IT Options History — February 2010

In February 2010, IT traded between $20.47 and $23.79. ATM implied volatility averaged 31.4%, placing in the 19.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.3% (HV 20d: 28.1%). 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 13 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.56.

Notable Days

  • 2010-02-22: Highest Volume — 67 contracts
  • 2010-02-09: Largest IV drop — 34.4% change
  • 2010-02-08: Highest IV Rank — 40.2%
  • 2010-02-04: Largest Expected Move — 11.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$22.35$20.47$23.79$21.39$23.79
Max Pain$20.00$20.00$20.00$20.00$20.00
ATM IV31.4%18.3%46.1%34.6%18.3%
Expected Move9.0%5.3%11.7%9.9%5.3%
HV 20d28.1%22.9%38.7%37.7%25.2%
HV 60d32.5%31.6%33.6%33.6%31.6%
IV Rank19.2%2.1%40.2%16.4%2.1%
IV Percentile29.3%1.6%72.6%40.9%1.6%
Term Structure0.3%-3.3%4.5%-2.1%2.4%
VWIV30.4%22.3%42.5%42.5%26.7%
Skew 25d3.3%-1.1%5.6%3.9%3.7%
Skew 10d1.5%-6.1%7.5%7.3%4.6%
Call IV 25d28.8%21.8%35.5%32.8%21.8%
Put IV 25d32.1%25.5%41.1%36.6%25.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %28.9920.9138.2026.9037.28
Gamma HHI0.790.620.930.720.72
Net GEX37.2K23.4K77.1K34.7K33.3K
Net DEX-1.1M-1.8M-451.8K-737.7K-1.3M
Net VEX-3.1K-3.7K-2.6K-3.7K-2.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.560.005.000.005.00
Total Volume19.474067012
Total OI1,211.3681,0041,3001,2661,085

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-02-01$21.39$20.0034.6%9.9%37.7%16.4%0.0%3.9%-2.1%34.7K-737.7K-3.7K0.0026.9000923343
2010-02-02$21.20$20.0040.4%11.6%36.7%21.9%0.0%4.9%-2.9%33.1K-683.6K-3.6K0.0028.1710923343
2010-02-03$20.99$20.0038.6%11.1%37.1%20.2%0.0%3.7%-2.8%30.0K-596.6K-3.5K0.0038.2000924343
2010-02-04$20.47$20.0040.7%11.7%38.7%22.2%0.0%5.6%-3.3%23.4K-451.8K-3.4K0.0033.00035924343
2010-02-05$20.79$20.0041.6%10.7%26.7%23.0%42.5%5.1%-2.0%25.8K-514.7K-3.4K0.0030.15038924343
2010-02-08$20.86$20.0046.1%11.2%26.4%40.2%0.0%5.6%-3.3%27.7K-554.3K-3.4K0.0028.59045924361
2010-02-09$21.06$20.0030.3%9.7%26.6%21.9%0.0%0.7%0.1%31.7K-598.5K-3.2K0.0023.5300924341
2010-02-10$21.52$20.0025.2%8.7%27.5%13.5%33.3%3.9%0.8%42.6K-765.5K-3.2K0.0022.4420924341
2010-02-11$22.06$20.0029.3%8.4%23.0%20.3%32.1%3.4%1.8%63.2K-989.4K-3.2K0.0025.88110926341
2010-02-12$22.50$20.0028.3%8.1%22.9%18.7%22.3%0.0%2.9%77.1K-1.2M-3.2K0.0027.88130933341
2010-02-16$23.53$20.0029.4%8.4%27.5%20.4%29.3%-1.1%2.7%40.9K-1.7M-2.7K0.0020.91550925341
2010-02-17$23.70$20.0030.3%8.7%27.5%22.0%0.0%3.1%1.1%33.3K-1.7M-2.6K0.0023.20240935341
2010-02-18$23.76$20.0025.2%7.2%26.0%13.5%0.0%3.1%4.5%35.6K-1.8M-2.7K0.0029.2600959341
2010-02-19$23.71$20.0028.7%8.2%25.3%19.3%0.0%3.7%3.0%35.9K-1.8M-2.6K0.0027.9000959341
2010-02-22$23.42$20.0028.1%8.0%24.4%18.3%26.7%3.4%0.3%34.2K-1.2M-2.7K0.0031.76670739265
2010-02-23$23.10$20.0027.6%7.9%25.1%17.5%0.0%0.2%0.8%35.4K-1.1M-2.8K0.0031.5900753265
2010-02-24$23.30$20.0027.5%7.9%25.1%17.4%0.0%1.8%0.4%36.0K-1.2M-2.7K0.0031.52042753265
2010-02-25$23.59$20.0026.3%7.6%25.3%15.4%0.0%4.0%1.8%33.8K-1.2M-2.8K0.0032.57250753307
2010-02-26$23.79$20.0018.3%5.3%25.2%2.1%26.7%3.7%2.4%33.3K-1.3M-2.9K5.0037.28210778307