IT Options History — February 2011

In February 2011, IT traded between $35.87 and $38.53. ATM implied volatility averaged 26.0%, placing in the 17.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 3.4% (HV 20d: 29.4%). Max pain ranged from $35.00 to $40.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 11.19.

Notable Days

  • 2011-02-16: Highest Volume — 3,123 contracts
  • 2011-02-09: Largest IV drop — 53.2% change
  • 2011-02-08: Highest IV Rank — 33.2%
  • 2011-02-23: Largest Expected Move — 8.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$37.26$35.87$38.53$35.87$37.72
Max Pain$35.79$35.00$40.00$35.00$35.00
ATM IV26.0%15.8%35.9%30.2%21.3%
Expected Move7.1%4.5%8.7%8.6%6.1%
HV 20d29.4%19.0%40.6%19.4%37.7%
HV 60d21.2%16.6%26.2%16.6%25.6%
IV Rank17.0%0.3%33.2%23.8%9.4%
IV Percentile42.5%0.4%91.3%67.5%14.7%
Term Structure0.7%-3.6%4.6%-3.4%0.7%
VWIV24.5%13.2%35.3%35.3%26.4%
Skew 25d4.2%-0.7%14.0%14.0%2.3%
Skew 10d8.8%-3.1%25.5%25.5%11.1%
Call IV 25d22.7%18.5%27.2%21.4%24.8%
Put IV 25d26.9%21.6%35.3%35.3%27.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %38.4631.2250.8938.9531.55
Gamma HHI0.530.330.800.340.46
Net GEX-115.0K-642.9K-8.4K-24.6K-129.0K
Net DEX-566.3K-3.6M12.5M-1.4M-748.1K
Net VEX-12.7K-20.4K-8.8K-13.6K-13.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio11.190.00110.542.001.50
Total Volume563.737143,1233050
Total OI4,934.1584,03510,1724,0354,723

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-02-01$35.87$35.0030.2%8.6%19.4%23.8%35.3%14.0%-3.4%-24.6K-1.4M-13.6K2.0038.9510201,3462,689
2011-02-02$36.26$35.0030.1%8.6%19.3%23.7%30.1%12.2%-3.6%-18.9K-1.8M-12.8K32.0042.391321,3562,689
2011-02-03$36.29$35.0030.2%8.6%19.0%23.8%30.3%9.8%-3.1%-20.7K-1.8M-12.7K0.0045.6103101,3572,699
2011-02-04$36.27$35.0031.6%7.4%19.0%26.1%25.8%4.1%0.8%-55.7K-1.5M-14.3K0.7746.2430231,3573,009
2011-02-07$36.59$35.0034.5%7.7%19.1%31.0%26.1%1.6%0.3%-50.9K-1.8M-13.3K0.6337.40145911,3573,009
2011-02-08$37.99$35.0035.9%5.5%22.4%33.2%17.7%3.8%3.9%-19.0K-3.4M-10.1K0.1031.22164161,4603,064
2011-02-09$36.71$35.0016.8%6.6%26.2%1.9%23.0%2.1%2.7%-66.7K-2.3M-12.3K3.3343.8812401,4693,074
2011-02-10$37.76$35.0015.8%4.5%27.8%0.3%13.2%3.1%4.6%-34.2K-3.2M-10.2K0.0037.642501,4733,114
2011-02-11$38.22$35.0019.3%5.5%27.6%6.0%20.3%3.6%4.2%-14.9K-3.5M-9.7K0.3337.2036121,4483,114
2011-02-14$38.53$35.0019.8%5.7%27.5%6.9%19.9%3.1%3.8%-8.4K-3.6M-8.8K0.0341.502911,4283,126
2011-02-15$37.22$35.0022.7%6.5%30.9%11.6%22.1%5.1%3.4%-68.4K-2.7M-10.5K0.0150.8933921,4323,126
2011-02-16$37.25$35.0025.7%7.4%30.4%16.5%22.3%3.0%1.1%-64.3K-2.8M-10.9K110.5435.04283,0951,4903,128
2011-02-17$36.00$40.0026.3%7.5%33.2%17.4%26.3%-0.7%1.0%-324.6K8.4M-17.6K15.3835.191642,5231,5086,209
2011-02-18$38.33$40.0024.8%7.1%39.5%15.0%24.8%2.6%0.1%-642.9K12.5M-20.4K34.4331.24862,9611,6038,569
2011-02-22$38.05$40.0027.2%7.8%39.8%18.9%26.3%2.2%-1.6%-213.5K154.0K-12.5K0.0734.84140101,1063,592
2011-02-23$37.29$35.0030.4%8.7%40.6%24.2%30.4%2.2%-1.4%-144.4K-84.0K-12.4K0.2837.2336101,1483,296
2011-02-24$37.85$35.0026.5%7.6%40.1%17.8%0.0%3.1%-0.3%-154.3K-556.9K-11.9K0.0036.1225601,1633,306
2011-02-25$37.70$35.0024.7%7.1%38.9%14.8%20.3%3.2%-0.5%-129.8K-793.4K-13.5K0.0836.691311,4063,306
2011-02-28$37.72$35.0021.3%6.1%37.7%9.4%26.4%2.3%0.7%-129.0K-748.1K-13.1K1.5031.5520301,4163,307