L Options History — November 2009

In November 2009, L traded between $33.90 and $36.21. ATM implied volatility averaged 26.5%, placing in the 11.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.7%. IV traded below realized volatility by 4.4% (HV 20d: 30.9%). Max pain ranged from $30.00 to $35.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.76.

Notable Days

  • 2009-11-16: Highest Volume — 1,496 contracts
  • 2009-11-10: Largest IV drop — 7.2% change
  • 2009-11-02: Highest IV Rank — 14.3%
  • 2009-11-02: Largest Expected Move — 8.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$35.35$33.90$36.21$33.90$35.42
Max Pain$31.75$30.00$35.00$35.00$35.00
ATM IV26.5%23.6%29.6%29.6%23.7%
Expected Move7.7%6.8%8.5%8.5%6.8%
HV 20d30.9%21.6%35.2%33.9%21.6%
HV 60d27.2%25.4%29.2%29.2%26.0%
IV Rank11.4%8.7%14.3%14.3%9.3%
IV Percentile7.4%1.6%17.9%17.9%2.0%
Term Structure1.5%-1.1%3.5%3.5%1.9%
VWIV26.9%23.3%29.4%29.4%23.7%
Skew 25d10.1%-3.1%19.7%-3.1%19.4%
Skew 10d17.5%-2.8%35.7%-1.8%35.7%
Call IV 25d21.0%16.5%28.1%28.1%21.9%
Put IV 25d31.1%23.4%41.3%25.0%41.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %24.8510.1888.9747.9417.86
Gamma HHI0.770.510.890.840.59
Net GEX998.2K396.6K1.7M807.7K496.1K
Net DEX-18.9M-28.6M-10.1M-12.3M-11.1M
Net VEX-53.8K-66.0K-41.2K-66.0K-41.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.760.123.250.762.03
Total Volume325.75351,496434224
Total OI19,865.4515,71222,15120,27915,758

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2009-11-02$33.90$35.0029.6%8.5%33.9%14.3%29.4%-3.1%3.5%807.7K-12.3M-66.0K0.7647.9424618813,0097,270
2009-11-03$34.19$35.0027.6%7.9%33.3%12.2%27.7%9.6%-1.1%936.0K-13.1M-64.7K0.8431.8019316213,0667,395
2009-11-04$33.96$35.0027.7%7.9%33.4%12.3%28.4%-3.0%1.3%947.1K-13.3M-64.6K0.3288.9745014213,1257,380
2009-11-05$34.60$35.0026.8%7.7%34.1%11.5%26.9%11.8%1.2%1.1M-15.1M-62.0K0.1216.842202713,1277,471
2009-11-06$34.60$30.0027.1%8.1%34.1%11.7%28.1%10.1%1.2%1.1M-15.1M-61.5K2.2219.41235113,1647,477
2009-11-09$35.48$30.0026.0%8.3%35.2%10.6%29.1%11.2%0.7%1.3M-20.9M-56.9K0.2928.922597413,2517,505
2009-11-10$35.54$30.0024.1%8.1%35.0%8.7%28.7%12.6%1.0%1.3M-22.4M-57.3K0.2026.541964013,2927,541
2009-11-11$35.91$30.0025.8%7.5%33.5%10.4%26.8%4.3%2.8%1.4M-24.2M-52.8K0.8533.0347340213,2627,540
2009-11-12$35.63$30.0027.2%7.8%32.7%11.8%27.2%13.4%2.5%1.3M-22.1M-55.8K0.4117.731968013,3417,844
2009-11-13$35.48$30.0028.0%8.0%32.1%12.6%0.0%12.5%0.7%1.5M-22.0M-54.5K0.4326.22421813,2667,784
2009-11-16$36.20$30.0028.3%8.1%32.7%13.0%28.4%8.6%1.3%1.1M-26.7M-47.5K0.4312.791,04445213,2337,769
2009-11-17$36.07$30.0027.7%7.9%32.1%12.3%27.7%13.2%1.8%1.2M-26.1M-55.0K0.5321.471045513,8888,197
2009-11-18$36.21$30.0026.8%7.7%31.7%11.5%26.8%17.2%2.5%776.6K-28.6M-50.7K0.7612.34927013,9108,241
2009-11-19$35.89$30.0027.7%7.9%28.8%12.4%27.7%7.2%0.9%1.3M-27.1M-52.4K0.5511.94774213,9058,241
2009-11-20$35.50$30.0027.3%7.8%28.4%11.9%27.3%4.9%0.9%1.7M-25.9M-51.9K0.1810.602414413,8848,225
2009-11-23$35.91$30.0025.4%7.3%28.0%11.1%25.4%16.6%0.3%398.1K-15.6M-45.0K3.2533.5224789,1057,633
2009-11-24$35.60$30.0024.5%7.0%27.3%10.2%24.5%19.7%1.8%396.6K-14.5M-46.0K0.2312.1644109,0917,661
2009-11-25$36.00$35.0024.6%7.0%24.6%10.3%24.6%14.9%2.3%399.5K-12.3M-45.0K0.5510.182561418,0517,661
2009-11-27$35.00$35.0023.6%6.8%25.8%9.2%23.3%1.7%1.9%441.4K-10.1M-45.4K0.3016.702788,2647,482
2009-11-30$35.42$35.0023.7%6.8%21.6%9.3%23.7%19.4%1.9%496.1K-11.1M-41.2K2.0317.86741508,2787,480