L Options History — September 2012

In September 2012, L traded between $40.79 and $42.69. ATM implied volatility averaged 16.9%, placing in the 14.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.5% (HV 20d: 11.4%). Max pain ranged from $40.00 to $40.00. Net GEX was positive for 14 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 3.47.

Notable Days

  • 2012-09-28: Highest Volume — 650 contracts
  • 2012-09-12: Largest IV spike — 51.2% change
  • 2012-09-12: Highest IV Rank — 27.1%
  • 2012-09-17: Largest Expected Move — 5.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$41.48$40.79$42.69$40.79$41.26
Max Pain$40.00$40.00$40.00$40.00$40.00
ATM IV16.9%13.2%23.4%15.8%17.1%
Expected Move4.8%4.5%5.3%4.5%4.9%
HV 20d11.4%9.1%14.0%9.2%12.3%
HV 60d17.9%16.6%18.8%18.8%16.6%
IV Rank14.1%6.8%27.1%12.0%14.6%
IV Percentile32.6%6.3%65.1%25.4%36.1%
Term Structure1.1%-3.5%5.5%0.9%-1.9%
VWIV15.2%8.0%17.4%15.9%16.7%
Skew 25d5.8%0.3%11.3%11.3%0.3%
Skew 10d18.1%3.7%60.7%49.4%3.7%
Call IV 25d12.6%8.1%17.0%14.2%15.9%
Put IV 25d18.4%15.8%25.5%25.5%16.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %65.8029.04111.4937.4055.33
Gamma HHI0.440.320.580.320.35
Net GEX27.3K-29.8K121.0K-29.8K-15.3K
Net DEX-2.3M-3.5M-998.6K-1.6M-1.2M
Net VEX-16.7K-17.9K-15.5K-16.5K-17.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio3.470.0018.400.1612.83
Total Volume139.1055650104650
Total OI5,048.7892,8876,0755,4783,272

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-09-04$40.79$40.0015.8%4.5%9.2%12.0%15.9%11.3%0.9%-29.8K-1.6M-16.5K0.1637.4090142,0753,403
2012-09-05$40.93$40.0015.7%4.5%9.2%11.7%16.1%2.2%1.8%-9.5K-2.0M-16.9K7.6484.1511842,1553,389
2012-09-06$40.93$40.0016.6%4.7%9.1%13.4%17.4%4.5%1.2%1.9K-2.1M-17.0K4.5852.69361652,1593,438
2012-09-07$41.18$40.0013.2%4.6%9.3%6.8%16.2%9.8%2.4%9.4K-2.3M-17.2K5.5435.1313722,1693,461
2012-09-10$41.21$40.0015.8%4.9%9.3%11.9%0.0%5.6%1.4%1.4K-2.4M-16.6K2.1334.0516342,1753,469
2012-09-11$41.48$40.0015.5%4.6%9.5%11.3%16.4%4.5%2.9%26.4K-2.6M-16.7K0.6729.04322,1913,487
2012-09-12$41.38$40.0023.4%4.7%9.6%27.1%0.0%7.3%4.2%37.2K-2.5M-16.6K1.8075.6110182,1913,487
2012-09-13$42.32$40.0017.5%5.0%12.2%15.4%8.0%9.0%1.5%115.2K-3.4M-16.2K1.2595.892643302,1913,505
2012-09-14$42.69$40.0016.1%4.6%12.4%12.5%0.0%11.1%5.5%121.0K-3.5M-17.8K0.42108.3969292,2503,825
2012-09-17$42.29$40.0018.6%5.3%13.0%17.4%0.0%8.3%-2.2%76.2K-3.4M-16.0K0.7743.8413102,2303,653
2012-09-18$42.05$40.0015.8%4.5%13.3%12.0%0.0%9.7%4.7%69.5K-2.9M-16.8K0.00109.550472,2283,650
2012-09-19$41.72$40.0017.7%5.1%13.7%15.8%0.0%8.6%0.4%46.8K-2.6M-16.9K0.0050.471002,2283,661
2012-09-20$41.44$40.0016.3%4.7%14.0%13.0%0.0%5.9%2.6%9.2K-2.6M-16.5K0.17111.49612,2313,661
2012-09-21$41.43$40.0015.6%4.5%12.3%11.4%0.0%2.2%1.1%11.0K-2.6M-15.7K0.5950.7417102,1953,628
2012-09-24$41.51$40.0016.4%4.7%11.7%13.1%0.0%5.7%3.5%36.3K-1.5M-15.5K0.72101.0360431,4061,481
2012-09-25$41.24$40.0017.3%5.0%12.0%15.0%15.6%1.2%-3.5%33.8K-1.5M-16.4K4.0268.41592371,4661,518
2012-09-26$40.96$40.0018.5%5.3%12.2%17.3%15.0%1.2%-3.2%-8.7K-998.6K-17.4K18.4050.78101841,4901,659
2012-09-27$41.28$40.0018.0%5.2%12.4%16.4%16.7%2.2%-1.3%-13.1K-1.1M-17.9K0.8656.3114121,4901,760
2012-09-28$41.26$40.0017.1%4.9%12.3%14.6%0.0%0.3%-1.9%-15.3K-1.2M-17.8K12.8355.33476031,5001,772