L Options History — January 2009

In January 2009, L traded between $23.48 and $29.92. ATM implied volatility averaged 63.3%, placing in the 38.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 18.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.6% (HV 20d: 62.8%). Max pain ranged from $30.00 to $30.00. Net GEX was positive for 11 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.51.

Notable Days

  • 2009-01-08: Highest Volume — 1,226 contracts
  • 2009-01-12: Largest IV spike — 41.0% change
  • 2009-01-20: Highest IV Rank — 49.9%
  • 2009-01-20: Largest Expected Move — 22.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$26.19$23.48$29.92$29.77$24.40
Max Pain$30.00$30.00$30.00$30.00$30.00
ATM IV63.3%49.5%77.2%49.5%63.9%
Expected Move18.2%14.2%22.1%14.2%18.3%
HV 20d62.8%53.2%70.4%67.1%69.9%
HV 60d106.9%93.3%125.9%125.9%94.0%
IV Rank38.6%27.3%49.9%27.3%39.0%
IV Percentile57.4%49.3%73.8%49.3%54.2%
Term Structure-1.1%-6.7%8.2%8.2%-1.9%
VWIV63.0%50.3%75.5%50.3%63.5%
Skew 25d11.7%0.5%31.5%31.5%0.5%
Skew 10d23.3%1.9%50.4%50.4%1.9%
Call IV 25d56.8%34.8%68.7%34.8%61.9%
Put IV 25d68.5%62.3%76.6%66.3%62.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %30.7415.8050.5934.0950.59
Gamma HHI0.310.140.890.240.19
Net GEX73.4K-36.7K621.4K130.7K-29.2K
Net DEX2.5M-3.0M7.1M-2.7M4.0M
Net VEX-35.4K-40.4K-30.7K-35.9K-38.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.510.038.810.670.40
Total Volume462.11021,226661184
Total OI16,425.459,09722,13120,13011,459

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2009-01-02$29.77$30.0049.5%14.2%67.1%27.3%50.3%31.5%8.2%130.7K-2.7M-35.9K0.6734.0939526613,4766,654
2009-01-05$29.81$30.0054.2%16.7%62.9%31.1%55.0%16.6%-1.2%139.3K-3.0M-37.0K1.1139.3221023413,7496,848
2009-01-06$29.92$30.0055.7%16.5%62.1%32.3%60.9%15.6%-1.0%137.8K-3.0M-36.4K1.5140.067711613,8636,883
2009-01-07$28.20$30.0057.7%16.5%60.6%34.0%58.3%8.8%0.9%110.3K35.7K-35.6K2.5338.7913233413,8606,973
2009-01-08$28.47$30.0054.1%16.4%58.3%31.0%58.8%10.1%-1.1%110.6K-459.8K-35.2K8.8135.731251,10113,9576,932
2009-01-09$27.50$30.0051.7%17.6%57.8%29.1%60.6%7.5%3.4%57.2K2.5M-37.5K0.0822.792071714,0147,854
2009-01-12$26.56$30.0072.9%19.3%57.8%46.4%60.9%12.9%-6.4%68.8K3.9M-33.9K1.0338.7124024814,0427,867
2009-01-13$26.32$30.0067.6%19.2%57.6%42.0%67.1%12.3%-2.5%73.9K4.0M-33.1K0.6724.25614114,1757,884
2009-01-14$24.56$30.0071.5%18.6%62.0%45.2%61.9%11.6%-0.6%102.0K7.1M-30.7K2.4337.1812730914,2267,905
2009-01-15$24.95$30.0067.1%19.2%53.3%41.6%68.7%9.0%0.2%151.4K5.8M-32.8K0.7137.2022616114,2187,859
2009-01-16$25.09$30.0065.4%18.7%53.2%40.2%69.2%12.5%1.7%621.4K3.5M-32.8K1.7615.8021738214,2787,423
2009-01-20$23.48$30.0077.2%22.1%56.3%49.9%68.2%7.9%-6.7%-36.7K3.9M-31.8K0.2517.55109274,7414,356
2009-01-21$25.76$30.0065.5%18.8%66.0%40.3%58.9%12.4%1.1%-34.1K3.4M-34.3K0.0939.44826764,7964,377
2009-01-22$24.24$30.0068.8%19.7%67.4%43.0%75.5%13.0%-0.2%-17.0K3.4M-34.7K3.7217.971425285,4474,446
2009-01-23$24.53$30.0072.9%20.9%67.6%46.4%75.3%12.6%-4.1%-26.7K3.7M-37.1K0.5119.93193985,5634,843
2009-01-26$24.47$30.0065.9%18.9%67.4%40.6%62.1%11.3%-2.4%-27.9K3.6M-36.0K0.5620.572481405,6624,846
2009-01-27$25.02$30.0061.8%17.7%67.7%37.3%61.0%9.7%-0.0%-22.1K3.4M-36.8K3.0119.741414255,8354,898
2009-01-28$26.22$30.0061.4%17.6%69.7%37.0%61.7%15.7%-6.1%-17.1K3.2M-40.4K0.0319.96625195,8505,187
2009-01-29$24.53$30.0062.2%17.8%70.4%37.6%62.6%2.5%-3.7%-25.1K3.7M-38.6K0.2245.19192436,0775,186
2009-01-30$24.40$30.0063.9%18.3%69.9%39.0%63.5%0.5%-1.9%-29.2K4.0M-38.4K0.4050.59131536,2525,207