IT Options History — February 2014

In February 2014, IT traded between $62.51 and $69.56. ATM implied volatility averaged 21.4%, placing in the 42.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.2%. IV traded below realized volatility by 16.9% (HV 20d: 38.4%). Max pain ranged from $55.00 to $75.00. Net GEX was positive for 12 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.90.

Notable Days

  • 2014-02-13: Highest Volume — 501 contracts
  • 2014-02-06: Largest IV drop — 39.4% change
  • 2014-02-04: Highest IV Rank — 92.1%
  • 2014-02-04: Largest Expected Move — 9.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$66.56$62.51$69.56$65.71$69.56
Max Pain$59.21$55.00$75.00$75.00$55.00
ATM IV21.4%17.2%33.2%30.6%17.5%
Expected Move6.2%4.9%9.5%8.8%5.0%
HV 20d38.4%28.8%40.8%28.8%39.9%
HV 60d25.3%21.9%26.2%22.0%26.0%
IV Rank42.9%25.1%92.1%81.4%26.6%
IV Percentile53.7%19.4%99.2%98.8%22.6%
Term Structure0.1%-6.4%3.4%-5.0%0.5%
VWIV20.5%16.2%31.0%19.0%16.7%
Skew 25d2.3%-5.3%10.0%-5.3%5.6%
Skew 10d6.7%-4.9%27.0%-4.9%8.8%
Call IV 25d20.3%13.3%30.1%30.1%15.8%
Put IV 25d22.6%18.4%28.4%24.8%21.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %93.5687.98100.3193.7190.37
Gamma HHI0.490.250.840.420.74
Net GEX22.9K-291.6K190.5K190.5K91.5K
Net DEX-16.8M-27.7M-4.3M-16.7M-27.7M
Net VEX-37.1K-53.3K-26.7K-49.2K-27.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.900.0017.0017.000.45
Total Volume145.3160501319221
Total OI10,392.1589,62811,05610,1769,946

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-02-03$65.71$75.0030.6%8.8%28.8%81.4%19.0%-5.3%-5.0%190.5K-16.7M-49.2K0.0093.7103196,2103,966
2014-02-04$66.53$75.0033.2%9.5%29.2%92.1%29.1%-1.5%-6.4%134.1K-16.7M-50.4K17.0092.055856,2104,213
2014-02-05$66.57$75.0031.6%9.0%29.2%85.3%31.0%-2.3%-4.5%106.1K-17.0M-53.3K2.2691.281473326,2154,298
2014-02-06$62.51$75.0019.1%5.5%36.1%33.3%16.2%5.5%-1.4%-1.1K-4.3M-30.7K1.6395.2135576,3624,630
2014-02-07$65.33$55.0020.2%6.1%40.0%37.8%17.2%3.4%1.7%15.1K-11.9M-43.5K0.0092.535206,3964,660
2014-02-10$64.64$55.0020.1%6.3%40.1%37.5%0.0%2.0%0.7%-6.6K-10.8M-40.2K0.0095.75006,4124,550
2014-02-11$65.40$55.0019.7%6.2%40.0%35.6%0.0%2.8%1.3%18.8K-13.3M-42.1K0.0095.92006,4124,550
2014-02-12$66.25$55.0020.0%6.2%40.2%36.8%0.0%-1.8%1.5%64.3K-14.5M-41.4K3.3393.493106,4124,550
2014-02-13$67.06$55.0021.7%6.2%40.4%44.0%19.7%3.2%2.0%80.8K-18.0M-43.3K0.0093.8450016,4144,560
2014-02-14$66.64$55.0020.2%5.8%40.4%37.6%18.1%1.1%3.4%-6.4K-16.7M-39.3K0.0094.9950105,9144,560
2014-02-18$66.37$55.0020.0%5.7%40.4%36.7%20.3%-1.0%3.0%-21.3K-15.9M-34.0K1.1496.9214165,9144,560
2014-02-19$65.74$55.0020.6%5.9%40.5%39.4%22.8%3.4%1.2%-203.8K-12.1M-31.0K2.2190.7928625,5934,575
2014-02-20$65.77$55.0020.1%5.8%40.4%37.4%0.0%3.2%2.4%-291.6K-13.0M-31.2K0.00100.31005,5894,614
2014-02-21$66.54$55.0020.8%6.0%40.7%40.4%22.3%10.0%0.9%-68.9K-15.5M-32.2K1.2798.1715195,5894,614
2014-02-24$67.55$55.0018.1%5.2%40.6%28.8%20.0%3.3%-0.2%46.5K-20.1M-29.6K0.4387.9876335,5824,046
2014-02-25$68.14$55.0018.3%5.3%40.8%30.0%19.3%2.1%-0.1%90.7K-22.8M-29.0K11.0088.781115,6514,078
2014-02-26$68.96$55.0018.1%5.2%40.6%29.0%18.4%5.1%0.2%103.5K-24.6M-30.3K1.4092.4553745,6524,088
2014-02-27$69.45$55.0017.2%4.9%40.7%25.1%17.4%4.5%1.1%93.7K-27.2M-26.7K1.3993.0038535,7044,162
2014-02-28$69.56$55.0017.5%5.0%39.9%26.6%16.7%5.6%0.5%91.5K-27.7M-27.2K0.4590.37152695,7414,205