L Options History — February 2017

In February 2017, L traded between $46.21 and $47.41. ATM implied volatility averaged 16.8%, placing in the 5.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 6.3% (HV 20d: 10.5%). Max pain ranged from $40.00 to $45.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.66.

Notable Days

  • 2017-02-03: Highest Volume — 752 contracts
  • 2017-02-22: Largest IV spike — 135.1% change
  • 2017-02-22: Highest IV Rank — 13.5%
  • 2017-02-22: Largest Expected Move — 8.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$46.78$46.21$47.41$46.28$46.94
Max Pain$40.26$40.00$45.00$45.00$40.00
ATM IV16.8%12.2%28.6%20.0%16.7%
Expected Move4.6%3.5%8.2%5.7%4.8%
HV 20d10.5%6.9%12.6%12.6%6.9%
HV 60d10.9%10.5%12.1%12.1%10.5%
IV Rank5.4%2.2%13.5%7.5%5.3%
IV Percentile40.7%5.2%94.8%74.6%50.4%
Term Structure3.1%-16.6%16.9%1.8%11.2%
VWIV15.7%9.7%28.9%20.8%16.6%
Skew 25d5.4%-3.4%16.7%5.4%8.4%
Skew 10d15.3%-4.5%47.5%9.0%10.8%
Call IV 25d12.7%9.1%20.0%17.0%11.7%
Put IV 25d18.1%12.4%30.6%22.4%20.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %103.1077.33128.45107.14125.13
Gamma HHI0.750.440.920.890.71
Net GEX130.4K81.5K175.6K167.1K158.5K
Net DEX-4.2M-4.7M-3.5M-3.8M-4.5M
Net VEX-7.6K-9.9K-6.0K-8.7K-6.5K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.660.171.140.620.29
Total Volume460.42196752128235
Total OI2,0041,5852,2841,5851,787

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-02-01$46.28$45.0020.0%5.7%12.6%7.5%20.8%5.4%1.8%167.1K-3.8M-8.7K0.62107.1479491,236349
2017-02-02$46.21$40.0018.6%5.4%12.5%6.6%17.0%16.7%1.8%175.6K-3.7M-8.6K0.6997.9574511,242349
2017-02-03$46.61$40.0021.7%5.2%12.6%8.7%18.8%7.6%1.9%163.2K-4.1M-8.0K1.1498.683524001,243354
2017-02-06$46.45$40.0021.6%4.2%12.4%8.6%16.6%-3.0%4.2%81.5K-3.5M-9.9K0.8977.333463091,578688
2017-02-07$46.38$40.0017.4%3.9%12.0%5.8%13.7%4.3%5.3%85.7K-4.0M-8.8K0.8489.283683091,591693
2017-02-08$46.24$40.0016.5%4.7%12.0%5.1%16.3%15.3%-0.9%95.8K-3.7M-9.1K0.7186.313852751,591693
2017-02-09$46.21$40.0015.6%4.5%11.9%4.5%15.3%6.4%1.3%87.6K-3.7M-8.7K0.7297.423802751,580693
2017-02-10$46.51$40.0014.5%4.2%12.0%3.8%12.0%2.5%2.5%118.8K-4.0M-7.9K0.71101.083892751,581692
2017-02-13$46.84$40.0013.0%3.7%12.2%2.8%11.1%5.4%5.8%131.2K-4.3M-7.3K0.75102.973682751,581692
2017-02-14$46.99$40.0015.5%4.4%11.5%4.5%17.9%4.1%16.9%89.2K-4.1M-8.0K0.76128.453642751,576692
2017-02-15$47.22$40.0013.6%3.9%10.9%3.1%10.9%6.4%6.6%138.4K-4.6M-6.8K0.75105.273692751,575692
2017-02-16$47.05$40.0014.6%4.2%9.9%3.8%9.7%6.3%4.4%120.4K-4.5M-6.5K0.7599.463692751,566692
2017-02-17$46.96$40.0014.9%4.3%9.8%4.0%16.4%-2.9%2.1%160.3K-4.5M-6.4K0.8491.833292751,566692
2017-02-21$47.17$40.0012.2%3.5%9.8%2.2%13.3%3.3%10.6%136.9K-4.5M-6.0K0.85108.9452441,271451
2017-02-22$47.13$40.0028.6%8.2%8.0%13.5%28.9%-3.4%-16.6%132.6K-4.1M-7.0K0.42125.73111471,271451
2017-02-23$47.41$40.0015.2%4.4%7.8%4.3%12.9%9.5%-0.6%140.0K-4.5M-7.1K0.3995.51116451,341453
2017-02-24$47.23$40.0015.1%4.3%7.9%4.2%14.8%9.4%4.7%144.0K-4.5M-7.0K0.17114.00259451,335452
2017-02-27$47.03$40.0014.8%4.2%7.3%4.0%16.1%0.5%-4.9%150.4K-4.7M-6.3K0.17106.37259451,335452
2017-02-28$46.94$40.0016.7%4.8%6.9%5.3%16.6%8.4%11.2%158.5K-4.5M-6.5K0.29125.13182531,335452