IT Options History — April 2012

In April 2012, IT traded between $41.77 and $43.80. ATM implied volatility averaged 20.5%, placing in the 18.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.6% (HV 20d: 15.9%). Max pain ranged from $40.00 to $40.00. Net GEX was positive for 14 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.14.

Notable Days

  • 2012-04-04: Highest Volume — 75 contracts
  • 2012-04-09: Largest IV spike — 45.0% change
  • 2012-04-24: Highest IV Rank — 41.1%
  • 2012-04-24: Largest Expected Move — 8.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$42.82$41.77$43.80$43.09$43.80
Max Pain$40.00$40.00$40.00$40.00$40.00
ATM IV20.5%12.7%30.0%13.7%22.0%
Expected Move6.1%3.6%8.6%3.9%6.3%
HV 20d15.9%13.9%18.8%16.0%18.5%
HV 60d19.2%18.2%20.2%19.7%18.4%
IV Rank18.5%0.0%41.1%0.0%22.1%
IV Percentile23.4%0.0%63.1%0.0%28.6%
Term Structure1.2%-5.0%11.2%9.2%-0.3%
VWIV29.1%29.1%29.1%29.1%29.1%
Skew 25d3.1%-5.6%13.3%1.3%-1.4%
Skew 10d5.7%-3.7%26.7%1.7%-2.9%
Call IV 25d20.0%12.9%23.7%14.9%22.4%
Put IV 25d23.1%15.9%30.2%16.3%21.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %100.5792.34108.07107.95102.54
Gamma HHI0.400.320.500.320.42
Net GEX2.8K-4.8K11.8K11.5K7.6K
Net DEX-479.1K-595.6K-317.4K-568.1K-564.4K
Net VEX-2.0K-2.4K-1.4K-1.9K-1.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.140.000.500.000.00
Total Volume6.507500
Total OI569.1498596498577

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-04-02$43.09$40.0013.7%3.9%16.0%0.0%0.0%1.3%9.2%11.5K-568.1K-1.9K0.00107.9500232266
2012-04-03$43.34$40.0013.4%3.8%14.5%0.0%0.0%3.2%9.3%11.4K-587.7K-1.8K0.00107.9300232266
2012-04-04$43.46$40.0013.0%3.7%14.0%0.0%0.0%3.5%9.1%11.8K-595.6K-1.8K0.00108.07075232266
2012-04-05$43.12$40.0012.7%3.6%13.9%0.0%0.0%3.0%11.2%1.4K-493.0K-2.2K0.00108.0260232341
2012-04-09$42.58$40.0018.4%5.3%14.7%13.7%0.0%3.9%0.3%661-434.6K-2.3K0.0092.3401237341
2012-04-10$41.77$40.0016.7%7.4%16.4%9.5%0.0%1.7%-2.0%-2.0K-347.3K-2.4K0.0095.6930237342
2012-04-11$42.22$40.0019.3%7.5%14.6%15.6%0.0%4.1%-0.9%-241-400.2K-2.3K0.0095.2400237342
2012-04-12$42.46$40.0025.4%7.3%14.4%30.2%0.0%3.1%-2.2%929-442.9K-2.2K0.0094.5000237342
2012-04-13$42.27$40.0024.1%6.9%14.5%27.2%0.0%1.6%-0.9%336-426.5K-2.2K0.0095.4810237342
2012-04-16$42.21$40.0024.3%7.0%14.5%27.7%0.0%2.9%0.7%-446-413.3K-2.1K0.0099.2000237342
2012-04-17$43.09$40.0022.4%6.4%16.1%23.1%0.0%2.7%0.0%3.4K-527.0K-1.9K0.0099.6100237342
2012-04-18$43.07$40.0022.3%6.4%15.7%22.8%0.0%-5.6%-1.2%3.3K-534.7K-1.9K0.00103.1900237342
2012-04-19$42.86$40.0018.6%5.3%15.8%14.0%0.0%2.5%0.1%3.0K-506.3K-1.9K0.00101.3801237342
2012-04-20$43.16$40.0022.4%6.4%15.9%23.0%29.1%5.5%-0.7%4.4K-545.4K-1.8K0.0095.65030237343
2012-04-23$42.31$40.0029.7%8.5%17.5%40.5%0.0%13.3%-5.0%-3.4K-363.5K-2.0K0.3399.1931227363
2012-04-24$41.91$40.0030.0%8.6%16.2%41.1%0.0%12.7%-4.4%-4.8K-317.4K-2.2K0.0099.1705229364
2012-04-25$42.94$40.0019.5%5.6%18.6%16.2%0.0%7.2%0.4%-634-453.3K-1.9K0.5099.9021229364
2012-04-26$43.29$40.0021.2%6.1%18.8%20.3%0.0%-1.7%0.5%3.5K-534.0K-1.7K0.00104.3200231365
2012-04-27$43.46$40.0021.9%6.3%18.4%22.0%0.0%-2.3%0.1%4.7K-527.2K-1.6K0.00101.9510221355
2012-04-30$43.80$40.0022.0%6.3%18.5%22.1%0.0%-1.4%-0.3%7.6K-564.4K-1.4K0.00102.5400222355