L Options History — February 2019

In February 2019, L traded between $44.62 and $48.08. ATM implied volatility averaged 17.6%, placing in the 19.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 4.3% (HV 20d: 21.8%). Max pain ranged from $50.00 to $50.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.63.

Notable Days

  • 2019-02-11: Highest Volume — 1,739 contracts
  • 2019-02-05: Largest IV spike — 38.3% change
  • 2019-02-08: Highest IV Rank — 44.9%
  • 2019-02-08: Largest Expected Move — 6.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$47.26$44.62$48.08$47.93$47.56
Max Pain$50.00$50.00$50.00$50.00$50.00
ATM IV17.6%13.2%23.9%18.4%16.2%
Expected Move5.1%3.8%6.8%5.4%4.6%
HV 20d21.8%9.3%28.2%12.6%27.5%
HV 60d21.8%18.9%23.5%19.5%22.4%
IV Rank19.7%2.2%44.9%23.0%13.9%
IV Percentile44.0%1.6%77.0%50.8%34.9%
Term Structure-0.1%-3.0%7.1%-1.0%-3.0%
VWIV17.5%14.3%21.9%19.7%16.6%
Skew 25d4.0%0.4%9.2%8.3%0.4%
Skew 10d6.9%1.9%15.9%15.9%1.9%
Call IV 25d16.7%11.6%19.8%19.1%18.6%
Put IV 25d20.6%17.2%27.3%27.3%19.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %68.8647.3495.1295.1261.45
Gamma HHI0.580.410.880.640.54
Net GEX-208.3K-346.8K-114.1K-253.3K-195.1K
Net DEX5.6M4.4M8.1M4.6M6.9M
Net VEX-13.3K-17.0K-7.8K-16.3K-12.5K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.630.011.320.010.59
Total Volume380.053211,73931194
Total OI4,104.4743,0545,1703,0544,508

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-02-01$47.93$50.0018.4%5.4%12.6%23.0%19.7%8.3%-1.0%-253.3K4.6M-16.3K0.0195.1230839362,118
2019-02-04$47.94$50.0014.9%5.3%10.4%8.9%18.5%5.0%0.3%-200.0K4.4M-16.8K0.4085.042081,2312,118
2019-02-05$48.01$50.0020.6%5.3%10.0%31.8%18.4%4.5%0.3%-198.1K4.4M-16.6K0.7282.7194681,2542,114
2019-02-06$47.97$50.0019.0%5.4%9.3%25.2%0.0%4.5%-0.4%-193.9K4.4M-17.0K0.1381.947291,2882,174
2019-02-07$47.75$50.0019.7%5.7%9.4%28.3%21.9%3.8%-1.3%-178.1K4.7M-16.0K0.2583.51168421,3592,182
2019-02-08$47.35$50.0023.9%6.8%9.9%44.9%21.3%3.7%-2.9%-149.4K5.1M-14.9K0.7754.575494231,5152,172
2019-02-11$44.62$50.0019.1%5.5%23.6%25.8%19.4%9.2%0.6%-260.7K8.1M-7.8K0.9576.578928472,1342,481
2019-02-12$45.91$50.0018.1%5.2%25.9%21.5%17.6%4.8%1.0%-114.1K5.5M-10.1K0.4471.706252752,5952,575
2019-02-13$46.92$50.0018.1%5.2%27.1%21.8%17.8%1.9%1.2%-195.3K5.4M-11.3K0.6073.801761062,4012,615
2019-02-14$46.08$50.0017.9%5.1%27.9%21.1%17.9%4.4%1.4%-148.3K6.0M-9.2K0.6471.941621042,4012,611
2019-02-15$46.62$50.0017.4%5.0%28.2%19.0%14.3%5.6%1.3%-134.3K5.8M-9.5K0.6371.48153972,3992,607
2019-02-19$47.18$50.0019.0%5.4%28.0%25.3%19.0%1.6%-0.5%-185.2K6.4M-10.6K0.8256.843162601,1092,131
2019-02-20$47.48$50.0019.6%5.6%27.7%27.6%16.4%2.9%-1.0%-227.8K5.5M-12.8K1.3247.3459781,3372,356
2019-02-21$47.50$50.0015.7%4.5%27.6%12.0%14.6%3.3%7.1%-231.5K5.5M-13.1K0.9752.512692611,3632,356
2019-02-22$47.76$50.0014.5%4.1%27.6%7.1%14.6%2.8%-1.1%-261.0K5.7M-14.9K1.2059.032112531,5942,528
2019-02-25$48.08$50.0014.1%4.0%27.5%5.7%14.8%4.4%-0.7%-346.8K5.6M-15.8K0.2462.191741,7562,706
2019-02-26$47.75$50.0013.2%3.8%27.6%2.2%16.5%2.5%-1.4%-267.1K6.3M-14.5K0.6450.2174471,7522,702
2019-02-27$47.60$50.0014.9%4.3%27.6%8.8%16.0%1.6%-2.7%-218.1K6.8M-13.2K0.6070.3448291,7882,719
2019-02-28$47.56$50.0016.2%4.6%27.5%13.9%16.6%0.4%-3.0%-195.1K6.9M-12.5K0.5961.4559351,7862,722