L Options History — February 2015

In February 2015, L traded between $39.16 and $42.50. ATM implied volatility averaged 16.4%, placing in the 18.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.7%. IV traded below realized volatility by 3.1% (HV 20d: 19.5%). Max pain ranged from $35.00 to $45.00. Net GEX was positive for 7 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.60.

Notable Days

  • 2015-02-03: Highest Volume — 465 contracts
  • 2015-02-18: Largest IV spike — 26.5% change
  • 2015-02-06: Highest IV Rank — 26.9%
  • 2015-02-02: Largest Expected Move — 5.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$41.45$39.16$42.50$39.16$41.04
Max Pain$42.63$35.00$45.00$35.00$40.00
ATM IV16.4%14.0%20.5%19.4%15.7%
Expected Move4.7%4.0%5.6%5.6%4.5%
HV 20d19.5%18.0%21.6%20.5%18.1%
HV 60d18.7%17.6%19.2%17.6%18.9%
IV Rank18.1%12.9%26.9%24.6%16.5%
IV Percentile47.0%25.0%75.4%71.8%43.3%
Term Structure2.0%-1.9%6.4%-1.1%0.2%
VWIV17.0%13.2%19.6%19.6%15.8%
Skew 25d5.7%-2.7%39.7%-1.2%1.5%
Skew 10d14.7%-3.9%71.5%-3.9%7.4%
Call IV 25d14.5%9.5%21.1%20.8%14.3%
Put IV 25d20.2%15.7%60.8%19.6%15.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %92.3178.6099.6399.6394.99
Gamma HHI0.510.490.560.560.54
Net GEX-3.3K-37.3K23.9K-23.8K-37.3K
Net DEX-510.6K-1.1M917.5K917.5K-392.2K
Net VEX-8.2K-9.2K-7.1K-7.5K-9.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.600.321.670.320.64
Total Volume278.3161546596391
Total OI1,910.3161,7362,0821,7512,044

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-02-02$39.16$35.0019.4%5.6%20.5%24.6%19.6%-1.2%-1.1%-23.8K917.5K-7.5K0.3299.6373231,027724
2015-02-03$40.27$35.0019.3%5.5%21.6%24.3%19.3%39.7%-1.6%-20.8K320.8K-8.3K0.7996.372602051,029752
2015-02-04$40.37$35.0019.0%5.4%20.6%23.7%19.2%0.1%-1.3%-5.9K72.6K-8.3K0.6196.80114691,017719
2015-02-05$40.71$45.0019.2%5.2%20.8%24.1%17.4%8.0%-1.0%-2.4K-61.3K-8.2K0.4786.94135631,012727
2015-02-06$40.67$45.0020.5%5.0%20.2%26.9%18.1%1.0%-0.3%-1.6K-125.9K-8.3K0.8278.602061681,036727
2015-02-09$41.25$45.0015.6%5.0%20.2%16.3%18.0%-0.2%0.2%-10.5K-555.3K-8.3K0.6485.921631051,139811
2015-02-10$41.55$45.0017.8%5.0%19.9%21.0%16.8%5.9%0.0%-19.8K-684.6K-8.1K0.4889.03157751,149807
2015-02-11$41.44$45.0017.7%5.1%19.9%20.8%14.8%5.7%-0.2%-10.7K-633.9K-8.1K0.6088.33126751,129798
2015-02-12$41.92$45.0014.2%4.1%19.6%13.3%13.2%7.1%5.6%-5.1K-933.8K-7.5K0.5391.75132701,118798
2015-02-13$42.35$45.0014.3%4.1%19.0%13.5%17.4%7.4%5.5%15.5K-918.6K-7.3K0.4297.78151641,105797
2015-02-17$42.50$45.0014.1%4.0%18.7%12.9%17.9%0.9%6.2%22.5K-1.0M-7.1K0.4990.812701331,100797
2015-02-18$42.13$45.0017.8%5.1%19.2%21.0%17.4%-2.7%-1.9%4.2K-957.9K-8.3K0.5588.422611431,226856
2015-02-19$42.38$45.0014.2%4.1%19.1%13.2%18.9%7.1%6.1%14.6K-1.1M-8.2K0.3696.581141,210849
2015-02-20$42.35$45.0014.2%4.1%18.7%13.2%0.0%7.2%6.4%13.1K-1.0M-8.2K1.6796.0312201,210849
2015-02-23$42.08$45.0014.0%4.0%18.5%12.9%16.1%6.3%5.2%-7.4K-407.4K-7.9K0.3692.853211171,030758
2015-02-24$42.38$45.0015.1%4.3%18.5%15.2%14.5%6.8%3.7%23.9K-860.8K-8.6K0.4394.072791191,131758
2015-02-25$41.75$40.0014.2%4.1%19.5%13.2%15.8%5.9%5.0%18.1K-856.0K-9.2K0.5195.422431241,224793
2015-02-26$41.20$40.0016.1%4.6%18.0%17.2%16.3%2.5%0.9%-29.4K-480.5K-9.1K0.7193.632381681,228812
2015-02-27$41.04$40.0015.7%4.5%18.1%16.5%15.8%1.5%0.2%-37.3K-392.2K-9.2K0.6494.992381531,229815