IT Options History — August 2014

In August 2014, IT traded between $68.50 and $74.59. ATM implied volatility averaged 20.6%, placing in the 32.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.8% (HV 20d: 17.8%). Max pain ranged from $55.00 to $60.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 4.17.

Notable Days

  • 2014-08-01: Highest Volume — 1,050 contracts
  • 2014-08-13: Largest IV spike — 161.9% change
  • 2014-08-13: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2014-08-04: Largest Expected Move — 6.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$72.64$68.50$74.59$68.50$74.59
Max Pain$55.95$55.00$60.00$55.00$60.00
ATM IV20.6%14.8%43.9%32.5%15.0%
Expected Move5.8%4.8%6.5%6.4%4.8%
HV 20d17.8%10.2%19.2%10.2%17.5%
HV 60d15.6%14.7%16.6%15.1%15.3%
IV Rank32.6%8.4%100.0%88.8%9.2%
IV Percentile38.8%4.4%100.0%99.2%6.0%
Term Structure1.1%-8.6%3.3%-8.6%1.0%
VWIV24.7%19.6%34.8%19.6%24.5%
Skew 25d4.1%1.2%9.2%9.2%2.9%
Skew 10d11.8%3.5%32.8%27.6%5.2%
Call IV 25d16.1%11.7%28.6%28.6%11.7%
Put IV 25d20.2%13.8%37.8%37.8%14.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %81.5157.4896.5993.1689.16
Gamma HHI0.470.280.570.280.44
Net GEX448.4K18.6K619.0K18.6K336.0K
Net DEX-6.4M-8.8M1.9M1.9M-8.0M
Net VEX-20.7K-27.6K-13.2K-17.5K-13.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio4.170.0020.170.030.00
Total Volume101.8121,0501,05035
Total OI3,261.9052,3743,7542,3742,956

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-08-01$68.50$55.0032.5%6.4%10.2%88.8%0.0%9.2%-8.6%18.6K1.9M-17.5K0.0393.161,020301,1421,232
2014-08-04$69.40$55.0034.1%6.5%11.4%95.8%0.0%6.3%-1.7%372.3K-1.8M-27.6K0.0986.36290262,1461,257
2014-08-05$72.08$55.0019.5%5.9%17.9%32.4%19.6%4.2%1.6%540.2K-7.8M-27.1K20.1774.1161212,4361,262
2014-08-06$71.09$55.0022.2%6.3%18.4%43.9%34.8%3.4%2.0%566.9K-6.6M-26.5K9.0080.326542,4381,255
2014-08-07$71.08$55.0021.8%6.2%17.9%42.1%19.9%2.8%1.7%573.0K-6.4M-26.6K0.2757.481132,4401,288
2014-08-08$72.15$55.0019.3%6.5%18.5%31.4%0.0%5.1%1.6%556.2K-7.9M-25.6K0.0068.570672,4491,288
2014-08-11$72.60$55.0030.9%5.9%18.6%81.8%0.0%3.8%2.4%523.7K-8.8M-24.5K20.0074.343602,4491,305
2014-08-12$72.16$55.0016.8%5.9%18.7%20.3%0.0%3.3%2.0%527.0K-7.3M-23.6K1.1876.8238452,2961,304
2014-08-13$72.51$55.0043.9%5.4%18.7%100.0%0.0%3.5%3.1%547.5K-7.7M-23.4K2.5096.59252,3191,336
2014-08-14$72.93$55.0017.6%5.6%18.0%17.3%0.0%2.7%3.3%619.0K-8.3M-22.3K0.0093.43202,3131,318
2014-08-15$72.06$55.0019.3%6.0%18.6%22.5%0.0%2.0%2.5%490.6K-7.5M-22.8K0.0086.32502,3031,318
2014-08-18$72.91$55.0016.1%5.7%18.8%12.6%0.0%1.5%1.3%377.0K-4.4M-21.7K0.0091.050451,7591,204
2014-08-19$73.78$55.0015.7%5.6%19.1%11.4%0.0%4.2%1.6%467.2K-6.7M-17.5K6.0080.225301,7591,203
2014-08-20$73.69$55.0016.2%5.9%19.2%12.9%0.0%5.8%0.9%464.1K-6.6M-17.9K1.0078.1820201,7591,194
2014-08-21$73.85$55.0015.5%5.7%19.1%10.7%0.0%3.9%1.3%447.0K-7.0M-16.4K0.0078.140471,7781,191
2014-08-22$74.02$55.0015.9%5.6%19.0%11.8%0.0%4.8%1.0%403.8K-6.2M-19.5K0.2077.1654111,7781,192
2014-08-25$73.78$55.0015.5%5.0%18.9%10.8%24.5%5.6%1.1%394.7K-5.9M-18.7K0.0088.820131,7511,203
2014-08-26$74.12$60.0015.5%5.5%18.7%10.7%0.0%6.1%1.4%372.6K-7.4M-14.9K10.0082.203301,7511,213
2014-08-27$74.14$60.0015.1%5.5%18.7%9.4%0.0%1.2%1.2%396.7K-7.4M-14.4K0.5086.201051,7521,208
2014-08-28$74.03$60.0014.8%5.9%17.5%8.4%0.0%3.8%1.9%421.8K-7.3M-13.3K0.0072.971601,7521,203
2014-08-29$74.59$60.0015.0%4.8%17.5%9.2%0.0%2.9%1.0%336.0K-8.0M-13.2K0.0089.163501,7531,203