L Options History — April 2017

In April 2017, L traded between $45.80 and $47.51. ATM implied volatility averaged 16.3%, placing in the 10.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 6.2% (HV 20d: 10.1%). Max pain ranged from $45.00 to $45.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.81.

Notable Days

  • 2017-04-28: Highest Volume — 343 contracts
  • 2017-04-26: Largest IV spike — 93.2% change
  • 2017-04-28: Highest IV Rank — 22.6%
  • 2017-04-28: Largest Expected Move — 6.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$46.80$45.80$47.51$46.71$46.64
Max Pain$45.00$45.00$45.00$45.00$45.00
ATM IV16.3%10.6%22.5%10.6%22.5%
Expected Move4.7%3.0%6.5%3.0%6.5%
HV 20d10.1%8.6%12.7%8.6%12.7%
HV 60d10.3%9.5%10.8%10.6%10.8%
IV Rank10.5%1.1%22.6%1.1%22.6%
IV Percentile48.2%1.6%92.5%1.6%92.5%
Term Structure-2.1%-57.4%13.5%2.1%-57.4%
VWIV17.0%11.1%55.3%11.2%55.3%
Skew 25d2.5%-53.2%29.6%-0.8%-53.2%
Skew 10d14.5%-19.6%104.3%0.1%-19.6%
Call IV 25d17.0%9.9%75.5%12.9%75.5%
Put IV 25d19.6%11.7%45.7%12.2%22.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %95.7539.20124.97106.8656.69
Gamma HHI0.540.500.620.520.59
Net GEX56.9K46.5K68.8K54.2K68.8K
Net DEX-958.9K-1.1M-683.0K-913.5K-1.1M
Net VEX-4.2K-4.6K-3.7K-4.6K-4.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.810.491.280.490.49
Total Volume123.57986343109343
Total OI641.842627719629719

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-04-03$46.71$45.0010.6%3.0%8.6%1.1%11.2%-0.8%2.1%54.2K-913.5K-4.6K0.49106.867336481148
2017-04-04$47.07$45.0011.2%3.2%9.0%1.5%12.0%-0.0%1.9%58.1K-979.5K-4.4K0.49105.697336481146
2017-04-05$47.03$45.0014.5%4.2%9.0%3.8%23.4%-9.8%-4.5%63.6K-1.0M-4.6K0.7285.695036481146
2017-04-06$47.27$45.0014.9%4.4%9.1%4.1%11.2%7.5%3.2%58.4K-1.0M-4.4K0.63105.225736486146
2017-04-07$47.19$45.0013.5%4.0%9.1%3.1%11.3%4.4%2.9%58.7K-1.1M-4.2K0.60103.545734486146
2017-04-10$47.41$45.0014.6%4.5%9.3%3.8%11.1%7.0%4.3%56.7K-1.1M-4.3K0.60102.965734486146
2017-04-11$47.14$45.0016.6%4.3%9.5%5.2%11.2%6.6%3.7%58.9K-1.0M-4.2K0.64103.685334486146
2017-04-12$46.68$45.0017.8%5.1%9.7%14.8%12.5%7.4%-0.7%57.3K-1.0M-4.4K0.64114.095334487146
2017-04-13$46.27$45.0015.5%4.4%10.0%10.8%14.2%5.3%2.4%55.7K-820.6K-4.2K0.64104.345334487146
2017-04-17$46.27$45.0016.6%4.7%10.0%12.6%13.6%3.7%1.6%53.8K-833.5K-4.2K0.64100.895334487146
2017-04-18$46.21$45.0019.4%5.5%9.9%17.3%18.4%29.6%13.5%46.5K-683.0K-4.0K1.28124.975469487154
2017-04-19$45.80$45.0015.9%4.6%9.4%11.5%16.4%5.0%2.2%53.9K-700.7K-4.1K1.25110.375771488157
2017-04-20$46.13$45.0019.2%5.5%9.7%17.1%18.8%14.6%-2.9%52.8K-743.7K-4.1K1.25108.895771496163
2017-04-21$46.06$45.0018.7%5.4%9.7%16.3%17.8%13.6%-2.4%50.7K-763.8K-4.2K1.20110.145566496163
2017-04-24$47.04$45.0018.0%5.2%12.1%15.1%15.7%5.7%-6.8%59.0K-984.8K-3.9K1.2572.205366468164
2017-04-25$47.36$45.0011.5%3.3%12.2%4.0%14.9%-4.1%0.3%55.0K-1.1M-3.7K1.2092.265566468164
2017-04-26$47.51$45.0022.1%6.3%11.7%22.0%17.7%2.0%-4.1%57.5K-1.1M-3.8K0.7571.608866465164
2017-04-27$47.39$45.0016.2%4.7%11.8%12.0%16.8%3.6%1.7%60.8K-1.1M-3.8K0.5639.2011866505164
2017-04-28$46.64$45.0022.5%6.5%12.7%22.6%55.3%-53.2%-57.4%68.8K-1.1M-4.3K0.4956.69230113555164