L Options History — July 2016

In July 2016, L traded between $40.04 and $41.50. ATM implied volatility averaged 20.1%, placing in the 6.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 3.1% (HV 20d: 23.2%). Max pain ranged from $35.00 to $40.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 4.53.

Notable Days

  • 2016-07-01: Highest Volume — 443 contracts
  • 2016-07-12: Largest IV spike — 311.8% change
  • 2016-07-12: Highest IV Rank — 40.5%
  • 2016-07-07: Largest Expected Move — 13.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$41.01$40.04$41.50$40.97$41.41
Max Pain$37.25$35.00$40.00$40.00$35.00
ATM IV20.1%10.5%68.6%10.5%16.0%
Expected Move5.1%3.0%13.0%3.0%4.6%
HV 20d23.2%12.2%25.7%24.1%12.2%
HV 60d17.3%16.4%18.2%17.6%16.4%
IV Rank6.7%0.0%40.5%0.0%3.8%
IV Percentile35.0%0.0%99.2%0.0%23.0%
Term Structure-0.7%-27.9%5.5%5.4%0.2%
VWIV17.7%10.4%44.5%10.4%18.0%
Skew 25d1.8%-38.3%21.5%-25.1%-4.8%
Skew 10d19.2%-16.6%48.4%-12.5%-4.0%
Call IV 25d18.9%11.8%56.2%43.6%22.1%
Put IV 25d20.7%14.6%36.9%18.4%17.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %108.5483.54125.62111.7683.54
Gamma HHI0.590.510.710.610.57
Net GEX83.8K68.6K98.7K77.1K98.7K
Net DEX-1.4M-1.6M-892.7K-1.3M-1.6M
Net VEX-7.2K-7.6K-6.9K-7.2K-6.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio4.530.4813.5010.970.62
Total Volume233.189443443147
Total OI1,3271,2641,4071,2641,407

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-07-01$40.97$40.0010.5%3.0%24.1%0.0%10.4%-25.1%5.4%77.1K-1.3M-7.2K10.97111.7637406734530
2016-07-05$40.04$40.0024.4%5.0%25.5%9.7%18.0%2.9%-0.9%68.6K-956.4K-7.5K13.50107.2330405735530
2016-07-06$40.10$40.0016.3%4.7%25.5%4.0%16.5%21.5%-0.5%69.7K-892.7K-7.3K12.1799.2430365737533
2016-07-07$40.16$40.0020.4%13.0%25.3%6.9%44.5%-3.8%-27.9%69.4K-992.9K-7.4K8.67122.0942364737537
2016-07-08$40.80$40.0037.9%4.3%25.6%19.1%15.3%14.9%0.7%89.1K-1.3M-7.3K8.88100.9841364761537
2016-07-11$40.67$40.0016.7%4.6%25.5%4.3%16.1%2.7%0.1%83.6K-1.3M-7.1K8.67106.3442364761537
2016-07-12$41.21$40.0068.6%7.8%25.7%40.5%31.7%10.8%-13.6%71.1K-1.4M-7.5K8.67125.6242364764537
2016-07-13$41.21$40.0017.2%4.9%25.5%4.6%18.4%1.7%-2.4%68.6K-1.4M-7.6K6.91112.9454373764537
2016-07-14$41.50$40.0014.2%4.1%25.6%2.6%13.1%4.8%4.6%82.2K-1.6M-7.1K0.76109.545139779546
2016-07-15$41.36$35.0015.1%4.3%25.6%3.2%13.1%10.1%4.2%86.6K-1.6M-7.2K1.20115.764453799547
2016-07-18$41.25$35.0019.8%5.7%25.5%6.5%20.9%12.8%-3.7%83.9K-1.5M-7.3K1.34115.503851774557
2016-07-19$41.19$35.0017.4%5.0%25.6%4.8%17.4%8.7%-0.4%84.6K-1.4M-7.4K1.34112.433851784557
2016-07-20$41.21$35.0014.4%4.1%25.4%2.7%14.2%1.2%2.7%85.7K-1.5M-7.3K1.34102.673851784557
2016-07-21$41.06$35.0015.6%4.5%25.5%3.5%14.3%4.2%3.3%85.8K-1.4M-7.3K1.34110.213851784557
2016-07-22$41.28$35.0014.0%4.0%25.0%2.4%12.1%-0.2%4.9%95.6K-1.5M-7.1K1.34109.743851784557
2016-07-25$41.12$35.0013.4%3.8%21.2%2.0%12.1%2.9%5.5%87.9K-1.5M-7.0K1.34104.563851784557
2016-07-26$41.30$35.0014.9%4.3%17.8%3.1%14.0%-38.3%3.6%95.2K-1.5M-6.9K0.49113.0010451784557
2016-07-27$41.20$35.0015.3%4.4%17.3%3.4%13.9%0.9%3.1%97.1K-1.5M-7.1K0.4899.7710751850557
2016-07-28$41.24$35.0020.4%5.8%15.4%6.9%20.3%7.4%-2.9%95.3K-1.5M-7.1K0.48107.9210751850557
2016-07-29$41.41$35.0016.0%4.6%12.2%3.8%18.0%-4.8%0.2%98.7K-1.6M-6.9K0.6283.549156850557