L Options History — June 2008

In June 2008, L traded between $46.90 and $49.00. ATM implied volatility averaged 28.5%. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.2%. Max pain ranged from $35.00 to $55.00. Net GEX was positive for 1 of 6 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 6 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.80.

Notable Days

  • 2008-06-24: Highest Volume — 239 contracts
  • 2008-06-30: Largest IV spike — 22.4% change
  • 2008-06-30: Largest Expected Move — 9.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$48.06$46.90$49.00$48.80$46.90
Max Pain$51.67$35.00$55.00$35.00$55.00
ATM IV28.5%24.6%33.4%29.9%33.4%
Expected Move8.2%7.1%9.6%8.6%9.6%
Term Structure3.9%1.8%7.4%1.8%1.9%
VWIV27.9%24.6%30.3%28.5%28.5%
Skew 25d5.9%1.1%11.2%6.4%6.2%
Skew 10d9.5%5.0%16.1%13.0%5.0%
Call IV 25d25.6%22.0%28.2%26.6%28.2%
Put IV 25d31.4%29.1%34.5%33.0%34.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %47.1934.7163.4834.7143.22
Gamma HHI0.250.180.300.180.25
Net GEX-172.4K-321.4K199.2K199.2K-211.4K
Net DEX-7.3M-24.1M-359.6K-24.1M-359.6K
Net VEX-263.4K-296.9K-145.2K-145.2K-279.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.800.005.590.001.02
Total Volume150.16732393230
Total OI31,981.514,41835,54214,41835,464

Daily Data (6 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-06-23$48.80$35.0029.9%8.6%0.0%0.0%28.5%6.4%1.8%199.2K-24.1M-145.2K0.0034.71309,9384,480
2008-06-24$49.00$55.0026.8%7.7%0.0%0.0%27.1%11.2%3.4%-321.4K-8.9M-296.9K0.3156.401835617,98117,472
2008-06-25$48.65$55.0024.6%7.1%0.0%0.0%24.6%7.4%5.8%-299.1K-7.7M-287.3K0.2763.481143118,00217,468
2008-06-26$47.49$55.0028.7%8.2%0.0%0.0%28.3%1.1%7.4%-204.9K-1.4M-285.0K3.6141.41238318,08317,459
2008-06-27$47.52$55.0027.3%7.8%0.0%0.0%30.3%3.0%2.9%-196.5K-1.6M-286.3K5.5943.922715118,08317,459
2008-06-30$46.90$55.0033.4%9.6%0.0%0.0%28.5%6.2%1.9%-211.4K-359.6K-279.8K1.0243.2211411618,07217,392