L Options History — February 2009

In February 2009, L traded between $19.64 and $25.07. ATM implied volatility averaged 63.9%, placing in the 39.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 18.3%. IV traded below realized volatility by 3.5% (HV 20d: 67.4%). Max pain ranged from $22.50 to $30.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.58.

Notable Days

  • 2009-02-23: Highest Volume — 2,127 contracts
  • 2009-02-10: Largest IV spike — 25.6% change
  • 2009-02-23: Highest IV Rank — 45.3%
  • 2009-02-23: Largest Expected Move — 20.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$22.23$19.64$25.07$23.16$19.85
Max Pain$28.03$22.50$30.00$30.00$22.50
ATM IV63.9%50.6%71.6%68.2%62.0%
Expected Move18.3%16.2%20.5%19.5%17.8%
HV 20d67.4%59.2%74.7%67.9%60.8%
HV 60d85.7%67.9%94.4%94.4%67.9%
IV Rank39.0%28.2%45.3%42.5%37.4%
IV Percentile55.5%42.2%67.9%61.7%50.6%
Term Structure-1.3%-9.5%7.7%-0.9%1.0%
VWIV63.9%55.3%71.7%66.7%60.3%
Skew 25d8.9%0.0%23.7%0.7%8.4%
Skew 10d15.8%-3.6%32.7%-3.6%18.5%
Call IV 25d59.0%48.2%68.0%67.1%58.1%
Put IV 25d67.8%63.4%75.8%67.8%66.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %27.3913.5955.1726.6823.70
Gamma HHI0.230.180.270.180.27
Net GEX-51.4K-72.6K-19.2K-34.1K-69.5K
Net DEX5.1M3.6M6.7M4.5M5.3M
Net VEX-32.2K-37.7K-25.0K-35.6K-32.0K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.580.065.252.293.00
Total Volume493.158342,127237260
Total OI12,389.63211,01113,78611,51213,786

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2009-02-02$23.16$30.0068.2%19.5%67.9%42.5%66.7%0.7%-0.9%-34.1K4.5M-35.6K2.2926.68721656,3085,204
2009-02-03$23.39$30.0066.5%19.1%68.2%41.1%66.7%9.5%1.4%-40.5K4.8M-34.7K0.2755.1790246,3135,292
2009-02-04$23.50$30.0064.8%18.6%68.2%39.7%62.1%7.7%1.3%-38.2K4.5M-35.7K1.6240.0313216,3385,282
2009-02-05$24.25$30.0059.3%17.0%67.5%35.2%65.5%23.7%3.8%-30.7K4.1M-37.1K0.2913.59179526,3445,282
2009-02-06$24.98$30.0061.8%16.7%68.5%37.3%55.3%9.8%0.6%-24.5K3.8M-37.7K0.0623.45272176,4535,288
2009-02-09$25.07$30.0053.7%16.2%67.8%30.7%67.6%12.0%-1.6%-19.2K3.6M-37.0K1.7524.342033566,6555,288
2009-02-10$23.06$30.0067.5%18.1%72.7%42.0%57.9%4.7%-2.0%-44.0K4.7M-34.5K0.6827.993522406,7255,476
2009-02-11$23.86$30.0050.6%16.3%74.1%28.2%68.0%13.9%0.1%-37.8K4.7M-34.6K1.9522.16971897,0205,573
2009-02-12$23.27$30.0062.7%18.0%70.6%38.0%62.4%13.7%-3.7%-57.5K5.3M-32.1K2.6127.8228737,0345,672
2009-02-13$22.82$30.0060.9%17.5%70.5%36.6%56.8%9.8%-1.8%-62.8K5.3M-31.8K5.2530.08603157,0485,694
2009-02-17$21.16$30.0071.3%20.4%74.7%45.1%71.7%7.8%-9.5%-65.5K6.2M-28.5K2.8027.811002807,0475,757
2009-02-18$21.28$30.0066.6%19.1%71.7%41.2%63.1%10.8%-5.8%-69.8K6.4M-28.0K0.8125.5657466,9795,753
2009-02-19$20.71$30.0065.8%18.9%62.0%40.6%62.7%7.2%-4.6%-64.3K6.6M-26.2K0.2425.8054137,0045,756
2009-02-20$20.15$30.0070.5%20.2%59.5%44.4%68.6%7.8%-5.0%-66.1K6.7M-25.2K0.2423.778842137,0415,649
2009-02-23$19.64$22.5071.6%20.5%59.2%45.3%71.0%1.8%-4.4%-42.5K4.6M-25.0K2.5422.756001,5276,1884,823
2009-02-24$21.22$22.5060.7%17.4%67.0%36.4%62.9%10.3%7.7%-72.4K5.4M-30.8K1.6128.352994816,6155,952
2009-02-25$20.50$22.5063.3%18.2%66.8%38.6%64.0%0.0%-2.2%-72.6K5.5M-31.1K0.5231.799825096,8596,159
2009-02-26$20.53$22.5066.0%18.9%63.5%40.8%61.8%8.8%0.8%-64.5K4.8M-33.7K1.5719.56961517,3816,365
2009-02-27$19.85$22.5062.0%17.8%60.8%37.4%60.3%8.4%1.0%-69.5K5.3M-32.0K3.0023.70651957,4616,325