IT Options History — December 2009

In December 2009, IT traded between $17.38 and $19.51. ATM implied volatility averaged 27.1%, placing in the 7.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.2%. IV traded below realized volatility by 3.8% (HV 20d: 30.9%). Max pain ranged from $15.00 to $17.50. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 22 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.60.

Notable Days

  • 2009-12-17: Highest Volume — 96 contracts
  • 2009-12-04: Largest IV spike — 42.8% change
  • 2009-12-10: Highest IV Rank — 11.6%
  • 2009-12-09: Largest Expected Move — 9.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$18.28$17.38$19.51$19.41$18.04
Max Pain$17.16$15.00$17.50$15.00$17.50
ATM IV27.1%17.2%33.4%26.9%25.9%
Expected Move8.2%4.9%9.6%7.7%7.4%
HV 20d30.9%27.2%34.1%33.3%27.8%
HV 60d30.1%28.5%31.2%28.5%30.5%
IV Rank7.1%0.1%11.6%7.0%6.3%
IV Percentile10.2%0.4%22.6%6.3%8.3%
Term Structure6.5%2.5%13.2%3.5%7.5%
VWIV29.3%27.0%31.8%27.0%29.9%
Skew 25d9.2%-4.7%55.5%-4.7%6.7%
Skew 10d20.4%-9.9%69.5%-9.9%17.7%
Call IV 25d28.6%18.0%37.3%28.6%29.3%
Put IV 25d37.8%20.7%81.3%23.9%36.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %46.0120.5590.5588.2264.20
Gamma HHI0.670.410.990.500.58
Net GEX42.2K4.5K151.0K21.4K4.5K
Net DEX-493.3K-1.1M-83.2K-973.5K-99.5K
Net VEX-1.2K-1.6K-976-1.1K-1.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.600.004.800.000.00
Total Volume25.636096500
Total OI1,070.0454431,5101,360447

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2009-12-01$19.41$15.0026.9%7.7%33.3%7.0%27.0%-4.7%3.5%21.4K-973.5K-1.1K0.0088.22500667693
2009-12-02$19.20$15.0025.8%7.4%33.6%6.2%0.0%5.4%2.5%21.1K-936.7K-1.1K0.0028.53500667693
2009-12-03$18.99$15.0017.2%4.9%33.0%0.1%0.0%1.5%13.2%25.9K-831.7K-1.6K0.0090.5500717693
2009-12-04$19.51$17.5024.5%8.2%31.5%5.3%28.7%55.5%5.0%12.3K-1.1M-9940.0027.48510717693
2009-12-07$19.21$17.5017.7%8.2%32.1%0.4%0.0%4.2%5.7%15.6K-1.0M-9760.0034.4600718693
2009-12-08$18.57$17.5022.9%9.6%33.1%4.1%0.0%0.1%3.8%24.2K-877.4K-1.0K0.0030.9920718693
2009-12-09$18.34$17.5029.6%9.6%33.1%8.9%0.0%12.7%4.0%37.5K-736.6K-1.2K4.8034.911048716693
2009-12-10$17.66$17.5033.4%9.6%34.1%11.6%0.0%6.1%3.7%51.7K-506.4K-1.2K0.0257.54651716675
2009-12-11$17.74$17.5033.1%9.5%32.8%11.4%0.0%27.5%3.3%63.4K-582.0K-1.3K0.2020.5551767676
2009-12-14$17.55$17.5032.1%9.2%32.6%10.6%0.0%5.6%4.0%87.3K-478.4K-1.2K0.0056.1450772677
2009-12-15$17.43$17.5032.0%9.2%28.7%10.6%0.0%6.4%4.4%96.9K-416.3K-1.2K0.0055.7800777677
2009-12-16$17.66$17.5032.2%9.2%29.4%10.7%31.8%7.2%4.6%151.0K-657.3K-1.1K0.0020.74800777677
2009-12-17$17.38$17.5031.8%9.1%29.5%10.5%0.0%5.9%5.1%128.4K-405.5K-1.1K0.0027.35960814677
2009-12-18$17.42$17.5029.8%8.6%28.5%9.1%29.9%6.3%6.0%143.7K-402.7K-1.2K0.0024.16600833677
2009-12-21$17.84$17.5028.2%8.1%30.3%7.9%0.0%5.7%5.4%4.8K-83.2K-1.3K0.0026.4490308135
2009-12-22$18.18$17.5028.2%8.1%30.1%7.9%0.0%8.0%5.7%6.3K-125.5K-1.3K4.0023.28520317135
2009-12-23$18.36$17.5026.0%7.4%30.5%6.3%0.0%9.4%8.0%6.7K-135.8K-1.3K0.0036.2550316135
2009-12-24$18.42$17.5023.3%6.7%30.5%4.4%0.0%9.0%12.7%6.8K-136.7K-1.3K0.0050.7900311135
2009-12-28$18.30$17.5026.7%7.7%28.8%6.8%0.0%8.1%9.3%5.7K-119.7K-1.2K0.0036.3500311135
2009-12-29$18.45$17.5024.3%7.0%29.0%5.1%0.0%8.4%12.4%6.7K-135.1K-1.2K0.0089.9210311135
2009-12-30$18.43$17.5024.2%6.9%27.2%5.0%0.0%8.0%12.9%6.5K-133.1K-1.2K0.0087.6900312135
2009-12-31$18.04$17.5025.9%7.4%27.8%6.3%0.0%6.7%7.5%4.5K-99.5K-1.2K0.0064.2000312135