L Options History — January 2020

In January 2020, L traded between $51.01 and $52.90. ATM implied volatility averaged 18.0%, placing in the 44.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.5% (HV 20d: 12.5%). Max pain ranged from $50.00 to $50.00. Net GEX was positive for 15 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 2 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 5.98.

Notable Days

  • 2020-01-24: Highest Volume — 815 contracts
  • 2020-01-06: Largest IV spike — 64.5% change
  • 2020-01-31: Highest IV Rank — 70.9%
  • 2020-01-31: Largest Expected Move — 6.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$51.95$51.01$52.90$52.90$51.37
Max Pain$50.00$50.00$50.00$50.00$50.00
ATM IV18.0%8.8%23.6%8.8%23.6%
Expected Move5.5%2.5%6.8%2.5%6.8%
HV 20d12.5%10.9%14.9%13.4%14.3%
HV 60d15.8%14.6%16.7%16.7%15.1%
IV Rank44.3%0.2%70.9%0.2%70.9%
IV Percentile61.1%0.4%96.4%0.4%96.4%
Term Structure-0.5%-2.8%8.1%8.1%-2.8%
VWIV18.7%11.5%26.2%11.5%23.6%
Skew 25d4.7%0.4%11.0%10.5%11.0%
Skew 10d8.9%-0.8%20.0%4.0%20.0%
Call IV 25d15.2%8.4%20.5%8.4%14.7%
Put IV 25d20.0%11.6%25.7%18.9%25.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %79.6861.33104.4264.4585.91
Gamma HHI0.380.340.470.370.47
Net GEX-35.6K-268.4K45.1K38.7K-268.4K
Net DEX-688.8K-1.7M1.3M-1.5M1.3M
Net VEX-9.8K-15.2K-7.3K-9.6K-15.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio5.980.0061.690.006.30
Total Volume87.47638151873
Total OI2,3341,9343,1192,1143,119

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2020-01-02$52.90$50.008.8%2.5%13.4%0.2%11.5%10.5%8.1%38.7K-1.5M-9.6K0.0064.451807481,366
2020-01-03$52.75$50.009.5%2.7%13.7%3.8%15.5%1.4%7.4%32.4K-1.5M-9.6K3.0061.878247521,366
2020-01-06$52.05$50.0015.6%5.8%14.9%32.9%16.1%4.0%-0.6%15.8K-1.2M-9.4K0.6979.521397511,374
2020-01-07$52.00$50.0021.4%5.8%13.0%60.4%20.4%4.7%-0.7%13.3K-1.1M-9.5K0.1779.731227601,383
2020-01-08$52.06$50.0012.5%5.7%13.0%18.2%26.2%2.9%-0.9%24.1K-1.4M-8.6K3.6783.503117701,383
2020-01-09$52.65$50.0012.9%4.7%13.2%19.8%19.6%2.9%-0.3%42.2K-1.7M-8.3K0.0080.091007731,394
2020-01-10$52.05$50.0013.6%5.6%13.9%23.5%0.0%2.5%-0.5%19.1K-1.3M-9.1K0.0082.79407781,394
2020-01-13$51.98$50.0017.2%5.9%11.5%40.2%0.0%4.0%-1.4%16.4K-1.3M-8.7K0.0079.431307801,394
2020-01-14$52.07$50.0020.6%5.6%10.9%56.8%16.2%2.7%-0.3%29.9K-1.5M-8.3K2.3373.0912287901,394
2020-01-15$51.64$50.0019.6%5.6%11.2%52.0%16.3%3.8%-0.8%15.3K-1.3M-8.2K5.0081.882107961,420
2020-01-16$52.09$50.0020.0%5.7%11.1%53.5%20.0%2.9%-1.5%33.0K-1.5M-7.8K0.0083.153707961,430
2020-01-17$52.32$50.0019.5%5.6%11.2%51.5%17.1%3.6%-0.4%45.1K-1.6M-7.3K1.7486.1219338061,430
2020-01-21$51.60$50.0019.4%5.6%12.1%50.9%17.2%3.3%-0.8%19.6K-601.8K-7.7K0.6984.9529206521,282
2020-01-22$51.78$50.0020.2%5.8%11.7%54.4%19.8%3.8%-1.8%18.3K-539.3K-7.8K2.8361.3318516591,299
2020-01-23$51.61$50.0020.1%5.8%11.7%54.1%20.1%3.9%-1.2%10.0K-547.9K-7.8K0.0270.414216751,347
2020-01-24$51.28$50.0020.2%5.8%11.9%54.9%20.2%9.3%-2.2%-5.3K-413.2K-8.0K61.6973.22138026831,348
2020-01-27$51.01$50.0021.9%6.3%11.7%63.0%21.9%0.4%-2.5%-209.4K1.1M-13.5K35.1882.11113876922,083
2020-01-28$51.72$50.0021.2%6.1%12.7%59.4%21.2%8.7%-1.8%-227.1K865.7K-14.3K0.2083.461026902,339
2020-01-29$51.70$50.0022.5%6.5%12.7%65.8%19.7%10.4%-2.5%-231.8K864.1K-14.6K0.0091.94307202,340
2020-01-30$52.33$50.0018.1%5.2%13.2%44.9%13.2%2.6%-2.4%-178.6K337.0K-13.5K2.15104.4234737202,338
2020-01-31$51.37$50.0023.6%6.8%14.3%70.9%23.6%11.0%-2.8%-268.4K1.3M-15.2K6.3085.9110637182,401