IT Options History — March 2014

In March 2014, IT traded between $67.06 and $73.35. ATM implied volatility averaged 18.1%, placing in the 29.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.5%. IV traded below realized volatility by 2.1% (HV 20d: 20.2%). Max pain ranged from $55.00 to $70.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 3.47.

Notable Days

  • 2014-03-05: Highest Volume — 250 contracts
  • 2014-03-13: Largest IV spike — 59.6% change
  • 2014-03-28: Highest IV Rank — 46.6%
  • 2014-03-28: Largest Expected Move — 6.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$71.38$67.06$73.35$69.50$69.44
Max Pain$67.14$55.00$70.00$55.00$70.00
ATM IV18.1%12.1%22.3%19.6%18.6%
Expected Move5.5%4.9%6.4%5.6%5.3%
HV 20d20.2%13.9%39.9%39.9%24.3%
HV 60d26.6%26.0%28.0%26.0%28.0%
IV Rank29.1%3.9%46.6%35.4%31.2%
IV Percentile36.6%0.4%68.7%52.0%38.1%
Term Structure2.8%-1.1%6.5%-0.4%5.8%
VWIV18.4%13.7%20.6%15.2%14.0%
Skew 25d3.9%0.4%9.5%4.7%6.5%
Skew 10d9.1%-0.1%33.3%7.7%10.4%
Call IV 25d17.0%10.4%18.9%17.1%16.6%
Put IV 25d20.9%19.0%23.1%21.8%23.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %93.9788.5897.6792.3197.67
Gamma HHI0.410.270.540.520.29
Net GEX70.8K-4.7K117.0K96.6K-218
Net DEX-26.8M-40.8M660.6K-27.4M60.3K
Net VEX-14.0K-27.9K-8.4K-27.9K-9.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio3.470.0031.001.670.27
Total Volume50.57112503252
Total OI7,604.76280610,38410,154962

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-03-03$69.50$55.0019.6%5.6%39.9%35.4%15.2%4.7%-0.4%96.6K-27.4M-27.9K1.6792.3112205,8834,271
2014-03-04$71.39$55.0020.5%5.9%32.1%39.0%20.5%5.8%-1.1%95.3K-33.5M-24.1K1.0096.43555,8914,288
2014-03-05$71.49$55.0019.8%5.7%32.0%36.0%19.7%9.5%-0.7%97.5K-34.1M-22.8K0.0092.7925005,8874,288
2014-03-06$72.22$55.0017.0%4.9%32.1%24.3%13.7%3.0%6.5%90.3K-36.5M-19.3K0.3396.1566225,8874,288
2014-03-07$73.00$70.0013.3%5.5%20.0%9.0%18.7%3.3%2.4%92.8K-38.6M-17.0K0.0895.231315,9444,308
2014-03-10$72.83$70.0012.1%5.4%15.0%3.9%18.7%2.8%2.0%96.6K-39.1M-14.7K0.0291.595815,9574,309
2014-03-11$72.65$70.0014.0%5.3%14.1%11.6%20.3%2.2%2.1%108.9K-38.6M-15.6K2.0093.71245,9904,310
2014-03-12$73.08$70.0013.1%5.5%13.9%7.8%0.0%3.1%2.2%102.9K-39.7M-13.8K0.0093.780105,9894,312
2014-03-13$71.82$70.0020.8%6.0%15.8%40.4%20.5%0.4%1.5%117.0K-37.1M-16.1K9.5095.664385,9894,322
2014-03-14$72.12$70.0020.5%5.9%15.6%38.8%20.6%3.6%2.6%93.1K-37.8M-15.3K0.0091.800185,9904,360
2014-03-17$72.49$70.0021.2%6.1%15.1%41.9%18.1%4.7%1.9%82.5K-38.6M-12.8K0.0093.93505,9904,376
2014-03-18$73.35$70.0017.6%5.0%15.0%26.8%17.9%4.3%3.1%72.0K-40.5M-10.8K0.0693.393225,9924,376
2014-03-19$72.54$70.0018.4%5.3%15.2%30.0%19.8%3.4%2.8%84.0K-39.6M-11.4K13.0094.381136,0194,365
2014-03-20$72.90$70.0018.4%5.3%15.1%30.2%0.0%0.9%2.7%89.7K-40.1M-10.4K0.0095.87106,0164,352
2014-03-21$72.70$70.0017.6%5.0%15.2%26.8%0.0%1.6%3.0%70.1K-40.8M-9.1K0.2095.491026,0164,351
2014-03-24$71.26$70.0019.5%5.6%16.9%34.8%18.3%4.5%5.6%53.5K-952.3K-8.4K0.5888.582615487319
2014-03-25$70.74$70.0019.3%5.5%17.1%34.0%19.3%3.7%4.4%42.3K-769.5K-8.5K5.0588.9020101488332
2014-03-26$68.81$70.0018.5%5.3%19.6%30.6%18.5%5.5%5.1%6.1K32.7K-9.3K31.0094.12131488430
2014-03-27$67.58$70.0019.0%5.4%20.4%32.6%18.9%3.8%4.8%504495.3K-8.6K0.2295.4717940488430
2014-03-28$67.06$70.0022.3%6.4%20.5%46.6%18.2%3.9%2.6%-4.7K660.6K-8.8K1.0096.1211496464
2014-03-31$69.44$70.0018.6%5.3%24.3%31.2%14.0%6.5%5.8%-21860.3K-9.4K0.2797.674111497465