IT Options History — May 2014

In May 2014, IT traded between $68.48 and $74.90. ATM implied volatility averaged 19.2%, placing in the 30.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.4%. IV traded below realized volatility by 12.8% (HV 20d: 32.0%). Max pain ranged from $70.00 to $70.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 12.96.

Notable Days

  • 2014-05-01: Highest Volume — 365 contracts
  • 2014-05-15: Largest IV drop — 24.0% change
  • 2014-05-14: Highest IV Rank — 53.0%
  • 2014-05-06: Largest Expected Move — 6.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$70.99$68.48$74.90$73.54$71.09
Max Pain$70.00$70.00$70.00$70.00$70.00
ATM IV19.2%17.2%24.3%18.7%18.4%
Expected Move5.4%4.9%6.1%5.4%5.3%
HV 20d32.0%20.9%33.5%32.5%20.9%
HV 60d26.2%25.2%29.3%29.1%25.6%
IV Rank30.8%22.1%53.0%28.7%27.7%
IV Percentile38.2%13.1%82.9%38.5%32.5%
Term Structure0.9%-0.8%2.7%-0.3%-0.7%
VWIV19.4%16.6%24.2%17.6%18.4%
Skew 25d3.4%0.1%8.6%0.1%1.3%
Skew 10d5.2%0.2%12.3%0.3%0.2%
Call IV 25d17.0%11.9%20.1%18.7%16.3%
Put IV 25d20.4%17.1%22.6%18.8%17.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %91.2184.1197.8097.2491.89
Gamma HHI0.340.280.470.360.39
Net GEX103.0K31.1K165.3K95.3K101.5K
Net DEX-416.1K-3.0M1.2M-2.0M46.7K
Net VEX-17.7K-21.1K-10.9K-10.9K-21.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio12.960.0095.000.4920.00
Total Volume62.667136536521
Total OI1,719.5241,1591,9731,1591,973

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-05-01$73.54$70.0018.7%5.4%32.5%28.7%17.6%0.1%-0.3%95.3K-2.0M-10.9K0.4997.24245120593566
2014-05-02$74.90$70.0018.5%5.3%32.4%27.9%18.7%1.3%-0.0%137.1K-3.0M-15.4K0.0697.8016210811681
2014-05-05$73.30$70.0018.0%5.6%32.6%25.6%20.9%2.0%1.0%151.3K-2.5M-17.7K3.3586.392377913691
2014-05-06$72.24$70.0019.7%6.1%32.6%33.1%23.5%4.3%1.3%129.0K-1.7M-19.0K50.0088.602100936756
2014-05-07$71.31$70.0022.1%5.9%33.2%43.7%20.9%1.6%1.4%94.5K-686.4K-20.1K20.0084.57240935854
2014-05-08$69.88$70.0020.4%5.8%33.5%36.4%20.1%3.0%1.7%78.5K-286-18.9K0.0086.86250935823
2014-05-09$69.50$70.0019.8%5.6%31.3%33.3%0.0%3.2%2.0%65.7K463.2K-17.9K0.6384.111610933823
2014-05-12$71.06$70.0021.6%5.7%31.7%41.5%19.9%3.0%1.6%121.1K-540.7K-18.4K0.0086.30170948823
2014-05-13$70.59$70.0020.1%5.4%31.7%35.0%19.1%1.3%2.5%116.4K-374.9K-18.3K0.0088.3901942823
2014-05-14$69.57$70.0024.3%5.5%32.3%53.0%24.2%6.1%2.1%74.3K543.8K-16.9K0.2091.8751942823
2014-05-15$68.48$70.0018.4%5.3%32.6%27.7%18.5%5.1%2.7%31.1K1.2M-15.7K0.5090.0621934813
2014-05-16$70.01$70.0018.9%5.4%33.4%29.8%18.9%8.3%2.6%165.3K121.6K-17.2K0.1292.478410934812
2014-05-19$70.51$70.0019.1%5.5%33.5%30.5%22.7%2.3%-0.8%99.5K-141.6K-17.9K0.0086.21010944752
2014-05-20$70.40$70.0018.1%5.2%33.2%26.2%18.1%2.9%0.3%95.1K43.3K-17.2K0.5889.10127944742
2014-05-21$70.11$70.0017.8%5.1%33.0%24.7%17.8%0.9%0.2%92.0K63.7K-16.9K0.0092.72010950749
2014-05-22$70.01$70.0017.8%5.1%32.7%24.7%17.8%7.5%-0.2%91.0K57.9K-16.9K20.5095.94241950749
2014-05-23$70.73$70.0017.4%5.0%32.3%23.3%17.5%8.6%0.5%104.2K-71.2K-17.6K1.5096.2023950779
2014-05-27$71.29$70.0017.2%4.9%32.3%22.1%16.6%0.5%0.6%128.2K-365.1K-17.4K95.0095.912190952781
2014-05-28$71.10$70.0018.0%5.2%32.2%25.8%0.0%4.1%-0.2%99.3K32.6K-20.5K20.0096.08120950965
2014-05-29$71.10$70.0018.3%5.2%31.5%26.8%18.3%4.2%-0.2%92.0K143.0K-20.6K0.4096.613012951985
2014-05-30$71.09$70.0018.4%5.3%20.9%27.7%18.4%1.3%-0.7%101.5K46.7K-21.1K20.0091.89120976997