L Options History — January 2017

In January 2017, L traded between $45.67 and $47.15. ATM implied volatility averaged 19.8%, placing in the 7.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 9.1% (HV 20d: 10.7%). Max pain ranged from $45.00 to $50.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.72.

Notable Days

  • 2017-01-05: Highest Volume — 225 contracts
  • 2017-01-09: Largest IV spike — 119.5% change
  • 2017-01-17: Highest IV Rank — 19.4%
  • 2017-01-17: Largest Expected Move — 10.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$46.45$45.67$47.15$47.15$46.48
Max Pain$47.00$45.00$50.00$45.00$45.00
ATM IV19.8%13.0%37.1%13.0%19.5%
Expected Move5.6%3.7%10.6%3.7%5.6%
HV 20d10.7%8.2%12.9%11.2%12.9%
HV 60d15.2%12.0%16.0%15.8%12.0%
IV Rank7.4%2.8%19.4%2.8%7.2%
IV Percentile60.0%7.9%98.0%7.9%71.8%
Term Structure-1.5%-16.7%4.0%-0.0%0.4%
VWIV18.9%13.0%35.2%13.0%20.3%
Skew 25d5.4%-4.6%17.2%-1.0%5.8%
Skew 10d16.5%-1.6%43.4%-1.6%43.4%
Call IV 25d15.3%12.2%25.5%13.8%16.1%
Put IV 25d20.6%12.8%32.2%12.8%21.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %103.2292.96117.08105.56104.97
Gamma HHI0.880.850.920.870.92
Net GEX163.8K137.7K185.1K145.4K175.8K
Net DEX-3.8M-4.2M-3.4M-4.2M-3.8M
Net VEX-9.1K-9.9K-8.2K-9.2K-8.5K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.720.642.612.150.65
Total Volume176.6599225224124
Total OI1,550.151,5251,5931,5421,585

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-01-03$47.15$45.0013.0%3.7%11.2%2.8%13.0%-1.0%-0.0%145.4K-4.2M-9.2K2.15105.56711531,241301
2017-01-04$46.94$45.0018.1%5.2%11.4%6.3%16.7%-4.6%-11.2%137.7K-3.9M-9.8K2.15105.96711531,230301
2017-01-05$46.53$50.0016.6%5.3%10.2%5.2%17.6%2.2%-0.1%151.6K-3.8M-9.9K2.1793.48711541,230300
2017-01-06$46.81$50.0014.3%5.5%9.8%3.6%17.8%9.1%-1.1%158.5K-3.9M-9.6K2.6199.47591541,230302
2017-01-09$46.37$50.0031.4%5.9%9.6%15.5%19.2%9.8%-2.7%159.7K-3.7M-9.6K2.61100.71591541,230303
2017-01-10$46.53$50.0020.8%5.5%9.2%8.1%18.4%11.7%-1.2%165.2K-3.8M-9.4K2.6199.36591541,230303
2017-01-11$46.39$50.0020.2%5.8%9.1%7.7%18.9%6.7%-0.8%153.5K-3.7M-9.6K2.6192.96591541,230303
2017-01-12$46.17$50.0019.4%5.6%8.8%7.2%19.4%6.1%-0.2%163.0K-3.6M-9.7K2.61105.66591541,230303
2017-01-13$46.16$50.0020.9%6.0%8.2%8.2%19.8%6.7%-2.3%164.0K-3.6M-9.4K2.61101.36591541,230303
2017-01-17$45.68$50.0037.1%10.6%8.6%19.4%35.2%4.3%-16.7%176.7K-3.4M-9.1K2.17117.08711541,230303
2017-01-18$46.23$45.0021.9%6.3%9.9%8.9%21.6%17.2%-3.7%180.1K-3.7M-9.1K0.96102.9981781,243303
2017-01-19$45.67$45.0020.7%5.9%10.6%8.1%20.3%4.9%-2.5%180.7K-3.4M-9.5K1.46103.31701021,255323
2017-01-20$45.98$45.0018.4%5.3%10.8%6.4%18.1%4.3%-0.9%185.1K-3.6M-9.1K1.85101.46661221,257336
2017-01-23$45.96$45.0016.7%4.8%10.4%5.3%17.0%4.1%2.0%182.4K-3.5M-9.0K1.56104.7050781,206319
2017-01-24$46.74$45.0018.6%5.3%12.3%6.6%18.1%4.2%-0.5%166.5K-3.9M-8.5K0.98102.6150491,206349
2017-01-25$47.10$45.0017.3%4.9%12.6%5.7%16.5%5.6%3.6%151.8K-4.1M-8.2K0.74103.1066491,206349
2017-01-26$47.09$45.0017.5%5.0%12.6%5.8%16.6%6.2%4.0%145.1K-4.1M-8.4K0.64103.4777491,222349
2017-01-27$46.65$45.0015.9%4.6%12.8%4.7%16.4%3.3%2.9%149.5K-4.2M-8.2K0.67104.5973491,233349
2017-01-30$46.34$45.0017.6%5.0%12.9%5.9%17.8%1.4%1.3%183.5K-3.7M-8.5K0.65111.6575491,231349
2017-01-31$46.48$45.0019.5%5.6%12.9%7.2%20.3%5.8%0.4%175.8K-3.8M-8.5K0.65104.9775491,236349