L Options History — February 2014

In February 2014, L traded between $43.26 and $45.18. ATM implied volatility averaged 14.2%, placing in the 24.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.2%. IV traded below realized volatility by 11.0% (HV 20d: 25.2%). Max pain ranged from $45.00 to $45.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.39.

Notable Days

  • 2014-02-10: Highest Volume — 834 contracts
  • 2014-02-13: Largest IV spike — 57.1% change
  • 2014-02-07: Highest IV Rank — 41.6%
  • 2014-02-05: Largest Expected Move — 5.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$43.86$43.26$45.18$43.41$43.48
Max Pain$45.00$45.00$45.00$45.00$45.00
ATM IV14.2%9.7%19.8%15.9%13.7%
Expected Move4.2%3.0%5.4%4.6%3.9%
HV 20d25.2%20.2%28.1%20.2%23.1%
HV 60d18.1%16.0%18.9%16.0%18.7%
IV Rank24.1%9.9%41.6%29.4%22.5%
IV Percentile48.6%8.3%95.2%72.2%40.9%
Term Structure0.8%-2.9%6.1%-2.1%-1.2%
VWIV16.1%12.0%28.7%28.7%14.0%
Skew 25d12.9%-1.3%37.7%5.0%9.2%
Skew 10d16.7%-2.5%53.7%5.4%8.1%
Call IV 25d15.3%9.9%20.9%19.1%14.2%
Put IV 25d28.1%18.7%55.1%24.1%23.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %94.6684.89108.4497.5398.76
Gamma HHI0.380.330.450.330.45
Net GEX60.7K10.7K106.6K38.2K74.8K
Net DEX520.0K-812.2K1.4M384.4K542.1K
Net VEX-11.7K-13.4K-8.5K-8.5K-12.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.390.001.990.210.18
Total Volume132.10588349213
Total OI2,681.1582,0173,0112,0172,859

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-02-03$43.41$45.0015.9%4.6%20.2%29.4%28.7%5.0%-2.1%38.2K384.4K-8.5K0.2197.5376161,363654
2014-02-04$44.52$45.0017.3%5.0%22.8%33.8%17.3%37.7%-1.5%70.2K-185.6K-9.7K0.5295.2931161,398672
2014-02-05$44.53$45.0018.8%5.4%22.8%38.6%0.0%-1.3%-2.5%72.6K-239.6K-9.7K0.6492.4983531,400672
2014-02-06$44.74$45.0018.8%5.4%22.9%38.4%18.9%34.8%-2.9%85.6K-364.5K-10.2K0.4795.711571,475721
2014-02-07$45.18$45.0019.8%4.7%23.3%41.6%16.8%7.7%-0.5%106.6K-812.2K-11.1K1.9985.381543071,486716
2014-02-10$43.26$45.0013.3%4.4%27.5%21.3%15.6%4.1%0.9%10.7K1.4M-9.3K0.5188.295522821,6031,004
2014-02-11$43.85$45.009.9%4.1%28.1%10.4%14.5%4.6%1.2%60.7K545.7K-13.4K0.4384.92167711,9061,075
2014-02-12$43.85$45.009.7%4.3%27.8%9.9%15.2%5.1%0.9%41.6K807.4K-13.4K0.0390.7415741,7941,137
2014-02-13$43.99$45.0015.3%4.4%27.4%27.4%15.3%24.8%0.9%50.7K712.8K-13.0K0.0591.354421,8191,137
2014-02-14$44.03$45.0014.0%4.0%27.5%23.4%0.0%26.5%1.5%70.3K584.9K-12.9K0.00100.852301,8491,137
2014-02-18$43.93$45.0015.5%4.4%27.2%28.0%15.8%5.3%0.4%64.3K561.2K-13.2K0.0884.893731,8721,137
2014-02-19$43.35$45.0013.4%3.8%27.4%21.5%13.7%5.6%2.1%55.9K932.4K-12.7K0.2696.2450131,8721,139
2014-02-20$43.67$45.0014.2%4.1%27.6%24.0%0.0%8.5%3.5%67.9K581.4K-13.1K0.05102.172211,8371,125
2014-02-21$43.50$45.0012.1%3.5%26.3%17.4%12.0%5.0%2.0%44.4K1.2M-11.8K1.4696.3413191,8351,125
2014-02-24$43.58$45.0012.0%3.4%24.3%17.1%12.5%9.2%3.0%67.8K535.8K-12.4K0.0688.884831,7101,022
2014-02-25$43.44$45.0012.2%3.5%24.3%17.6%0.0%10.1%3.5%64.0K909.7K-11.3K0.50108.4420101,7281,024
2014-02-26$43.49$45.0010.4%3.0%24.2%12.2%0.0%12.0%6.1%40.6K968.4K-11.5K0.03104.9818551,7431,034
2014-02-27$43.56$45.0014.3%4.1%24.1%24.3%15.2%30.6%-0.4%65.8K820.3K-12.4K0.0095.26801,8231,039
2014-02-28$43.48$45.0013.7%3.9%23.1%22.5%14.0%9.2%-1.2%74.8K542.1K-12.9K0.1898.761121,8311,028