IT Options History — April 2010

In April 2010, IT traded between $22.24 and $24.63. ATM implied volatility averaged 25.9%, placing in the 15.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 6.8% (HV 20d: 19.1%). Max pain ranged from $22.50 to $22.50. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 1 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 3.17.

Notable Days

  • 2010-04-01: Highest Volume — 295 contracts
  • 2010-04-15: Largest IV spike — 32.8% change
  • 2010-04-16: Highest IV Rank — 24.0%
  • 2010-04-16: Largest Expected Move — 8.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$23.42$22.24$24.63$22.41$24.08
Max Pain$22.50$22.50$22.50$22.50$22.50
ATM IV25.9%17.7%30.7%23.1%28.4%
Expected Move8.2%6.6%8.8%6.6%8.1%
HV 20d19.1%15.7%22.8%16.2%22.8%
HV 60d22.3%20.8%28.0%27.9%22.3%
IV Rank15.5%1.0%24.0%10.6%19.9%
IV Percentile23.5%1.2%41.3%10.3%34.9%
Term Structure-0.8%-1.8%6.0%6.0%-1.6%
VWIV27.4%26.4%28.3%26.4%28.3%
Skew 25d5.0%2.4%8.0%5.7%7.2%
Skew 10d4.8%-3.4%14.8%8.9%14.8%
Call IV 25d25.6%21.4%28.0%26.2%23.6%
Put IV 25d30.7%28.1%33.1%31.9%30.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %33.4223.1042.8028.8029.32
Gamma HHI0.450.410.500.490.44
Net GEX37.4K26.7K50.6K50.6K39.5K
Net DEX-1.4M-1.9M-854.5K-1.1M-1.6M
Net VEX-7.2K-7.7K-6.6K-6.6K-7.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio3.170.0035.004.780.00
Total Volume30.52402952950
Total OI1,697.9521,3561,8581,3561,858

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-04-01$22.41$22.5023.1%6.6%16.2%10.6%0.0%5.7%6.0%50.6K-1.1M-6.6K4.7828.80512441,213143
2010-04-05$22.71$22.5024.7%8.6%15.8%13.5%0.0%6.1%-1.0%34.6K-1.0M-7.4K0.0027.39001,234387
2010-04-06$22.60$22.5023.8%8.5%15.7%11.9%0.0%5.1%-0.7%34.3K-986.6K-7.3K0.0036.141501,234387
2010-04-07$22.24$22.5023.8%8.6%16.1%11.9%0.0%4.4%-0.6%32.3K-854.5K-7.1K0.0039.97001,245387
2010-04-08$22.50$22.5022.1%8.6%16.2%8.8%0.0%5.5%-1.2%33.9K-976.8K-7.2K1.4735.6415221,245387
2010-04-09$22.42$22.5021.2%8.6%15.7%7.2%0.0%5.2%-0.9%26.7K-901.0K-7.2K0.0042.59001,245407
2010-04-12$22.56$22.5024.8%8.7%16.0%13.5%0.0%4.7%-1.3%27.2K-979.9K-7.1K0.0040.10001,245407
2010-04-13$22.91$22.5017.7%8.5%17.2%1.0%0.0%5.0%-0.8%29.7K-1.1M-7.2K0.0037.47001,245407
2010-04-14$23.20$22.5022.7%8.6%17.8%9.8%0.0%5.0%-1.3%35.5K-1.3M-7.1K0.0042.80301,245407
2010-04-15$23.60$22.5030.1%8.6%18.9%22.9%0.0%4.2%-1.1%39.8K-1.5M-7.1K0.0024.612201,248407
2010-04-16$23.20$22.5030.7%8.8%19.8%24.0%0.0%5.8%-0.8%35.1K-1.3M-7.1K0.0040.83501,246407
2010-04-19$23.11$22.5030.3%8.7%19.3%23.2%0.0%4.7%-1.6%37.9K-1.3M-7.0K0.0042.29001,244383
2010-04-20$23.92$22.5026.5%7.6%22.4%16.5%26.4%3.7%-1.1%42.5K-1.6M-6.8K35.0027.4351751,244383
2010-04-21$24.03$22.5026.9%7.7%22.4%17.2%26.7%3.2%-0.9%39.3K-1.6M-7.7K0.0027.541201,249558
2010-04-22$24.40$22.5027.3%7.8%21.6%17.9%27.3%2.8%-1.1%40.4K-1.8M-7.5K0.0030.45201,250558
2010-04-23$24.63$22.5027.3%7.8%21.7%17.9%27.3%2.4%-1.5%42.3K-1.9M-7.4K0.0032.37501,252558
2010-04-26$24.47$22.5028.2%8.1%20.8%19.5%0.0%2.6%-1.8%42.8K-1.8M-7.3K0.0034.823001,257558
2010-04-27$24.10$22.5028.3%8.1%21.9%19.7%0.0%7.5%-1.0%39.9K-1.6M-7.5K0.0023.100241,265558
2010-04-28$24.09$22.5028.1%8.1%21.8%19.5%28.3%6.9%-1.4%38.6K-1.6M-7.5K0.0030.131001,265582
2010-04-29$24.55$22.5028.3%8.1%21.1%19.7%28.3%8.0%-1.7%42.9K-1.9M-7.3K0.0027.99101,275582
2010-04-30$24.08$22.5028.4%8.1%22.8%19.9%0.0%7.2%-1.6%39.5K-1.6M-7.4K0.0029.32001,276582