L Options History — September 2015

In September 2015, L traded between $35.49 and $36.61. ATM implied volatility averaged 24.4%, placing in the 41.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.1% (HV 20d: 19.4%). Max pain ranged from $35.00 to $40.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.35.

Notable Days

  • 2015-09-18: Highest Volume — 363 contracts
  • 2015-09-04: Largest IV drop — 21.9% change
  • 2015-09-03: Highest IV Rank — 75.6%
  • 2015-09-02: Largest Expected Move — 9.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$36.05$35.49$36.61$35.67$36.16
Max Pain$35.48$35.00$40.00$40.00$35.00
ATM IV24.4%18.7%37.4%28.5%19.4%
Expected Move6.7%5.4%9.2%8.2%5.6%
HV 20d19.4%15.9%21.6%20.9%15.9%
HV 60d17.0%16.7%17.3%17.0%17.3%
IV Rank41.3%26.3%75.6%52.1%28.1%
IV Percentile84.5%66.7%99.2%94.8%72.6%
Term Structure-0.6%-3.8%5.2%-3.8%4.6%
VWIV23.0%18.3%35.1%28.9%19.8%
Skew 25d9.1%0.2%20.4%7.9%0.9%
Skew 10d24.3%0.7%61.0%12.4%39.8%
Call IV 25d19.8%16.1%26.0%22.1%21.1%
Put IV 25d29.0%22.0%44.9%30.0%22.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %102.3086.82118.3386.82105.95
Gamma HHI0.710.600.780.740.76
Net GEX-46.0K-72.5K-19.3K-59.8K-46.6K
Net DEX1.2M425.9K1.9M1.9M568.2K
Net VEX-4.7K-5.8K-3.6K-5.2K-4.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.350.000.820.180.72
Total Volume258.76222363227267
Total OI1,905.5719192,5282,4071,019

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-09-01$35.67$40.0028.5%8.2%20.9%52.1%28.9%7.9%-3.8%-59.8K1.9M-5.2K0.1886.82193341,417990
2015-09-02$36.00$40.0032.0%9.2%21.1%61.2%32.6%16.6%-3.3%-39.3K1.6M-5.8K0.1790.44201341,419986
2015-09-03$36.49$35.0037.4%7.0%21.5%75.6%20.1%8.5%2.2%-39.6K1.6M-5.6K0.1699.76209341,420986
2015-09-04$36.19$35.0029.2%7.3%21.6%54.0%21.3%8.9%-2.4%-54.3K1.6M-5.6K0.16100.24260421,428986
2015-09-08$36.61$35.0027.2%7.2%19.4%48.7%0.0%8.4%-2.2%-47.3K1.6M-5.2K0.16101.193251,516992
2015-09-09$36.07$35.0023.7%6.8%19.8%39.5%23.8%0.2%-0.8%-59.9K1.6M-5.3K0.1694.64295471,511997
2015-09-10$36.22$35.0025.7%7.4%20.0%44.6%22.0%14.1%-2.9%-65.7K1.6M-5.3K0.17110.86272471,509997
2015-09-11$36.20$35.0024.2%6.9%20.0%40.7%24.8%18.9%-1.4%-68.1K1.6M-4.7K0.19102.33296561,506997
2015-09-14$36.04$35.0024.9%7.2%19.7%42.7%23.0%6.1%-3.0%-72.5K1.5M-5.0K0.19109.08289561,5221,001
2015-09-15$36.37$35.0023.1%6.6%20.2%37.7%35.1%5.6%-0.8%-61.0K1.4M-4.7K0.00104.172201,5201,001
2015-09-16$36.56$35.0021.9%6.3%20.4%34.6%18.3%5.2%0.9%-51.8K1.3M-4.8K0.31107.83267841,5271,001
2015-09-17$36.23$35.0021.9%6.3%20.4%34.7%20.3%4.9%-0.3%-33.8K1.1M-4.9K0.31112.79267841,528973
2015-09-18$35.77$35.0022.3%6.4%20.1%35.7%20.9%17.4%-1.1%-19.3K1.3M-4.3K0.3497.48270931,528973
2015-09-21$36.24$35.0021.9%6.3%20.0%34.8%20.5%6.1%0.2%-19.7K425.9K-4.3K0.4397.6815064459460
2015-09-22$35.75$35.0022.8%6.5%19.0%37.1%22.3%3.7%-1.1%-21.4K585.6K-3.6K0.4397.9015064459460
2015-09-23$35.66$35.0022.4%6.4%18.0%35.9%22.3%3.1%-1.1%-36.4K585.0K-4.4K0.8297.59150123459520
2015-09-24$35.74$35.0018.7%5.4%18.0%26.3%18.7%19.2%5.2%-42.4K594.1K-4.4K0.50103.6315075459520
2015-09-25$35.99$35.0020.1%5.7%16.4%29.8%20.1%13.5%-0.3%-37.9K533.3K-4.3K0.55118.3315083459522
2015-09-28$35.49$35.0021.7%6.2%17.1%34.1%21.8%1.7%0.8%-42.5K698.0K-3.7K0.62106.7815093459531
2015-09-29$35.66$35.0023.6%6.8%17.2%39.1%23.6%20.4%-2.0%-46.1K702.3K-3.9K0.68102.73164112459541
2015-09-30$36.16$35.0019.4%5.6%15.9%28.1%19.8%0.9%4.6%-46.6K568.2K-4.1K0.72105.95155112466553