JPM Options History — March 2011

In March 2011, JPM traded between $43.81 and $46.56. ATM implied volatility averaged 26.6%, placing in the 19.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.1% (HV 20d: 25.5%). Max pain ranged from $43.00 to $45.00. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 3 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.78.

Notable Days

  • 2011-03-18: Highest Volume — 262,040 contracts
  • 2011-03-03: Largest IV drop — 19.7% change
  • 2011-03-16: Highest IV Rank — 40.2%
  • 2011-03-16: Largest Expected Move — 9.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$45.59$43.81$46.56$45.60$46.10
Max Pain$44.74$43.00$45.00$43.00$45.00
ATM IV26.6%20.5%33.6%29.4%20.5%
Expected Move7.9%6.8%9.6%7.5%7.6%
HV 20d25.5%20.8%28.3%26.8%20.8%
HV 60d23.4%22.6%24.1%23.3%22.6%
IV Rank19.8%2.1%40.2%28.0%2.1%
IV Percentile30.7%0.4%75.0%52.4%0.4%
Term Structure-0.9%-3.4%2.6%1.8%-3.1%
VWIV27.9%24.9%33.4%27.1%27.3%
Skew 25d4.7%3.3%6.1%4.3%3.7%
Skew 10d9.8%6.2%13.1%8.2%8.2%
Call IV 25d25.5%22.4%31.3%24.8%25.2%
Put IV 25d30.3%26.0%37.4%29.1%28.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %5.672.657.993.324.11
Gamma HHI0.110.090.170.120.11
Net GEX50.3M21.4M79.9M56.0M58.0M
Net DEX-1.04B-1.70B-430.7M-1.22B-1.01B
Net VEX-16.5M-17.3M-15.8M-16.7M-16.0M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.780.451.300.800.82
Total Volume105,846.08749,702262,040120,24960,170
Total OI2,109,133.871,825,8962,328,9732,108,1171,999,227

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-03-01$45.60$43.0029.4%7.5%26.8%28.0%27.1%4.3%1.8%56.0M-1.22B-16.7M0.803.32N/AN/A66,92753,3221,116,296991,821
2011-03-02$45.21$43.0030.1%7.6%25.8%30.1%27.1%4.0%1.7%46.7M-1.03B-16.7M1.234.21N/AN/A57,58171,1011,136,9521,016,866
2011-03-03$46.08$43.0024.2%6.8%26.4%12.8%24.9%3.6%2.6%65.4M-1.46B-17.1M0.744.95N/AN/A50,14636,9791,163,4411,050,673
2011-03-04$45.52$45.0023.4%7.6%26.8%10.6%26.8%5.9%-0.4%53.9M-1.16B-17.0M0.574.33N/AN/A91,68151,8271,168,8821,057,860
2011-03-07$45.19$45.0028.0%8.2%26.0%23.9%28.4%5.8%-0.8%45.1M-1.07B-16.9M0.793.55N/AN/A47,61937,7031,153,4601,055,304
2011-03-08$46.40$45.0026.0%7.9%26.7%18.2%27.1%5.3%-0.7%68.8M-1.65B-17.0M0.723.58N/AN/A70,31750,3671,169,5411,066,207
2011-03-09$46.56$45.0024.2%7.6%26.7%12.9%27.6%5.5%-0.3%71.5M-1.70B-17.3M0.772.65N/AN/A41,64332,0631,172,6801,081,173
2011-03-10$45.53$45.0028.5%8.2%27.5%25.3%29.2%5.8%-0.6%52.4M-1.23B-17.1M0.705.27N/AN/A61,68442,9281,180,7621,084,656
2011-03-11$45.74$45.0027.3%7.8%27.3%21.8%28.2%5.6%-0.2%55.6M-1.30B-17.0M1.306.49N/AN/A29,85238,9111,195,8741,090,730
2011-03-14$45.30$45.0029.5%8.4%26.2%28.2%29.0%5.5%-1.0%45.9M-1.12B-16.8M0.626.26N/AN/A51,29631,6611,176,3961,086,304
2011-03-15$44.61$45.0030.6%8.8%26.7%31.6%30.6%4.8%-1.6%33.7M-818.2M-16.5M0.686.90N/AN/A74,31550,3681,181,6241,092,330
2011-03-16$43.81$45.0033.6%9.6%27.0%40.2%33.4%6.1%-2.4%21.4M-430.7M-16.7M0.877.57N/AN/A59,83051,8951,193,0351,092,434
2011-03-17$44.56$45.0032.3%9.3%26.3%36.5%32.7%5.8%-2.0%35.2M-796.3M-16.7M0.515.85N/AN/A116,60159,7741,193,1481,106,679
2011-03-18$45.74$45.0029.3%8.4%28.3%27.7%29.5%5.6%-1.4%79.9M-1.31B-16.8M0.457.99N/AN/A180,90981,1311,213,1161,115,857
2011-03-21$45.63$45.0027.4%7.9%28.2%22.2%28.0%5.2%-1.4%35.7M-762.4M-16.1M0.586.35N/AN/A52,97730,972922,640903,256
2011-03-22$45.47$45.0026.5%7.6%24.0%19.5%27.0%4.4%-0.8%36.9M-683.8M-15.8M1.306.77N/AN/A23,36930,286929,632911,192
2011-03-23$45.60$45.0025.1%7.2%24.0%15.5%26.3%3.8%-0.9%39.6M-707.2M-15.8M0.876.64N/AN/A48,60342,428934,313918,421
2011-03-24$45.73$45.0024.8%7.1%24.1%14.5%25.5%3.7%-1.1%45.9M-774.0M-15.9M0.817.55N/AN/A34,18527,804948,473933,812
2011-03-25$45.86$45.0022.1%7.3%23.3%6.8%26.2%3.3%-1.5%52.4M-846.2M-15.9M0.836.23N/AN/A86,26071,323956,815942,969
2011-03-28$45.96$45.0023.4%7.4%23.3%10.3%26.1%3.5%-2.0%46.8M-886.6M-15.8M0.687.45N/AN/A32,72022,087965,167955,601
2011-03-29$46.02$45.0022.2%7.2%21.7%6.8%26.4%3.7%-2.0%50.4M-894.9M-15.8M0.755.66N/AN/A28,44621,256976,795958,843
2011-03-30$46.45$45.0023.0%7.7%21.6%9.4%28.8%4.3%-3.4%58.8M-1.08B-15.9M0.636.79N/AN/A80,57450,569982,513966,309
2011-03-31$46.10$45.0020.5%7.6%20.8%2.1%27.3%3.7%-3.1%58.0M-1.01B-16.0M0.824.11N/AN/A33,07527,0951,019,100980,127