IT Options History — December 2017

In December 2017, IT traded between $119.46 and $124.36. ATM implied volatility averaged 16.2%, placing in the 8.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.6% (HV 20d: 15.6%). Max pain ranged from $120.00 to $125.00. Net GEX was positive for 1 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.46.

Notable Days

  • 2017-12-04: Highest Volume — 406 contracts
  • 2017-12-04: Largest IV spike — 17.1% change
  • 2017-12-04: Highest IV Rank — 22.6%
  • 2017-12-04: Largest Expected Move — 4.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$122.01$119.46$124.36$119.99$123.30
Max Pain$122.00$120.00$125.00$120.00$125.00
ATM IV16.2%14.4%19.5%16.7%14.6%
Expected Move4.5%4.1%4.9%4.8%4.2%
HV 20d15.6%14.2%16.9%16.3%14.2%
HV 60d16.5%15.8%17.1%16.8%16.4%
IV Rank8.1%0.0%22.6%9.9%0.9%
IV Percentile19.8%0.0%68.7%23.0%1.2%
Term Structure4.9%-0.5%7.5%-0.5%7.5%
VWIV16.3%15.0%17.9%17.9%15.0%
Skew 25d3.1%2.0%3.6%3.5%2.5%
Skew 10d7.1%-0.1%11.1%7.7%6.3%
Call IV 25d14.9%13.8%16.1%15.9%14.6%
Put IV 25d17.9%16.5%19.4%19.3%17.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %64.6821.2591.4786.0553.60
Gamma HHI0.250.200.330.330.22
Net GEX-194.3K-307.5K78.3K-83.4K-289.5K
Net DEX391.4K-1.4M1.3M559.5K813.3K
Net VEX-26.0K-27.8K-24.7K-25.4K-26.0K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.460.612.901.252.18
Total Volume237.5137406283194
Total OI1,724.251,3622,0261,6541,586

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-12-01$119.99$120.0016.7%4.8%16.3%9.9%17.9%3.5%-0.5%-83.4K559.5K-25.4K1.2586.05126157665989
2017-12-04$121.46$120.0019.5%4.9%15.8%22.6%17.5%3.6%4.1%-33.9K-341.1K-24.9K0.6882.60241165675996
2017-12-05$121.57$120.0018.3%4.8%15.8%17.4%17.0%3.4%4.3%78.3K-932.7K-27.0K1.3653.041321798211,052
2017-12-06$119.46$120.0018.8%4.9%16.9%19.4%17.6%2.6%3.1%-177.9K1.3M-27.2K0.8446.291481248091,127
2017-12-07$120.17$120.0016.8%4.7%16.7%10.7%17.2%3.2%4.2%-214.8K903.3K-26.4K0.6670.62142947961,126
2017-12-08$120.60$120.0016.2%4.7%16.1%7.8%16.4%3.2%4.2%-114.0K242.6K-25.8K0.6163.45137847981,123
2017-12-11$120.00$120.0017.4%4.8%16.2%13.4%16.5%3.3%4.0%-195.5K868.4K-24.7K0.9650.661361307951,124
2017-12-12$120.69$120.0017.1%4.6%15.7%12.1%16.1%3.1%4.0%-200.8K380.1K-25.8K1.4859.52881307951,174
2017-12-13$121.25$120.0016.1%4.6%15.5%7.3%16.6%3.2%4.2%-170.3K-207.1K-24.8K1.4591.4756817901,174
2017-12-14$120.07$120.0015.8%4.5%15.9%6.1%15.9%3.5%4.5%-307.5K878.5K-25.0K1.3884.82731017931,180
2017-12-15$122.39$120.0016.7%4.8%16.4%9.9%16.0%3.5%4.2%-112.3K-1.4M-24.9K1.5277.521322018161,210
2017-12-18$124.36$120.0015.0%4.3%15.4%2.5%15.4%2.7%5.8%-135.6K-498.4K-25.1K1.3075.29128166461901
2017-12-19$123.52$125.0015.1%4.3%15.7%2.9%16.0%3.5%5.7%-220.6K449.6K-26.8K1.5556.3085132474973
2017-12-20$123.71$125.0014.6%4.2%15.6%0.6%15.2%2.7%6.3%-279.0K580.9K-27.1K1.6085.71751204841,039
2017-12-21$122.99$125.0014.9%4.3%15.2%2.0%15.5%2.0%6.0%-291.3K1.1M-27.4K1.8276.05661204871,044
2017-12-22$123.52$125.0014.4%4.1%15.3%0.0%15.2%2.4%6.9%-283.0K968.1K-27.8K1.8549.30651204911,044
2017-12-26$123.07$125.0015.9%4.6%14.8%6.9%16.6%3.0%5.5%-290.7K1.1M-26.2K1.8042.04791424921,043
2017-12-27$124.05$125.0015.2%4.4%14.5%3.6%15.8%3.5%6.7%-278.5K464.6K-26.4K2.0967.99681425091,059
2017-12-28$123.93$125.0015.5%4.5%14.5%5.2%16.0%2.8%6.3%-284.9K551.0K-26.2K2.9021.25491425111,059
2017-12-29$123.30$125.0014.6%4.2%14.2%0.9%15.0%2.5%7.5%-289.5K813.3K-26.0K2.1853.60611335271,059