IT Options History — September 2018

In September 2018, IT traded between $152.26 and $160.02. ATM implied volatility averaged 20.6%, placing in the 22.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.9% (HV 20d: 15.7%). Max pain ranged from $140.00 to $155.00. Net GEX was positive for 6 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.52.

Notable Days

  • 2018-09-28: Highest Volume — 3,298 contracts
  • 2018-09-18: Largest IV drop — 5.7% change
  • 2018-09-17: Highest IV Rank — 26.9%
  • 2018-09-17: Largest Expected Move — 6.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$155.79$152.26$160.02$152.63$158.42
Max Pain$153.16$140.00$155.00$140.00$155.00
ATM IV20.6%19.6%21.9%19.8%19.6%
Expected Move5.8%5.5%6.3%5.7%5.6%
HV 20d15.7%13.4%18.1%14.7%17.6%
HV 60d18.7%18.4%19.2%18.4%18.6%
IV Rank22.8%19.5%26.9%20.2%19.8%
IV Percentile48.9%37.7%58.3%45.2%37.7%
Term Structure3.3%-0.3%5.8%-0.3%5.7%
VWIV23.4%18.7%28.8%18.7%28.8%
Skew 25d1.7%-2.0%4.0%-2.0%3.1%
Skew 10d4.6%-4.5%15.0%4.8%7.4%
Call IV 25d21.2%19.5%24.1%23.8%20.3%
Put IV 25d22.9%21.8%24.4%21.8%23.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %69.7657.8286.9279.6380.74
Gamma HHI0.240.210.330.220.28
Net GEX-155.4K-879.7K544.9K-653.2K-209.1K
Net DEX-23.1M-39.5M-7.8M-20.8M-11.6M
Net VEX-101.0K-129.5K-79.4K-125.0K-84.7K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.520.656.020.936.02
Total Volume1,833.3161,1263,2981,9893,298
Total OI9,422.4215,95411,54310,1886,160

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-09-04$152.63$140.0019.8%5.7%14.7%20.2%18.7%-2.0%-0.3%-653.2K-20.8M-125.0K0.9379.631,0329573,1807,008
2018-09-05$153.17$140.0019.6%5.6%13.8%19.5%22.4%2.7%0.2%-593.2K-22.4M-120.1K0.9374.041,0319553,1807,015
2018-09-06$153.91$150.0020.5%5.5%13.4%22.6%24.1%4.0%3.3%-562.1K-23.1M-116.9K0.9281.791,0459623,1707,072
2018-09-07$152.26$155.0021.1%5.8%14.5%24.4%22.4%2.8%2.5%-879.7K-17.8M-129.5K0.9577.141,0429873,1817,120
2018-09-10$152.69$155.0020.9%5.6%14.5%23.7%22.4%2.3%3.5%-588.0K-21.1M-118.3K0.9957.821,0281,0153,1907,169
2018-09-11$155.30$155.0021.0%5.7%14.5%24.1%22.8%1.4%3.4%-203.6K-28.1M-101.8K0.9971.391,0401,0253,1947,219
2018-09-12$155.82$155.0020.5%5.9%14.3%22.4%24.5%0.4%4.1%-296.6K-28.5M-104.9K0.6564.791,5399933,2247,253
2018-09-13$157.68$155.0020.0%5.7%13.7%20.8%21.3%2.2%3.6%423.3K-35.0M-94.1K0.9082.799868873,5217,292
2018-09-14$156.30$155.0020.9%6.0%14.5%23.9%22.5%2.9%2.2%257.4K-29.9M-104.7K0.9861.039199053,5027,295
2018-09-17$153.67$155.0021.9%6.3%16.2%26.9%23.9%2.5%2.9%-45.7K-24.9M-105.2K1.1560.688269463,4927,327
2018-09-18$153.16$155.0020.6%5.9%16.0%23.0%25.1%2.2%2.9%221.9K-23.6M-101.6K1.2274.617849553,4797,342
2018-09-19$153.99$155.0020.8%6.0%15.7%23.3%21.5%2.0%3.3%405.5K-26.6M-97.4K1.1961.857869383,4817,352
2018-09-20$156.99$155.0020.3%5.8%16.7%22.0%23.4%1.9%3.4%544.9K-35.3M-84.1K1.1957.888169723,5127,368
2018-09-21$158.37$155.0020.4%5.8%16.7%22.2%22.8%1.0%3.1%-300.3K-39.5M-93.8K2.0576.724399023,9587,585
2018-09-24$156.93$155.0021.1%6.0%17.3%24.2%23.8%2.2%5.8%-472.1K-7.8M-95.8K1.9558.153827441,9683,986
2018-09-25$160.02$155.0021.0%6.0%17.8%24.1%23.2%1.0%4.1%-20.1K-14.2M-79.4K1.8758.714177782,0343,986
2018-09-26$159.56$155.0020.8%6.0%18.0%23.6%27.4%-1.8%3.8%85.6K-14.9M-79.4K2.0286.924118312,0584,022
2018-09-27$159.15$155.0020.4%5.9%18.1%22.3%22.7%1.9%5.5%-67.7K-13.6M-82.0K1.9358.824308302,0724,059
2018-09-28$158.42$155.0019.6%5.6%17.6%19.8%28.8%3.1%5.7%-209.1K-11.6M-84.7K6.0280.744702,8282,0924,068