L Options History — January 2016

In January 2016, L traded between $34.21 and $37.87. ATM implied volatility averaged 27.5%, placing in the 26.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.0% (HV 20d: 22.5%). Max pain ranged from $35.00 to $40.00. Net GEX was positive for 12 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.27.

Notable Days

  • 2016-01-29: Highest Volume — 304 contracts
  • 2016-01-12: Largest IV spike — 252.8% change
  • 2016-01-12: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2016-01-12: Largest Expected Move — 14.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$35.71$34.21$37.87$37.73$36.35
Max Pain$37.89$35.00$40.00$40.00$35.00
ATM IV27.5%19.0%94.3%23.6%22.3%
Expected Move6.8%4.8%14.4%4.9%6.4%
HV 20d22.5%20.4%24.6%23.9%24.6%
HV 60d20.3%18.9%21.8%18.9%21.2%
IV Rank26.1%9.7%100.0%35.3%13.0%
IV Percentile85.7%69.0%100.0%88.1%78.6%
Term Structure0.4%-15.9%7.2%-0.4%6.1%
VWIV23.0%15.9%36.3%16.0%19.9%
Skew 25d3.5%-0.5%16.5%-0.2%6.0%
Skew 10d8.2%0.1%37.9%4.3%9.9%
Call IV 25d20.6%15.4%27.4%19.0%19.4%
Put IV 25d24.1%18.7%34.8%18.7%25.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %104.3197.80129.09100.27103.48
Gamma HHI0.490.430.620.610.47
Net GEX6.8K-7.5K21.8K19.6K2.1K
Net DEX-72.1K-449.2K274.5K-396.0K-92.5K
Net VEX-3.9K-5.4K-3.1K-3.7K-5.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.270.492.550.672.10
Total Volume226.579119304214304
Total OI894.3687291,1257291,125

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-01-04$37.73$40.0023.6%4.9%23.9%35.3%16.0%-0.2%-0.4%19.6K-396.0K-3.7K0.67100.2712886496233
2016-01-05$37.87$40.0019.0%4.8%22.4%21.8%16.5%2.4%1.8%21.8K-428.6K-3.6K0.4997.8017686501233
2016-01-06$36.99$40.0024.9%5.0%23.8%39.2%16.5%0.2%7.2%18.7K-449.2K-4.2K0.7499.0511686554233
2016-01-07$36.28$40.0020.1%6.2%24.5%25.2%15.9%6.3%0.4%17.9K-349.5K-3.9K0.8199.6310686578233
2016-01-08$35.91$40.0029.0%5.9%23.5%51.2%17.9%5.7%3.6%19.9K-223.9K-3.6K0.92102.1310697580233
2016-01-11$35.89$40.0026.7%6.7%22.7%44.5%21.1%6.3%-0.7%13.6K-217.9K-3.8K0.92103.5710697580265
2016-01-12$35.92$40.0094.3%14.4%21.4%100.0%31.6%1.5%-15.9%12.9K-142.4K-3.1K0.92129.0910697580265
2016-01-13$35.24$40.0019.5%5.6%22.3%9.7%25.5%2.7%5.4%14.3K-135.0K-3.7K0.91109.8910999580265
2016-01-14$35.79$40.0022.9%6.6%21.9%13.8%20.5%16.5%-1.1%9.6K-158.0K-3.5K0.9399.32113105583267
2016-01-15$35.46$40.0023.5%6.7%21.6%14.5%23.8%3.4%1.0%2.6K-8.2K-3.6K0.85100.97124105585312
2016-01-19$35.15$40.0024.1%6.9%20.7%15.3%27.3%1.9%5.1%4.6K64.1K-3.7K0.78107.786752550310
2016-01-20$34.29$35.0026.3%7.5%22.0%17.9%26.8%-0.5%-2.1%-1.5K176.2K-3.3K1.30100.937091551315
2016-01-21$34.45$35.0024.5%7.0%21.8%15.8%25.3%0.2%-0.1%-3.3K230.2K-3.5K1.02100.029193556342
2016-01-22$35.00$35.0023.2%6.6%21.2%14.1%23.5%1.4%-0.4%-788111.3K-3.8K2.0399.9291185584344
2016-01-25$34.21$35.0022.7%6.5%20.4%13.6%24.1%0.8%-0.2%-7.5K199.4K-4.0K2.03101.2591185584444
2016-01-26$34.58$35.0025.2%7.2%21.2%16.6%25.8%-0.1%-0.6%-7.2K274.5K-4.0K2.03103.2691185584444
2016-01-27$35.47$35.0027.4%7.8%23.8%19.2%36.3%6.4%-2.8%-2.6K90.1K-4.2K2.55119.5377196584444
2016-01-28$35.99$35.0023.6%6.8%24.1%14.6%23.3%5.1%1.8%-4.7K86.1K-4.7K2.15104.0596206586490
2016-01-29$36.35$35.0022.3%6.4%24.6%13.0%19.9%6.0%6.1%2.1K-92.5K-5.4K2.10103.4898206612513