L Options History — January 2013

In January 2013, L traded between $41.53 and $43.67. ATM implied volatility averaged 14.9%, placing in the 22.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.0% (HV 20d: 12.9%). Max pain ranged from $40.00 to $40.00. Net GEX was positive for 15 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.94.

Notable Days

  • 2013-01-16: Highest Volume — 502 contracts
  • 2013-01-30: Largest IV spike — 104.9% change
  • 2013-01-08: Highest IV Rank — 52.9%
  • 2013-01-30: Largest Expected Move — 5.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$42.73$41.53$43.67$41.53$43.37
Max Pain$40.00$40.00$40.00$40.00$40.00
ATM IV14.9%8.6%23.6%9.4%18.7%
Expected Move4.3%2.5%5.9%2.7%5.4%
HV 20d12.9%9.1%14.8%14.4%9.1%
HV 60d15.1%14.0%15.7%15.7%14.0%
IV Rank22.7%0.6%52.9%3.4%35.8%
IV Percentile34.8%0.4%88.1%0.4%72.2%
Term Structure1.3%-5.8%7.4%7.4%-1.7%
VWIV15.6%8.7%19.0%18.0%13.1%
Skew 25d7.7%2.0%13.0%2.0%9.7%
Skew 10d6.1%-4.0%24.5%-4.0%2.1%
Call IV 25d10.2%7.3%15.2%13.7%10.7%
Put IV 25d17.8%13.4%21.3%15.6%20.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %37.8810.9369.1526.3558.59
Gamma HHI0.600.470.810.510.72
Net GEX74.2K-57.1K197.2K-54.3K163.5K
Net DEX-1.8M-2.9M-553.9K-553.9K-2.7M
Net VEX-12.6K-15.7K-10.5K-11.4K-14.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.940.006.502.201.20
Total Volume56.28605023222
Total OI2,248.7621,9522,6481,9522,478

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-01-02$41.53$40.009.4%2.7%14.4%3.4%0.0%2.0%7.4%-54.3K-553.9K-11.4K2.2026.3510228651,087
2013-01-03$41.71$40.0014.3%4.1%14.3%20.5%0.0%6.4%6.0%-57.1K-612.7K-11.3K0.4235.571258651,108
2013-01-04$42.06$40.0017.8%5.1%14.6%32.8%18.0%8.1%-0.9%-36.6K-830.3K-11.3K6.5026.754268771,113
2013-01-07$42.11$40.0012.5%4.9%14.5%14.2%17.1%7.3%0.2%-16.1K-955.9K-10.5K0.0010.936308771,097
2013-01-08$42.06$40.0023.6%5.0%14.5%52.9%8.7%8.4%-0.0%-27.9K-836.7K-11.0K0.0227.134619011,097
2013-01-09$42.11$40.0016.1%4.9%14.3%26.6%0.0%7.5%-0.0%-9.3K-1.1M-11.0K0.0322.996229441,098
2013-01-10$42.76$40.0011.6%3.3%14.7%11.2%18.9%9.5%3.7%29.8K-1.4M-11.2K0.2639.8574199911,100
2013-01-11$42.65$40.008.6%2.5%14.8%0.6%0.0%7.5%3.7%34.9K-1.5M-11.0K0.0046.43501,0291,109
2013-01-14$42.54$40.009.9%2.8%14.1%5.0%19.0%8.2%4.2%31.9K-1.4M-11.1K2.3315.016141,0281,109
2013-01-15$42.50$40.0018.8%5.4%13.7%36.1%0.0%10.1%-0.7%26.4K-1.4M-11.3K0.0036.39001,0221,121
2013-01-16$42.47$40.0018.4%5.3%13.4%34.8%0.0%9.9%-0.4%28.6K-1.4M-10.8K0.0038.5050201,0221,121
2013-01-17$42.73$40.0017.7%5.1%12.6%32.4%13.8%11.9%-1.3%118.5K-2.3M-15.7K2.5040.884101,5151,120
2013-01-18$42.82$40.0017.1%4.9%11.7%30.3%0.0%13.0%-1.6%104.5K-2.2M-15.5K0.0039.82701,5181,130
2013-01-22$43.39$40.0013.7%3.9%12.4%18.3%14.1%7.4%4.8%159.1K-2.7M-13.4K0.1819.331731,482904
2013-01-23$43.37$40.009.5%2.7%11.8%3.6%0.0%4.5%4.6%174.7K-2.7M-13.3K0.5232.3564331,489901
2013-01-24$43.24$40.0014.7%4.2%11.7%21.9%17.2%7.0%-1.4%163.8K-2.6M-14.5K0.5054.66211,481919
2013-01-25$43.47$40.0018.4%5.3%11.3%34.6%15.7%10.2%3.6%186.7K-2.7M-13.5K0.5069.15421,482918
2013-01-28$43.32$40.0012.3%3.5%11.5%13.5%0.0%3.6%3.9%179.7K-2.7M-13.6K0.9740.8133321,482917
2013-01-29$43.67$40.0010.1%2.9%10.8%5.8%15.9%4.0%-1.1%197.2K-2.9M-13.9K0.5360.7734181,489947
2013-01-30$43.36$40.0020.7%5.9%10.9%42.9%13.1%4.7%-5.8%160.3K-2.6M-15.5K0.2153.281941,515956
2013-01-31$43.37$40.0018.7%5.4%9.1%35.8%0.0%9.7%-1.7%163.5K-2.7M-14.8K1.2058.5910121,518960