IT Options History — April 2016

In April 2016, IT traded between $87.04 and $90.49. ATM implied volatility averaged 21.4%, placing in the 21.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 8.0% (HV 20d: 13.4%). Max pain ranged from $85.00 to $85.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 1 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.26.

Notable Days

  • 2016-04-14: Highest Volume — 1,054 contracts
  • 2016-04-11: Largest IV spike — 57.2% change
  • 2016-04-29: Highest IV Rank — 39.7%
  • 2016-04-29: Largest Expected Move — 8.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$88.35$87.04$90.49$90.49$87.26
Max Pain$85.00$85.00$85.00$85.00$85.00
ATM IV21.4%14.8%28.8%15.1%28.8%
Expected Move6.6%4.3%8.3%4.3%8.3%
HV 20d13.4%12.2%14.6%13.5%12.5%
HV 60d20.4%17.8%22.2%22.2%17.8%
IV Rank21.5%5.1%39.7%5.9%39.7%
IV Percentile42.5%2.0%81.3%2.8%81.3%
Term Structure-2.6%-5.8%6.4%6.4%-5.8%
VWIV27.5%16.8%30.6%16.8%29.3%
Skew 25d5.8%4.5%7.3%4.5%7.3%
Skew 10d12.8%8.2%15.5%8.2%15.5%
Call IV 25d21.1%14.2%24.4%14.2%24.1%
Put IV 25d26.9%18.7%31.3%18.7%31.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %80.8069.59101.21101.2186.01
Gamma HHI0.480.370.640.370.45
Net GEX238.1K153.6K395.4K153.6K182.2K
Net DEX-3.8M-6.9M-2.4M-5.3M-2.4M
Net VEX-7.8K-9.8K-4.5K-4.5K-9.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.260.113.290.282.09
Total Volume490.7621581,054750238
Total OI1,261.9521,0971,7191,1031,393

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-04-01$90.49$85.0015.1%4.3%13.5%5.9%16.8%4.5%6.4%153.6K-5.3M-4.5K0.28101.21587163731372
2016-04-04$90.40$85.0017.0%6.5%12.8%10.6%29.1%4.7%-1.9%174.1K-5.3M-5.7K0.3275.34587188762412
2016-04-05$89.20$85.0016.3%6.4%13.8%8.8%30.5%5.6%-1.5%227.0K-4.9M-6.1K0.3469.59573197763447
2016-04-06$89.00$85.0016.3%6.4%12.7%8.9%30.6%6.0%-2.1%234.5K-4.8M-5.9K0.3276.06574184765457
2016-04-07$88.12$85.0014.8%6.4%13.3%5.1%26.4%5.6%-1.6%385.6K-4.5M-6.1K0.3475.11574194767460
2016-04-08$87.83$85.0014.8%6.3%12.2%5.3%27.2%5.8%-1.8%364.0K-3.8M-7.1K0.3173.59575181769489
2016-04-11$87.25$85.0023.3%7.3%12.3%26.2%26.4%5.7%-2.6%395.4K-3.5M-6.7K0.1776.6457496768503
2016-04-12$87.47$85.0023.2%7.2%12.2%25.8%26.2%5.7%-2.3%375.6K-3.8M-6.3K0.1779.7057595769534
2016-04-13$88.19$85.0022.4%6.4%12.4%24.0%27.5%6.4%-2.6%330.9K-4.2M-6.0K0.1780.25594103771541
2016-04-14$87.04$85.0025.0%7.2%13.3%30.3%25.2%5.2%-3.3%307.8K-4.3M-5.7K0.1177.85949105791558
2016-04-15$88.48$85.0021.6%6.2%14.1%22.0%25.3%5.6%-2.7%188.9K-6.9M-9.5K0.2084.105191051,161558
2016-04-18$88.93$85.0021.8%6.3%14.0%22.5%27.9%6.0%-1.9%187.5K-3.1M-9.2K1.8275.1356102640457
2016-04-19$88.93$85.0022.0%6.3%13.8%22.9%28.2%6.1%-2.4%185.6K-3.1M-8.9K2.2580.7957128640466
2016-04-20$89.35$85.0022.3%6.4%13.8%23.6%28.2%4.9%-3.1%183.8K-3.2M-9.1K2.0981.7857119641517
2016-04-21$88.18$85.0022.2%6.4%14.6%23.5%27.6%5.6%-2.8%192.8K-2.9M-9.4K2.6781.2354144641539
2016-04-22$88.22$85.0022.5%6.4%14.5%24.1%27.6%5.8%-3.5%186.7K-2.8M-9.7K2.8183.8154152643578
2016-04-25$87.73$85.0023.8%6.8%14.5%27.4%29.2%6.4%-4.0%188.9K-2.6M-9.2K2.1386.0754115643617
2016-04-26$88.13$85.0024.6%7.0%13.9%29.2%29.5%6.0%-4.5%181.9K-2.7M-9.2K2.6782.3554144643624
2016-04-27$88.01$85.0023.8%6.8%13.8%27.3%29.7%6.9%-4.1%186.9K-2.7M-9.5K3.2987.0859194643657
2016-04-28$87.09$85.0028.0%8.0%13.2%37.8%28.6%5.3%-5.8%185.4K-2.4M-9.3K1.9983.2378155636735
2016-04-29$87.26$85.0028.8%8.3%12.5%39.7%29.3%7.3%-5.8%182.2K-2.4M-9.8K2.0986.0177161652741