L Options History — February 2011

In February 2011, L traded between $41.27 and $43.27. ATM implied volatility averaged 16.4%, placing in the 14.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.5%. IV traded below realized volatility by 3.9% (HV 20d: 20.3%). Max pain ranged from $40.00 to $40.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 16 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 4.02.

Notable Days

  • 2011-02-07: Highest Volume — 1,453 contracts
  • 2011-02-09: Largest IV spike — 124.4% change
  • 2011-02-09: Highest IV Rank — 45.6%
  • 2011-02-03: Largest Expected Move — 6.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$42.68$41.27$43.27$41.27$43.25
Max Pain$40.00$40.00$40.00$40.00$40.00
ATM IV16.4%10.4%28.0%21.0%14.6%
Expected Move4.5%3.0%6.1%6.0%4.2%
HV 20d20.3%16.6%22.6%16.8%19.0%
HV 60d15.3%14.2%16.8%14.8%14.2%
IV Rank14.4%0.0%45.6%26.7%11.2%
IV Percentile24.4%0.0%91.7%52.8%12.3%
Term Structure1.1%-2.5%8.9%-0.6%1.4%
VWIV16.6%9.0%22.0%22.0%15.2%
Skew 25d4.7%-1.5%14.2%6.7%-1.5%
Skew 10d7.2%-1.9%20.2%9.9%-1.9%
Call IV 25d15.1%8.9%17.7%15.7%15.4%
Put IV 25d19.8%13.9%25.6%22.4%13.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %42.1627.4570.6333.1546.33
Gamma HHI0.760.350.900.360.74
Net GEX224.3K9.9K358.9K36.7K207.8K
Net DEX-3.5M-4.8M-1.6M-1.8M-2.5M
Net VEX-21.1K-28.5K-10.6K-10.8K-27.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio4.020.0047.890.910.32
Total Volume235.15811,4538882
Total OI4,053.2112,3664,7782,3714,588

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-02-01$41.27$40.0021.0%6.0%16.8%26.7%22.0%6.7%-0.6%36.7K-1.8M-10.8K0.9133.1546421,1151,256
2011-02-02$41.29$40.0021.2%6.1%16.7%27.1%21.1%5.0%-2.4%32.7K-1.8M-10.6K0.5631.4118101,1021,264
2011-02-03$41.28$40.0021.4%6.1%16.6%27.9%21.3%5.7%-2.5%31.0K-1.8M-10.6K16.3145.67132121,0961,274
2011-02-04$41.40$40.0021.3%5.6%16.6%27.6%18.0%6.6%0.5%9.9K-1.6M-12.5K0.1538.40655981,1071,443
2011-02-07$43.27$40.0018.3%4.1%22.3%19.3%16.2%2.2%0.1%134.4K-4.1M-14.3K0.2070.631,2092441,7071,508
2011-02-08$43.03$40.0012.5%4.8%22.6%3.4%17.4%1.3%0.0%241.1K-4.4M-20.2K0.0866.55351272,5181,650
2011-02-09$43.00$40.0028.0%4.2%22.6%45.6%15.1%14.2%2.0%300.7K-4.2M-21.5K0.0544.64311172,7151,677
2011-02-10$43.00$40.0015.0%4.3%22.1%10.3%0.0%3.3%1.4%341.4K-4.6M-23.7K0.2132.262862,9931,689
2011-02-11$43.03$40.0012.3%3.5%21.7%2.9%14.8%2.9%2.3%358.9K-4.8M-23.8K0.4035.1652212,9921,695
2011-02-14$43.07$40.0015.7%4.5%21.6%12.3%16.1%3.5%1.1%344.9K-4.7M-23.8K1.0027.8230303,0161,714
2011-02-15$43.00$40.0013.2%3.8%21.7%5.5%16.2%2.4%1.2%322.4K-4.6M-23.9K1.5927.4527432,9931,744
2011-02-16$43.14$40.0015.9%4.6%20.5%12.7%16.0%3.2%1.2%348.3K-4.6M-24.2K0.0037.06103,0041,774
2011-02-17$43.24$40.0015.3%4.4%20.5%11.2%15.4%3.9%1.9%344.7K-4.6M-23.8K0.0032.224903,0041,774
2011-02-18$43.19$40.0013.0%3.7%20.6%4.8%0.0%5.9%1.6%337.7K-4.7M-23.3K0.1432.94712,9801,774
2011-02-22$42.87$40.0012.8%3.7%20.9%4.2%15.5%4.5%1.4%271.4K-3.7M-23.4K47.8961.6294312,5871,519
2011-02-23$42.88$40.0015.2%4.4%20.9%10.8%0.0%3.5%0.5%221.6K-2.8M-26.5K0.0046.4801552,5901,915
2011-02-24$42.83$40.0010.4%3.0%20.6%0.0%9.0%12.3%8.9%187.8K-2.3M-28.5K0.1535.97137202,5902,070
2011-02-25$42.91$40.0014.1%4.0%20.5%9.9%15.2%3.5%0.6%188.2K-2.3M-28.0K2.4455.2825612,5042,070
2011-02-28$43.25$40.0014.6%4.2%19.0%11.2%0.0%-1.5%1.4%207.8K-2.5M-27.1K0.3246.3362202,5042,084