L Options History — December 2017

In December 2017, L traded between $49.46 and $50.66. ATM implied volatility averaged 12.5%, placing in the 17.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 3.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.0% (HV 20d: 8.5%). Max pain ranged from $50.00 to $50.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 20 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.82.

Notable Days

  • 2017-12-04: Highest Volume — 976 contracts
  • 2017-12-11: Largest IV spike — 19.7% change
  • 2017-12-11: Highest IV Rank — 23.7%
  • 2017-12-04: Largest Expected Move — 4.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$49.96$49.46$50.66$50.45$50.08
Max Pain$50.00$50.00$50.00$50.00$50.00
ATM IV12.5%11.5%14.3%12.8%11.7%
Expected Move3.6%3.3%4.0%3.7%3.4%
HV 20d8.5%7.2%9.2%7.2%8.4%
HV 60d9.9%9.5%10.2%10.2%10.1%
IV Rank17.7%14.2%23.7%18.6%15.1%
IV Percentile29.3%20.2%46.8%31.3%20.2%
Term Structure2.7%0.7%5.9%1.0%3.2%
VWIV12.5%11.5%13.8%12.8%11.7%
Skew 25d3.3%-16.4%46.4%1.7%25.5%
Skew 10d5.5%-25.9%74.2%4.4%42.6%
Call IV 25d12.2%9.1%29.7%12.9%11.6%
Put IV 25d15.5%11.0%56.5%14.6%37.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %24.107.1582.229.8916.13
Gamma HHI0.750.470.990.970.55
Net GEX2.5M110.1K7.3M3.6M155.9K
Net DEX-6.7M-18.9M1.0M-17.7M-1.5M
Net VEX-15.5K-29.3K-9.2K-29.3K-9.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.820.152.230.310.81
Total Volume362.95113976623179
Total OI4,203.51,2427,0257,0251,318

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-12-01$50.45$50.0012.8%3.7%7.2%18.6%12.8%1.7%1.0%3.6M-17.7M-29.3K0.319.894771466,396629
2017-12-04$50.66$50.0013.2%4.0%7.3%19.9%13.8%3.8%1.7%3.7M-18.9M-25.4K0.1735.558361406,238685
2017-12-05$50.14$50.0012.7%3.8%8.3%18.4%13.3%1.9%2.2%4.1M-13.6M-25.5K0.7623.572692045,918695
2017-12-06$49.94$50.0012.3%3.8%8.2%17.1%13.1%1.3%1.9%4.2M-11.3M-24.9K0.4038.252771125,821823
2017-12-07$49.99$50.0012.6%3.5%8.2%18.1%12.0%46.4%0.7%4.4M-11.0M-23.6K0.3170.443261005,766840
2017-12-08$49.81$50.0011.9%3.6%8.2%15.8%12.7%1.1%2.2%4.7M-9.2M-22.4K0.2923.753591055,765845
2017-12-11$50.04$50.0014.3%3.7%8.3%23.7%13.0%1.4%2.3%5.4M-12.1M-19.6K0.4425.35209915,845855
2017-12-12$50.34$50.0013.6%3.7%8.1%21.2%12.9%2.4%2.3%5.9M-16.7M-17.1K0.1539.19590915,827861
2017-12-13$49.89$50.0012.5%3.6%8.7%17.8%12.5%-16.4%5.9%7.3M-8.6M-16.0K0.2982.223771095,441860
2017-12-14$49.46$50.0012.4%3.6%9.2%17.5%12.4%0.1%2.7%4.5M-2.8M-12.4K0.358.843041075,292884
2017-12-15$49.71$50.0013.1%3.7%8.5%19.6%13.1%0.7%1.8%110.1K1.0M-9.5K0.1528.76662975,270901
2017-12-18$49.99$50.0012.2%3.5%8.7%16.8%12.2%0.7%3.6%113.4K-1.3M-9.4K0.997.157978918324
2017-12-19$49.65$50.0013.2%3.8%9.0%20.0%13.2%-1.0%3.2%115.3K-1.2M-9.3K2.2315.233578946324
2017-12-20$49.54$50.0011.9%3.4%9.0%15.8%11.9%0.6%3.1%121.9K-1.2M-9.3K2.0810.763879947324
2017-12-21$49.76$50.0011.5%3.3%9.1%14.2%11.5%0.2%2.8%126.4K-1.3M-9.3K1.279.686380951325
2017-12-22$49.68$50.0012.1%3.5%9.2%16.3%12.1%-0.1%3.4%136.2K-1.3M-9.4K1.517.975380977325
2017-12-26$49.90$50.0011.7%3.4%9.0%15.0%11.7%-4.9%3.2%144.2K-1.4M-9.2K1.2910.476280978325
2017-12-27$49.99$50.0012.2%3.5%8.5%16.7%12.2%0.7%2.8%147.2K-1.5M-9.2K1.238.796580989325
2017-12-28$50.14$50.0012.2%3.5%8.4%16.6%12.2%0.9%3.1%153.1K-1.6M-9.4K1.299.926280992325
2017-12-29$50.08$50.0011.7%3.4%8.4%15.1%11.7%25.5%3.2%155.9K-1.5M-9.2K0.8116.139980993325