IT Options History — January 2012

In January 2012, IT traded between $34.67 and $38.25. ATM implied volatility averaged 25.8%, placing in the 28.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.6% (HV 20d: 21.3%). Max pain ranged from $35.00 to $35.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.47.

Notable Days

  • 2012-01-26: Highest Volume — 34 contracts
  • 2012-01-12: Largest IV spike — 28.9% change
  • 2012-01-19: Highest IV Rank — 40.7%
  • 2012-01-19: Largest Expected Move — 8.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$36.23$34.67$38.25$34.70$37.91
Max Pain$35.00$35.00$35.00$35.00$35.00
ATM IV25.8%17.3%30.8%26.5%17.3%
Expected Move7.8%5.0%8.8%7.6%5.0%
HV 20d21.3%19.2%23.3%22.1%19.5%
HV 60d26.3%22.3%28.9%28.9%22.3%
IV Rank28.5%7.4%40.7%30.0%7.4%
IV Percentile39.9%3.2%65.5%43.7%3.2%
Term Structure0.7%-3.6%7.1%4.4%6.9%
VWIV24.7%17.1%29.9%29.9%19.7%
Skew 25d5.7%-7.3%29.6%1.5%1.8%
Skew 10d11.2%-6.7%44.4%2.2%2.5%
Call IV 25d23.6%18.6%27.5%27.1%18.6%
Put IV 25d29.3%19.4%56.2%28.6%20.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %94.6024.74107.04100.47107.04
Gamma HHI0.530.370.780.370.71
Net GEX-32.5K-40.3K-28.4K-28.4K-40.3K
Net DEX971.9K191.8K1.5M1.4M362.6K
Net VEX-7.7K-8.4K-7.1K-8.4K-7.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.470.003.860.003.86
Total Volume8.9034100
Total OI2,0211,8892,0992,0661,936

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-01-03$34.70$35.0026.5%7.6%22.1%30.0%0.0%1.5%4.4%-28.4K1.4M-8.4K0.00100.471008691,197
2012-01-04$34.80$35.0024.7%7.1%22.2%25.6%0.0%29.6%5.9%-29.2K1.4M-8.4K0.0098.98008791,197
2012-01-05$35.08$35.0025.1%7.2%22.5%26.8%0.0%3.1%5.7%-29.3K1.4M-8.2K0.00101.55008791,197
2012-01-06$34.70$0.0023.5%8.8%22.7%22.7%0.0%10.4%-0.4%-29.9K1.5M-7.9K0.0091.05008791,197
2012-01-09$34.67$0.0022.8%8.6%21.2%20.9%0.0%11.9%-0.9%-30.1K1.5M-7.4K0.0024.74708791,197
2012-01-10$35.13$0.0023.5%8.7%21.5%22.7%0.0%12.4%-0.5%-31.4K1.4M-7.8K0.0093.48008791,197
2012-01-11$35.02$0.0023.6%8.6%21.5%22.9%29.9%4.1%-0.2%-31.1K1.4M-7.5K0.0096.531108791,197
2012-01-12$35.32$35.0030.4%8.7%21.8%39.8%0.0%5.3%-0.7%-31.6K1.3M-7.9K0.0096.920158901,197
2012-01-13$35.28$35.0029.1%8.4%20.1%36.7%0.0%2.6%0.4%-29.6K1.4M-7.6K0.0096.850208901,182
2012-01-17$35.33$35.0030.1%8.6%19.9%39.2%0.0%4.6%-1.3%-29.8K1.3M-7.1K0.8397.4412108901,182
2012-01-18$36.56$35.0030.5%8.7%23.3%40.1%17.1%17.3%-2.1%-33.6K946.7K-7.6K0.0097.641008971,182
2012-01-19$37.15$35.0030.8%8.8%23.1%40.7%0.0%6.5%-1.4%-32.9K640.0K-7.8K0.0097.591009071,182
2012-01-20$36.41$35.0028.8%8.2%22.3%35.8%28.8%8.7%-0.5%-31.7K903.5K-7.4K0.0098.642109171,182
2012-01-23$37.23$35.0029.2%8.4%20.6%37.0%28.8%3.9%0.0%-32.6K637.4K-7.6K0.0094.11607181,171
2012-01-24$37.40$35.0026.1%7.5%20.6%29.2%0.0%5.5%7.1%-32.9K579.3K-7.4K0.0096.091007241,171
2012-01-25$38.01$35.0022.1%6.3%20.9%19.1%0.0%-5.5%-1.6%-35.5K280.5K-7.5K0.00103.00007341,171
2012-01-26$38.25$35.0025.4%7.3%20.8%27.4%23.7%-3.5%-1.0%-36.2K191.8K-7.6K3.8699.327277341,171
2012-01-27$37.95$35.0023.2%6.6%19.2%21.9%19.7%-7.3%-1.7%-37.4K273.5K-8.0K0.00103.46027361,198
2012-01-30$37.69$35.0024.2%6.9%19.6%24.4%0.0%0.9%-3.6%-37.2K445.2K-7.5K0.0097.01007361,200
2012-01-31$37.91$35.0017.3%5.0%19.5%7.4%0.0%1.8%6.9%-40.3K362.6K-7.3K0.00107.04007361,200