IT Options History — February 2016

In February 2016, IT traded between $79.82 and $88.31. ATM implied volatility averaged 26.6%, placing in the 34.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.5%. IV traded below realized volatility by 1.9% (HV 20d: 28.5%). Max pain ranged from $80.00 to $95.00. Net GEX was positive for 3 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 4.49.

Notable Days

  • 2016-02-17: Highest Volume — 1,325 contracts
  • 2016-02-08: Largest IV spike — 41.1% change
  • 2016-02-03: Highest IV Rank — 56.4%
  • 2016-02-03: Largest Expected Move — 10.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$82.63$79.82$88.31$88.31$82.62
Max Pain$88.50$80.00$95.00$80.00$85.00
ATM IV26.6%21.2%35.6%30.3%21.9%
Expected Move7.5%6.1%10.2%8.7%6.3%
HV 20d28.5%26.6%30.8%28.5%27.0%
HV 60d23.7%22.0%24.1%23.3%23.9%
IV Rank34.3%21.0%56.4%43.4%22.7%
IV Percentile67.5%42.5%95.2%85.3%44.0%
Term Structure-1.2%-8.0%2.1%-6.4%-0.2%
VWIV29.9%23.4%39.5%39.5%28.3%
Skew 25d6.7%5.7%8.8%8.0%6.3%
Skew 10d15.6%9.1%20.0%18.8%16.0%
Call IV 25d23.4%19.1%32.0%29.0%20.6%
Put IV 25d30.1%26.7%40.0%37.0%26.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %82.5272.0095.4077.5595.40
Gamma HHI0.450.300.770.480.47
Net GEX-167.2K-512.2K162.2K162.2K-45.6K
Net DEX1.6M-885.2K4.1M-885.2K932.9K
Net VEX-8.7K-13.0K-5.6K-11.0K-7.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio4.492.389.852.573.59
Total Volume8041361,325150845
Total OI2,123.051,2753,0631,9061,438

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-02-01$88.31$80.0030.3%8.7%28.5%43.4%39.5%8.0%-6.4%162.2K-885.2K-11.0K2.5777.55421086711,235
2016-02-02$86.21$80.0034.8%10.0%27.1%54.4%39.5%8.8%-7.5%82.4K34.8K-9.8K4.9182.50231136751,235
2016-02-03$86.34$80.0035.6%10.2%26.6%56.4%36.5%8.0%-8.0%85.8K187.1K-9.5K5.3878.85241296761,240
2016-02-04$83.77$95.0024.2%6.4%28.4%28.3%25.1%5.7%0.3%-94.3K1.1M-5.6K3.6072.49401446781,256
2016-02-05$82.67$95.0022.2%6.5%28.0%23.4%23.4%6.1%-0.0%-175.9K1.5M-5.9K2.6178.60411077001,246
2016-02-08$79.82$95.0031.3%7.8%30.2%45.8%29.4%6.3%-1.1%-344.0K3.0M-6.4K9.8572.00727096971,253
2016-02-09$80.93$95.0031.0%7.8%30.8%45.2%30.5%6.4%-1.2%-286.8K2.4M-8.9K9.7073.06737087281,589
2016-02-10$81.00$95.0028.2%8.1%30.4%38.3%27.1%6.4%-2.1%-320.8K2.4M-8.8K2.3877.412375637291,588
2016-02-11$80.13$90.0029.6%8.5%28.8%41.6%32.1%6.5%-1.7%-335.7K2.9M-9.6K4.4872.392381,0679331,599
2016-02-12$79.94$90.0028.2%8.1%28.0%38.2%31.6%6.4%-1.0%-512.2K4.1M-13.0K4.3476.932461,0679342,107
2016-02-16$81.39$90.0026.9%7.7%28.9%35.1%30.0%5.8%-0.1%-334.6K2.3M-9.9K4.3679.302461,0729442,107
2016-02-17$82.75$90.0023.0%6.6%29.4%25.3%30.4%6.6%2.1%-205.2K1.9M-9.5K4.3984.682461,0799442,109
2016-02-18$81.75$90.0026.2%7.5%28.8%33.2%30.0%5.8%0.3%-379.5K2.3M-9.3K4.6987.152301,0799442,119
2016-02-19$82.76$90.0022.8%6.5%29.1%24.8%29.3%8.2%2.1%-163.2K1.6M-8.5K4.7290.032291,0809442,119
2016-02-22$82.74$90.0021.2%6.1%28.4%21.0%26.4%5.9%1.4%-153.7K1.4M-7.4K3.8387.931736631961,079
2016-02-23$82.49$85.0026.2%7.5%28.1%33.4%26.8%7.7%-1.3%-77.4K1.2M-8.7K3.6190.971856673571,079
2016-02-24$81.24$85.0025.6%7.3%27.5%31.7%27.5%5.9%-0.7%-121.3K1.4M-8.2K3.5986.471846613571,080
2016-02-25$83.00$85.0022.1%6.3%28.2%23.2%27.7%7.4%-0.2%-59.3K1.1M-8.6K3.5991.391846613571,081
2016-02-26$82.73$85.0021.3%6.1%27.2%21.3%27.1%6.8%0.4%-64.8K1.2M-8.3K3.5995.261846613571,081
2016-02-29$82.62$85.0021.9%6.3%27.0%22.7%28.3%6.3%-0.2%-45.6K932.9K-7.1K3.5995.401846613571,081