L Options History — September 2019

In September 2019, L traded between $47.94 and $51.65. ATM implied volatility averaged 18.0%, placing in the 32.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.2% (HV 20d: 15.9%). Max pain ranged from $50.00 to $50.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 3.83.

Notable Days

  • 2019-09-25: Highest Volume — 937 contracts
  • 2019-09-25: Largest IV drop — 10.1% change
  • 2019-09-24: Highest IV Rank — 38.1%
  • 2019-09-24: Largest Expected Move — 5.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$50.46$47.94$51.65$47.94$51.65
Max Pain$50.00$50.00$50.00$50.00$50.00
ATM IV18.0%16.5%19.7%19.0%19.3%
Expected Move5.2%4.9%5.7%5.5%5.5%
HV 20d15.9%9.9%22.5%21.9%9.9%
HV 60d17.8%16.9%18.1%17.6%17.0%
IV Rank32.3%27.0%38.1%35.7%36.8%
IV Percentile50.3%34.5%65.9%61.1%61.1%
Term Structure0.8%-0.6%1.6%-0.2%0.3%
VWIV16.2%8.2%19.7%19.1%17.7%
Skew 25d3.9%-2.9%8.3%7.9%1.6%
Skew 10d5.9%-7.3%16.9%4.1%3.1%
Call IV 25d16.3%10.8%23.1%19.9%17.8%
Put IV 25d20.1%17.3%27.8%27.8%19.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %77.7956.7090.5156.7069.48
Gamma HHI0.670.510.800.660.66
Net GEX-347.2K-515.2K-155.4K-314.1K-418.4K
Net DEX2.4M209.7K5.6M5.6M2.4M
Net VEX-22.9K-28.3K-21.0K-21.0K-28.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio3.830.0036.480.580.00
Total Volume114.82937305
Total OI3,206.42,3343,5133,1533,513

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-09-03$47.94$50.0019.0%5.5%21.9%35.7%19.1%7.9%-0.2%-314.1K5.6M-21.0K0.5856.7019118972,256
2019-09-04$48.62$50.0019.5%5.6%22.4%37.5%19.5%-2.8%-0.6%-364.7K5.0M-21.7K0.0059.513208962,267
2019-09-05$49.02$50.0018.0%5.0%22.5%32.3%17.5%3.5%1.5%-420.6K4.7M-21.3K0.0486.614929192,267
2019-09-06$49.31$50.0017.1%5.2%21.7%28.9%0.0%4.8%1.0%-407.4K4.1M-22.2K0.1386.123049642,269
2019-09-09$49.55$50.0017.4%5.1%21.7%30.2%18.1%3.9%1.1%-435.7K3.8M-22.0K0.0886.35146119742,267
2019-09-10$49.78$50.0016.5%5.1%20.9%27.0%17.8%5.0%0.9%-477.5K3.4M-22.1K0.7285.3850369672,278
2019-09-11$49.81$50.0017.3%4.9%20.8%29.6%17.3%-1.1%0.9%-515.2K3.4M-22.3K0.0187.0615419852,314
2019-09-12$50.45$50.0017.1%4.9%15.0%29.0%15.9%6.0%1.4%-479.7K2.1M-23.1K0.0088.085401,0622,315
2019-09-13$50.72$50.0017.3%5.0%15.0%29.7%0.0%7.6%0.9%-483.8K1.6M-22.5K6.5083.15181171,0642,315
2019-09-16$50.89$50.0017.6%5.0%14.9%30.7%0.0%-2.9%0.7%-445.8K1.2M-22.7K0.0090.5113801,0692,421
2019-09-17$51.44$50.0018.1%5.2%15.1%32.5%8.2%8.3%0.7%-201.1K209.7K-21.9K0.0077.474301,0702,421
2019-09-18$51.25$50.0018.7%5.4%14.7%34.6%0.0%6.1%0.0%-259.9K431.3K-22.0K0.0089.98201,0772,421
2019-09-19$51.05$50.0017.6%5.1%14.9%30.9%9.1%5.7%1.1%-256.6K482.4K-21.8K0.3882.56831,0772,421
2019-09-20$50.91$50.0017.8%5.1%14.8%31.6%17.8%7.8%1.1%-170.1K571.9K-21.9K0.8684.9529251,0822,424
2019-09-23$51.58$50.0018.6%5.3%10.2%34.2%0.0%7.4%1.4%-155.4K897.9K-21.0K0.0061.64407111,623
2019-09-24$51.56$50.0019.7%5.7%10.0%38.1%19.7%2.1%0.6%-158.1K994.2K-21.1K4.4565.1320897171,643
2019-09-25$51.10$50.0017.7%5.1%10.4%31.2%13.3%5.5%1.6%-176.0K1.3M-22.2K36.4859.91259127291,707
2019-09-26$51.25$50.0017.8%5.1%10.4%31.3%17.7%1.8%1.5%-411.0K2.7M-28.3K0.0277.429327542,608
2019-09-27$51.36$50.0018.8%5.4%10.1%35.0%0.0%-1.0%1.0%-392.4K2.6M-28.2K26.3377.7161587562,608
2019-09-30$51.65$50.0019.3%5.5%9.9%36.8%0.0%1.6%0.3%-418.4K2.4M-28.3K0.0069.48507572,756