L Options History — January 2012

In January 2012, L traded between $37.31 and $38.94. ATM implied volatility averaged 26.9%, placing in the 30.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 8.9% (HV 20d: 18.1%). Max pain ranged from $40.00 to $40.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.97.

Notable Days

  • 2012-01-12: Highest Volume — 1,083 contracts
  • 2012-01-30: Largest IV spike — 28.5% change
  • 2012-01-30: Highest IV Rank — 46.8%
  • 2012-01-30: Largest Expected Move — 10.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$38.15$37.31$38.94$38.47$37.31
Max Pain$40.00$40.00$40.00$40.00$40.00
ATM IV26.9%22.2%37.1%22.9%33.0%
Expected Move7.5%6.4%10.6%6.6%9.5%
HV 20d18.1%14.9%23.8%23.8%15.0%
HV 60d29.2%23.8%32.7%32.7%23.8%
IV Rank30.1%22.3%46.8%23.4%40.2%
IV Percentile66.7%52.0%88.9%59.5%75.0%
Term Structure0.4%-14.7%12.1%12.1%-14.7%
VWIV23.9%18.5%37.0%26.9%37.0%
Skew 25d7.0%-5.3%13.1%11.3%2.3%
Skew 10d9.8%-3.3%35.2%-0.3%10.5%
Call IV 25d19.1%10.9%25.2%10.9%18.7%
Put IV 25d26.1%20.0%30.6%22.2%21.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %71.7847.71106.8690.2661.79
Gamma HHI0.620.440.770.440.62
Net GEX213.2K74.5K389.4K74.5K193.2K
Net DEX-1.1M-2.2M-134.5K-931.3K-381.0K
Net VEX-12.8K-15.6K-10.5K-11.4K-12.6K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.970.0011.000.000.57
Total Volume103.0531,0836844
Total OI3,287.52,5263,8702,5263,870

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-01-03$38.47$40.0022.9%6.6%23.8%23.4%0.0%11.3%12.1%74.5K-931.3K-11.4K0.0090.266801,4151,111
2012-01-04$38.00$40.0024.8%7.1%23.2%26.5%0.0%4.8%8.0%78.2K-777.6K-11.7K0.0078.400141,4831,111
2012-01-05$38.05$40.0030.6%8.8%23.1%36.2%26.9%10.9%10.5%75.6K-745.8K-11.6K3.3348.786201,4831,125
2012-01-06$37.72$40.0024.9%6.9%23.2%26.8%0.0%9.2%0.9%78.8K-702.9K-11.5K0.0051.41051,4881,143
2012-01-09$37.84$40.0029.3%6.8%19.9%33.9%29.3%10.4%1.4%80.8K-593.0K-10.8K0.0052.000381,4881,143
2012-01-10$38.48$40.0027.8%6.9%19.5%31.6%20.8%7.1%-0.4%105.2K-860.1K-10.8K0.0047.71901,4881,153
2012-01-11$38.34$40.0029.8%6.7%17.9%34.7%0.0%9.5%0.4%110.8K-822.6K-10.7K0.1062.403031,4971,153
2012-01-12$38.52$40.0023.4%6.7%17.5%24.3%19.3%9.4%1.4%112.7K-954.2K-10.5K0.0674.461,025581,5061,153
2012-01-13$38.23$40.0025.3%7.2%17.7%27.3%0.0%10.7%0.3%278.3K-1.7M-15.6K0.0077.540122,4861,193
2012-01-17$38.03$40.0022.2%6.4%17.8%22.3%31.5%13.1%4.4%291.1K-1.5M-13.9K0.0067.69062,4861,205
2012-01-18$38.38$40.0026.6%7.6%17.8%29.5%0.0%4.4%1.5%264.3K-1.3M-13.2K0.00106.86302,4861,207
2012-01-19$38.53$40.0024.2%6.9%17.1%25.5%0.0%8.8%1.6%317.7K-1.8M-13.8K0.0067.810452,4831,197
2012-01-20$38.56$40.0024.4%7.0%14.9%25.9%19.0%8.8%3.4%309.9K-1.6M-13.4K0.6874.33120822,4831,227
2012-01-23$38.94$40.0025.3%7.3%15.0%27.4%19.3%8.2%-0.1%389.4K-2.2M-14.3K1.1691.651001162,5011,048
2012-01-24$38.44$40.0026.7%7.7%15.8%29.7%18.5%0.7%-0.5%367.2K-1.8M-15.0K2.7184.0914382,5511,141
2012-01-25$38.18$40.0026.9%7.7%15.8%30.1%19.1%6.9%-1.1%322.3K-1.4M-14.5K1.4266.6031442,5631,179
2012-01-26$37.95$40.0025.0%7.2%15.9%26.9%0.0%1.6%-1.6%356.4K-1.4M-14.3K6.2596.768502,5751,223
2012-01-27$37.63$40.0028.8%8.3%15.3%33.2%21.7%-5.3%-7.2%287.2K-1.1M-14.4K0.2285.7249112,5751,273
2012-01-30$37.32$40.0037.1%10.6%15.1%46.8%0.0%8.2%-13.4%171.2K-134.5K-12.3K11.0049.331112,5751,283
2012-01-31$37.31$40.0033.0%9.5%15.0%40.2%37.0%2.3%-14.7%193.2K-381.0K-12.6K0.5761.7928162,5761,294