L Options History — January 2014

In January 2014, L traded between $44.57 and $47.38. ATM implied volatility averaged 17.3%, placing in the 33.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.7% (HV 20d: 14.5%). Max pain ranged from $45.00 to $45.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.16.

Notable Days

  • 2014-01-23: Highest Volume — 270 contracts
  • 2014-01-16: Largest IV drop — 41.8% change
  • 2014-01-15: Highest IV Rank — 65.0%
  • 2014-01-03: Largest Expected Move — 5.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$46.32$44.57$47.38$47.38$44.59
Max Pain$45.00$45.00$45.00$45.00$45.00
ATM IV17.3%13.4%27.2%17.7%17.6%
Expected Move4.8%3.9%5.5%5.1%5.0%
HV 20d14.5%11.3%18.5%15.2%18.3%
HV 60d13.3%12.2%15.1%14.7%15.1%
IV Rank33.6%21.6%65.0%35.2%34.7%
IV Percentile75.9%40.1%99.2%87.7%86.9%
Term Structure0.6%-2.8%5.3%4.4%-2.0%
VWIV15.0%9.5%17.8%17.6%16.8%
Skew 25d5.6%0.0%26.0%7.6%0.4%
Skew 10d16.0%-0.0%42.2%11.3%0.4%
Call IV 25d14.4%9.9%18.3%13.5%18.3%
Put IV 25d20.0%16.1%42.9%21.2%18.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %97.4186.85108.47102.4298.59
Gamma HHI0.610.350.820.820.35
Net GEX131.4K68.6K178.2K171.1K72.7K
Net DEX-1.3M-2.3M-268.1K-1.7M-268.1K
Net VEX-9.8K-11.2K-8.4K-11.2K-9.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.160.0010.000.010.65
Total Volume45.33322709033
Total OI1,787.7621,5862,0091,6862,009

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-01-02$47.38$45.0017.7%5.1%15.2%35.2%0.0%7.6%4.4%171.1K-1.7M-11.2K0.01102.428911,315371
2014-01-03$47.26$45.0019.3%5.5%15.1%40.1%0.0%7.0%1.6%170.0K-1.7M-11.1K1.05102.4219201,327372
2014-01-06$47.16$45.0015.9%5.2%15.0%29.5%0.0%2.9%0.2%158.1K-1.7M-10.8K0.0786.853021,340377
2014-01-07$47.00$45.0013.9%5.1%13.8%23.2%0.0%2.6%-0.3%148.9K-1.5M-10.7K0.0087.866201,356378
2014-01-08$46.76$45.0013.4%5.0%13.7%21.6%17.6%8.0%-0.1%141.2K-1.6M-10.2K0.2591.16821,407378
2014-01-09$46.81$45.0014.9%5.1%13.7%26.2%17.7%3.9%-0.7%142.8K-1.6M-9.9K0.1892.091121,407380
2014-01-10$46.86$45.0020.8%5.1%12.0%44.9%15.3%2.1%-0.3%145.5K-1.6M-9.8K0.0494.132411,397380
2014-01-13$46.33$45.0018.1%4.9%12.7%36.4%16.9%0.2%-0.7%125.9K-1.4M-9.0K0.0588.562011,414379
2014-01-14$46.66$45.0024.4%4.6%13.0%56.2%10.3%4.5%-0.1%134.0K-1.4M-9.0K0.0095.673101,430380
2014-01-15$47.19$45.0027.2%3.9%13.5%65.0%10.9%2.3%5.3%145.8K-1.7M-8.4K0.0094.782001,382365
2014-01-16$47.03$45.0015.8%4.5%13.3%29.2%16.4%5.9%0.5%156.0K-2.0M-9.5K0.02103.986011,386365
2014-01-17$47.33$45.0014.1%4.0%11.3%23.6%0.0%3.0%4.6%178.2K-2.3M-10.3K0.0096.03501,446366
2014-01-21$46.98$45.0013.7%3.9%11.5%22.6%0.0%5.9%4.7%167.3K-1.9M-9.7K0.50102.69631,252334
2014-01-22$47.20$45.0014.4%4.1%11.3%24.6%9.5%7.1%4.3%175.0K-2.1M-9.5K10.0098.621101,258335
2014-01-23$46.00$45.0016.1%4.6%14.4%29.9%16.1%3.2%-0.9%134.8K-1.3M-8.8K8.6499.20282421,258336
2014-01-24$44.65$45.0017.6%5.1%17.2%34.9%17.8%0.3%-2.8%76.0K-473.7K-9.2K1.00108.4732321,267577
2014-01-27$44.64$45.0016.8%4.8%17.2%32.2%16.8%2.1%-1.0%68.6K-300.1K-9.4K0.67101.0063421,285600
2014-01-28$44.94$45.0016.4%4.7%17.5%31.1%0.0%26.0%-0.6%80.3K-465.6K-10.3K0.0097.17201,332640
2014-01-29$44.57$45.0016.7%4.8%17.2%32.0%0.0%0.0%-2.4%73.6K-380.9K-9.7K1.00107.1810101,334640
2014-01-30$45.34$45.0017.2%4.9%18.5%33.4%0.0%23.1%-1.3%93.1K-704.6K-10.3K0.2196.642451,338650
2014-01-31$44.59$45.0017.6%5.0%18.3%34.7%0.0%0.4%-2.0%72.7K-268.1K-9.8K0.6598.5920131,354655