IT Options History — September 2009

In September 2009, IT traded between $16.47 and $18.33. ATM implied volatility averaged 33.2%, placing in the 8.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 13.1% (HV 20d: 20.1%). 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 21 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 5.25.

Notable Days

  • 2009-09-30: Highest Volume — 110 contracts
  • 2009-09-10: Largest IV spike — 18.1% change
  • 2009-09-17: Highest IV Rank — 10.8%
  • 2009-09-08: Largest Expected Move — 10.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$17.56$16.47$18.33$16.47$18.27
Max Pain$15.00$15.00$15.00$15.00$15.00
ATM IV33.2%28.6%36.3%28.6%33.2%
Expected Move9.8%8.2%10.6%8.2%9.5%
HV 20d20.1%16.6%23.5%23.2%16.6%
HV 60d28.6%25.4%31.0%30.9%25.4%
IV Rank8.5%5.2%10.8%5.2%8.6%
IV Percentile8.2%1.2%15.1%1.2%9.1%
Term Structure4.4%2.1%6.3%3.8%6.0%
Skew 25d6.9%-6.0%61.0%4.5%4.6%
Skew 10d9.3%-13.9%102.5%31.4%2.1%
Call IV 25d35.5%29.3%39.5%33.6%35.3%
Put IV 25d42.4%26.4%90.4%38.1%40.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %53.2622.98116.5692.0140.17
Gamma HHI0.550.420.710.420.71
Net GEX11.7K6.1K16.4K6.1K15.1K
Net DEX-604.1K-889.5K-379.9K-379.9K-571.1K
Net VEX-2.9K-3.5K-2.5K-3.5K-2.7K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio5.250.0021.000.0021.00
Total Volume10.04801100110
Total OI1,558.0481,1031,8531,8171,153

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2009-09-01$16.47$15.0028.6%8.2%23.2%5.2%0.0%4.5%3.8%6.1K-379.9K-3.5K0.0092.01008081,009
2009-09-02$16.66$15.0031.2%8.9%23.5%7.1%0.0%-6.0%5.4%6.9K-445.0K-3.5K0.00104.72008081,009
2009-09-03$16.70$15.0030.2%8.7%23.0%6.4%0.0%6.0%6.0%6.9K-458.3K-3.3K0.00116.56008081,009
2009-09-04$16.93$0.0029.3%10.2%22.4%5.7%0.0%-4.8%3.2%8.4K-530.2K-3.2K0.0049.78008081,009
2009-09-08$16.96$0.0032.0%10.6%21.5%7.7%0.0%5.6%2.1%9.0K-538.9K-3.2K0.0052.540188081,009
2009-09-09$17.26$0.0029.9%10.3%21.7%6.1%0.0%5.9%3.5%9.8K-620.5K-3.1K0.0057.92008081,023
2009-09-10$17.59$0.0035.3%10.1%21.4%10.0%0.0%61.0%4.2%11.0K-722.1K-3.0K0.0053.10008081,023
2009-09-11$17.32$0.0034.8%10.0%19.0%9.7%0.0%5.8%4.3%10.0K-650.7K-3.1K0.0070.95008081,023
2009-09-14$17.50$0.0035.8%10.2%19.0%10.4%0.0%5.7%3.6%10.8K-704.3K-2.9K0.0047.650108081,023
2009-09-15$17.40$0.0035.0%10.0%19.3%9.8%0.0%5.3%3.7%10.7K-644.0K-2.9K0.0045.46008081,033
2009-09-16$17.68$0.0035.9%10.3%19.4%10.5%0.0%5.3%3.0%10.2K-745.9K-2.9K0.0024.321008081,033
2009-09-17$18.01$0.0036.3%10.4%20.1%10.8%0.0%5.8%3.3%12.0K-889.5K-2.8K0.0043.19208181,033
2009-09-18$17.75$0.0034.2%9.8%21.1%9.3%0.0%4.8%4.4%11.4K-797.5K-2.9K0.0032.341108201,033
2009-09-21$17.75$0.0036.3%10.4%19.0%10.8%0.0%6.4%2.8%14.3K-512.5K-2.8K0.0024.4800618485
2009-09-22$17.83$0.0034.4%9.9%19.0%9.4%0.0%5.1%4.5%15.1K-540.4K-2.7K0.0031.6600618485
2009-09-23$18.00$0.0033.1%9.5%19.0%8.4%0.0%4.9%5.4%15.6K-573.7K-2.6K0.0032.4800618485
2009-09-24$18.04$0.0032.8%9.4%18.8%8.2%0.0%4.9%5.4%15.5K-583.3K-2.6K0.0022.9800618485
2009-09-25$18.01$0.0032.5%9.3%18.9%8.0%0.0%4.5%6.3%15.7K-574.2K-2.6K0.0043.6000618485
2009-09-28$18.33$0.0033.4%9.6%19.5%8.7%0.0%4.3%5.3%16.4K-638.9K-2.5K0.0096.53050618485
2009-09-29$18.26$0.0033.4%9.6%17.6%8.7%0.0%5.4%5.5%14.7K-565.1K-2.8K0.0035.9600618535
2009-09-30$18.27$0.0033.2%9.5%16.6%8.6%0.0%4.6%6.0%15.1K-571.1K-2.7K21.0040.175105618535