IT Options History — September 2008

In September 2008, IT traded between $22.18 and $26.88. ATM implied volatility averaged 63.3%, placing in the 52.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 18.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 13.2% (HV 20d: 50.1%). Max pain ranged from $20.00 to $25.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.90.

Notable Days

  • 2008-09-23: Highest Volume — 110 contracts
  • 2008-09-17: Largest IV spike — 150.5% change
  • 2008-09-15: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2008-09-29: Largest Expected Move — 32.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$24.33$22.18$26.88$26.72$22.68
Max Pain$23.93$20.00$25.00$20.00$22.50
ATM IV63.3%35.5%114.2%44.5%56.0%
Expected Move18.3%10.2%32.8%12.8%16.1%
HV 20d50.1%31.3%65.0%31.5%65.0%
HV 60d44.0%37.3%49.4%37.8%49.4%
IV Rank52.1%17.2%100.0%50.7%30.2%
IV Percentile71.2%12.7%100.0%76.2%96.4%
Term Structure-13.7%-67.3%16.8%-7.4%-3.3%
VWIV44.0%27.2%63.8%49.9%50.2%
Skew 25d17.9%-17.0%98.3%3.9%11.9%
Skew 10d13.6%-28.5%87.8%7.1%7.4%
Call IV 25d49.6%25.7%102.7%41.3%51.6%
Put IV 25d67.5%32.1%149.3%45.2%63.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %110.8762.95162.7284.95109.24
Gamma HHI0.470.320.740.490.44
Net GEX20.4K7.1K68.0K28.2K10.2K
Net DEX-655.8K-1.3M-144.8K-1.3M-144.8K
Net VEX-3.6K-4.0K-3.1K-3.9K-3.5K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.900.0010.000.000.33
Total Volume27.5240110380
Total OI1,111.0956891,3671,225847

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-09-02$26.72$20.0044.5%12.8%31.5%50.7%49.9%3.9%-7.4%28.2K-1.3M-3.9K0.0084.9530831394
2008-09-03$26.88$20.0036.1%10.3%31.3%19.5%63.8%15.5%13.7%28.5K-1.3M-3.8K0.0082.7620831394
2008-09-04$26.57$20.0035.5%10.2%31.7%17.2%30.2%12.0%12.9%28.6K-1.2M-3.7K0.5572.882011832394
2008-09-05$25.82$25.0043.4%12.3%31.9%46.6%42.4%-0.3%0.9%27.7K-1.1M-3.7K0.0062.9580842398
2008-09-08$26.49$25.0037.0%12.4%31.4%23.0%0.0%11.9%2.6%26.7K-1.3M-3.7K0.0080.7600846398
2008-09-09$23.60$25.0040.7%12.6%50.0%36.6%44.1%2.8%0.6%24.6K-704.2K-3.2K0.4387.343013846398
2008-09-10$24.20$25.0039.7%12.4%51.2%32.7%27.2%-10.1%1.0%26.7K-755.9K-3.3K0.0081.11220860401
2008-09-11$24.23$25.0043.9%12.6%50.2%48.2%0.0%2.3%-1.0%27.4K-721.6K-3.1K2.5081.65410858401
2008-09-12$23.78$25.0037.8%10.8%50.3%25.7%0.0%21.9%16.8%12.1K-664.8K-3.4K4.00139.21520857406
2008-09-15$23.68$25.0094.3%27.0%50.2%100.0%0.0%29.4%-44.8%14.2K-607.7K-3.4K10.00152.05110853426
2008-09-16$24.02$25.0042.6%12.2%50.5%18.5%0.0%6.1%-3.5%18.1K-608.9K-3.2K9.89105.11989853436
2008-09-17$22.90$25.00106.6%30.6%52.4%100.0%0.0%11.2%-42.3%10.9K-491.0K-3.9K0.00123.0720848517
2008-09-18$23.52$25.0046.6%13.3%53.8%20.7%0.0%-17.0%10.7%17.0K-439.7K-3.5K1.60131.431016850517
2008-09-19$25.00$25.0087.5%25.1%58.6%74.8%0.0%13.9%-32.3%68.0K-777.7K-3.8K0.00133.88130841502
2008-09-22$24.29$25.0096.5%27.7%58.8%86.6%0.0%98.3%-38.2%10.2K-436.4K-3.8K0.00130.2300506183
2008-09-23$23.51$25.00103.8%29.7%58.8%96.2%0.0%75.2%-67.3%9.1K-266.6K-3.6K2.67132.373080516183
2008-09-24$22.98$25.00108.2%31.0%58.6%100.0%0.0%22.0%-45.7%7.1K-298.3K-3.9K0.00144.9200546236
2008-09-25$24.02$25.0047.9%13.7%60.6%22.1%50.2%10.4%-1.0%9.3K-206.5K-3.8K0.3384.646020546236
2008-09-26$23.86$22.5066.2%19.0%60.3%45.7%0.0%7.6%-11.3%14.7K-390.3K-4.0K0.00145.1000606246
2008-09-29$22.18$22.50114.2%32.8%64.4%100.0%0.0%46.6%-48.3%8.4K-162.0K-3.6K0.00162.72100606246
2008-09-30$22.68$22.5056.0%16.1%65.0%30.2%0.0%11.9%-3.3%10.2K-144.8K-3.5K0.33109.246020601246