L Options History — April 2012

In April 2012, L traded between $38.39 and $41.13. ATM implied volatility averaged 17.5%, placing in the 16.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.7% (HV 20d: 16.8%). 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 9 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.94.

Notable Days

  • 2012-04-30: Highest Volume — 216 contracts
  • 2012-04-11: Largest IV spike — 174.2% change
  • 2012-04-11: Highest IV Rank — 37.2%
  • 2012-04-12: Largest Expected Move — 5.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$39.81$38.39$41.13$40.37$41.13
Max Pain$40.00$40.00$40.00$40.00$40.00
ATM IV17.5%11.4%31.2%15.5%18.1%
Expected Move4.9%3.5%5.9%4.4%5.2%
HV 20d16.8%14.6%18.3%15.9%17.1%
HV 60d14.7%13.6%15.3%13.9%15.0%
IV Rank16.1%4.4%37.2%11.2%18.4%
IV Percentile19.8%1.6%74.2%11.5%19.0%
Term Structure0.4%-3.1%7.0%1.3%-0.9%
VWIV17.0%12.3%20.4%12.3%17.7%
Skew 25d9.2%-7.9%37.6%27.2%3.1%
Skew 10d16.2%-16.0%58.9%51.3%5.3%
Call IV 25d18.7%15.3%27.4%16.4%16.2%
Put IV 25d27.9%16.9%60.9%43.6%19.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %65.8733.78111.1146.86104.68
Gamma HHI0.630.440.900.730.48
Net GEX380.1K37.7K1.7M446.0K92.5K
Net DEX-1.2M-2.8M326.9K-2.8M-1.8M
Net VEX-17.2K-20.4K-13.0K-17.8K-13.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.940.0020.002.170.04
Total Volume34.45021619216
Total OI3,933.853,4264,1684,0673,622

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-04-02$40.37$40.0015.5%4.4%15.9%11.2%0.0%27.2%1.3%446.0K-2.8M-17.8K2.1746.866131,9772,090
2012-04-03$40.06$40.0012.3%3.5%14.6%5.9%12.3%20.7%7.0%474.1K-2.3M-18.8K0.9140.4711101,9832,098
2012-04-04$39.71$40.0013.9%4.0%15.1%8.5%0.0%-7.9%3.9%403.3K-1.7M-20.4K2.0036.035101,9902,103
2012-04-05$39.57$40.0014.0%4.0%15.2%8.6%0.0%37.6%4.1%387.4K-1.4M-20.0K0.0033.782501,9902,113
2012-04-09$39.00$40.0012.9%5.5%16.0%7.0%0.0%7.9%-1.4%292.4K-513.5K-19.5K1.2538.04451,9952,113
2012-04-10$38.39$40.0011.4%4.6%17.0%4.4%0.0%5.3%-0.2%91.9K326.9K-18.6K0.0043.962001,9952,113
2012-04-11$38.79$40.0031.2%4.3%16.0%37.2%15.2%8.5%2.9%218.1K-433.6K-18.7K0.00110.92501,9932,113
2012-04-12$39.43$40.0020.5%5.9%16.9%19.4%0.0%7.3%-2.8%388.7K-841.3K-18.6K10.0060.022201,9982,113
2012-04-13$38.91$40.0017.9%5.1%16.8%15.1%0.0%5.7%-1.1%260.6K-740.4K-19.0K0.0081.68001,9982,133
2012-04-16$39.25$40.0017.4%5.0%17.1%17.0%17.4%0.0%0.9%308.8K-792.0K-18.9K20.0050.792401,9982,133
2012-04-17$39.92$40.0018.2%5.2%18.1%18.5%18.2%1.3%0.1%752.2K-1.9M-17.8K0.0075.921602,0002,133
2012-04-18$39.65$40.0017.9%5.1%18.3%17.9%0.0%0.9%-0.6%831.2K-1.1M-16.9K0.0048.37002,0122,133
2012-04-19$39.55$40.0017.5%5.0%18.0%17.1%0.0%0.2%1.1%649.6K-782.4K-17.7K0.00111.110192,0162,133
2012-04-20$39.84$40.0016.3%4.7%17.4%14.9%16.3%0.3%-0.5%1.7M-1.4M-16.4K0.5086.381262,0162,152
2012-04-23$39.62$40.0018.3%5.2%17.2%18.6%18.3%1.7%-1.3%37.7K-360.7K-16.4K10.8374.626651,2842,142
2012-04-24$40.24$40.0019.7%5.6%17.0%21.4%0.0%35.6%-3.1%66.3K-934.9K-15.6K0.00109.77501,2902,207
2012-04-25$40.64$40.0018.2%5.2%17.3%18.5%0.0%20.6%1.8%55.4K-1.4M-14.0K2.0065.68121,2902,207
2012-04-26$41.05$40.0018.8%5.4%17.5%19.6%0.0%11.8%-2.3%105.2K-1.7M-13.0K0.0041.64501,2912,207
2012-04-27$41.01$40.0020.3%5.8%17.4%22.6%20.4%-4.1%-1.7%84.2K-1.8M-13.6K0.3056.60122361,2962,207
2012-04-30$41.13$40.0018.1%5.2%17.1%18.4%17.7%3.1%-0.9%92.5K-1.8M-13.1K0.04104.6820881,4002,222