IT Options History — January 2011

In January 2011, IT traded between $33.34 and $36.23. ATM implied volatility averaged 23.9%, placing in the 13.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 9.6% (HV 20d: 14.3%). Max pain ranged from $30.00 to $35.00. Net GEX was positive for 1 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.21.

Notable Days

  • 2011-01-04: Highest Volume — 510 contracts
  • 2011-01-13: Largest IV spike — 53.7% change
  • 2011-01-31: Highest IV Rank — 24.4%
  • 2011-01-31: Largest Expected Move — 8.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$34.53$33.34$36.23$33.53$35.42
Max Pain$34.25$30.00$35.00$35.00$35.00
ATM IV23.9%15.6%30.5%16.2%30.5%
Expected Move7.3%4.6%8.7%4.6%8.7%
HV 20d14.3%11.8%20.5%13.8%19.3%
HV 60d15.0%14.2%16.8%15.1%16.8%
IV Rank13.3%0.0%24.4%0.0%24.4%
IV Percentile32.8%0.0%69.8%0.0%69.8%
Term Structure0.2%-4.0%7.9%7.9%-4.0%
VWIV29.0%24.6%36.3%26.8%29.0%
Skew 25d8.5%-3.1%13.7%11.0%13.7%
Skew 10d14.0%-2.9%22.8%20.9%22.8%
Call IV 25d21.5%19.0%24.1%24.1%22.6%
Put IV 25d29.9%16.7%36.4%35.2%36.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %49.2528.9256.6728.9247.59
Gamma HHI0.550.360.800.380.36
Net GEX-24.2K-41.3K6.3K-33.4K-28.4K
Net DEX-489.2K-1.8M66.4K-8.2K-1.0M
Net VEX-14.2K-15.6K-12.1K-12.1K-14.0K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.210.0011.430.960.00
Total Volume98.5051006
Total OI3,371.052,5464,0352,5464,035

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-01-03$33.53$35.0016.2%4.6%13.8%0.0%0.0%11.0%7.9%-33.4K-8.2K-12.1K0.0028.92008081,738
2011-01-04$33.34$35.0017.0%4.9%13.9%1.3%0.0%-3.1%7.7%-34.7K66.4K-12.2K0.9647.442602508081,738
2011-01-05$33.81$35.0016.3%4.7%14.7%0.3%0.0%-1.5%7.1%-19.0K-354.2K-14.1K0.9743.4535341,0501,985
2011-01-06$33.91$35.0016.9%4.9%14.7%1.3%0.0%-0.9%7.2%-11.5K-479.5K-14.0K0.0048.211601,0851,959
2011-01-07$34.01$30.0015.6%7.6%12.8%0.0%0.0%8.5%-0.0%-8.1K-569.0K-13.9K0.0051.750171,0941,959
2011-01-10$34.46$30.0019.9%7.7%13.3%7.0%26.8%9.0%0.1%-2.2K-841.5K-13.4K0.0049.875701,0941,942
2011-01-11$34.82$30.0018.4%7.6%13.5%4.5%26.6%9.1%-0.6%6.3K-1.1M-13.0K0.0054.5004101,0931,942
2011-01-12$34.90$35.0017.7%7.7%13.5%3.3%0.0%9.5%-1.0%-33.5K-461.4K-15.5K0.0055.48501,0932,341
2011-01-13$34.67$35.0027.2%7.8%13.7%18.9%27.2%9.0%-1.5%-33.9K-288.2K-15.6K0.0456.674721,0932,341
2011-01-14$34.60$35.0026.7%7.7%13.8%18.2%0.0%9.3%-0.8%-28.8K-273.6K-15.6K0.0055.84401,1102,342
2011-01-18$34.78$35.0027.5%7.9%11.8%19.5%27.5%10.7%-1.0%-24.5K-436.8K-14.9K0.0055.682001,1062,342
2011-01-19$34.36$35.0028.1%8.1%12.8%20.5%0.0%8.3%-1.6%-30.9K-80.2K-15.1K0.0054.19001,1262,342
2011-01-20$34.21$35.0028.2%8.1%12.9%20.7%35.3%8.9%-1.8%-31.8K-16.1K-14.9K0.0051.0001901,1262,342
2011-01-21$34.32$35.0028.0%8.0%12.5%20.3%36.3%12.8%-1.7%-36.4K-52.7K-15.1K11.4342.15141601,1262,499
2011-01-24$34.49$35.0028.1%8.1%12.5%20.5%0.0%9.7%-2.2%-41.3K-187.3K-14.7K0.0055.49001,1122,531
2011-01-25$34.29$35.0028.4%8.1%12.8%20.9%28.4%10.3%-2.3%-41.0K-85.7K-14.4K0.0055.777801,1122,531
2011-01-26$35.13$35.0028.5%8.2%15.1%21.1%28.5%12.2%-3.0%-11.8K-899.5K-14.2K0.0051.74031,1902,531
2011-01-27$36.23$35.0029.1%8.3%18.1%22.1%24.6%9.3%-2.8%-8.5K-1.8M-12.9K1.0649.131741841,1902,534
2011-01-28$35.40$35.0029.0%8.3%20.5%21.9%29.0%13.5%-2.5%-31.1K-916.0K-14.4K0.0030.16041,3462,685
2011-01-31$35.42$35.0030.5%8.7%19.3%24.4%0.0%13.7%-4.0%-28.4K-1.0M-14.0K0.0047.59601,3462,689