L Options History — February 2020

In February 2020, L traded between $44.80 and $55.70. ATM implied volatility averaged 22.2%, placing in the 54.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.4%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.4% (HV 20d: 22.7%). Max pain ranged from $50.00 to $50.00. Net GEX was positive for 7 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.07.

Notable Days

  • 2020-02-10: Highest Volume — 746 contracts
  • 2020-02-27: Largest IV spike — 49.0% change
  • 2020-02-27: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2020-02-28: Largest Expected Move — 16.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$52.51$44.80$55.70$52.49$44.80
Max Pain$50.00$50.00$50.00$50.00$50.00
ATM IV22.2%14.6%56.8%25.5%56.8%
Expected Move6.4%4.3%16.3%7.3%16.3%
HV 20d22.7%15.8%35.3%16.4%35.3%
HV 60d18.3%15.3%24.9%15.3%24.9%
IV Rank54.1%28.2%100.0%80.0%100.0%
IV Percentile59.2%18.7%100.0%98.4%100.0%
Term Structure-1.7%-14.1%1.7%-4.4%-14.1%
VWIV23.8%15.4%69.2%26.5%69.2%
Skew 25d4.7%-9.3%15.0%4.3%15.0%
Skew 10d6.7%-22.6%49.0%3.2%49.0%
Call IV 25d21.7%11.0%52.1%19.9%52.1%
Put IV 25d26.5%18.8%67.1%24.2%67.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %72.7948.0989.3489.3470.78
Gamma HHI0.460.420.630.420.46
Net GEX-68.8K-326.4K254.8K-192.3K-218.6K
Net DEX160.6K-3.7M6.8M462.3K6.8M
Net VEX-10.8K-14.2K-8.1K-14.2K-13.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.070.043.492.143.49
Total Volume190.7891174622220
Total OI3,651.0533,1904,0833,1903,719

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2020-02-03$52.49$50.0025.5%7.3%16.4%80.0%26.5%4.3%-4.4%-192.3K462.3K-14.2K2.1489.347157262,464
2020-02-04$52.78$50.0019.4%5.6%15.8%51.1%20.3%4.6%-2.3%-167.3K-83.2K-12.6K0.0488.815127262,473
2020-02-05$53.58$50.0018.6%5.3%16.6%46.9%21.8%5.8%-1.1%-91.4K-760.1K-10.8K2.2589.2012277172,475
2020-02-06$53.35$50.0020.1%5.0%16.7%54.1%19.5%3.6%-0.4%-107.0K-610.0K-11.1K0.6886.6941287242,497
2020-02-07$53.42$50.0018.9%5.1%16.3%48.5%18.1%4.3%-0.6%-107.5K-623.2K-10.8K0.4972.774011987252,503
2020-02-10$55.70$50.0015.9%4.8%21.2%34.3%17.1%7.7%0.3%254.8K-3.7M-8.8K0.6384.974592871,1252,691
2020-02-11$54.78$50.0014.6%4.6%22.3%28.2%17.3%-4.4%1.1%157.5K-2.2M-9.7K0.7285.3786621,0862,864
2020-02-12$54.00$50.0015.7%4.5%23.1%33.1%16.0%4.6%0.9%50.7K-1.1M-9.7K2.6976.70491321,0452,848
2020-02-13$53.95$50.0015.8%4.5%22.8%33.6%16.2%5.4%1.2%66.6K-1.1M-9.8K0.3861.3274281,0672,852
2020-02-14$54.14$50.0015.4%4.4%22.7%31.7%15.5%-9.3%1.2%126.9K-1.2M-9.2K0.6184.4041251,1332,861
2020-02-18$53.72$50.0015.4%4.4%23.0%31.9%15.4%4.3%1.5%2.5K-868.7K-8.8K0.1972.924281,1612,872
2020-02-19$53.82$50.0014.9%4.3%22.3%29.6%19.9%4.1%1.7%-809-965.0K-8.9K1.1148.0927301,1892,871
2020-02-20$53.91$50.0015.7%4.5%22.2%33.5%19.9%4.5%1.2%33.8K-1.1M-8.1K1.7549.51471,1942,880
2020-02-21$53.68$50.0017.2%4.9%22.3%40.2%18.3%4.4%0.2%-48.2K-896.8K-8.7K0.8880.5317151,2082,875
2020-02-24$52.59$50.0021.7%6.2%23.5%62.0%25.4%5.3%-2.2%-175.7K110.7K-11.0K0.4565.432671208582,376
2020-02-25$50.60$50.0028.1%8.1%27.4%92.2%28.1%6.8%-2.6%-271.0K2.2M-13.2K0.3066.41146449382,458
2020-02-26$49.34$50.0029.3%8.4%28.2%97.8%32.5%7.2%-4.6%-292.8K3.1M-13.7K1.3457.161532051,0432,456
2020-02-27$47.04$50.0043.6%12.5%32.4%100.0%35.9%11.4%-9.3%-326.4K5.8M-13.5K0.2152.55243521,0492,621
2020-02-28$44.80$50.0056.8%16.3%35.3%100.0%69.2%15.0%-14.1%-218.6K6.8M-13.3K3.4970.78491711,1142,605