L Options History — February 2016

In February 2016, L traded between $35.57 and $37.44. ATM implied volatility averaged 27.4%, placing in the 19.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.9% (HV 20d: 23.4%). Max pain ranged from $35.00 to $40.00. Net GEX was positive for 11 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.26.

Notable Days

  • 2016-02-08: Highest Volume — 704 contracts
  • 2016-02-08: Largest IV spike — 129.9% change
  • 2016-02-08: Highest IV Rank — 58.2%
  • 2016-02-08: Largest Expected Move — 9.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$36.52$35.57$37.44$37.00$36.43
Max Pain$35.50$35.00$40.00$35.00$40.00
ATM IV27.4%22.5%59.7%25.0%23.5%
Expected Move7.5%6.5%9.1%7.2%6.7%
HV 20d23.4%21.2%25.6%25.6%21.2%
HV 60d22.0%21.1%23.1%21.4%23.0%
IV Rank19.2%13.3%58.2%16.3%14.5%
IV Percentile86.9%76.6%99.6%87.7%76.6%
Term Structure1.5%-7.2%16.4%6.6%6.0%
VWIV25.6%20.2%31.0%20.6%22.4%
Skew 25d2.6%-4.1%12.6%12.6%1.4%
Skew 10d9.8%-8.0%40.2%15.4%30.7%
Call IV 25d26.4%18.7%33.1%18.7%29.8%
Put IV 25d29.0%23.3%38.0%31.3%31.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %96.2283.26114.13106.6783.96
Gamma HHI0.500.440.630.490.47
Net GEX-8.2K-78.7K23.7K5.4K3.3K
Net DEX-10.1K-274.3K378.8K-196.1K15.8K
Net VEX-5.5K-6.1K-4.9K-4.9K-5.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.260.696.822.380.77
Total Volume394.4288704321459
Total OI1,286.41,1451,6161,1451,256

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-02-01$37.00$35.0025.0%7.2%25.6%16.3%20.6%12.6%6.6%5.4K-196.1K-4.9K2.38106.6795226623522
2016-02-02$36.24$35.0022.5%6.5%25.6%13.3%20.2%4.2%4.7%990-77.9K-5.3K2.36104.9696227637522
2016-02-03$36.24$35.0022.5%6.5%25.6%13.3%22.1%3.6%2.0%-3.4K-79.1K-5.4K2.95105.9475221642523
2016-02-04$36.51$35.0023.8%6.6%24.5%14.9%22.9%-0.5%9.8%497-163.0K-5.6K1.8492.01120221645528
2016-02-05$36.26$35.0026.0%7.4%23.6%17.5%27.4%5.2%-2.4%5.2K-114.6K-5.5K4.6591.4583386659528
2016-02-08$36.34$35.0059.7%9.1%23.3%58.2%31.0%4.3%-7.2%-47.7K114.4K-5.2K6.82114.1390614671720
2016-02-09$36.41$35.0027.5%8.5%23.3%19.4%28.6%-1.6%-3.8%-78.7K287.2K-6.1K2.4897.5790223678938
2016-02-10$36.28$35.0028.7%8.2%23.4%20.8%26.3%2.3%-3.5%-60.1K183.4K-6.0K5.0199.7790451656918
2016-02-11$35.57$35.0028.9%8.3%23.4%21.1%29.2%-2.4%-2.6%-41.0K378.8K-5.6K2.6995.1990242639668
2016-02-12$35.84$35.0030.5%8.7%22.9%23.0%29.9%-4.1%-5.8%-26.8K297.8K-5.3K2.3199.0790208639627
2016-02-16$36.48$35.0028.1%8.0%23.5%20.0%28.0%-2.1%-3.0%-18.9K89.1K-5.2K1.8496.75113208639623
2016-02-17$37.41$35.0024.6%7.1%24.6%15.8%23.7%4.1%3.4%3.5K-169.5K-5.3K1.3587.14147199648623
2016-02-18$37.25$35.0023.6%6.8%22.5%14.6%24.3%2.7%3.8%19.1K-274.3K-6.0K1.88105.11106199707626
2016-02-19$36.90$35.0023.5%6.7%23.0%14.5%24.0%5.9%6.3%20.3K-186.3K-5.8K2.2498.3589199717626
2016-02-22$37.44$35.0024.2%6.9%22.9%15.3%23.0%5.1%16.4%19.7K-243.9K-5.8K0.6992.67263182670532
2016-02-23$36.54$35.0025.8%7.4%23.1%17.3%26.6%1.5%1.1%23.7K-153.4K-6.0K0.7194.33259183737532
2016-02-24$36.19$35.0027.3%7.8%23.4%19.1%27.2%7.0%-1.8%-3.0K47.0K-5.4K0.7190.27259184742534
2016-02-25$36.39$35.0025.9%7.4%21.8%17.4%25.8%1.6%-1.1%-2.0K7.0K-5.4K0.7383.26260190742536
2016-02-26$36.64$40.0025.9%7.4%21.3%17.4%28.0%0.7%0.8%15.2K36.5K-5.6K0.7385.87261190718537
2016-02-29$36.43$40.0023.5%6.7%21.2%14.5%22.4%1.4%6.0%3.3K15.8K-5.4K0.7783.96259200719537