L Options History — September 2018

In September 2018, L traded between $49.69 and $52.17. ATM implied volatility averaged 14.6%, placing in the 30.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.5% (HV 20d: 11.1%). Max pain ranged from $45.00 to $50.00. Net GEX was positive for 10 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.20.

Notable Days

  • 2018-09-11: Highest Volume — 1,730 contracts
  • 2018-09-21: Largest IV drop — 7.8% change
  • 2018-09-20: Highest IV Rank — 34.0%
  • 2018-09-20: Largest Expected Move — 4.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$50.59$49.69$52.17$50.20$50.22
Max Pain$49.47$45.00$50.00$45.00$50.00
ATM IV14.6%14.0%15.4%14.8%14.0%
Expected Move4.2%4.0%4.4%4.3%4.0%
HV 20d11.1%9.7%13.6%9.9%13.6%
HV 60d12.3%11.8%13.3%12.0%13.3%
IV Rank30.6%28.2%34.0%31.6%28.2%
IV Percentile33.6%23.8%48.8%37.3%23.8%
Term Structure1.2%-0.3%2.3%0.6%2.3%
VWIV14.6%13.7%15.3%15.0%14.0%
Skew 25d4.2%-0.5%21.3%-0.5%1.6%
Skew 10d6.7%-0.8%39.3%-0.8%2.1%
Call IV 25d11.5%8.3%15.3%15.3%12.2%
Put IV 25d15.7%12.8%34.5%14.8%13.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %9.504.9224.597.236.27
Gamma HHI0.640.360.880.880.52
Net GEX180.9K-99.2K563.0K563.0K-99.2K
Net DEX-2.1M-5.7M800.8K-2.7M148.2K
Net VEX-35.1K-37.1K-31.0K-36.1K-36.6K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.200.286.562.753.04
Total Volume725.5263821,730382509
Total OI4,620.7893,8195,1664,8074,012

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-09-04$50.20$45.0014.8%4.3%9.9%31.6%15.0%-0.5%0.6%563.0K-2.7M-36.1K2.757.231022802,5812,226
2018-09-05$50.31$45.0015.1%4.3%10.0%32.8%15.1%2.6%-0.3%561.8K-3.0M-35.9K0.487.516012902,5812,429
2018-09-06$49.99$50.0015.1%4.2%10.2%32.8%14.6%6.9%1.4%257.5K-852.3K-33.5K2.5812.301092812,0792,429
2018-09-07$49.69$50.0014.1%4.2%9.9%28.7%14.7%1.4%1.7%298.1K-393.2K-33.4K0.494.926193032,0892,431
2018-09-10$49.91$50.0014.8%4.4%10.0%31.3%15.2%7.0%1.3%419.4K-1.7M-36.6K0.3912.568353292,4572,455
2018-09-11$50.12$50.0014.6%4.4%9.8%30.8%15.3%2.4%0.6%449.6K-1.9M-36.6K0.2820.811,3483822,4212,501
2018-09-12$49.98$50.0014.7%4.2%9.8%30.9%14.7%1.8%1.2%360.3K-1.2M-36.9K1.185.633283872,2902,601
2018-09-13$50.24$50.0014.4%4.1%9.7%29.9%14.5%7.0%1.0%396.5K-1.9M-36.4K1.1516.893303782,2982,601
2018-09-14$50.95$50.0014.1%4.1%10.3%28.8%14.1%3.1%1.7%264.6K-3.4M-34.9K0.905.264393972,2892,602
2018-09-17$50.74$50.0014.5%4.2%10.4%30.3%14.5%2.5%0.3%337.2K-3.2M-34.2K0.955.944193972,3032,622
2018-09-18$51.07$50.0014.6%4.2%10.6%30.8%14.6%4.9%0.9%-1.3K-3.9M-33.8K1.835.122173972,3032,615
2018-09-19$51.91$50.0014.5%4.1%11.9%30.1%14.4%0.2%1.0%-63.0K-4.9M-32.0K1.637.312433962,3002,615
2018-09-20$52.17$50.0015.4%4.4%11.0%34.0%14.8%5.9%0.7%-72.8K-5.2M-31.0K0.876.554533962,2942,613
2018-09-21$51.95$50.0014.2%4.1%10.6%29.0%13.7%4.9%0.7%-13.8K-5.7M-34.3K2.079.361913952,5532,613
2018-09-24$50.97$50.0014.1%4.1%12.7%28.7%14.0%3.9%1.9%-16.4K-1.0M-35.7K4.538.14753401,4382,381
2018-09-25$50.86$50.0014.2%4.1%12.6%29.0%14.2%3.7%2.1%-21.6K-800.2K-35.9K6.476.52754851,4502,396
2018-09-26$50.15$50.0014.8%4.3%13.6%31.6%14.8%21.3%1.0%-88.3K223.0K-36.9K6.5624.59754921,4502,511
2018-09-27$49.81$50.0014.7%4.2%13.6%31.2%14.8%0.3%1.6%-94.1K800.8K-37.1K3.567.491083841,4502,516
2018-09-28$50.22$50.0014.0%4.0%13.6%28.2%14.0%1.6%2.3%-99.2K148.2K-36.6K3.046.271263831,4852,527