IT Options History — August 2009

In August 2009, IT traded between $16.20 and $17.66. ATM implied volatility averaged 38.7%, placing in the 12.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 11.1% (HV 20d: 27.6%). Max pain ranged from $15.00 to $15.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 20 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.88.

Notable Days

  • 2009-08-04: Highest Volume — 362 contracts
  • 2009-08-04: Largest IV drop — 23.6% change
  • 2009-08-03: Highest IV Rank — 22.0%
  • 2009-08-03: Largest Expected Move — 14.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$16.97$16.20$17.66$17.47$16.66
Max Pain$15.00$15.00$15.00$15.00$15.00
ATM IV38.7%32.3%51.7%51.7%33.0%
Expected Move11.2%9.3%14.8%14.8%9.5%
HV 20d27.6%23.1%32.5%32.5%23.1%
HV 60d34.8%30.7%41.0%41.0%31.0%
IV Rank12.6%7.9%22.0%22.0%8.4%
IV Percentile15.4%3.6%36.9%36.9%5.2%
Term Structure2.7%-5.6%5.3%-5.6%4.0%
VWIV38.6%33.2%45.8%33.2%43.6%
Skew 25d6.2%-8.1%13.9%6.6%-8.1%
Skew 10d7.8%-4.6%26.6%-0.6%0.9%
Call IV 25d35.2%29.3%43.5%43.5%33.7%
Put IV 25d41.4%25.6%50.1%50.1%25.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %79.1958.43106.2575.1488.23
Gamma HHI0.550.340.780.740.43
Net GEX22.8K6.4K47.1K31.8K6.8K
Net DEX-1.2M-1.9M-444.0K-1.7M-444.0K
Net VEX-4.2K-5.4K-3.5K-5.4K-3.5K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.880.007.557.550.00
Total Volume52.76203621711
Total OI2,612.9051,8073,1823,1821,817

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2009-08-03$17.47$15.0051.7%14.8%32.5%22.0%33.2%6.6%-5.6%31.8K-1.7M-5.4K7.5575.14201511,7381,444
2009-08-04$17.50$15.0039.5%11.3%31.8%13.1%39.5%4.8%1.0%42.1K-1.9M-4.9K0.6198.262251371,7381,343
2009-08-05$17.62$15.0041.1%11.8%30.0%14.3%0.0%6.7%0.6%32.9K-1.8M-4.8K0.0083.48001,6131,313
2009-08-06$17.32$15.0039.3%11.3%30.5%12.9%0.0%6.9%1.5%34.3K-1.7M-4.8K1.0062.4650501,6131,313
2009-08-07$17.66$15.0038.4%11.6%30.3%12.3%0.0%2.6%2.6%35.0K-1.9M-4.7K0.0084.41001,6431,363
2009-08-10$17.33$15.0039.1%11.7%30.9%12.8%0.0%7.4%3.9%37.2K-1.7M-4.6K0.5078.01111551,6431,363
2009-08-11$17.05$15.0037.9%11.5%32.1%12.0%0.0%7.1%3.7%30.6K-1.5M-4.6K0.0088.432001,5761,351
2009-08-12$16.74$15.0036.7%11.4%28.3%11.1%0.0%13.9%3.6%28.4K-1.3M-4.6K0.0083.19001,5631,351
2009-08-13$16.25$15.0045.0%12.9%28.1%17.1%45.8%7.8%2.2%14.6K-1.1M-4.3K0.0084.240641,5631,345
2009-08-14$16.20$15.0044.6%12.8%28.1%16.8%0.0%7.0%1.6%13.6K-1.1M-4.1K0.0075.23001,5631,281
2009-08-17$16.27$15.0040.2%11.5%27.5%13.7%0.0%7.8%2.9%12.8K-1.1M-4.0K0.0079.865001,5631,281
2009-08-18$16.51$15.0039.0%11.2%28.1%12.8%0.0%8.2%4.6%22.8K-1.2M-3.9K0.0058.430551,5631,281
2009-08-19$16.65$15.0038.7%11.1%28.2%12.6%0.0%8.2%5.2%28.4K-1.3M-4.0K0.0061.25901,5631,299
2009-08-20$16.64$15.0036.9%10.6%23.1%11.2%0.0%9.6%5.3%24.8K-1.3M-3.8K0.0060.29001,5631,299
2009-08-21$17.11$15.0037.6%10.8%25.4%11.8%37.6%12.8%4.2%47.1K-1.5M-3.7K0.00106.255001,5631,299
2009-08-24$17.18$15.0036.5%10.5%24.7%11.0%36.5%12.2%2.9%7.4K-570.4K-3.8K0.0086.985008131,009
2009-08-25$17.10$15.0035.9%10.3%24.3%10.5%0.0%10.5%2.5%6.7K-540.5K-3.7K0.0079.47007981,009
2009-08-26$17.03$15.0035.9%10.3%24.4%10.5%0.0%5.8%2.4%6.4K-521.9K-3.7K0.0077.67007981,009
2009-08-27$17.04$15.0033.6%9.6%24.1%8.8%33.6%-3.0%3.7%7.0K-539.1K-3.6K0.0076.881007981,009
2009-08-28$17.00$15.0032.3%9.3%23.5%7.9%0.0%-4.2%4.6%7.8K-532.1K-3.6K0.0074.84008081,009
2009-08-31$16.66$15.0033.0%9.5%23.1%8.4%43.6%-8.1%4.0%6.8K-444.0K-3.5K0.0088.23108081,009