IT Options History — February 2018

In February 2018, IT traded between $113.64 and $138.60. ATM implied volatility averaged 27.4%, placing in the 46.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.9%. IV traded below realized volatility by 4.7% (HV 20d: 32.1%). Max pain ranged from $125.00 to $130.00. Net GEX was positive for 6 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.01.

Notable Days

  • 2018-02-21: Highest Volume — 4,753 contracts
  • 2018-02-07: Largest IV drop — 43.0% change
  • 2018-02-01: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2018-02-05: Largest Expected Move — 7.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$120.25$113.64$138.60$138.60$113.64
Max Pain$129.74$125.00$130.00$130.00$130.00
ATM IV27.4%21.6%44.8%37.4%24.1%
Expected Move6.9%6.2%7.9%6.7%6.9%
HV 20d32.1%16.4%36.6%16.4%34.6%
HV 60d23.3%15.4%25.6%15.4%25.6%
IV Rank46.0%25.8%100.0%100.0%34.1%
IV Percentile79.1%68.7%100.0%100.0%73.4%
Term Structure0.4%-1.5%3.1%-0.8%-1.5%
VWIV24.2%20.3%30.1%24.3%23.8%
Skew 25d2.9%-6.9%7.8%3.2%1.6%
Skew 10d8.9%-9.9%19.3%7.7%5.6%
Call IV 25d24.2%20.8%37.5%22.6%24.0%
Put IV 25d27.1%24.8%33.1%25.8%25.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %49.6914.1897.0575.2923.70
Gamma HHI0.300.150.510.160.21
Net GEX-449.8K-1.9M380.6K167.6K-307.8K
Net DEX33.3M-5.6M49.4M-5.6M46.3M
Net VEX-85.4K-139.7K-25.2K-25.2K-76.7K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.010.175.191.120.28
Total Volume2,911.2117104,7537103,052
Total OI8,362.9472,31611,9412,31610,292

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-02-01$138.60$130.0037.4%6.7%16.4%100.0%24.3%3.2%-0.8%167.6K-5.6M-25.2K1.1275.293353759531,363
2018-02-02$135.50$130.0044.0%6.9%18.5%100.0%27.6%0.1%1.1%97.8K-4.1M-27.5K5.1983.862861,4849481,403
2018-02-05$132.07$130.0044.8%7.9%20.5%100.0%30.1%-6.9%0.0%-493.9K3.3M-45.6K3.5988.932971,0669662,531
2018-02-06$123.84$130.0040.2%7.4%30.8%85.2%22.0%4.6%0.9%-1.1M17.2M-50.3K1.8078.281,5812,8401,0163,278
2018-02-07$119.89$130.0022.9%6.6%32.5%30.1%23.3%4.9%-0.4%-1.9M43.4M-99.6K0.1785.121,6332712,3095,861
2018-02-08$114.70$130.0025.3%7.3%35.5%37.9%25.4%4.8%-0.4%-1.1M49.4M-84.4K0.1724.401,6812802,3555,844
2018-02-09$115.82$130.0026.6%7.6%35.5%42.1%26.4%7.8%0.2%-954.6K48.9M-82.5K0.3165.772,7428502,4805,855
2018-02-12$118.00$130.0023.1%6.6%36.4%30.8%23.6%5.9%1.6%-454.1K37.7M-139.7K0.3333.482,7218924,3275,709
2018-02-13$118.84$130.0022.1%6.3%36.6%27.5%24.5%5.5%2.3%-1.1M41.1M-96.0K0.5323.059985272,7315,763
2018-02-14$120.56$130.0023.5%6.7%36.5%32.1%20.3%-1.4%1.7%-1.7M33.3M-117.1K0.2497.052,6076382,8165,890
2018-02-15$118.02$130.0023.7%6.8%36.3%32.7%24.1%5.0%2.1%245.2K36.1M-120.7K1.6427.086049895,0045,994
2018-02-16$118.27$130.0021.6%6.2%34.5%25.8%21.9%3.4%3.1%-71.7K33.7M-122.8K2.0276.476811,3795,0015,831
2018-02-20$116.02$130.0025.2%7.2%34.3%37.5%24.3%3.1%-1.3%14.9K36.7M-110.5K0.2414.373,5658484,4265,695
2018-02-21$114.34$125.0024.4%7.0%33.9%34.9%25.6%2.2%-0.2%380.6K41.7M-98.3K0.2317.833,8698846,0735,868
2018-02-22$115.64$130.0023.3%6.7%34.2%31.3%23.6%2.9%0.1%-203.9K44.9M-76.1K0.3119.333,1859903,7635,941
2018-02-23$116.93$130.0023.1%6.6%34.9%30.6%22.1%2.9%-0.4%-30.6K42.7M-86.2K0.2981.253,1889244,0416,104
2018-02-26$117.90$130.0022.5%6.4%34.4%28.8%22.6%2.7%-0.3%129.2K41.6M-86.5K0.3014.182,9408714,0726,136
2018-02-27$116.17$130.0023.6%6.8%34.4%32.4%23.4%2.8%-0.6%-127.6K44.6M-76.9K0.3714.662,3598814,0936,164
2018-02-28$113.64$130.0024.1%6.9%34.6%34.1%23.8%1.6%-1.5%-307.8K46.3M-76.7K0.2823.702,3916614,1136,179