L Options History — January 2011

In January 2011, L traded between $39.30 and $40.80. ATM implied volatility averaged 18.2%, placing in the 19.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 8.1% (HV 20d: 10.1%). Max pain ranged from $35.00 to $40.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.78.

Notable Days

  • 2011-01-13: Highest Volume — 193 contracts
  • 2011-01-13: Largest IV spike — 40.2% change
  • 2011-01-31: Highest IV Rank — 27.2%
  • 2011-01-31: Largest Expected Move — 6.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$40.13$39.30$40.80$39.40$40.05
Max Pain$38.75$35.00$40.00$40.00$40.00
ATM IV18.2%13.9%21.2%15.6%21.2%
Expected Move5.5%4.2%6.1%4.5%6.1%
HV 20d10.1%7.5%13.9%8.3%13.9%
HV 60d12.8%12.4%13.6%13.0%13.5%
IV Rank19.0%7.3%27.2%11.9%27.2%
IV Percentile30.5%6.3%54.8%13.1%54.8%
Term Structure0.0%-1.6%4.4%3.4%-1.6%
VWIV21.8%14.8%54.8%15.6%21.2%
Skew 25d6.6%1.4%15.6%13.1%2.6%
Skew 10d11.0%1.1%25.9%16.6%4.0%
Call IV 25d16.4%13.5%19.0%16.5%19.0%
Put IV 25d23.0%18.4%32.0%29.6%21.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %58.5131.1290.7150.8250.07
Gamma HHI0.640.380.850.660.38
Net GEX152.5K28.7K383.4K107.2K31.6K
Net DEX-1.4M-2.3M-758.8K-855.7K-898.0K
Net VEX-12.3K-13.1K-11.0K-12.9K-11.6K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.780.0031.170.161.91
Total Volume43.7551936532
Total OI2,317.32,1802,5352,1882,350

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-01-03$39.40$40.0015.6%4.5%8.3%11.9%15.6%13.1%3.4%107.2K-855.7K-12.9K0.1650.825691,207981
2011-01-04$39.30$40.0015.5%4.4%8.3%11.6%19.8%2.0%3.2%127.1K-859.0K-12.7K3.7556.634151,250982
2011-01-05$39.62$40.0014.8%4.2%8.4%9.8%14.8%15.6%4.4%143.6K-1.0M-12.9K2.0090.715101,252995
2011-01-06$39.75$40.0015.4%4.4%7.8%11.5%54.8%3.4%3.7%147.4K-1.2M-13.1K1.8371.576111,2551,005
2011-01-07$39.98$35.0014.3%5.6%7.9%8.3%19.6%8.2%-0.3%165.1K-1.3M-13.1K0.3144.3349151,2561,005
2011-01-10$40.01$35.0015.5%5.8%7.6%11.6%0.0%8.8%-1.1%170.1K-1.5M-12.8K2.0051.8812241,2831,018
2011-01-11$40.11$35.0014.8%5.6%7.5%9.7%0.0%8.6%-0.4%184.4K-1.5M-13.0K0.0059.51501,2951,038
2011-01-12$40.80$35.0013.9%5.6%8.9%7.3%18.8%5.1%-0.6%163.5K-2.3M-12.4K0.4247.5448201,2981,038
2011-01-13$40.47$35.0019.5%5.6%9.5%22.6%19.5%5.6%0.0%184.5K-2.0M-12.7K31.1742.7161871,3191,018
2011-01-14$40.35$40.0019.7%5.6%9.6%23.0%19.7%3.8%-0.6%202.2K-1.9M-12.8K0.5570.091161,3191,164
2011-01-18$40.44$40.0020.7%5.9%9.6%25.8%0.0%5.4%-1.0%208.4K-2.0M-12.3K0.2263.52921,3291,170
2011-01-19$39.80$40.0020.7%5.9%11.5%25.7%20.7%1.4%-1.6%272.4K-1.3M-12.3K0.6964.981391,3371,172
2011-01-20$40.04$40.0020.5%5.9%11.6%25.2%20.5%2.1%-0.8%383.4K-1.4M-12.2K4.2965.677301,3251,180
2011-01-21$40.23$40.0020.1%5.8%11.6%24.2%20.1%2.9%-1.0%383.2K-2.0M-12.0K0.1742.96611,3251,210
2011-01-24$40.49$40.0019.7%5.6%11.4%23.0%0.0%9.4%-0.2%35.9K-1.2M-11.5K0.5731.1235201,0381,142
2011-01-25$40.70$40.0020.7%5.9%11.4%25.9%20.7%10.4%-1.6%35.6K-1.2M-11.3K0.5989.0017101,0281,152
2011-01-26$40.39$40.0020.4%5.8%11.7%25.0%0.0%3.8%-0.9%37.7K-1.2M-11.5K0.0040.24051,0401,162
2011-01-27$40.70$40.0020.0%5.7%11.9%24.0%20.1%10.1%-0.9%37.1K-1.2M-11.0K1.4386.7714201,0351,152
2011-01-28$39.96$40.0020.7%5.9%13.9%25.8%20.7%10.3%-1.5%28.7K-758.8K-11.5K0.7650.0683631,0491,172
2011-01-31$40.05$40.0021.2%6.1%13.9%27.2%21.2%2.6%-1.6%31.6K-898.0K-11.6K1.9150.0711211,1151,235