L Options History — February 2022

In February 2022, L traded between $58.90 and $62.03. ATM implied volatility averaged 27.6%, placing in the 18.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 8.9% (HV 20d: 18.7%). Max pain ranged from $55.00 to $60.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.43.

Notable Days

  • 2022-02-04: Highest Volume — 1,140 contracts
  • 2022-02-03: Largest IV spike — 30.7% change
  • 2022-02-04: Highest IV Rank — 26.5%
  • 2022-02-28: Largest Expected Move — 9.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$61.21$58.90$62.03$60.63$61.26
Max Pain$55.53$55.00$60.00$60.00$55.00
ATM IV27.6%21.8%33.1%29.3%32.2%
Expected Move7.7%6.2%9.2%8.4%9.2%
HV 20d18.7%15.7%25.9%20.2%25.9%
HV 60d20.6%19.7%21.8%20.9%21.8%
IV Rank18.5%10.0%26.5%21.0%25.2%
IV Percentile64.3%23.8%88.1%76.2%87.3%
Term Structure-2.0%-12.3%3.7%-0.6%-0.7%
VWIV26.4%21.8%33.8%28.1%33.8%
Skew 25d6.5%1.8%21.1%1.8%6.5%
Skew 10d14.5%-0.0%51.6%-0.0%10.8%
Call IV 25d24.6%21.0%30.7%30.7%28.1%
Put IV 25d31.1%26.5%45.4%32.5%34.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %93.6278.49103.49101.6891.71
Gamma HHI0.440.350.540.530.35
Net GEX288.6K171.2K385.1K278.6K200.8K
Net DEX-4.2M-5.1M-2.0M-4.0M-3.1M
Net VEX-16.5K-18.9K-12.3K-18.9K-15.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.430.210.720.640.25
Total Volume5103711,140377392
Total OI2,499.2632,1072,9542,2752,126

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2022-02-01$60.63$60.0029.3%8.4%20.2%21.0%28.1%1.8%-0.6%278.6K-4.0M-18.9K0.64101.682301471,608667
2022-02-02$61.43$60.0022.9%6.6%18.9%11.7%22.5%21.1%3.0%314.7K-4.6M-17.6K0.6596.442261461,618663
2022-02-03$61.12$55.0030.0%7.8%18.6%22.0%30.0%7.6%-3.0%266.7K-4.4M-18.9K0.6378.492281431,625664
2022-02-04$61.63$55.0033.1%6.9%18.7%26.5%24.7%6.1%1.2%287.3K-4.8M-17.0K0.3990.588233171,641669
2022-02-07$60.87$55.0027.6%7.2%17.3%18.5%26.2%4.5%-1.9%381.8K-4.6M-12.3K0.5688.334062292,073881
2022-02-08$61.80$55.0028.1%8.6%17.9%19.2%24.3%13.1%-4.9%347.3K-5.1M-17.6K0.7298.373072222,017886
2022-02-09$61.57$55.0022.2%6.4%17.6%10.6%21.8%5.3%0.9%385.1K-4.9M-17.1K0.5996.183091831,994790
2022-02-10$61.96$55.0028.1%8.1%17.7%19.2%26.6%5.1%-3.1%364.4K-5.1M-16.9K0.4599.043211461,930780
2022-02-11$61.63$55.0027.2%7.8%17.8%18.0%26.6%3.7%-2.2%336.1K-4.6M-17.9K0.3886.373581371,885824
2022-02-14$61.03$55.0027.7%7.9%18.1%18.7%25.8%6.3%0.2%342.3K-4.0M-16.4K0.4387.423081321,880822
2022-02-15$61.23$55.0025.4%7.3%17.6%15.3%24.0%4.5%-0.3%338.2K-4.2M-16.9K0.3893.373121191,879842
2022-02-16$62.03$55.0027.0%7.7%16.7%17.6%26.0%6.9%-3.5%327.1K-5.1M-16.1K0.3097.133701111,873840
2022-02-17$61.13$55.0031.4%9.0%17.4%24.0%30.3%7.7%-5.1%332.8K-4.3M-16.0K0.3696.173701341,904843
2022-02-18$61.76$55.0027.9%8.0%15.7%18.9%26.7%6.4%-0.9%191.0K-5.0M-16.0K0.3088.815211541,904850
2022-02-22$61.13$55.0028.2%8.1%16.3%19.4%28.1%4.7%-12.3%202.3K-3.3M-16.5K0.3695.793831361,366741
2022-02-23$60.06$55.0025.9%7.4%17.7%16.0%24.6%3.1%-2.6%200.0K-2.7M-15.6K0.3194.723631131,382761
2022-02-24$58.90$55.0021.8%6.2%19.2%10.0%25.9%2.5%3.7%171.2K-2.0M-15.7K0.22103.49370811,385764
2022-02-25$61.80$55.0028.0%8.0%25.6%19.0%26.0%5.9%-7.0%215.2K-3.4M-15.6K0.2194.75365781,353756
2022-02-28$61.26$55.0032.2%9.2%25.9%25.2%33.8%6.5%-0.7%200.8K-3.1M-15.2K0.2591.71313791,369757