L Options History — November 2015

In November 2015, L traded between $36.97 and $38.00. ATM implied volatility averaged 17.1%, placing in the 18.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.7%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.8% (HV 20d: 17.9%). Max pain ranged from $35.00 to $40.00. Net GEX was positive for 10 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 17 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.09.

Notable Days

  • 2015-11-20: Highest Volume — 347 contracts
  • 2015-11-10: Largest IV spike — 137.0% change
  • 2015-11-10: Highest IV Rank — 89.8%
  • 2015-11-10: Largest Expected Move — 7.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$37.60$36.97$38.00$37.55$37.89
Max Pain$39.25$35.00$40.00$35.00$40.00
ATM IV17.1%11.5%42.1%22.9%17.9%
Expected Move4.7%3.3%7.6%6.6%5.1%
HV 20d17.9%16.5%19.1%17.2%16.5%
HV 60d18.9%17.3%19.9%19.9%17.3%
IV Rank18.8%0.0%89.8%38.2%18.8%
IV Percentile35.3%0.0%99.6%83.7%63.5%
Term Structure2.6%-13.3%9.0%-5.9%3.9%
VWIV17.7%11.5%32.8%23.0%16.4%
Skew 25d4.3%-3.7%15.3%5.1%3.5%
Skew 10d9.3%-0.3%35.9%5.1%5.1%
Call IV 25d15.2%10.1%20.0%20.0%16.4%
Put IV 25d19.5%12.6%27.5%25.0%19.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %95.6478.78105.6082.94105.60
Gamma HHI0.490.450.520.450.51
Net GEX1.1K-13.7K13.7K-99613.7K
Net DEX-2.7K-130.3K70.9K-27.0K-29.3K
Net VEX-3.7K-4.4K-3.1K-4.4K-3.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.090.0428.000.410.04
Total Volume206.5034728126
Total OI1,256.351,1871,3561,2361,187

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-11-02$37.55$35.0022.9%6.6%17.2%38.2%23.0%5.1%-5.9%-996-27.0K-4.4K0.4182.9419982696540
2015-11-03$37.30$35.0015.8%4.5%17.5%19.0%17.7%-0.0%0.2%-4.9K-30.6K-3.7K0.5578.7815987698540
2015-11-04$37.00$35.0019.5%5.6%17.6%29.0%14.7%-3.7%-13.3%-12.6K62.4K-3.7K0.7794.80148114688540
2015-11-05$37.24$40.0013.2%4.8%17.6%12.1%15.4%1.2%9.0%-13.7K70.9K-3.8K0.7092.09157110689550
2015-11-06$37.80$40.0014.1%3.9%17.7%14.4%17.4%11.0%7.7%-59950.4K-3.6K0.20101.26102697550
2015-11-09$37.63$40.0017.8%4.2%17.9%24.4%0.0%3.1%0.6%-2.9K25.1K-3.8K0.0092.8902701548
2015-11-10$37.82$40.0042.1%7.6%17.5%89.8%32.8%7.2%2.2%-71738.6K-3.6K0.63105.14171107702548
2015-11-11$37.86$40.0013.7%3.9%16.6%9.8%12.5%-2.8%-0.2%3.1K-3.9K-3.7K0.6395.23171107702548
2015-11-12$37.04$40.0018.3%5.2%18.5%22.8%14.7%0.5%4.6%-8.5K10.6K-4.0K0.7390.37169123714548
2015-11-13$36.97$40.0019.2%5.5%18.4%25.3%15.5%8.4%3.0%-8.9K37.2K-3.8K0.7996.64190151712548
2015-11-16$37.57$40.0020.6%5.9%19.1%29.3%27.0%15.3%7.3%65333.4K-4.2K28.0096.86128741576
2015-11-17$37.57$40.0013.6%3.9%18.9%7.5%17.6%9.9%7.5%-67125.3K-3.8K0.9595.44149141743563
2015-11-18$38.00$40.0016.2%4.6%19.0%15.0%18.4%8.4%1.4%10.2K-119.6K-3.9K0.7491.10190141780563
2015-11-19$37.84$40.0011.9%3.4%18.9%0.0%12.9%2.5%6.5%8.1K-111.5K-3.5K0.7198.84198141788563
2015-11-20$37.88$40.0011.9%3.4%18.9%0.0%14.0%2.0%5.8%10.5K-130.3K-3.5K0.68100.24206141793563
2015-11-23$37.76$40.0011.5%3.3%19.0%0.0%11.5%0.6%0.4%10.3K19.7K-3.7K0.0999.03232737487
2015-11-24$37.86$40.0013.7%3.9%18.0%6.3%0.0%2.4%3.6%6.1K-10.0K-3.3K0.0099.3700714485
2015-11-25$37.77$40.0014.2%4.1%16.8%8.1%19.8%9.9%4.6%9.5K23.9K-3.6K0.4797.9016577711485
2015-11-27$37.72$40.0013.7%3.9%16.8%6.5%16.4%1.8%3.3%5.0K11.2K-3.1K0.4798.3416577714475
2015-11-30$37.89$40.0017.9%5.1%16.5%18.8%0.0%3.5%3.9%13.7K-29.3K-3.4K0.04105.60251711476