IT Options History — November 2011

In November 2011, IT traded between $35.89 and $40.27. ATM implied volatility averaged 31.1%, placing in the 26.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.9%. IV traded below realized volatility by 2.6% (HV 20d: 33.7%). Max pain ranged from $40.00 to $40.00. Net GEX was positive for 7 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.17.

Notable Days

  • 2011-11-01: Highest Volume — 153 contracts
  • 2011-11-30: Largest IV drop — 28.4% change
  • 2011-11-21: Highest IV Rank — 32.3%
  • 2011-11-21: Largest Expected Move — 9.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$38.08$35.89$40.27$39.03$37.83
Max Pain$40.00$40.00$40.00$40.00$40.00
ATM IV31.1%23.4%34.4%32.4%23.4%
Expected Move8.9%6.7%9.9%9.3%6.7%
HV 20d33.7%26.4%38.4%36.0%26.7%
HV 60d40.2%37.3%45.7%45.7%37.6%
IV Rank26.9%14.5%32.3%29.0%14.5%
IV Percentile67.3%32.1%78.6%72.6%32.1%
Term Structure0.8%-1.2%4.6%-1.2%3.1%
VWIV29.0%18.4%34.8%18.4%32.2%
Skew 25d5.9%-4.0%14.6%-2.4%-4.0%
Skew 10d9.1%-5.8%29.6%-2.0%-5.8%
Call IV 25d25.9%19.5%31.4%30.5%25.5%
Put IV 25d31.8%21.5%34.6%28.1%21.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %96.9287.77106.86100.77106.86
Gamma HHI0.430.370.560.370.46
Net GEX-21.2K-69.8K18.9K-18.5K-37.2K
Net DEX670.6K-1.2M2.3M-12.0K1.2M
Net VEX-14.7K-17.1K-10.8K-16.7K-10.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.170.006.670.001.10
Total Volume21.85701531530
Total OI3,384.8573,1913,5643,2733,211

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-11-01$39.03$40.0032.4%9.3%36.0%29.0%0.0%-2.4%-1.2%-18.5K-12.0K-16.7K0.00100.7715301,2252,048
2011-11-02$40.27$40.0031.3%9.0%37.0%27.2%0.0%2.4%-0.5%17.6K-1.2M-17.0K0.50100.9520101,3652,048
2011-11-03$40.03$40.0031.4%9.0%37.1%27.4%0.0%0.8%-1.1%18.9K-1.1M-16.9K0.00101.660201,3812,048
2011-11-04$38.94$40.0029.9%8.8%38.4%25.1%0.0%8.0%-0.0%5.9K-209.6K-17.1K0.0094.75001,3812,068
2011-11-07$39.00$40.0032.1%8.6%37.0%28.5%18.4%7.3%1.2%8.1K-169.7K-16.6K1.8294.4611201,3812,068
2011-11-08$38.98$40.0030.8%8.6%37.0%26.5%0.0%8.9%1.4%6.4K-142.7K-16.7K0.0094.350201,3922,088
2011-11-09$38.16$40.0026.0%8.8%36.3%18.7%0.0%5.9%1.1%-13.2K645.0K-16.4K0.0094.32001,3922,098
2011-11-10$38.50$40.0030.6%8.8%36.4%26.1%0.0%8.1%1.4%-3.2K442.3K-16.2K0.0088.73011,3922,098
2011-11-11$38.88$40.0030.1%8.6%36.4%25.3%0.0%7.3%1.2%11.1K-2.1K-16.0K0.0096.790301,3922,099
2011-11-14$38.48$40.0030.0%8.6%34.9%25.1%0.0%7.4%1.5%-5.3K534.9K-15.6K0.0087.770101,3922,129
2011-11-15$38.70$40.0030.4%8.7%34.0%25.8%0.0%6.8%1.0%1.7K275.6K-15.5K1.5796.867111,3922,139
2011-11-16$38.16$40.0030.5%8.7%34.0%25.9%30.4%3.6%0.9%-18.0K746.6K-14.9K0.0095.384001,3992,150
2011-11-17$37.39$40.0033.2%9.5%34.9%30.3%0.0%1.8%1.0%-41.3K1.4M-14.5K0.0094.40201,4142,150
2011-11-18$37.42$40.0031.1%8.9%33.8%26.9%0.0%2.1%4.6%-38.4K1.3M-14.5K6.6795.833201,4162,128
2011-11-21$36.80$40.0034.4%9.9%32.0%32.3%34.8%6.6%-0.4%-51.5K1.5M-13.5K0.0094.510201,2621,929
2011-11-22$36.79$40.0033.2%9.5%31.3%30.2%0.0%6.5%-0.1%-51.9K1.5M-13.3K0.0094.69001,2621,929
2011-11-23$35.89$40.0032.6%9.4%31.6%29.4%0.0%8.5%0.9%-69.8K2.3M-11.9K0.0999.431111,2621,929
2011-11-25$36.04$40.0032.2%9.2%26.9%28.7%32.2%9.8%1.2%-69.0K2.2M-12.0K0.0099.272001,2731,929
2011-11-28$37.24$40.0034.2%9.8%30.1%31.9%0.0%14.6%-0.7%-50.2K1.4M-12.0K0.00101.70081,2831,929
2011-11-29$37.19$40.0032.7%9.4%26.4%29.4%0.0%13.5%1.0%-47.9K1.4M-11.7K1.10101.8410111,2831,928
2011-11-30$37.83$40.0023.4%6.7%26.7%14.5%0.0%-4.0%3.1%-37.2K1.2M-10.8K0.00106.86001,2731,938