L Options History — January 2019

In January 2019, L traded between $44.65 and $48.01. ATM implied volatility averaged 23.7%, placing in the 45.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.7% (HV 20d: 20.0%). Max pain ranged from $45.00 to $50.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 3 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.19.

Notable Days

  • 2019-01-30: Highest Volume — 237 contracts
  • 2019-01-30: Largest IV spike — 86.2% change
  • 2019-01-03: Highest IV Rank — 67.1%
  • 2019-01-02: Largest Expected Move — 8.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$46.70$44.65$48.01$45.03$47.81
Max Pain$45.24$45.00$50.00$45.00$50.00
ATM IV23.7%12.8%28.7%28.6%17.5%
Expected Move6.8%3.7%8.2%8.2%5.5%
HV 20d20.0%13.3%24.0%23.7%13.3%
HV 60d23.6%22.2%25.4%25.3%22.2%
IV Rank45.3%0.4%67.1%66.7%19.5%
IV Percentile73.3%0.8%92.9%92.9%45.2%
Term Structure-0.8%-3.0%7.9%-1.2%-0.4%
VWIV21.9%11.0%27.8%27.4%12.5%
Skew 25d4.8%-6.1%13.3%3.6%4.1%
Skew 10d4.3%-14.8%21.0%5.3%15.4%
Call IV 25d19.9%12.1%24.8%21.9%18.4%
Put IV 25d24.7%13.3%31.6%25.5%22.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %87.5572.82114.2772.8279.37
Gamma HHI0.700.660.750.680.67
Net GEX-245.8K-328.2K-148.7K-156.1K-280.7K
Net DEX5.1M4.4M5.8M5.6M4.7M
Net VEX-16.2K-17.0K-15.4K-16.3K-16.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.190.004.000.180.03
Total Volume71.66702370115
Total OI2,821.7622,7192,9952,7272,995

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-01-02$45.03$45.0028.6%8.2%23.7%66.7%0.0%3.6%-1.2%-156.1K5.6M-16.3K0.0072.82007062,021
2019-01-03$44.65$45.0028.7%7.9%21.8%67.1%27.4%6.8%-1.9%-148.7K5.8M-15.4K0.1885.941127062,022
2019-01-04$45.68$45.0027.0%7.6%23.6%61.0%25.8%6.9%-1.4%-187.1K5.7M-15.4K0.6481.2242277062,023
2019-01-07$46.14$45.0027.2%7.6%23.9%61.7%26.8%6.6%-1.6%-202.1K5.2M-17.0K1.5081.3610157242,042
2019-01-08$45.76$45.0026.4%7.5%24.0%58.8%26.0%7.4%-1.3%-179.0K5.4M-16.6K2.4580.2611277212,040
2019-01-09$46.09$45.0025.9%7.4%21.9%56.8%25.0%7.3%-1.8%-205.5K5.4M-16.0K2.8386.0512347222,055
2019-01-10$46.41$45.0024.7%7.1%21.8%48.2%24.2%6.0%-1.4%-215.5K5.2M-16.5K2.0584.7121437232,055
2019-01-11$46.50$45.0024.5%7.0%21.7%47.5%27.8%5.6%-1.6%-244.5K5.3M-15.6K1.0789.3887937222,117
2019-01-14$46.69$45.0024.9%7.1%21.7%48.9%0.0%3.3%-2.1%-254.3K5.1M-16.8K0.2090.57517772,117
2019-01-15$46.62$45.0024.6%7.1%21.3%47.9%0.0%5.1%-1.7%-240.4K5.1M-16.5K0.1085.821017772,116
2019-01-16$46.76$45.0024.5%7.0%21.2%47.5%19.2%4.3%-1.5%-250.0K4.9M-16.5K0.4084.761047822,115
2019-01-17$46.74$45.0023.7%6.8%21.2%44.3%23.1%2.8%-1.6%-249.2K4.9M-16.3K1.6084.2610167822,117
2019-01-18$47.44$45.0022.8%6.5%21.5%40.4%22.8%3.8%0.2%-294.1K4.6M-16.6K3.6483.3011407822,129
2019-01-22$46.81$45.0025.2%7.2%22.0%50.4%25.3%12.6%-2.7%-265.9K5.4M-15.9K4.0084.363126402,079
2019-01-23$47.11$45.0025.2%7.2%21.2%50.2%25.3%4.0%-2.4%-282.5K5.3M-15.4K1.7182.107126432,079
2019-01-24$47.33$45.0025.4%7.3%17.6%51.0%25.4%4.1%-2.5%-300.2K5.2M-16.3K1.0590.2219206432,079
2019-01-25$47.75$45.0016.8%4.8%14.3%16.4%13.1%-6.1%-1.2%-328.2K4.8M-16.7K0.3998.0151206552,096
2019-01-28$47.56$45.0012.8%3.7%14.3%0.4%11.0%2.2%7.3%-318.7K5.1M-15.4K0.00106.3523106472,116
2019-01-29$47.75$45.0014.6%4.2%14.3%7.7%11.0%13.3%7.9%-274.1K4.8M-16.9K0.0093.4823418772,116
2019-01-30$48.01$45.0027.2%7.8%13.7%58.2%21.7%-2.5%-3.0%-285.8K4.4M-16.8K0.01114.2723438772,116
2019-01-31$47.81$50.0017.5%5.5%13.3%19.5%12.5%4.1%-0.4%-280.7K4.7M-16.4K0.0379.3711238772,118