IT Options History — April 2014

In April 2014, IT traded between $65.73 and $70.31. ATM implied volatility averaged 24.1%, placing in the 52.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.3%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.8% (HV 20d: 24.9%). Max pain ranged from $70.00 to $70.00. Net GEX was positive for 9 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 3 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 3.48.

Notable Days

  • 2014-04-15: Highest Volume — 233 contracts
  • 2014-04-10: Largest IV spike — 69.4% change
  • 2014-04-28: Highest IV Rank — 79.9%
  • 2014-04-28: Largest Expected Move — 8.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$67.67$65.73$70.31$70.31$68.94
Max Pain$70.00$70.00$70.00$70.00$70.00
ATM IV24.1%14.6%30.4%18.6%27.3%
Expected Move7.3%5.2%8.7%5.3%7.8%
HV 20d24.9%21.9%27.0%22.7%22.7%
HV 60d28.9%26.1%29.5%28.1%26.1%
IV Rank52.8%14.1%79.9%31.0%66.2%
IV Percentile71.4%4.4%98.4%37.3%92.1%
Term Structure-2.4%-5.9%5.6%5.5%-5.0%
VWIV25.5%18.0%31.0%18.0%27.5%
Skew 25d3.9%-1.6%9.3%7.9%9.3%
Skew 10d6.1%-1.9%16.6%13.0%9.2%
Call IV 25d23.1%15.4%27.5%15.4%23.8%
Put IV 25d27.0%21.9%33.0%23.3%33.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %93.1186.7297.2497.2093.08
Gamma HHI0.320.270.380.330.33
Net GEX194-14.6K16.5K16.5K10.3K
Net DEX612.0K-465.8K1.4M-465.8K92.3K
Net VEX-9.5K-11.1K-7.3K-9.8K-10.7K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio3.480.0012.0012.000.14
Total Volume31.14302330126
Total OI1,056.8579901,2901,0011,049

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-04-01$70.31$70.0018.6%5.3%22.7%31.0%0.0%7.9%5.5%16.5K-465.8K-9.8K0.0097.2000536465
2014-04-02$70.12$70.0018.0%5.2%22.7%28.5%18.0%6.1%5.3%13.7K-430.7K-9.6K12.0097.24224536465
2014-04-03$69.21$70.0018.1%5.2%22.6%29.1%18.1%5.7%5.6%-2.7K68.5K-9.6K0.0097.2005538489
2014-04-04$67.85$70.0014.6%7.1%22.9%14.4%26.0%1.9%-3.0%-6.0K657.7K-8.8K0.0086.72024538491
2014-04-07$66.89$70.0021.8%7.6%23.2%42.3%26.2%3.0%-2.4%-2.8K902.2K-7.9K0.0089.63023538477
2014-04-08$67.28$70.0020.8%7.8%23.5%37.8%0.0%6.6%-2.8%-2.7K910.9K-7.8K0.7590.1443538488
2014-04-09$68.63$70.0015.3%7.3%24.8%14.1%27.5%2.4%-2.5%908440.9K-8.7K0.0091.63730538489
2014-04-10$66.49$70.0026.0%7.4%26.3%60.4%25.3%2.4%-2.8%4.5K963.9K-8.0K3.7594.20415584489
2014-04-11$65.73$70.0026.5%7.6%26.3%62.7%26.8%2.8%-2.8%-1.9K1.2M-7.6K7.0090.1017585500
2014-04-14$66.56$70.0028.0%8.0%26.8%69.1%27.8%4.2%-4.4%8.1K1.2M-7.3K2.6793.39616584498
2014-04-15$66.81$70.0027.8%8.0%26.3%68.3%25.5%5.0%-3.9%7.2K1.2M-7.6K8.3289.8325208589514
2014-04-16$67.75$70.0025.2%7.2%27.0%57.0%25.1%3.1%-3.2%-12.2K1.3M-11.0K0.9194.181110586689
2014-04-17$67.57$70.0024.3%7.0%26.8%53.0%24.3%2.8%-2.2%-8.9K1.4M-11.1K1.0093.8211597693
2014-04-21$67.50$70.0028.7%8.2%26.8%72.2%24.9%1.8%-5.9%-1.6K387.9K-10.5K0.0094.2170465525
2014-04-22$68.40$70.0025.3%7.2%26.7%57.3%25.1%6.3%-3.1%12.5K128.2K-10.7K0.4093.7852472525
2014-04-23$67.63$70.0025.4%7.3%26.9%57.8%0.0%3.0%-3.2%5.6K302.0K-10.6K0.0093.9600476526
2014-04-24$67.03$70.0028.5%8.2%25.3%71.4%28.6%5.2%-5.2%-4.0K521.9K-10.3K3.3392.42620476526
2014-04-25$66.15$70.0028.0%8.0%24.9%69.4%0.0%-1.6%-4.6%-14.6K834.7K-10.2K8.5094.34217482546
2014-04-28$66.66$70.0030.4%8.7%25.0%79.9%0.0%0.4%-5.6%-14.3K767.8K-10.5K0.0094.3801483563
2014-04-29$67.56$70.0027.6%7.9%21.9%67.4%31.0%3.3%-4.0%-3.5K496.8K-10.6K0.0093.9605483563
2014-04-30$68.94$70.0027.3%7.8%22.7%66.2%27.5%9.3%-5.0%10.3K92.3K-10.7K0.1493.0811115483566