IT Options History — May 2010

In May 2010, IT traded between $22.59 and $25.09. ATM implied volatility averaged 31.3%, placing in the 35.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.9%. IV traded below realized volatility by 4.2% (HV 20d: 35.4%). Max pain ranged from $22.50 to $22.50. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 5.42.

Notable Days

  • 2010-05-21: Highest Volume — 255 contracts
  • 2010-05-06: Largest IV spike — 33.2% change
  • 2010-05-20: Highest IV Rank — 63.1%
  • 2010-05-20: Largest Expected Move — 11.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$24.14$22.59$25.09$24.33$24.75
Max Pain$22.50$22.50$22.50$22.50$22.50
ATM IV31.3%26.5%38.9%30.4%29.0%
Expected Move8.9%7.6%11.2%8.7%8.3%
HV 20d35.4%22.6%39.4%22.6%39.0%
HV 60d25.8%21.6%27.7%21.6%27.7%
IV Rank35.7%16.5%63.1%23.5%34.3%
IV Percentile49.7%27.4%84.5%44.0%40.5%
Term Structure-0.2%-4.1%2.5%-3.6%0.0%
VWIV33.1%29.6%38.8%37.0%30.7%
Skew 25d6.6%2.1%10.0%8.0%5.6%
Skew 10d7.2%-1.4%16.4%5.2%8.2%
Call IV 25d27.1%22.7%32.6%22.8%27.5%
Put IV 25d33.7%29.0%40.6%30.7%33.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %45.9425.9689.3032.9181.81
Gamma HHI0.490.420.650.450.53
Net GEX49.6K16.3K84.4K42.2K83.4K
Net DEX-1.8M-2.5M-852.6K-1.8M-2.3M
Net VEX-7.0K-7.7K-6.6K-7.2K-6.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio5.420.0042.5042.500.17
Total Volume44.2025500
Total OI1,963.051,8582,0251,8581,958

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-05-03$24.33$22.5030.4%8.7%22.6%23.5%0.0%8.0%-3.6%42.2K-1.8M-7.2K0.0032.91001,276582
2010-05-04$23.69$22.5036.6%10.5%24.9%34.4%37.0%6.8%-3.6%35.6K-1.4M-7.4K42.5029.0841701,276582
2010-05-05$24.40$22.5026.5%7.6%25.7%16.5%0.0%7.1%0.3%35.0K-1.8M-7.2K0.4540.0122101,274682
2010-05-06$23.16$22.5035.3%10.1%32.5%32.0%35.5%6.4%-2.2%19.0K-1.2M-7.7K25.0089.3061501,282692
2010-05-07$22.59$22.5037.5%9.7%33.8%36.0%33.8%6.4%-0.1%16.3K-852.6K-7.6K0.1053.792021,286667
2010-05-10$23.62$22.5029.3%9.1%37.2%26.6%0.0%2.1%-1.1%28.5K-1.4M-7.3K0.0046.35001,286667
2010-05-11$24.40$22.5026.8%7.8%38.5%27.0%0.0%6.6%2.2%42.1K-1.8M-6.9K0.0026.193001,286667
2010-05-12$24.70$22.5026.9%7.6%38.5%27.4%0.0%6.6%2.2%49.3K-2.0M-6.8K0.0026.102101,316667
2010-05-13$24.70$22.5027.0%7.7%38.1%27.7%30.7%5.2%2.5%52.8K-2.1M-6.7K0.0028.222801,325667
2010-05-14$24.57$22.5028.0%8.0%37.6%30.4%0.0%10.0%1.7%53.7K-2.0M-7.0K0.0042.37001,344667
2010-05-17$24.75$22.5028.3%8.1%37.5%31.3%31.0%7.0%1.5%62.1K-2.1M-6.6K0.0046.992801,344667
2010-05-18$24.71$22.5028.7%8.2%35.7%33.5%0.0%7.4%1.4%63.2K-2.1M-6.7K2.0025.9613261,327667
2010-05-19$24.26$22.5029.5%8.5%36.4%35.9%29.6%6.9%1.5%52.7K-1.8M-6.8K0.0051.381101,325677
2010-05-20$23.40$22.5038.9%11.2%38.1%63.1%38.8%8.3%-4.1%17.7K-1.4M-7.1K0.0040.260251,325677
2010-05-21$23.68$22.5038.1%10.9%38.2%60.8%33.7%7.7%-1.8%34.5K-1.6M-7.1K0.1344.76225301,325700
2010-05-24$23.70$22.5038.1%10.9%38.2%60.7%31.3%5.5%-2.3%70.8K-1.7M-7.2K0.1566.954771,490430
2010-05-25$23.96$22.5030.9%8.9%38.1%40.0%31.5%6.2%1.5%73.4K-1.9M-7.2K0.0052.85021,512437
2010-05-26$24.39$22.5030.9%8.9%38.6%40.0%30.7%6.6%0.2%76.1K-2.1M-7.0K0.1744.54611,512439
2010-05-27$25.09$22.5028.3%8.1%39.4%32.4%0.0%6.0%0.5%84.4K-2.5M-6.7K0.0049.03001,518440
2010-05-28$24.75$22.5029.0%8.3%39.0%34.3%0.0%5.6%0.0%83.4K-2.3M-6.8K0.0081.81001,518440