L Options History — January 2010

In January 2010, L traded between $35.73 and $38.16. ATM implied volatility averaged 25.4%, placing in the 17.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 9.6% (HV 20d: 15.8%). Max pain ranged from $40.00 to $40.00. Net GEX was positive for 12 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 0 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.91.

Notable Days

  • 2010-01-19: Highest Volume — 1,307 contracts
  • 2010-01-06: Largest IV drop — 37.3% change
  • 2010-01-27: Highest IV Rank — 31.7%
  • 2010-01-27: Largest Expected Move — 9.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$37.13$35.73$38.16$37.18$35.77
Max Pain$40.00$40.00$40.00$40.00$40.00
ATM IV25.4%14.4%33.5%21.6%33.0%
Expected Move8.0%6.3%9.6%8.1%9.5%
HV 20d15.8%10.5%23.3%11.8%23.3%
HV 60d21.9%18.6%23.4%23.4%18.6%
IV Rank17.8%0.0%31.7%9.7%31.0%
IV Percentile23.9%0.0%56.0%2.4%54.4%
Term Structure-2.4%-4.5%-0.2%-0.2%-4.3%
VWIV28.5%24.3%33.4%26.3%33.0%
Skew 25d3.8%-1.6%9.3%4.0%-1.6%
Skew 10d5.4%-4.3%14.5%14.5%-4.3%
Call IV 25d25.5%21.3%31.9%24.4%31.9%
Put IV 25d29.3%28.0%32.3%28.4%30.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %22.8512.6349.1825.7326.13
Gamma HHI0.460.450.500.450.48
Net GEX-11.6K-131.8K80.5K3.1K-131.8K
Net DEX-6.1M-12.7M1.7M-11.3M1.7M
Net VEX-26.1K-29.4K-21.5K-25.4K-28.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.910.0020.000.410.68
Total Volume213.895171,307225360
Total OI9,6484,85813,11312,7996,212

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-01-04$37.18$40.0021.6%8.1%11.8%9.7%26.3%4.0%-0.2%3.1K-11.3M-25.4K0.4125.73160656,2306,569
2010-01-05$37.38$40.0023.1%8.5%11.8%12.1%28.7%5.4%-0.9%29.0K-11.5M-26.1K5.6415.15764296,2766,612
2010-01-06$37.64$40.0014.5%6.7%11.7%0.0%0.0%5.6%-1.8%13.3K-11.6M-26.4K0.8013.4725206,2376,839
2010-01-07$37.92$40.0014.4%6.6%10.7%0.0%0.0%6.7%-0.2%41.5K-12.4M-23.9K2.0014.6621426,2436,839
2010-01-08$37.89$40.0014.9%7.1%10.8%0.7%25.3%4.2%-1.5%33.6K-12.3M-23.8K0.4112.6344186,2406,832
2010-01-11$37.92$40.0020.4%7.2%10.5%9.5%0.0%4.8%-1.3%42.0K-12.2M-24.6K0.0015.614306,2786,835
2010-01-12$37.62$40.0022.4%7.2%11.2%12.7%24.6%4.2%-1.7%21.7K-11.9M-22.9K8.3416.11443676,2786,835
2010-01-13$37.92$40.0023.4%6.9%11.0%14.2%24.4%4.8%-0.3%44.8K-12.7M-23.3K0.1116.9389106,2756,704
2010-01-14$37.91$40.0025.2%7.2%10.9%17.2%25.4%3.8%-2.1%65.6K-12.6M-23.9K0.2217.1658136,3156,706
2010-01-15$37.21$40.0029.3%8.4%13.2%23.7%27.0%3.5%-2.8%8.9K-11.7M-22.7K0.3516.34173616,3306,706
2010-01-19$38.16$40.0022.1%6.3%15.5%12.2%25.9%6.3%-0.7%80.5K-1.9M-21.5K2.2915.193979102,2042,654
2010-01-20$37.60$40.0024.1%6.9%16.7%15.4%24.3%4.6%-2.3%14.5K-996.5K-29.4K20.0017.021202,5233,369
2010-01-21$37.19$40.0029.8%8.6%17.2%25.6%27.3%4.2%-3.5%-14.6K-411.6K-29.0K0.8525.3394802,5243,369
2010-01-22$35.73$40.0031.8%9.1%22.7%28.9%30.8%-0.2%-3.8%-106.4K1.5M-29.0K1.7145.9458992,5833,441
2010-01-25$36.09$40.0033.2%9.5%22.9%31.2%33.2%9.3%-4.5%-83.7K970.4K-29.0K1.4338.3821302,5883,434
2010-01-26$36.04$40.0033.1%9.5%22.7%31.1%33.1%0.2%-4.5%-94.4K1.1M-28.9K1.8327.786112,6063,455
2010-01-27$36.38$40.0033.5%9.6%22.9%31.7%33.4%2.8%-4.3%-78.7K842.7K-28.3K3.5949.1817612,6093,455
2010-01-28$35.93$40.0032.7%9.4%23.2%30.4%32.7%-0.1%-4.1%-108.7K1.4M-28.1K4.6425.38251162,6133,494
2010-01-29$35.77$40.0033.0%9.5%23.3%31.0%33.0%-1.6%-4.3%-131.8K1.7M-28.8K0.6826.132141462,6373,575