IT Options History — February 2021

In February 2021, IT traded between $153.78 and $184.71. ATM implied volatility averaged 35.4%, placing in the 15.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.7%. IV traded below realized volatility by 4.9% (HV 20d: 40.3%). Max pain ranged from $150.00 to $155.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 5.26.

Notable Days

  • 2021-02-24: Highest Volume — 2,029 contracts
  • 2021-02-09: Largest IV drop — 36.2% change
  • 2021-02-08: Highest IV Rank — 33.0%
  • 2021-02-01: Largest Expected Move — 13.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$175.04$153.78$184.71$153.78$180.56
Max Pain$150.79$150.00$155.00$155.00$150.00
ATM IV35.4%29.5%50.6%47.9%31.3%
Expected Move9.7%8.4%13.7%13.7%9.0%
HV 20d40.3%31.4%45.4%31.4%41.4%
HV 60d28.2%24.1%30.4%26.7%29.8%
IV Rank15.7%6.0%33.0%30.1%6.9%
IV Percentile38.2%9.5%79.8%77.0%27.8%
Term Structure-0.1%-10.9%5.1%-10.9%-0.5%
VWIV34.9%27.4%51.4%51.4%40.5%
Skew 25d3.0%-0.5%7.2%7.2%2.6%
Skew 10d9.0%-1.3%26.3%26.3%12.3%
Call IV 25d33.8%27.3%47.7%47.7%30.7%
Put IV 25d36.8%31.4%54.8%54.8%33.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %82.1873.4287.1882.5786.76
Gamma HHI0.230.180.320.240.22
Net GEX2.2M1.4M2.9M2.0M1.5M
Net DEX-86.2M-116.2M-42.7M-42.7M-78.7M
Net VEX-165.6K-204.8K-129.9K-204.8K-129.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio5.260.0051.001.1051.00
Total Volume225.947112,0292152
Total OI8,640.6327,3679,5468,4667,430

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2021-02-01$153.78$155.0047.9%13.7%31.4%30.1%51.4%7.2%-10.9%2.0M-42.7M-204.8K1.1082.5710117,1671,299
2021-02-02$156.01$155.0044.3%12.7%31.7%26.4%44.7%3.8%-6.0%2.2M-46.7M-204.1K2.2382.4713297,1691,302
2021-02-03$160.07$155.0044.5%12.8%32.7%26.6%43.9%2.9%-9.1%2.5M-55.7M-204.0K0.1483.811427,1611,309
2021-02-04$162.10$150.0039.8%10.7%31.7%21.7%34.1%2.3%-1.4%2.7M-60.0M-204.7K0.9373.4215147,1661,308
2021-02-05$164.54$150.0043.2%10.2%31.7%25.2%33.0%2.3%-1.7%2.8M-65.3M-203.7K23.8980.4592157,1711,316
2021-02-08$168.12$150.0050.6%10.3%32.2%33.0%37.1%2.5%1.2%2.6M-73.6M-196.9K0.2880.104981407,1771,509
2021-02-09$183.83$150.0032.3%8.4%44.9%13.7%31.1%4.1%5.1%2.2M-112.6M-155.0K0.1885.98350627,6041,633
2021-02-10$181.07$150.0031.0%8.9%45.4%12.4%30.9%2.2%4.3%2.5M-108.3M-165.0K1.7379.25591027,7191,663
2021-02-11$180.79$150.0030.6%8.8%44.7%12.0%32.2%-0.5%4.1%2.5M-109.0M-159.7K1.9279.8812237,6951,684
2021-02-12$182.54$150.0030.0%8.6%44.3%11.3%27.4%3.6%4.6%2.2M-111.3M-158.2K0.5782.431487,7021,691
2021-02-16$178.67$150.0031.2%8.9%44.3%12.6%31.6%2.9%3.6%2.5M-104.7M-152.6K0.7978.4180637,7061,695
2021-02-17$178.13$150.0031.7%9.1%44.4%12.9%32.7%1.3%3.6%2.3M-103.4M-162.7K1.7585.32477,7731,756
2021-02-18$181.61$150.0030.7%8.8%44.6%11.9%31.5%3.6%0.6%2.2M-111.8M-145.0K1.0877.4924267,7721,757
2021-02-19$184.51$150.0029.5%8.5%44.7%10.5%31.4%2.7%1.3%2.9M-116.2M-141.4K0.7980.8867537,7661,780
2021-02-22$184.71$150.0030.6%8.8%44.4%9.3%31.5%2.9%0.4%1.4M-89.5M-136.0K1.8884.5226496,0781,475
2021-02-23$183.73$150.0030.9%8.9%44.3%7.9%31.7%2.8%0.2%1.4M-88.0M-139.2K1.1783.6163746,1031,516
2021-02-24$183.43$150.0030.4%8.7%44.0%6.0%30.8%1.8%0.4%1.5M-87.7M-141.1K0.0087.182,02186,1641,589
2021-02-25$177.56$150.0031.9%9.2%43.0%7.6%35.0%5.4%-1.0%1.6M-72.6M-141.5K8.5086.838685,7711,596
2021-02-26$180.56$150.0031.3%9.0%41.4%6.9%40.5%2.6%-0.5%1.5M-78.7M-129.9K51.0086.761515,7781,652