IT Options History — September 2014

In September 2014, IT traded between $72.82 and $76.79. ATM implied volatility averaged 16.8%, placing in the 14.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.7% (HV 20d: 12.2%). Max pain ranged from $60.00 to $70.00. Net GEX was positive for 14 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 20 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 4.24.

Notable Days

  • 2014-09-25: Highest Volume — 1,262 contracts
  • 2014-09-30: Largest IV spike — 30.0% change
  • 2014-09-30: Highest IV Rank — 32.7%
  • 2014-09-16: Largest Expected Move — 6.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$75.06$72.82$76.79$75.32$73.47
Max Pain$61.43$60.00$70.00$60.00$70.00
ATM IV16.8%13.5%22.5%15.9%22.5%
Expected Move5.7%5.0%6.0%5.0%5.8%
HV 20d12.2%9.1%17.3%17.3%15.6%
HV 60d15.5%15.2%15.9%15.4%15.3%
IV Rank14.9%4.2%32.7%12.0%32.7%
IV Percentile21.0%1.6%73.8%11.9%73.8%
Term Structure3.1%-0.2%5.2%-0.2%0.3%
VWIV21.7%19.0%24.5%24.5%21.0%
Skew 25d5.0%-0.6%13.7%5.3%13.1%
Skew 10d8.9%-5.1%26.0%7.9%18.6%
Call IV 25d16.3%11.0%24.5%11.0%24.5%
Put IV 25d21.3%15.9%37.7%16.3%37.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %81.5763.7590.5790.5782.18
Gamma HHI0.620.290.920.550.65
Net GEX214.6K-370.3K1.3M284.9K-327.2K
Net DEX-4.9M-10.7M4.8M-9.1M4.4M
Net VEX-10.3K-19.9K-6.6K-11.4K-19.7K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio4.240.0025.2912.500.00
Total Volume94.61931,262545
Total OI2,392.2387863,1312,9651,989

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-09-02$75.32$60.0015.9%5.0%17.3%12.0%0.0%5.3%-0.2%284.9K-9.1M-11.4K12.5090.574501,7621,203
2014-09-03$75.08$60.0015.3%5.2%12.0%9.9%0.0%4.3%1.4%298.6K-8.8M-11.0K1.2590.37451,7641,187
2014-09-04$75.18$60.0015.7%5.6%10.5%11.2%0.0%3.2%1.2%283.7K-8.9M-11.0K1.5186.2341621,7641,192
2014-09-05$75.89$60.0015.3%5.8%10.7%10.2%0.0%5.6%2.4%225.1K-9.6M-10.2K1.6185.4536581,8031,244
2014-09-08$75.90$60.0016.1%5.7%9.8%12.4%24.5%3.4%2.8%240.6K-9.5M-10.3K0.5584.3740221,8331,291
2014-09-09$75.33$60.0016.0%5.7%10.3%12.2%0.0%9.4%2.9%270.7K-8.9M-10.4K1.3384.9515201,8401,291
2014-09-10$76.35$60.0013.5%5.8%10.6%4.2%0.0%1.0%3.8%281.0K-10.3M-9.3K20.0069.771201,8551,271
2014-09-11$76.63$60.0017.3%5.8%10.6%16.5%0.0%0.5%3.6%299.6K-10.6M-8.9K0.0088.400101,8541,251
2014-09-12$76.79$60.0017.6%5.8%10.6%17.3%0.0%1.0%2.9%224.7K-10.7M-8.7K4.0077.20281,8541,261
2014-09-15$76.34$60.0017.9%5.8%9.6%18.2%23.2%-0.6%2.3%413.5K-10.7M-7.7K0.9176.0611101,8521,257
2014-09-16$76.36$60.0018.0%6.0%9.1%18.5%0.0%1.0%2.8%267.4K-10.6M-7.8K1.5483.7113201,8541,267
2014-09-17$75.30$60.0017.5%5.8%10.1%16.9%0.0%9.3%3.6%594.2K-9.3M-8.5K0.0082.68061,8651,265
2014-09-18$75.75$60.0016.7%5.8%10.2%14.6%0.0%5.1%4.1%573.8K-2.7M-7.7K0.0086.816208641,265
2014-09-19$74.73$60.0016.9%5.8%11.5%15.0%19.0%5.7%2.9%1.3M456.9K-7.5K0.7880.5637298661,265
2014-09-22$74.43$60.0016.7%5.7%11.5%14.3%0.0%13.7%3.1%-15.8K383.6K-6.6K0.0086.16120243543
2014-09-23$73.18$60.0016.4%5.9%13.0%13.6%20.5%4.8%4.9%-17.4K570.3K-6.8K0.0078.31014254543
2014-09-24$74.32$60.0016.6%5.8%14.1%14.2%0.0%5.2%4.8%-7.5K379.0K-6.6K0.3963.75239254533
2014-09-25$72.82$60.0017.2%5.9%15.9%15.9%21.0%3.7%5.0%-11.5K587.1K-7.0K25.2979.81481,214277536
2014-09-26$73.28$70.0017.4%5.9%16.1%16.6%0.0%3.5%4.6%-370.3K4.8M-19.9K0.4681.3850233251,609
2014-09-29$73.81$70.0017.3%5.9%16.1%16.4%0.0%6.6%5.2%-323.4K4.5M-19.9K0.0074.18303721,619
2014-09-30$73.47$70.0022.5%5.8%15.6%32.7%0.0%13.1%0.3%-327.2K4.4M-19.7K0.0082.18053701,619