L Options History — September 2014

In September 2014, L traded between $41.66 and $43.60. ATM implied volatility averaged 18.0%, placing in the 21.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 8.8% (HV 20d: 9.2%). Max pain ranged from $45.00 to $45.00. Net GEX was positive for 16 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.32.

Notable Days

  • 2014-09-18: Highest Volume — 155 contracts
  • 2014-09-04: Largest IV spike — 84.9% change
  • 2014-09-29: Highest IV Rank — 41.4%
  • 2014-09-24: Largest Expected Move — 5.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$42.64$41.66$43.60$43.60$41.66
Max Pain$45.00$45.00$45.00$45.00$45.00
ATM IV18.0%9.7%27.1%9.7%22.0%
Expected Move4.1%2.9%5.2%2.9%4.4%
HV 20d9.2%8.1%11.3%9.0%11.3%
HV 60d10.4%10.1%11.0%10.1%10.9%
IV Rank21.6%3.5%41.4%3.5%30.3%
IV Percentile66.5%4.4%94.4%4.4%88.9%
Term Structure-2.8%-17.3%6.4%1.6%-11.9%
VWIV15.2%11.9%17.2%11.9%14.9%
Skew 25d2.0%-7.1%15.2%15.2%-7.1%
Skew 10d6.6%0.7%14.4%14.4%7.2%
Call IV 25d14.0%7.9%24.0%7.9%23.0%
Put IV 25d16.0%11.2%23.1%23.1%15.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %101.5695.29110.83101.63105.58
Gamma HHI0.660.480.950.950.48
Net GEX489.5K-25.3K2.0M2.0M-1.7K
Net DEX-349.0K-4.7M937.9K-4.7M741.1K
Net VEX-13.9K-27.4K-10.1K-27.4K-10.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.320.002.140.040.08
Total Volume39.23801552427
Total OI6,012.2381,6278,2408,1861,754

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-09-02$43.60$45.009.7%2.9%9.0%3.5%11.9%15.2%1.6%2.0M-4.7M-27.4K0.04101.632317,0751,111
2014-09-03$43.54$45.009.8%3.8%8.9%3.6%0.0%4.1%1.5%1.6M-2.1M-19.4K1.10102.3620227,0851,108
2014-09-04$43.36$45.0018.1%3.6%9.1%21.7%0.0%8.5%1.3%1.7M-3.9M-24.5K0.00104.18007,0751,096
2014-09-05$43.45$45.0012.9%4.0%8.1%10.4%0.0%0.6%0.7%1.6M-2.2M-20.3K0.0098.111007,0751,096
2014-09-08$43.12$45.0012.8%3.9%8.3%10.3%13.5%2.4%6.4%764.7K-584.7K-15.0K0.0495.292617,0751,096
2014-09-09$42.82$45.0015.3%3.7%8.8%15.7%16.1%2.2%2.3%613.1K-441.2K-14.0K0.51101.7575387,0641,097
2014-09-10$42.82$45.0017.8%3.3%8.5%21.0%15.5%1.7%3.5%611.6K-152.8K-13.9K0.00104.390316,9911,135
2014-09-11$42.60$45.0014.0%3.4%8.7%12.9%0.0%0.0%2.0%398.3K197.4K-13.2K1.00100.68556,9911,151
2014-09-12$42.41$45.0020.7%4.6%8.8%27.4%0.0%4.3%-13.9%9.3K607.1K-11.2K0.00102.07906,9961,151
2014-09-15$42.43$45.0019.1%4.9%8.7%24.0%0.0%2.5%-4.5%-25.3K779.6K-10.7K0.0098.331006,9671,151
2014-09-16$42.43$45.0016.4%4.7%8.7%18.0%0.0%8.5%1.3%-21.6K726.6K-10.7K0.0099.235906,9771,151
2014-09-17$42.42$45.0023.7%4.4%8.7%33.8%15.6%-2.2%-17.3%94.1K488.4K-11.4K0.14110.834267,0221,151
2014-09-18$43.02$45.0021.1%3.9%9.4%28.1%17.2%8.3%6.2%1.0M-1.0M-13.1K0.08101.83143127,0181,152
2014-09-19$42.89$45.0017.5%4.0%8.6%20.4%16.0%1.8%4.8%25.0K259.7K-11.6K0.0795.344237,0881,152
2014-09-22$42.52$45.0015.6%4.0%9.1%16.4%14.0%-1.8%4.1%4.4K383.4K-11.2K0.13101.13243838789
2014-09-23$42.05$45.0024.2%4.1%8.6%35.0%15.0%-5.5%-14.8%7.6K559.2K-11.0K0.04102.141144851791
2014-09-24$42.38$45.0025.1%5.2%9.2%36.9%16.8%3.0%-6.4%6.0K663.1K-10.7K2.14100.99715915795
2014-09-25$41.79$45.0019.5%4.7%10.2%24.7%0.0%-4.3%-8.9%5.7K628.6K-11.0K0.00100.96210915810
2014-09-26$42.25$45.0016.1%4.5%11.2%17.4%15.8%5.6%-2.5%-15.1K757.3K-10.3K0.00101.30012935810
2014-09-29$41.98$45.0027.1%3.5%11.1%41.4%14.9%-6.8%-14.4%-13.5K937.9K-10.1K0.08104.60131935822
2014-09-30$41.66$45.0022.0%4.4%11.3%30.3%0.0%-7.1%-11.9%-1.7K741.1K-10.4K0.00105.58027932822