L Options History — January 2022

In January 2022, L traded between $58.05 and $61.58. ATM implied volatility averaged 28.7%, placing in the 20.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 8.9% (HV 20d: 19.8%). Max pain ranged from $50.00 to $60.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 2 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.45.

Notable Days

  • 2022-01-11: Highest Volume — 3,468 contracts
  • 2022-01-04: Largest IV spike — 75.7% change
  • 2022-01-21: Highest IV Rank — 30.8%
  • 2022-01-21: Largest Expected Move — 10.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$59.61$58.05$61.58$58.05$59.37
Max Pain$56.00$50.00$60.00$55.00$60.00
ATM IV28.7%20.0%36.1%20.0%25.3%
Expected Move8.4%5.7%10.3%5.7%7.2%
HV 20d19.8%17.4%21.6%20.0%18.9%
HV 60d21.3%20.7%22.2%20.8%20.9%
IV Rank20.2%7.4%30.8%7.4%15.1%
IV Percentile65.9%10.3%90.5%10.3%51.2%
Term Structure-4.3%-11.3%4.0%4.0%-2.5%
VWIV31.2%22.3%45.7%22.3%26.6%
Skew 25d6.5%-5.1%28.7%3.9%5.9%
Skew 10d13.8%-0.9%22.9%-0.9%11.7%
Call IV 25d28.7%20.5%38.9%20.5%27.9%
Put IV 25d35.2%24.4%61.3%24.4%33.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %90.8076.70105.5496.1999.04
Gamma HHI0.410.310.480.440.46
Net GEX147.4K118.5K192.6K131.7K192.6K
Net DEX-2.8M-4.0M-1.8M-2.2M-2.9M
Net VEX-16.0K-18.3K-13.5K-13.5K-18.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.450.3227.900.760.32
Total Volume562.31863,468409607
Total OI2,531.851,5554,0681,5582,114

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2022-01-03$58.05$55.0020.0%5.7%20.0%7.4%22.3%3.9%4.0%131.7K-2.2M-13.5K0.7696.192321771,109449
2022-01-04$59.48$55.0035.2%10.1%19.6%29.5%45.7%8.5%-9.0%136.2K-2.6M-14.1K0.7897.022301791,106449
2022-01-05$58.93$55.0021.6%6.2%19.8%9.8%25.3%3.6%3.8%149.8K-2.5M-13.7K0.47100.753301551,104451
2022-01-06$59.33$55.0022.8%7.8%19.9%11.5%30.9%-5.1%-4.7%152.8K-2.7M-15.5K0.4797.632651241,181482
2022-01-07$60.80$55.0023.7%8.0%21.2%12.7%26.7%3.0%-0.6%150.2K-3.5M-14.9K0.5589.93155861,181488
2022-01-10$60.43$50.0030.3%9.2%21.5%22.5%28.9%11.1%-10.0%154.6K-3.2M-14.8K0.5485.30121651,191497
2022-01-11$61.09$50.0035.4%10.2%21.6%29.8%32.6%7.0%-4.1%157.9K-3.6M-14.8K27.9078.961203,3481,208498
2022-01-12$61.23$50.0029.1%8.3%21.5%20.7%29.9%4.4%-1.1%154.7K-3.6M-14.5K10.5182.081011,0621,2082,394
2022-01-13$61.44$50.0025.7%7.4%21.5%15.8%25.9%4.2%-5.1%118.5K-3.7M-14.6K0.5282.262771451,2102,507
2022-01-14$61.58$50.0030.0%8.6%21.3%22.1%31.3%8.5%-4.1%141.2K-4.0M-18.3K0.8276.701791461,4252,555
2022-01-18$60.82$55.0029.3%8.4%21.2%21.0%29.3%7.0%-4.2%145.2K-3.6M-17.2K0.8183.951961581,4252,568
2022-01-19$59.72$60.0031.3%9.0%18.5%23.9%32.4%4.7%-11.3%144.9K-2.8M-16.8K0.7380.811961441,4252,562
2022-01-20$59.29$60.0025.9%7.4%17.4%16.0%26.9%5.3%-6.8%140.8K-2.5M-16.2K0.6083.552441471,4262,594
2022-01-21$58.11$60.0036.1%10.3%19.1%30.8%34.3%2.1%-3.3%140.5K-1.8M-17.1K0.5482.442291231,4372,631
2022-01-24$58.54$60.0029.3%8.4%19.1%21.0%32.7%14.1%-4.4%149.2K-2.2M-16.7K0.4792.44202951,368514
2022-01-25$58.47$60.0026.5%7.6%18.9%16.9%37.3%28.7%-3.4%143.8K-2.0M-15.9K0.41105.54202831,368539
2022-01-26$58.36$60.0034.5%9.9%18.4%28.6%36.4%-1.2%-8.2%151.5K-2.2M-16.9K0.56102.542041151,368558
2022-01-27$58.54$60.0031.4%9.0%18.5%24.0%36.2%11.1%-6.2%144.9K-2.2M-18.2K0.6199.222461501,385592
2022-01-28$58.53$60.0031.4%9.0%18.3%24.1%31.7%2.1%-4.4%146.7K-2.0M-18.0K0.5899.592581501,403667
2022-01-31$59.37$60.0025.3%7.2%18.9%15.1%26.6%5.9%-2.5%192.6K-2.9M-18.2K0.3299.044611461,447667