L Options History — October 2012

In October 2012, L traded between $41.29 and $43.17. ATM implied volatility averaged 18.7%, placing in the 17.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 6.2% (HV 20d: 12.5%). Max pain ranged from $40.00 to $55.00. Net GEX was positive for 14 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.12.

Notable Days

  • 2012-10-26: Highest Volume — 438 contracts
  • 2012-10-05: Largest IV spike — 52.6% change
  • 2012-10-11: Highest IV Rank — 28.2%
  • 2012-10-11: Largest Expected Move — 6.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$42.02$41.29$43.17$41.55$42.28
Max Pain$48.10$40.00$55.00$55.00$40.00
ATM IV18.7%11.6%23.9%14.2%14.7%
Expected Move5.4%3.3%6.9%4.1%4.2%
HV 20d12.5%10.0%13.9%12.1%13.6%
HV 60d15.4%11.6%16.8%16.7%11.6%
IV Rank17.7%3.6%28.2%8.8%9.7%
IV Percentile48.5%1.6%77.0%13.1%16.3%
Term Structure-2.4%-13.3%6.9%0.1%0.4%
VWIV23.0%18.8%28.7%19.7%23.9%
Skew 25d4.8%-6.9%15.5%-2.8%-6.9%
Skew 10d6.6%-7.7%32.6%0.9%-7.7%
Call IV 25d13.9%9.0%25.3%16.4%22.7%
Put IV 25d18.7%12.0%24.6%13.6%15.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %73.5929.01127.82127.82103.50
Gamma HHI0.440.350.570.370.57
Net GEX23.3K-25.3K89.8K-4.8K89.8K
Net DEX-496.5K-2.7M1.0M655.5K-2.6M
Net VEX-15.9K-18.3K-11.6K-17.6K-14.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.120.004.751.430.07
Total Volume67.238243834225
Total OI3,879.9523,4074,0653,8683,882

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-10-01$41.55$55.0014.2%4.1%12.1%8.8%0.0%-2.8%0.1%-4.8K655.5K-17.6K1.43127.8214201,5132,355
2012-10-02$41.53$55.0014.7%4.2%12.0%9.7%0.0%-2.0%-1.0%-18.1K874.3K-17.5K0.2066.714491,5192,375
2012-10-03$41.29$55.0015.9%4.5%12.2%12.1%0.0%-5.9%-3.7%-25.3K1.0M-18.3K0.9370.6568631,5612,384
2012-10-04$41.96$55.0011.6%3.3%13.4%3.6%0.0%2.4%6.9%12.5K321.2K-17.8K0.1456.99711,6122,404
2012-10-05$41.96$50.0017.8%5.1%13.3%15.8%0.0%7.9%0.5%13.3K303.4K-17.9K1.2594.61451,6192,405
2012-10-08$42.08$50.0018.4%5.3%13.3%17.1%0.0%9.0%-1.1%23.2K131.0K-16.9K2.5038.354101,6192,400
2012-10-09$41.80$50.0016.8%5.3%13.4%14.0%0.0%8.6%0.3%12.4K282.3K-17.1K0.0038.07021,6232,400
2012-10-10$41.55$50.0018.9%6.5%13.6%18.2%0.0%5.8%-7.8%-4.3K537.6K-17.8K0.0056.38601,6232,400
2012-10-11$41.61$50.0023.9%6.9%10.8%28.2%0.0%15.5%-6.8%1.8K437.0K-17.2K0.0039.360401,6242,400
2012-10-12$41.48$50.0023.4%6.7%10.2%27.1%19.7%5.0%-9.1%-13.7K753.0K-17.6K0.8765.6715131,6242,440
2012-10-15$41.69$50.0018.4%5.3%10.0%17.2%0.0%3.2%-1.8%-13.7K504.5K-16.9K0.00116.70501,6142,448
2012-10-16$42.10$50.0023.4%6.7%10.5%27.2%18.8%6.2%-13.3%-2.9K-43.1K-12.6K0.00118.27051,6172,448
2012-10-17$42.69$50.0018.8%5.4%11.1%18.0%0.0%11.9%3.6%55.4K-363.6K-14.3K0.1564.832641,6172,445
2012-10-18$43.17$50.0020.1%5.8%11.2%20.5%28.7%7.0%4.9%55.2K-701.3K-11.6K0.00123.649801,5872,420
2012-10-19$42.51$50.0020.3%5.8%12.8%20.9%0.0%5.8%-0.3%67.2K-545.9K-13.2K0.2167.882961,6392,420
2012-10-22$42.45$40.0018.8%5.4%12.9%17.8%20.9%11.0%-5.4%51.1K-2.5M-14.7K4.28106.89251071,5861,821
2012-10-23$41.81$40.0023.5%6.7%13.9%27.4%0.0%8.9%-7.5%27.9K-1.9M-16.1K1.9629.0123451,6061,872
2012-10-24$42.02$40.0019.5%5.6%13.7%19.3%0.0%7.0%-2.3%54.1K-2.5M-14.7K0.0051.73051,6271,890
2012-10-25$42.40$40.0018.7%5.4%13.7%17.7%0.0%4.2%-8.1%60.9K-2.7M-14.3K4.7564.228381,6271,889
2012-10-26$42.39$40.0020.5%5.9%13.7%21.4%25.8%-2.1%0.7%48.2K-2.4M-15.8K0.2644.10349891,6351,889
2012-10-31$42.28$40.0014.7%4.2%13.6%9.7%23.9%-6.9%0.4%89.8K-2.6M-14.9K0.07103.50210151,9351,947