L Options History — April 2016

In April 2016, L traded between $37.50 and $40.32. ATM implied volatility averaged 25.9%, placing in the 12.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 8.6% (HV 20d: 17.4%). Max pain ranged from $35.00 to $35.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.10.

Notable Days

  • 2016-04-19: Highest Volume — 904 contracts
  • 2016-04-12: Largest IV spike — 475.3% change
  • 2016-04-12: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2016-04-12: Largest Expected Move — 8.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$39.04$37.50$40.32$38.57$39.73
Max Pain$35.00$35.00$35.00$35.00$35.00
ATM IV25.9%13.8%153.8%21.3%18.7%
Expected Move5.3%3.9%8.2%6.1%5.4%
HV 20d17.4%14.3%21.1%20.3%17.6%
HV 60d20.4%19.1%22.0%22.0%19.1%
IV Rank12.0%1.6%100.0%11.8%5.1%
IV Percentile54.5%7.5%100.0%63.5%50.0%
Term Structure-0.5%-8.1%7.6%4.3%-2.0%
VWIV18.3%14.9%23.3%18.2%18.7%
Skew 25d15.1%0.2%35.9%6.5%35.9%
Skew 10d22.7%0.8%52.3%5.7%51.9%
Call IV 25d17.9%13.0%22.2%15.1%19.6%
Put IV 25d33.0%16.2%55.5%21.6%55.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %99.7184.09117.30103.4584.09
Gamma HHI0.810.590.970.640.95
Net GEX209.7K40.6K452.2K62.8K452.2K
Net DEX-1.7M-4.3M-291.4K-639.6K-3.3M
Net VEX-8.4K-13.7K-5.4K-6.1K-13.7K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.100.101.971.970.69
Total Volume274.524169904187320
Total OI1,662.2861,1842,4441,2852,444

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-04-01$38.57$35.0021.3%6.1%20.3%11.8%18.2%6.5%4.3%62.8K-639.6K-6.1K1.97103.4563124751534
2016-04-04$37.94$35.0016.6%4.9%21.1%6.2%19.1%4.6%-1.3%66.5K-729.8K-6.0K1.9497.7664124751534
2016-04-05$37.68$35.0018.7%4.3%20.5%8.7%17.6%3.9%-0.3%53.7K-408.6K-5.6K1.5597.3076118758534
2016-04-06$37.64$35.0027.6%5.4%19.3%19.5%19.8%1.8%-2.0%47.1K-337.2K-5.6K1.55100.3976118752532
2016-04-07$37.50$35.0024.8%5.2%18.9%16.1%18.8%2.0%7.6%40.6K-291.4K-5.4K1.5597.0776118752532
2016-04-08$37.91$35.0021.4%5.3%19.1%12.0%18.6%2.6%-0.9%56.8K-452.1K-5.6K1.6295.6473118752532
2016-04-11$38.21$35.0026.7%4.2%16.0%18.4%16.9%3.6%1.2%70.8K-614.5K-5.6K1.8798.7563118762532
2016-04-12$38.64$35.00153.8%8.2%16.3%100.0%21.0%29.5%-2.0%70.8K-781.9K-5.9K1.84113.0875138766532
2016-04-13$39.42$35.0017.1%4.9%17.6%4.0%17.3%27.1%1.1%109.7K-1.2M-6.1K1.63103.5672117789537
2016-04-14$39.46$35.0018.6%5.3%17.5%5.0%18.6%26.5%-1.3%123.0K-1.2M-6.3K1.1595.52102117808539
2016-04-15$39.31$35.0017.0%4.9%16.2%3.9%17.1%7.0%-0.3%122.5K-1.2M-6.4K1.9095.1561116858539
2016-04-18$39.41$35.0019.2%5.5%14.3%5.4%19.4%28.5%-2.4%124.6K-1.1M-6.2K0.7899.5210985783401
2016-04-19$39.73$35.0016.8%4.8%14.6%3.7%16.8%6.9%-0.3%164.1K-1.4M-6.7K0.1095.0282084865401
2016-04-20$39.99$35.0017.0%4.9%14.6%3.9%17.0%30.5%-0.3%359.1K-3.1M-11.6K0.99100.0685841,648404
2016-04-21$39.14$35.0013.8%3.9%15.8%1.6%14.9%0.2%0.6%380.5K-2.5M-11.4K0.35103.04237841,686404
2016-04-22$39.86$35.0017.9%5.1%16.6%4.5%18.0%30.2%-2.3%434.3K-3.1M-12.5K0.32105.09261841,876404
2016-04-25$39.67$35.0018.4%5.3%16.8%4.9%18.4%32.6%-0.2%382.7K-3.0M-12.6K0.3398.85261851,901404
2016-04-26$40.08$35.0017.6%5.1%16.9%4.3%17.6%32.1%-0.4%417.3K-3.6M-12.8K0.3394.48252841,901406
2016-04-27$40.32$35.0023.3%6.7%16.8%8.3%23.3%3.1%-8.1%422.9K-4.3M-12.1K0.33117.30252841,895407
2016-04-28$39.68$35.0017.8%5.1%17.7%4.5%17.9%1.1%-1.7%440.6K-3.3M-12.3K0.3098.87283841,895407
2016-04-29$39.73$35.0018.7%5.4%17.6%5.1%18.7%35.9%-2.0%452.2K-3.3M-13.7K0.6984.091891312,037407