%
IV Percentile86.3%62.7%99.2%98.0%77.8%
Term Structure-0.5%-2.6%0.9%-2.6%0.4%
VWIV46.1%36.8%62.7%62.7%44.1%
Skew 25d6.3%-3.9%26.9%4.7%3.1%
Skew 10d10.6%-10.3%33.2%17.0%8.9%
Call IV 25d39.1%29.1%46.5%45.3%39.4%
Put IV 25d45.4%36.0%73.4%49.9%42.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %80.9153.0093.4791.7290.22
Gamma HHI0.290.230.340.290.33
Net GEX-4.3K-6.2K-2.8K-2.8K-5.2K
Net DEX109.8K-48.1K282.1K261.9K44.8K
Net VEX-1.6K-1.7K-1.3K-1.4K-1.5K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.180.001.000.500.00
Total Volume7.85056010
Total OI613.55569643569643

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-02-01$15.20$15.0048.8%14.0%40.7%78.6%0.0%4.7%-2.6%-2.8K261.9K-1.4K0.0091.7200220349
2008-02-04$15.00$22.5051.8%13.3%37.0%86.0%0.0%8.0%-1.2%-2.8K266.1K-1.3K0.0053.4105220349
2008-02-05$14.80$22.5050.3%13.2%34.6%82.3%0.0%16.9%-0.6%-3.0K277.5K-1.3K0.0057.3100220354
2008-02-06$14.77$22.5051.2%13.2%33.6%84.4%0.0%26.9%-1.8%-3.0K282.1K-1.3K0.5088.98105220354
2008-02-07$17.25$22.5043.5%12.5%65.3%65.4%0.0%3.0%-0.1%-3.8K162.6K-1.6K0.0076.56560230359
2008-02-08$16.70$22.5049.1%12.7%65.8%79.3%62.7%2.2%0.8%-3.2K160.4K-1.7K0.0073.09120250359
2008-02-11$16.59$22.5035.3%12.7%64.4%45.4%36.8%10.8%-0.4%-2.8K175.0K-1.6K0.0085.7720250359
2008-02-12$17.43$22.5044.0%12.4%66.6%66.7%0.0%3.4%0.1%-3.4K130.7K-1.6K0.0079.3100250359
2008-02-13$18.53$22.5046.7%12.6%68.6%73.3%0.0%4.0%-1.1%-4.5K66.7K-1.7K0.0053.00010250359
2008-02-14$17.92$22.5043.5%12.5%70.1%65.6%44.0%1.7%0.9%-4.2K107.3K-1.7K0.1380.4281250369
2008-02-15$18.10$22.5044.1%12.6%69.7%67.0%0.0%-0.9%-0.3%-4.2K99.9K-1.7K0.0086.9900257370
2008-02-19$18.14$22.5043.1%12.4%66.9%64.5%42.8%-3.9%-0.8%-4.3K93.7K-1.6K0.0085.16100257355
2008-02-20$18.97$22.5041.3%11.9%67.2%60.2%44.1%8.1%-0.6%-4.7K40.9K-1.7K0.0085.0402266355
2008-02-21$18.86$22.5041.9%12.0%67.4%61.6%0.0%6.3%-1.2%-5.0K34.2K-1.6K1.0085.431010266357
2008-02-22$19.01$22.5039.9%11.4%66.8%56.7%0.0%7.1%0.5%-5.1K34.7K-1.7K0.0085.7300276367
2008-02-25$19.37$22.5040.8%11.7%66.6%58.9%0.0%-2.2%-0.0%-5.6K12.6K-1.6K0.0088.6800276367
2008-02-26$19.91$22.5041.3%11.8%66.6%60.1%0.0%6.8%-0.5%-6.2K-48.1K-1.6K0.0093.4750276367
2008-02-27$19.52$22.5040.5%11.6%67.2%58.1%0.0%7.5%0.6%-5.9K-5.8K-1.6K0.0089.7700276367
2008-02-28$19.40$22.5041.7%12.0%66.6%61.1%0.0%12.2%-1.7%-5.8K-1.5K-1.6K0.0088.0601276367
2008-02-29$18.91$22.5040.9%11.7%68.0%59.1%0.0%3.1%0.4%-5.2K44.8K-1.5K0.0090.22100276367