L Options History — February 2013

In February 2013, L traded between $42.40 and $44.08. ATM implied volatility averaged 13.9%, placing in the 24.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 3.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.2% (HV 20d: 11.7%). Max pain ranged from $40.00 to $40.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.55.

Notable Days

  • 2013-02-08: Highest Volume — 359 contracts
  • 2013-02-25: Largest IV spike — 164.8% change
  • 2013-02-25: Highest IV Rank — 78.8%
  • 2013-02-25: Largest Expected Move — 7.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$43.58$42.40$44.08$44.08$43.11
Max Pain$40.00$40.00$40.00$40.00$40.00
ATM IV13.9%7.6%26.2%10.1%20.0%
Expected Move3.7%2.2%7.5%2.7%5.7%
HV 20d11.7%9.9%15.5%10.4%15.3%
HV 60d12.5%11.4%14.4%14.3%13.2%
IV Rank24.9%0.0%78.8%6.7%52.5%
IV Percentile29.0%0.0%96.4%2.4%83.7%
Term Structure0.3%-19.1%6.0%6.0%1.7%
VWIV12.9%7.0%23.7%7.5%16.4%
Skew 25d10.9%-3.9%34.8%10.2%13.1%
Skew 10d13.9%-2.7%44.5%9.8%7.4%
Call IV 25d13.3%7.9%21.7%7.9%12.6%
Put IV 25d24.2%10.2%47.9%18.1%25.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %35.377.2177.3439.8440.16
Gamma HHI0.800.600.920.860.66
Net GEX216.6K116.3K304.3K239.9K159.9K
Net DEX-2.6M-3.4M-1.6M-3.4M-2.0M
Net VEX-14.8K-15.7K-13.9K-13.9K-15.7K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.550.007.880.362.00
Total Volume74.52613599830
Total OI2,751.5262,4802,9642,4802,872

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-02-01$44.08$40.0010.1%2.7%10.4%6.7%7.5%10.2%6.0%239.9K-3.4M-13.9K0.3639.8472261,525955
2013-02-04$43.71$40.0015.2%3.5%10.9%29.8%16.9%5.5%1.0%219.1K-2.9M-13.9K0.0028.761601,505976
2013-02-05$43.81$40.0014.2%3.0%10.9%25.3%23.7%11.7%6.0%217.5K-3.0M-14.1K1.0058.6019191,517976
2013-02-06$43.92$40.0021.9%3.9%10.8%59.3%14.0%5.1%0.1%211.7K-3.0M-14.2K0.9329.3946431,523992
2013-02-07$43.74$40.0013.8%3.9%11.1%23.3%13.7%7.1%0.1%213.3K-2.9M-14.7K2.1333.9216341,5461,035
2013-02-08$43.85$40.0013.7%3.9%9.9%23.1%13.9%6.0%0.1%218.4K-3.0M-14.9K0.4022.232561031,5591,062
2013-02-11$43.51$40.009.7%2.8%10.3%5.4%9.0%5.1%2.1%236.4K-2.7M-14.6K0.9716.011271231,7371,133
2013-02-12$43.65$40.009.1%2.6%10.2%2.9%9.1%23.4%2.7%248.9K-2.6M-15.2K1.2432.3421261,7571,207
2013-02-13$44.08$40.008.9%2.6%10.6%2.2%10.2%30.9%2.8%304.3K-2.9M-15.0K0.5851.471271,7471,214
2013-02-14$44.08$40.0011.0%3.1%10.6%11.1%10.9%34.8%2.2%295.2K-3.1M-15.3K7.8811.358631,7311,189
2013-02-15$43.91$40.0010.6%3.0%10.7%9.5%10.3%29.5%2.6%269.5K-2.6M-14.9K2.5032.248201,7261,207
2013-02-19$43.92$40.007.6%2.2%10.7%0.0%0.0%1.2%4.2%257.5K-2.6M-14.3K0.9228.6313121,6091,111
2013-02-20$43.34$40.007.9%2.3%10.9%1.2%7.0%0.8%5.3%192.2K-2.2M-14.7K0.0229.846011,6211,123
2013-02-21$43.41$40.0011.4%3.3%10.9%16.2%9.3%5.4%-6.8%204.9K-2.4M-15.1K3.7137.9021781,6711,122
2013-02-22$43.68$40.009.9%2.8%11.0%9.7%0.0%4.8%4.3%232.1K-2.6M-15.4K0.007.21011,6841,140
2013-02-25$42.40$40.0026.2%7.5%15.2%78.8%12.6%-3.9%-19.1%116.3K-1.6M-15.2K1.0048.4437371,6841,141
2013-02-26$42.68$40.0023.3%6.7%15.5%66.3%22.1%9.8%-4.0%124.4K-1.6M-15.5K0.0077.340301,6661,165
2013-02-27$43.06$40.0019.5%5.6%15.5%50.4%16.4%7.0%-5.0%154.1K-1.9M-15.3K0.6346.2619121,6661,185
2013-02-28$43.11$40.0020.0%5.7%15.3%52.5%0.0%13.1%1.7%159.9K-2.0M-15.7K2.0040.1610201,6761,196