L Options History — February 2010

In February 2010, L traded between $34.76 and $37.06. ATM implied volatility averaged 25.2%, placing in the 17.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.3%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.3% (HV 20d: 25.5%). Max pain ranged from $35.00 to $40.00. Net GEX was positive for 12 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 4.12.

Notable Days

  • 2010-02-08: Highest Volume — 2,077 contracts
  • 2010-02-08: Largest IV drop — 30.4% change
  • 2010-02-01: Highest IV Rank — 32.9%
  • 2010-02-01: Largest Expected Move — 9.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$36.00$34.76$37.06$36.41$36.46
Max Pain$36.05$35.00$40.00$40.00$35.00
ATM IV25.2%19.4%34.2%34.2%20.3%
Expected Move7.3%5.8%9.8%9.8%5.8%
HV 20d25.5%22.2%28.7%24.1%23.0%
HV 60d19.9%18.9%20.5%18.9%19.5%
IV Rank17.9%8.3%32.9%32.9%9.7%
IV Percentile19.9%2.0%58.7%58.7%2.4%
Term Structure0.2%-4.7%3.2%-4.2%1.8%
VWIV25.4%16.7%34.1%34.1%22.1%
Skew 25d7.2%1.2%13.7%4.9%5.3%
Skew 10d15.2%-0.3%31.7%11.8%8.9%
Call IV 25d20.4%14.7%31.5%31.5%15.2%
Put IV 25d27.6%20.6%36.4%36.4%20.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %16.657.6527.6624.4713.36
Gamma HHI0.470.400.550.470.45
Net GEX18.1K-228.3K308.6K-100.4K28.5K
Net DEX-1.6M-7.1M3.1M669.6K-2.6M
Net VEX-32.0K-36.0K-28.3K-29.6K-28.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio4.120.0046.001.050.91
Total Volume371.842142,07739021
Total OI8,324.8426,4239,8586,4237,608

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-02-01$36.41$40.0034.2%9.8%24.1%32.9%34.1%4.9%-4.2%-100.4K669.6K-29.6K1.0524.471902002,7623,661
2010-02-02$37.06$40.0033.9%9.7%23.5%32.4%32.7%5.5%-4.7%-36.8K-253.0K-31.7K3.0625.771243802,9023,866
2010-02-03$36.63$40.0033.0%9.5%23.8%31.0%33.0%1.5%-4.5%-113.4K524.2K-32.3K2.8924.81541562,9924,157
2010-02-04$35.33$40.0032.3%9.3%26.6%29.7%32.3%4.4%-3.2%-228.3K2.7M-32.6K0.9011.942031833,0234,272
2010-02-05$35.37$35.0033.7%8.5%26.4%32.1%29.4%6.3%-1.1%-197.3K2.4M-33.6K0.3527.668703053,1734,329
2010-02-08$34.76$35.0023.5%7.6%26.8%15.1%26.3%9.3%-0.2%-227.4K3.1M-32.3K0.0421.991,994833,5984,319
2010-02-09$35.22$35.0022.9%7.2%27.5%14.0%25.1%10.3%1.2%135.4K-236.8K-35.8K0.2519.27118304,8404,341
2010-02-10$35.03$35.0019.4%7.0%27.4%8.3%24.4%9.4%1.9%175.5K330.1K-35.8K0.6417.293632314,9454,333
2010-02-11$35.21$35.0024.1%6.9%27.3%16.0%24.1%10.7%2.1%252.7K-747.8K-36.0K3.3819.588275,2104,370
2010-02-12$35.17$35.0023.5%6.7%27.3%15.2%23.5%9.6%2.4%308.6K-785.6K-35.7K1.1218.623333735,2164,340
2010-02-16$36.12$35.0022.6%6.5%28.7%13.6%22.6%13.7%2.9%68.2K-6.0M-32.3K0.478.13106505,3444,514
2010-02-17$36.17$35.0022.5%6.4%27.0%13.4%22.5%13.1%3.2%67.9K-6.0M-31.7K46.007.651465,3194,528
2010-02-18$36.44$35.0022.5%6.5%26.8%13.5%22.5%1.2%3.2%53.7K-6.7M-31.5K6.1417.887435,3174,519
2010-02-19$36.55$35.0021.8%6.2%26.6%12.3%16.7%6.2%2.8%42.9K-7.1M-30.5K0.1510.61217325,3174,537
2010-02-22$36.70$35.0022.0%6.3%22.2%12.6%22.0%6.9%0.1%41.1K-2.7M-30.1K2.0011.70661323,8083,774
2010-02-23$36.06$35.0021.3%6.1%22.9%11.4%21.3%4.0%1.0%-10.5K-1.5M-30.0K0.7511.42863,8493,796
2010-02-24$36.62$35.0023.3%6.7%23.6%14.7%23.2%7.4%-0.9%37.6K-2.5M-29.3K0.0010.665003,8563,796
2010-02-25$36.66$35.0022.0%6.3%23.4%12.7%22.1%6.6%0.4%46.0K-2.7M-28.8K8.1713.616493,8453,796
2010-02-26$36.46$35.0020.3%5.8%23.0%9.7%0.0%5.3%1.8%28.5K-2.6M-28.3K0.9113.3611103,8503,758