L Options History — November 2013

In November 2013, L traded between $47.35 and $48.57. ATM implied volatility averaged 13.7%, placing in the 22.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 3.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.4% (HV 20d: 13.3%). Max pain ranged from $45.00 to $50.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 17 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.74.

Notable Days

  • 2013-11-25: Highest Volume — 332 contracts
  • 2013-11-27: Largest IV spike — 62.5% change
  • 2013-11-13: Highest IV Rank — 44.3%
  • 2013-11-27: Largest Expected Move — 5.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$48.01$47.35$48.57$48.34$47.35
Max Pain$45.25$45.00$50.00$50.00$45.00
ATM IV13.7%9.9%20.6%9.9%15.5%
Expected Move3.9%2.8%5.4%2.8%4.4%
HV 20d13.3%11.0%17.6%17.6%11.0%
HV 60d14.9%14.5%15.4%15.4%14.5%
IV Rank22.5%10.5%44.3%10.5%28.1%
IV Percentile42.5%11.1%96.4%11.1%69.0%
Term Structure1.4%-1.2%5.3%4.6%5.2%
VWIV14.7%13.0%18.5%14.6%13.3%
Skew 25d3.0%-0.4%7.5%-0.4%1.7%
Skew 10d5.4%0.2%19.4%0.2%3.2%
Call IV 25d14.2%10.6%17.0%13.7%16.1%
Put IV 25d17.2%13.4%18.7%13.4%17.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %85.4946.89104.79104.7988.76
Gamma HHI0.850.740.930.890.80
Net GEX259.1K178.9K409.8K354.7K207.3K
Net DEX-2.7M-3.3M-2.3M-3.1M-2.3M
Net VEX-13.2K-15.5K-11.5K-15.5K-12.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.740.004.000.380.26
Total Volume50.50332020
Total OI2,470.62,0572,7992,6962,268

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-11-01$48.34$50.009.9%2.8%17.6%10.5%0.0%-0.4%4.6%354.7K-3.1M-15.5K0.00104.79001,954742
2013-11-04$48.29$45.0011.3%5.1%17.5%14.8%0.0%3.5%0.8%329.8K-2.9M-14.5K0.0099.87001,954742
2013-11-05$48.12$45.0011.7%3.8%16.6%16.1%14.6%1.9%1.4%297.8K-2.8M-14.7K0.3882.8726101,954742
2013-11-06$48.37$45.0015.3%3.3%16.5%27.4%14.8%7.5%5.3%409.8K-3.3M-13.8K2.1793.8923501,947752
2013-11-07$47.74$45.0013.4%3.5%12.1%21.6%14.9%2.4%1.3%250.2K-2.4M-14.7K0.0582.452211,948802
2013-11-08$48.57$45.0012.1%4.3%13.5%17.3%0.0%4.4%2.3%361.2K-3.1M-14.4K0.0091.830161,956802
2013-11-11$48.40$45.0012.6%4.1%13.5%19.1%14.5%3.0%1.7%288.1K-2.8M-13.6K0.4488.381671,956812
2013-11-12$47.87$45.0018.9%4.4%13.6%38.9%15.0%3.0%0.6%230.3K-2.4M-14.0K1.6980.3613221,961819
2013-11-13$48.05$45.0020.6%4.2%13.1%44.3%18.5%3.0%1.1%243.4K-2.5M-13.7K4.0082.534161,974825
2013-11-14$48.06$45.0013.6%3.9%13.0%22.0%14.3%3.5%3.0%245.2K-2.5M-12.6K0.0082.101301,949778
2013-11-15$48.07$45.0013.5%3.9%12.7%21.8%16.5%3.1%2.5%248.1K-2.5M-12.3K2.4879.6123571,941778
2013-11-18$47.94$45.0011.5%3.3%12.7%15.6%14.0%2.4%0.1%202.9K-2.6M-12.2K0.0484.892711,446611
2013-11-19$47.74$45.0011.6%3.3%12.5%15.8%13.2%1.4%-0.9%191.9K-2.5M-12.1K0.2793.211131,460611
2013-11-20$47.58$45.0015.0%4.3%11.4%26.7%0.0%1.5%-0.9%178.9K-2.4M-12.0K0.0993.734341,464611
2013-11-21$48.14$45.0013.2%3.8%12.2%21.0%0.0%4.4%0.5%226.9K-2.8M-11.5K0.0094.615501,504615
2013-11-22$48.24$45.0012.7%3.6%12.0%19.3%13.0%5.2%0.2%247.7K-2.9M-11.6K0.0379.757421,545615
2013-11-25$48.05$45.0011.5%3.3%12.1%15.6%13.3%4.4%0.0%217.3K-2.8M-11.8K0.0190.3233021,488615
2013-11-26$47.85$45.0011.7%3.3%11.6%16.0%0.0%4.1%-1.2%229.5K-2.8M-13.7K0.0169.028411,593617
2013-11-27$47.50$45.0018.9%5.4%11.7%38.9%0.0%0.6%0.4%220.8K-2.5M-13.5K0.2646.892771,643618
2013-11-29$47.35$45.0015.5%4.4%11.0%28.1%0.0%1.7%5.2%207.3K-2.3M-12.8K0.0088.760201,644624