L Options History — February 2012

In February 2012, L traded between $37.59 and $39.35. ATM implied volatility averaged 19.1%, placing in the 17.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.5% (HV 20d: 13.7%). 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 18 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.38.

Notable Days

  • 2012-02-03: Highest Volume — 1,796 contracts
  • 2012-02-13: Largest IV spike — 43.7% change
  • 2012-02-01: Highest IV Rank — 30.0%
  • 2012-02-01: Largest Expected Move — 7.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$38.50$37.59$39.35$37.85$39.14
Max Pain$40.00$40.00$40.00$40.00$40.00
ATM IV19.1%11.0%26.9%26.9%19.3%
Expected Move5.4%3.2%7.7%7.7%5.5%
HV 20d13.7%12.8%14.7%13.7%13.2%
HV 60d21.4%17.2%24.1%23.9%17.2%
IV Rank17.2%3.8%30.0%30.0%17.4%
IV Percentile30.5%2.4%65.5%65.5%22.2%
Term Structure3.9%-1.2%10.2%4.3%2.3%
VWIV18.7%11.9%26.3%21.0%13.0%
Skew 25d9.6%2.3%30.8%5.3%6.8%
Skew 10d7.7%-19.7%47.9%6.6%-19.7%
Call IV 25d15.3%10.2%27.4%16.5%13.7%
Put IV 25d24.9%18.9%58.1%21.8%20.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %74.0650.46113.5466.12101.61
Gamma HHI0.740.620.820.690.80
Net GEX522.9K288.6K849.2K288.6K791.6K
Net DEX-1.6M-2.4M-809.1K-959.1K-2.4M
Net VEX-20.6K-24.6K-13.6K-14.3K-24.6K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.380.0010.315.100.41
Total Volume204.25211,79661155
Total OI5,251.83,8975,8113,8975,811

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-02-01$37.85$40.0026.9%7.7%13.7%30.0%0.0%5.3%4.3%288.6K-959.1K-14.3K5.1066.1210512,5881,309
2012-02-02$38.00$40.0020.8%6.0%13.1%19.9%0.0%3.1%4.2%310.3K-809.1K-13.6K0.0762.322822,5981,354
2012-02-03$38.61$40.0022.0%5.9%14.3%21.9%21.0%4.1%-1.2%362.1K-1.4M-14.8K0.4181.841,2755212,6171,356
2012-02-06$38.38$40.0017.4%4.1%14.1%14.4%24.4%4.8%2.5%511.6K-1.6M-19.3K2.0062.5637743,5331,739
2012-02-07$38.36$40.0014.9%4.3%14.1%10.2%25.6%10.6%4.8%585.4K-1.8M-20.2K1.4569.2151743,5501,807
2012-02-08$38.49$40.0013.5%4.5%12.8%7.8%0.0%11.1%4.2%643.6K-2.1M-20.6K0.6950.46100693,5791,845
2012-02-09$38.20$40.0015.2%4.4%13.0%10.7%0.0%8.8%3.5%552.2K-1.9M-21.6K0.0077.380853,6211,912
2012-02-10$38.10$40.0011.0%3.2%12.9%3.8%26.3%13.6%9.5%406.7K-1.5M-23.0K0.0060.130473,6211,997
2012-02-13$38.42$40.0015.8%4.5%13.0%11.7%15.0%11.0%5.0%619.0K-1.6M-20.8K4.5750.967323,6212,042
2012-02-14$38.15$40.0015.2%4.3%13.1%10.6%0.0%7.5%3.8%504.6K-1.2M-20.6K0.0072.650433,6232,066
2012-02-15$37.59$40.0016.7%4.8%13.7%13.1%0.0%11.4%6.8%308.0K-1.1M-22.0K0.0086.290213,6232,084
2012-02-16$38.07$40.0018.0%5.2%14.4%15.4%0.0%17.2%10.2%379.3K-1.6M-22.3K7.0062.415353,6232,105
2012-02-17$38.30$40.0021.7%6.2%14.6%21.5%0.0%10.7%4.0%479.2K-1.5M-20.8K10.31109.51131343,6182,140
2012-02-21$38.73$40.0023.4%6.7%14.7%24.2%16.1%30.8%-0.3%359.3K-903.1K-19.4K2.1857.7839852,6582,079
2012-02-22$38.71$40.0022.1%6.3%14.0%22.1%21.3%2.3%2.0%414.9K-935.5K-19.9K0.4566.353931772,6942,164
2012-02-23$39.17$40.0022.4%6.4%14.3%22.7%0.0%8.6%3.9%677.1K-1.9M-22.7K1.5099.4240603,0562,335
2012-02-24$39.14$40.0020.0%5.7%14.0%18.7%0.0%6.3%2.0%673.8K-1.9M-24.6K0.00113.549003,0912,395
2012-02-27$39.27$40.0023.6%6.8%13.5%24.7%12.8%10.2%3.7%741.8K-2.3M-23.9K1.9654.1028553,1812,395
2012-02-28$39.35$40.0022.4%6.4%12.9%22.6%11.9%8.1%3.9%849.2K-2.4M-23.9K0.0076.4824903,1582,448
2012-02-29$39.14$40.0019.3%5.5%13.2%17.4%13.0%6.8%2.3%791.6K-2.4M-24.6K0.41101.61110453,3632,448