L Options History — November 2020

In November 2020, L traded between $36.66 and $44.73. ATM implied volatility averaged 33.4%, placing in the 26.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.5%. IV traded below realized volatility by 21.7% (HV 20d: 55.1%). Max pain ranged from $35.00 to $35.00. Net GEX was positive for 16 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 16 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.72.

Notable Days

  • 2020-11-02: Highest Volume — 1,217 contracts
  • 2020-11-30: Largest IV spike — 24.2% change
  • 2020-11-02: Highest IV Rank — 42.7%
  • 2020-11-02: Largest Expected Move — 14.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$41.57$36.66$44.73$37.20$42.17
Max Pain$35.00$35.00$35.00$35.00$35.00
ATM IV33.4%27.9%49.2%49.2%35.4%
Expected Move9.5%8.0%14.1%14.1%10.2%
HV 20d55.1%39.8%61.0%39.8%59.7%
HV 60d42.6%35.5%45.2%35.7%45.2%
IV Rank26.0%20.2%42.7%42.7%28.1%
IV Percentile36.0%24.6%74.2%74.2%36.9%
Term Structure0.1%-6.8%1.8%-6.8%-0.7%
VWIV32.8%16.9%47.5%47.5%30.3%
Skew 25d6.7%-2.9%12.4%7.2%4.5%
Skew 10d17.2%-25.4%43.5%27.2%12.4%
Call IV 25d30.1%20.1%49.4%43.6%30.9%
Put IV 25d36.8%32.5%50.7%50.7%35.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %75.3554.8681.9476.4081.94
Gamma HHI0.390.280.490.470.32
Net GEX122.1K-80.4K193.2K-41.7K173.6K
Net DEX-5.0M-7.4M-298.6K-555.2K-4.8M
Net VEX-14.1K-17.9K-10.7K-17.6K-12.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.720.003.500.441.67
Total Volume198.3161,2171,21716
Total OI4,935.33,5845,5884,5454,154

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2020-11-02$37.20$35.0049.2%14.1%39.8%42.7%47.5%7.2%-6.8%-41.7K-555.2K-17.6K0.4476.408433742,1412,404
2020-11-03$38.07$35.0042.6%12.2%39.9%35.7%45.0%-2.9%-4.7%-17.8K-1.5M-17.6K0.3080.21284842,1412,404
2020-11-04$36.66$35.0039.9%11.4%42.2%32.9%39.9%2.3%-1.3%-80.4K-298.6K-17.9K0.1954.864282,4072,683
2020-11-05$37.92$35.0033.3%9.7%43.1%25.9%34.8%7.6%0.4%4.9K-1.9M-17.4K0.4769.0453252,4292,685
2020-11-06$37.94$35.0031.7%9.3%43.1%24.2%32.6%6.5%1.2%-14.8K-1.8M-16.6K0.1976.313262,3912,706
2020-11-09$42.89$35.0034.1%9.2%61.0%26.8%32.4%4.7%0.9%169.4K-6.8M-12.3K0.1374.39698882,4072,710
2020-11-10$42.26$35.0038.7%10.2%59.2%31.6%16.9%7.6%0.3%181.7K-6.1M-15.5K1.3773.1927372,6852,748
2020-11-11$41.17$35.0034.3%9.8%59.9%27.0%33.1%7.0%0.2%191.1K-5.2M-15.2K0.9873.6042412,6902,772
2020-11-12$40.90$35.0034.4%9.9%60.1%27.0%31.6%6.2%0.2%191.9K-5.0M-15.2K1.4381.417102,6872,776
2020-11-13$42.40$35.0034.3%9.8%60.9%26.9%29.5%6.9%1.3%183.4K-6.3M-14.2K0.0068.998702,6882,792
2020-11-16$43.38$35.0030.4%8.7%60.1%22.9%32.6%9.3%1.3%180.3K-7.2M-12.7K0.5569.9555302,6892,793
2020-11-17$43.53$35.0029.9%8.6%60.1%22.4%32.3%8.9%1.8%157.9K-7.4M-12.0K0.6776.861282,7172,819
2020-11-18$43.30$35.0029.9%8.6%60.4%22.3%31.9%8.4%1.8%154.9K-7.2M-11.8K0.7981.5975592,7202,820
2020-11-19$42.91$35.0028.7%8.2%60.7%21.1%32.7%3.9%1.4%184.2K-6.8M-12.3K1.0776.3914152,7192,861
2020-11-20$42.66$35.0027.9%8.0%61.0%20.3%30.3%5.6%1.3%141.3K-6.8M-11.9K0.0480.284622,7242,864
2020-11-23$43.51$35.0027.9%8.0%58.6%20.2%32.2%7.5%0.9%151.2K-5.7M-10.7K0.0077.6621502,2481,336
2020-11-24$44.73$35.0028.4%8.1%57.9%20.8%29.3%12.4%0.6%150.8K-6.4M-11.9K0.0376.79543182,2681,336
2020-11-25$44.33$35.0028.3%8.1%56.6%20.7%33.8%12.0%0.9%193.2K-6.3M-13.2K0.5877.9033192,7751,352
2020-11-27$43.50$35.0028.5%8.2%57.7%20.9%28.0%8.4%0.2%186.6K-5.8M-13.5K3.5079.314142,7971,368
2020-11-30$42.17$35.0035.4%10.2%59.7%28.1%30.3%4.5%-0.7%173.6K-4.8M-12.8K1.6781.946102,7961,358