IT Options History — February 2015

In February 2015, IT traded between $77.95 and $85.25. ATM implied volatility averaged 21.1%, placing in the 19.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.9%. IV traded below realized volatility by 10.3% (HV 20d: 31.4%). Max pain ranged from $80.00 to $85.00. Net GEX was positive for 8 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.96.

Notable Days

  • 2015-02-26: Highest Volume — 3,326 contracts
  • 2015-02-05: Largest IV drop — 32.3% change
  • 2015-02-03: Highest IV Rank — 43.6%
  • 2015-02-03: Largest Expected Move — 9.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$81.96$77.95$85.25$83.09$83.18
Max Pain$81.58$80.00$85.00$85.00$85.00
ATM IV21.1%14.6%32.1%30.8%17.1%
Expected Move5.9%4.2%9.2%8.8%4.9%
HV 20d31.4%18.5%34.6%19.2%33.8%
HV 60d23.3%17.6%24.5%20.2%24.4%
IV Rank19.6%5.4%43.6%40.9%10.8%
IV Percentile52.7%2.8%94.8%93.7%18.3%
Term Structure0.8%-7.2%6.4%-5.4%0.1%
VWIV21.4%16.3%32.0%32.0%16.9%
Skew 25d3.1%-4.0%9.5%9.5%1.7%
Skew 10d8.5%-1.1%17.2%17.2%5.0%
Call IV 25d20.5%14.6%39.1%28.7%18.4%
Put IV 25d23.6%17.5%38.2%38.2%20.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %96.6887.29104.2593.11101.22
Gamma HHI0.430.250.650.260.62
Net GEX-213.8K-1.4M70.4K-15.7K-1.4M
Net DEX-233.0K-5.0M7.4M143.2K7.4M
Net VEX-27.9K-53.7K-5.3K-6.1K-50.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.961.163.443.132.05
Total Volume1,638.47403,32603,323
Total OI2,286.6845084,7575084,757

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-02-02$83.09$85.0030.8%8.8%19.2%40.9%0.0%9.5%-5.4%-15.7K143.2K-6.1K0.0093.1100186322
2015-02-03$84.57$85.0032.1%9.2%18.8%43.6%32.0%-3.4%-7.2%-13.3K-57.5K-6.2K3.1399.8577241187322
2015-02-04$85.25$85.0031.2%8.9%18.5%41.7%31.7%3.6%-7.0%-11.8K-184.2K-5.9K3.4493.1670241187322
2015-02-05$78.99$80.0021.1%5.9%32.9%19.7%22.8%4.2%1.7%-19.9K653.3K-5.3K2.6187.29187488192322
2015-02-06$78.60$80.0021.7%5.5%32.7%21.0%19.5%4.1%3.5%-50.6K961.2K-7.0K2.5291.77151381276569
2015-02-09$77.95$80.0023.5%5.9%32.7%24.8%21.1%3.6%1.8%-58.0K1.2M-8.4K2.5390.29151382338615
2015-02-10$78.10$80.0020.6%5.7%32.8%18.5%19.8%3.7%3.2%-57.2K1.2M-8.6K2.4090.72159382338626
2015-02-11$78.45$80.0019.8%5.7%32.9%16.9%23.2%-4.0%3.0%-58.7K822.7K-8.5K1.1897.541,1561,360349626
2015-02-12$80.06$80.0019.9%5.7%33.8%17.1%23.9%2.7%2.0%69.8K-1.4M-43.6K1.2091.611,1511,3781,3401,647
2015-02-13$81.55$80.0018.5%5.3%34.5%14.1%20.2%3.1%3.6%70.4K-2.8M-42.0K1.2095.591,1531,3781,3441,630
2015-02-17$80.80$80.0019.9%5.7%33.4%17.0%19.7%6.9%2.3%43.3K-2.1M-42.0K1.2399.451,1221,3781,3601,630
2015-02-18$82.63$80.0022.0%6.3%34.4%21.6%24.4%4.8%3.4%69.3K-3.8M-39.1K1.2598.281,1011,3781,3571,630
2015-02-19$83.32$80.0017.7%5.1%34.6%12.2%17.0%3.6%3.2%65.5K-4.2M-38.8K1.6794.906101,3581,620
2015-02-20$84.25$80.0014.6%4.2%34.2%5.4%22.6%5.1%6.4%45.8K-5.0M-37.5K1.55102.6811171,3611,610
2015-02-23$83.86$80.0016.6%4.7%34.3%9.7%16.3%3.4%-2.5%48.4K-4.1M-37.3K1.16104.251,0821,2521,2391,519
2015-02-24$84.70$80.0018.3%5.3%34.5%13.6%18.3%4.8%3.8%52.9K-4.1M-38.3K2.07101.531,0822,2351,2371,519
2015-02-25$84.34$85.0017.4%5.0%34.1%11.6%17.4%-0.2%-0.0%-1.4M5.0M-53.7K2.0699.681,0872,2351,2393,516
2015-02-26$83.59$85.0017.7%5.1%34.3%12.1%17.7%1.8%-0.1%-1.4M6.0M-51.1K2.05103.951,0912,2351,2413,516
2015-02-27$83.18$85.0017.1%4.9%33.8%10.8%16.9%1.7%0.1%-1.4M7.4M-50.2K2.05101.221,0882,2351,2413,516