L Options History — September 2017

In September 2017, L traded between $45.11 and $47.87. ATM implied volatility averaged 15.7%, placing in the 26.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.4%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.2% (HV 20d: 15.9%). Max pain ranged from $45.00 to $45.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.18.

Notable Days

  • 2017-09-07: Highest Volume — 894 contracts
  • 2017-09-05: Largest IV spike — 60.3% change
  • 2017-09-11: Highest IV Rank — 58.6%
  • 2017-09-07: Largest Expected Move — 7.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$47.14$45.11$47.87$46.90$47.83
Max Pain$45.00$45.00$45.00$45.00$45.00
ATM IV15.7%8.9%24.9%11.3%11.8%
Expected Move4.4%2.6%7.5%3.2%3.4%
HV 20d15.9%9.3%18.0%9.3%15.7%
HV 60d12.2%10.4%13.1%10.4%12.0%
IV Rank26.8%3.9%58.6%12.0%13.5%
IV Percentile49.0%1.6%93.7%14.3%17.5%
Term Structure1.4%-3.6%7.9%3.3%1.7%
VWIV15.4%10.4%20.9%11.0%12.7%
Skew 25d4.0%-4.2%16.0%0.5%-2.9%
Skew 10d5.0%-1.4%23.2%-0.0%0.6%
Call IV 25d13.7%9.5%22.2%10.9%13.8%
Put IV 25d17.6%10.6%38.2%11.4%10.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %28.944.4985.606.905.82
Gamma HHI0.510.380.800.800.64
Net GEX87.9K2.0K133.4K20.3K130.8K
Net DEX-1.6M-2.4M-666.7K-1.0M-1.7M
Net VEX-8.1K-10.2K-4.1K-4.1K-9.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.180.040.540.130.12
Total Volume513.8120894120456
Total OI1,442.759471,9029471,425

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-09-01$46.90$45.0011.3%3.2%9.3%12.0%11.0%0.5%3.3%20.3K-1.0M-4.1K0.136.9010614684263
2017-09-05$45.82$45.0018.2%4.7%11.9%35.4%16.1%-0.4%-1.3%2.0K-666.7K-4.3K0.549.6111261685263
2017-09-06$46.17$45.0019.6%4.8%12.5%40.4%15.0%1.1%0.4%11.4K-814.7K-4.3K0.1212.6554664687263
2017-09-07$45.11$45.0020.6%7.5%14.4%43.8%20.9%16.0%-3.3%51.2K-762.3K-7.3K0.2848.727001941,129267
2017-09-08$45.95$45.0019.5%5.4%16.5%40.1%18.0%-0.1%-0.2%3.1K-1.2M-7.2K0.0418.46473171,289447
2017-09-11$46.69$45.0024.9%5.5%17.7%58.6%14.1%8.5%0.3%48.2K-1.7M-7.5K0.0725.15480361,356453
2017-09-12$46.90$45.0021.0%5.5%17.8%45.0%17.1%8.7%-0.3%74.7K-2.0M-7.2K0.1150.04571651,348454
2017-09-13$47.11$45.0018.6%5.3%17.9%37.0%16.2%8.5%0.5%89.8K-2.2M-7.6K0.1353.51503651,408484
2017-09-14$47.23$45.0019.1%5.5%18.0%38.5%12.3%8.8%0.2%98.4K-2.3M-7.7K0.1526.06461691,410484
2017-09-15$47.47$45.0018.7%5.4%17.1%37.1%17.1%1.3%1.3%105.1K-2.4M-8.0K0.1619.19498781,416486
2017-09-18$47.48$45.0018.2%5.2%17.1%35.5%18.2%1.3%-3.6%115.8K-1.6M-8.6K0.2639.764621191,008177
2017-09-19$47.67$45.0012.5%3.6%17.1%16.1%18.2%2.7%1.7%124.5K-1.8M-10.0K0.1417.13513701,097223
2017-09-20$47.81$45.0012.8%3.7%17.0%17.0%14.6%4.5%1.8%124.6K-1.7M-9.7K0.2185.60419901,097243
2017-09-21$47.70$45.008.9%2.6%17.0%3.9%18.8%7.1%7.9%121.0K-1.7M-9.7K0.2128.73421901,099244
2017-09-22$47.65$45.009.2%2.7%16.8%4.9%17.4%7.2%7.7%118.4K-1.6M-9.7K0.2063.12441901,103244
2017-09-25$47.78$45.0010.6%3.0%16.7%9.5%12.3%10.2%7.2%129.5K-1.7M-9.6K0.2332.054421011,124244
2017-09-26$47.87$45.0012.5%3.6%15.9%16.0%10.4%4.5%1.3%133.4K-1.8M-9.9K0.144.49437631,127284
2017-09-27$47.85$45.0012.6%3.6%15.7%16.4%13.4%-4.2%0.9%126.3K-1.7M-10.2K0.1516.01416631,128286
2017-09-28$47.76$45.0012.5%3.6%15.7%16.0%13.3%-4.1%0.9%129.4K-1.6M-10.1K0.1515.72407631,140286
2017-09-29$47.83$45.0011.8%3.4%15.7%13.5%12.7%-2.9%1.7%130.8K-1.7M-9.9K0.125.82407491,139286