L Options History — January 2021

In January 2021, L traded between $44.47 and $47.63. ATM implied volatility averaged 32.6%, placing in the 20.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 10.2% (HV 20d: 22.4%). Max pain ranged from $45.00 to $45.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.19.

Notable Days

  • 2021-01-14: Highest Volume — 827 contracts
  • 2021-01-27: Largest IV spike — 24.0% change
  • 2021-01-27: Highest IV Rank — 31.5%
  • 2021-01-27: Largest Expected Move — 12.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$46.49$44.47$47.63$44.47$45.56
Max Pain$45.00$45.00$45.00$45.00$45.00
ATM IV32.6%27.1%42.6%31.9%38.5%
Expected Move9.7%8.1%12.2%9.6%11.0%
HV 20d22.4%18.7%25.1%22.2%21.4%
HV 60d39.4%35.8%41.0%40.4%35.8%
IV Rank20.9%15.4%31.5%23.9%26.8%
IV Percentile30.4%14.3%60.3%29.8%50.0%
Term Structure-0.7%-5.5%0.6%0.1%-1.8%
VWIV31.8%20.6%42.9%33.3%38.4%
Skew 25d6.1%2.2%11.6%8.6%7.1%
Skew 10d8.3%-18.1%24.9%7.7%2.5%
Call IV 25d31.1%27.3%40.5%30.7%37.0%
Put IV 25d37.1%32.4%47.5%39.3%44.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %82.6070.8193.2270.8184.89
Gamma HHI0.400.250.520.280.44
Net GEX179.9K60.1K263.5K60.1K211.4K
Net DEX-3.7M-4.9M-1.6M-1.6M-3.3M
Net VEX-16.0K-19.0K-13.9K-14.6K-18.0K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.190.000.610.020.18
Total Volume192.5263827516138
Total OI4,004.6323,3954,6043,3954,604

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2021-01-04$44.47$45.0031.9%9.6%22.2%23.9%33.3%8.6%0.1%60.1K-1.6M-14.6K0.0270.81506101,9581,437
2021-01-05$44.92$45.0029.8%9.7%21.7%19.0%34.4%6.5%-2.0%144.8K-2.6M-16.5K0.1576.694672,3341,528
2021-01-06$46.86$45.0029.5%9.6%25.1%18.7%33.3%4.9%0.4%204.9K-4.6M-15.9K0.1077.83333332,3731,528
2021-01-07$46.81$45.0028.2%9.3%24.8%17.3%30.7%6.1%-0.6%177.3K-4.0M-15.9K0.6178.5038232,2831,540
2021-01-08$46.60$45.0027.1%9.3%24.7%15.7%28.5%6.5%0.1%157.9K-3.8M-15.5K0.5580.451162,2791,551
2021-01-11$46.56$45.0029.6%9.7%24.7%17.8%20.6%5.9%-0.3%143.7K-3.8M-15.2K0.0078.50302,2831,562
2021-01-12$47.02$45.0031.3%9.3%24.8%18.7%33.7%6.4%-0.2%145.9K-4.1M-14.6K0.0077.974702,2791,562
2021-01-13$47.09$45.0032.4%9.3%24.0%20.0%29.8%2.9%0.6%73.2K-4.2M-13.9K0.0878.86196152,2511,562
2021-01-14$47.42$45.0032.7%9.4%22.6%20.4%29.8%6.4%0.1%130.1K-4.8M-14.4K0.0381.94802252,4371,570
2021-01-15$47.25$45.0032.5%9.3%22.7%20.1%29.4%3.4%-0.1%185.7K-4.9M-17.1K0.0782.998062,9141,593
2021-01-19$47.63$45.0028.3%8.1%22.7%15.4%32.4%2.2%0.2%212.6K-4.1M-15.7K0.0383.633012,1471,470
2021-01-20$47.32$45.0031.4%9.0%21.4%18.9%28.2%4.5%0.6%206.5K-3.9M-15.3K0.1585.99192282,1591,472
2021-01-21$46.83$45.0032.1%9.2%21.9%19.7%28.9%6.1%0.3%218.5K-3.7M-15.2K0.1585.25142212,3431,485
2021-01-22$46.49$45.0032.2%9.2%21.0%19.7%31.4%5.8%0.3%208.5K-3.3M-15.1K0.6088.362031222,4251,506
2021-01-25$46.65$45.0034.6%9.9%19.0%22.5%31.2%11.6%-0.5%244.6K-3.5M-15.9K0.0591.53350182,6011,517
2021-01-26$46.39$45.0034.4%9.8%18.7%22.2%33.7%5.2%-0.7%263.5K-3.6M-17.8K0.3284.661962,9351,524
2021-01-27$45.38$45.0042.6%12.2%20.5%31.5%42.9%7.0%-5.5%182.0K-2.8M-19.0K0.0287.3116432,9511,530
2021-01-28$46.09$45.0039.3%11.3%20.9%27.8%33.7%8.3%-4.4%245.9K-3.7M-18.3K0.5593.2222123,0651,530
2021-01-29$45.56$45.0038.5%11.0%21.4%26.8%38.4%7.1%-1.8%211.4K-3.3M-18.0K0.1884.89117213,0741,530