IT Options History — January 2010

In January 2010, IT traded between $18.70 and $22.14. ATM implied volatility averaged 28.5%, placing in the 10.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.3%. IV traded below realized volatility by 7.8% (HV 20d: 36.3%). Max pain ranged from $20.00 to $20.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.63.

Notable Days

  • 2010-01-13: Highest Volume — 410 contracts
  • 2010-01-13: Largest IV spike — 88.7% change
  • 2010-01-13: Highest IV Rank — 20.0%
  • 2010-01-22: Largest Expected Move — 10.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$20.91$18.70$22.14$18.70$21.40
Max Pain$20.00$20.00$20.00$20.00$20.00
ATM IV28.5%17.5%39.2%21.2%33.8%
Expected Move9.3%8.3%10.8%9.9%9.7%
HV 20d36.3%28.8%39.2%30.9%39.0%
HV 60d33.8%29.7%35.4%30.9%33.6%
IV Rank10.3%0.3%20.0%2.9%15.7%
IV Percentile21.6%0.8%53.6%2.4%37.3%
Term Structure-0.4%-1.9%0.9%-0.1%-0.4%
VWIV32.1%30.2%35.9%30.7%33.6%
Skew 25d5.3%2.7%10.5%9.5%4.1%
Skew 10d7.4%-5.1%22.2%21.4%6.5%
Call IV 25d29.5%24.5%33.6%26.0%33.5%
Put IV 25d34.8%31.8%38.7%35.5%37.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %38.8420.9273.7630.9128.20
Gamma HHI0.650.370.850.410.72
Net GEX23.3K5.7K38.2K5.7K33.9K
Net DEX-627.1K-1.1M-146.3K-149.0K-775.3K
Net VEX-2.7K-4.0K-1.0K-1.2K-3.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.630.0025.000.000.00
Total Volume68.421041022
Total OI916.5264291,2644471,264

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-01-04$18.70$0.0021.2%9.9%30.9%2.9%0.0%9.5%-0.1%5.7K-149.0K-1.2K0.0030.9120312135
2010-01-05$18.73$0.0022.9%9.9%29.1%4.1%0.0%10.3%0.9%5.9K-153.4K-1.2K0.0029.05200312135
2010-01-06$18.86$0.0024.7%8.6%28.8%5.4%0.0%10.5%0.7%7.2K-146.3K-1.1K0.0026.3100294135
2010-01-07$20.44$0.0019.0%8.8%38.5%1.4%30.7%5.8%0.9%19.9K-373.8K-1.0K0.7173.763424294135
2010-01-08$20.66$20.0017.5%9.2%38.0%0.3%31.1%5.5%-0.9%12.9K-411.2K-1.1K0.7841.0712396302159
2010-01-11$20.60$20.0019.8%9.5%34.5%1.9%0.0%4.8%-1.3%10.4K-422.6K-1.5K2.2437.273885389246
2010-01-12$20.57$20.0020.8%9.4%34.6%2.6%0.0%4.9%-0.7%12.7K-438.2K-1.6K0.0039.5300427246
2010-01-13$21.61$20.0039.2%8.5%36.9%20.0%30.2%3.8%-1.1%9.1K-602.1K-1.4K0.0020.924100427246
2010-01-14$22.05$20.0028.8%8.3%36.5%10.6%33.2%2.7%0.4%30.8K-1.1M-3.3K0.0052.2820828246
2010-01-15$21.93$20.0030.4%8.7%37.0%12.0%0.0%3.2%0.8%29.7K-1.1M-3.3K0.1822.1730055828246
2010-01-19$22.14$20.0030.6%8.8%35.6%12.2%30.2%3.0%-0.3%38.2K-1.0M-3.9K0.0049.8403898270
2010-01-20$21.70$20.0030.1%8.6%37.3%11.7%0.0%3.1%0.6%36.6K-895.0K-3.9K0.0027.25022898273
2010-01-21$21.40$20.0031.8%9.1%38.0%13.3%35.9%3.7%-0.2%33.7K-774.3K-4.0K25.0049.73250898295
2010-01-22$20.98$20.0037.8%10.8%39.1%19.4%31.1%5.1%-1.1%26.8K-612.8K-4.0K0.0027.3202898345
2010-01-25$21.26$20.0032.6%9.4%39.2%14.6%33.5%4.2%-0.8%30.2K-710.4K-3.9K0.0026.85290898343
2010-01-26$21.28$20.0033.9%9.7%39.2%15.8%33.6%0.0%-1.9%32.1K-714.9K-4.0K0.0050.9701921343
2010-01-27$21.46$20.0033.4%9.6%38.9%15.3%0.0%0.0%-1.1%33.9K-774.5K-3.9K0.0054.2000921343
2010-01-28$21.45$20.0034.0%9.7%39.0%15.8%0.0%0.0%-1.7%33.9K-772.1K-3.9K0.0050.2400921343
2010-01-29$21.40$20.0033.8%9.7%39.0%15.7%0.0%4.1%-0.4%33.9K-775.3K-3.8K0.0028.2020921343