L Options History — April 2011

In April 2011, L traded between $42.11 and $44.26. ATM implied volatility averaged 23.6%, placing in the 29.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 11.5% (HV 20d: 12.1%). Max pain ranged from $40.00 to $45.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.30.

Notable Days

  • 2011-04-29: Highest Volume — 319 contracts
  • 2011-04-06: Largest IV spike — 103.2% change
  • 2011-04-12: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2011-04-18: Largest Expected Move — 6.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$43.07$42.11$44.26$43.51$44.26
Max Pain$40.25$40.00$45.00$40.00$40.00
ATM IV23.6%9.4%69.2%9.8%17.3%
Expected Move4.8%2.8%6.4%2.8%5.0%
HV 20d12.1%9.7%14.6%14.6%13.1%
HV 60d16.0%15.0%16.4%16.2%15.0%
IV Rank29.4%0.0%100.0%0.0%13.2%
IV Percentile44.3%0.0%100.0%0.0%29.8%
Term Structure0.2%-1.3%8.3%8.3%-1.3%
VWIV17.5%14.9%21.8%17.1%17.3%
Skew 25d5.0%-2.0%36.5%-0.8%-2.0%
Skew 10d9.2%-2.8%47.6%4.6%-2.8%
Call IV 25d16.6%15.0%18.0%15.0%17.4%
Put IV 25d21.6%14.3%52.8%14.3%15.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %51.5933.8398.3445.6636.99
Gamma HHI0.610.540.740.600.74
Net GEX127.7K77.9K232.1K112.8K232.1K
Net DEX-819.1K-2.6M369.1K-1.2M-2.6M
Net VEX-22.4K-25.7K-19.6K-25.7K-22.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.300.003.130.000.06
Total Volume50.85031921319
Total OI3,476.13,4153,6033,4263,603

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-04-01$43.51$40.009.8%2.8%14.6%0.0%0.0%-0.8%8.3%112.8K-1.2M-25.7K0.0045.662101,9281,498
2011-04-04$43.67$45.009.4%4.9%14.1%0.0%17.1%4.9%-0.5%122.2K-1.5M-25.2K0.0033.837501,9481,498
2011-04-05$43.40$40.0010.2%4.8%13.7%2.1%16.8%4.0%-0.1%128.2K-1.4M-25.4K0.0837.101211,9941,498
2011-04-06$43.67$40.0020.7%4.8%13.7%29.4%0.0%4.9%0.2%134.1K-1.5M-25.5K0.0035.811101,9951,497
2011-04-07$43.34$40.0032.5%4.7%11.1%59.9%16.5%4.2%0.8%119.7K-1.2M-25.1K0.0037.681101,9951,497
2011-04-08$43.00$40.0034.2%4.6%11.6%64.5%0.0%3.2%-0.0%114.6K-790.4K-24.2K0.0040.30401,9961,497
2011-04-11$43.02$40.0044.6%4.6%11.3%91.5%0.0%3.4%0.4%114.2K-691.3K-23.4K0.0038.95001,9961,497
2011-04-12$42.51$40.0053.2%3.9%12.1%100.0%0.0%3.7%0.5%92.1K-202.9K-23.1K0.0034.701001,9961,497
2011-04-13$42.38$40.0069.2%6.4%12.0%100.0%0.0%4.2%-0.9%85.6K31.1K-21.4K0.0073.18001,9641,462
2011-04-14$42.21$40.0021.8%6.3%11.6%20.8%21.8%3.4%-0.3%77.9K210.0K-21.5K0.6794.23961,9641,462
2011-04-15$42.48$40.0021.8%6.2%11.5%20.7%0.0%3.4%0.3%91.9K32.5K-21.7K0.7035.5630211,9631,462
2011-04-18$42.11$40.0022.4%6.4%9.7%21.8%0.0%4.3%-1.0%82.2K315.4K-20.7K0.1982.72103201,9771,438
2011-04-19$42.12$40.0022.0%6.3%9.7%21.1%17.2%3.4%-0.3%83.5K369.1K-19.6K0.0040.111002,0041,426
2011-04-20$42.83$40.0013.5%3.9%11.6%6.9%20.1%5.8%0.3%121.0K-455.6K-20.8K0.0687.883222,0071,426
2011-04-21$43.28$40.0012.5%3.6%12.2%5.3%14.9%3.7%0.7%145.4K-935.1K-21.1K0.0035.516002,0231,428
2011-04-25$43.13$40.0013.6%3.9%12.2%7.0%0.0%2.9%-0.5%149.3K-855.2K-20.1K0.2644.2439102,0431,428
2011-04-26$43.22$40.0013.7%3.9%11.8%7.2%0.0%2.9%-0.7%162.0K-913.6K-19.9K0.0048.855102,0591,438
2011-04-27$43.29$40.0013.2%3.8%11.5%6.3%0.0%4.3%-0.7%164.8K-1.0M-20.7K3.1398.3415472,1071,438
2011-04-28$44.06$40.0016.0%4.6%13.0%11.0%16.0%36.5%-0.9%220.8K-2.2M-21.5K0.2950.1276222,1211,452
2011-04-29$44.26$40.0017.3%5.0%13.1%13.2%17.3%-2.0%-1.3%232.1K-2.6M-22.2K0.0636.99302172,1291,474