L Options History — December 2019

In December 2019, L traded between $48.65 and $52.42. ATM implied volatility averaged 17.2%, placing in the 38.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.9%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.8% (HV 20d: 18.1%). Max pain ranged from $50.00 to $50.00. Net GEX was positive for 3 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.65.

Notable Days

  • 2019-12-20: Highest Volume — 70 contracts
  • 2019-12-26: Largest IV spike — 10.5% change
  • 2019-12-03: Highest IV Rank — 48.5%
  • 2019-12-03: Largest Expected Move — 5.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$50.84$48.65$52.42$50.33$52.42
Max Pain$50.00$50.00$50.00$50.00$50.00
ATM IV17.2%15.6%19.6%18.1%18.4%
Expected Move4.9%4.5%5.6%5.2%5.3%
HV 20d18.1%11.2%19.8%11.2%18.9%
HV 60d18.0%16.3%18.8%16.3%16.7%
IV Rank38.6%31.0%48.5%42.1%45.9%
IV Percentile42.0%23.0%68.3%53.6%62.3%
Term Structure1.5%-1.0%2.8%-0.6%0.8%
VWIV16.8%10.4%20.8%19.6%18.7%
Skew 25d4.8%-3.2%9.1%-3.2%5.8%
Skew 10d7.6%-7.4%15.6%-4.2%8.4%
Call IV 25d13.4%10.0%22.0%22.0%10.6%
Put IV 25d18.1%15.2%25.0%18.9%16.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %74.3859.3892.1170.7864.92
Gamma HHI0.540.360.730.620.36
Net GEX-379.7K-861.0K30.4K-562.0K30.4K
Net DEX739.5K-1.5M5.0M2.2M-1.4M
Net VEX-14.3K-19.8K-9.6K-19.8K-9.6K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.650.0024.000.500.00
Total Volume24.61917036
Total OI3,1842,0163,6613,5952,110

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-12-02$50.33$50.0018.1%5.2%11.2%42.1%0.0%-3.2%-0.6%-562.0K2.2M-19.8K0.5070.78211,0262,569
2019-12-03$48.65$50.0019.6%5.6%16.6%48.5%19.6%-2.5%-1.0%-501.5K5.0M-19.5K0.3568.5446161,0252,570
2019-12-04$48.92$50.0018.8%5.4%15.2%45.2%18.9%5.3%-1.0%-541.0K4.7M-19.3K0.5089.70421,0452,578
2019-12-05$49.18$50.0017.0%5.0%15.2%37.1%17.4%0.4%2.0%-625.2K4.4M-18.7K0.2192.112451,0462,580
2019-12-06$50.31$50.0017.6%5.0%17.5%39.6%0.0%5.2%1.9%-654.2K2.3M-19.0K4.7586.684191,0582,579
2019-12-09$50.39$50.0017.6%5.0%17.5%39.8%17.3%8.8%2.1%-712.7K1.8M-17.2K0.4080.20521,0562,555
2019-12-10$50.16$50.0017.3%5.1%17.2%38.2%18.6%4.1%1.7%-791.1K2.5M-17.6K2.3166.6913301,0562,555
2019-12-11$49.97$50.0017.0%4.9%17.1%37.6%17.0%3.1%2.2%-861.0K2.7M-17.3K0.2784.351541,0582,565
2019-12-12$51.14$50.0017.7%5.1%19.0%40.7%10.4%9.1%1.6%-582.1K113.3K-14.1K0.0669.813421,0582,561
2019-12-13$50.68$50.0016.4%4.7%19.0%34.9%20.8%8.4%2.4%-784.6K1.0M-16.5K0.5379.5919101,0702,563
2019-12-16$51.03$50.0015.8%4.5%19.1%32.2%15.8%5.3%2.8%-656.0K-195.5K-13.4K24.0067.461241,0672,573
2019-12-17$51.52$50.0015.9%4.6%19.3%32.4%15.9%5.9%2.7%-237.3K-1.3M-11.2K0.0089.032701,0672,594
2019-12-18$51.43$50.0016.3%4.7%19.4%34.2%12.3%6.0%2.3%-178.6K-1.1M-12.4K0.2082.44511,0622,594
2019-12-19$51.12$50.0015.9%4.6%19.5%32.6%15.6%4.9%2.5%-299.0K-1.1M-10.8K0.0082.901001,0632,594
2019-12-20$51.59$50.0015.6%4.5%19.7%31.0%13.8%5.4%2.6%-16.7K-1.5M-9.9K0.2184.6358121,0622,594
2019-12-23$51.36$50.0016.2%4.7%19.8%34.0%16.2%5.0%2.1%-16.3K-714.5K-11.0K0.2960.092476711,345
2019-12-24$51.49$50.0016.3%4.7%19.8%34.5%0.0%5.3%2.2%-11.7K-805.2K-11.1K0.0061.34106891,352
2019-12-26$51.88$50.0018.1%5.2%19.8%42.2%18.0%6.6%1.2%-2.0K-952.8K-10.6K0.0859.386356891,352
2019-12-27$51.97$50.0018.4%5.3%19.6%43.6%18.4%6.7%0.6%15.9K-1.1M-10.7K0.0860.651317491,355
2019-12-30$52.05$50.0018.1%5.2%19.6%44.5%18.7%4.8%0.6%13.5K-1.1M-10.1K0.0060.69207431,366
2019-12-31$52.42$50.0018.4%5.3%18.9%45.9%0.0%5.8%0.8%30.4K-1.4M-9.6K0.0064.92607441,366