IT Options History — May 2008

In May 2008, IT traded between $21.29 and $24.11. ATM implied volatility averaged 41.9%, placing in the 60.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 6.1% (HV 20d: 35.9%). Max pain ranged from $17.50 to $20.00. Net GEX was positive for 17 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 16 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.86.

Notable Days

  • 2008-05-07: Highest Volume — 243 contracts
  • 2008-05-12: Largest IV spike — 46.4% change
  • 2008-05-07: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2008-05-01: Largest Expected Move — 14.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$22.73$21.29$24.11$23.08$21.79
Max Pain$18.69$17.50$20.00$20.00$20.00
ATM IV41.9%30.8%57.8%48.7%37.7%
Expected Move11.9%10.4%14.0%14.0%10.8%
HV 20d35.9%25.2%48.6%48.4%25.2%
HV 60d44.7%42.6%55.5%55.5%42.7%
IV Rank60.8%34.0%100.0%78.4%47.0%
IV Percentile64.2%18.7%100.0%95.6%44.8%
Term Structure2.2%-2.9%8.7%-2.6%2.5%
VWIV41.5%38.1%48.7%48.7%38.7%
Skew 25d8.1%2.2%12.7%9.7%6.4%
Skew 10d10.7%-2.2%23.4%23.4%12.2%
Call IV 25d36.0%31.3%41.1%38.5%32.9%
Put IV 25d44.1%39.3%48.8%48.2%39.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %80.6070.6789.5082.8386.16
Gamma HHI0.400.280.680.430.36
Net GEX4.7K-90217.9K7.2K3.4K
Net DEX-592.2K-906.2K-278.8K-650.5K-441.1K
Net VEX-2.9K-3.4K-2.6K-3.0K-3.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.860.007.000.000.00
Total Volume41.7620243100
Total OI1,254.4291,0421,4211,1491,308

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-05-01$23.08$20.0048.7%14.0%48.4%78.4%48.7%9.7%-2.6%7.2K-650.5K-3.0K0.0082.83010532617
2008-05-02$23.12$20.0047.3%13.6%48.4%79.9%0.0%7.7%-2.9%6.8K-668.0K-2.9K0.0087.8850532627
2008-05-05$23.47$17.5048.6%12.8%48.4%83.2%0.0%9.2%1.0%7.5K-729.2K-2.8K0.0074.4300535627
2008-05-06$23.30$17.5051.7%13.2%48.6%91.3%0.0%10.4%-0.4%7.4K-703.1K-2.8K0.0074.7600535627
2008-05-07$23.69$17.5057.8%13.0%45.6%100.0%0.0%12.6%-0.9%6.5K-776.0K-2.7K0.7570.67139104535627
2008-05-08$24.11$17.5041.9%11.6%42.9%61.0%40.7%12.7%3.5%11.4K-884.3K-2.6K0.0081.782240609724
2008-05-09$23.88$17.5030.8%11.5%37.9%34.0%0.0%11.3%3.6%15.5K-883.5K-2.8K0.0075.2720685724
2008-05-12$23.48$17.5045.1%13.0%38.9%69.0%44.6%7.4%-0.2%4.9K-837.9K-2.6K0.8776.501513687724
2008-05-13$24.00$17.5037.6%11.5%38.5%50.6%0.0%9.0%3.2%17.9K-906.2K-2.6K0.0078.9300683718
2008-05-14$23.52$17.5037.2%11.8%33.1%49.6%41.3%5.3%3.0%6.5K-839.8K-2.6K7.0079.57321683718
2008-05-15$23.27$17.5042.0%12.0%31.5%61.2%0.0%5.2%2.2%1.9K-762.1K-2.6K0.0076.93120683728
2008-05-16$22.46$17.5042.0%12.1%32.7%61.4%38.1%2.2%2.4%-902-522.8K-2.7K0.0077.75350693728
2008-05-19$22.40$17.5040.3%11.6%31.9%57.1%40.3%5.0%1.9%968-402.4K-2.6K1.1577.051315460582
2008-05-20$22.13$20.0038.7%11.1%31.0%53.2%40.8%6.2%5.8%-205-349.1K-2.6K0.1376.487510472596
2008-05-21$21.72$20.0041.4%11.9%31.6%56.8%41.5%3.2%1.8%1.4K-371.2K-3.0K0.0080.95110546606
2008-05-22$21.62$20.0039.6%11.3%28.9%51.9%40.2%11.1%3.3%1.7K-352.1K-3.0K0.9884.885554556606
2008-05-23$21.29$20.0038.7%11.1%27.7%49.6%38.7%7.8%3.5%-630-278.8K-3.4K1.2085.9056611645
2008-05-27$21.71$20.0040.5%11.6%28.6%54.3%0.0%11.5%2.4%613-368.0K-3.3K0.0087.4600616642
2008-05-28$21.50$20.0036.1%10.4%27.9%42.8%0.0%8.7%8.7%-337-324.1K-3.2K0.0086.9000616642
2008-05-29$21.81$20.0036.4%10.4%25.4%43.6%0.0%7.4%4.2%87-385.3K-3.2K0.0089.50500616642
2008-05-30$21.79$20.0037.7%10.8%25.2%47.0%0.0%6.4%2.5%3.4K-441.1K-3.3K0.0086.1600666642