L Options History — December 2022

In December 2022, L traded between $55.00 and $58.61. ATM implied volatility averaged 27.4%, placing in the 17.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 8.6% (HV 20d: 18.8%). Max pain ranged from $55.00 to $55.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.32.

Notable Days

  • 2022-12-09: Highest Volume — 6,746 contracts
  • 2022-12-12: Largest IV spike — 67.8% change
  • 2022-12-12: Highest IV Rank — 51.7%
  • 2022-12-06: Largest Expected Move — 9.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$56.93$55.00$58.61$58.18$58.23
Max Pain$55.00$55.00$55.00$55.00$55.00
ATM IV27.4%20.0%51.2%26.1%25.6%
Expected Move6.8%5.7%9.8%7.5%7.3%
HV 20d18.8%15.5%22.3%18.9%20.3%
HV 60d23.5%21.3%25.2%24.6%21.4%
IV Rank17.6%6.9%51.7%14.3%18.0%
IV Percentile32.7%3.6%96.0%26.6%27.8%
Term Structure2.7%-17.0%11.9%-2.7%-1.5%
VWIV25.4%21.0%36.5%24.9%25.1%
Skew 25d2.4%-9.6%15.2%8.5%1.2%
Skew 10d-3.0%-25.7%12.3%-12.4%8.5%
Call IV 25d22.9%17.4%44.4%21.0%23.2%
Put IV 25d25.3%18.8%34.8%29.5%24.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %103.7481.44117.3994.42104.83
Gamma HHI0.870.580.990.690.96
Net GEX749.3K17.8K1.3M30.9K1.1M
Net DEX-9.7M-18.1M-368.7K-612.7K-16.1M
Net VEX-47.4K-73.8K-2.7K-3.0K-70.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.320.0011.670.550.20
Total Volume44316,746176
Total OI4,719.8576606,9686606,765

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2022-12-01$58.18$55.0026.1%7.5%18.9%14.3%24.9%8.5%-2.7%30.9K-612.7K-3.0K0.5594.42116466194
2022-12-02$57.45$55.0022.3%6.4%19.4%8.7%0.0%-1.8%-9.9%25.0K-550.8K-2.9K0.00104.18100471196
2022-12-05$56.26$55.0033.1%6.3%21.0%24.7%0.0%6.6%-2.7%22.3K-368.7K-2.9K0.00110.9630473196
2022-12-06$57.07$55.0032.8%9.8%21.6%24.3%34.2%-5.2%-17.0%25.9K-484.3K-2.8K0.00106.7440473190
2022-12-07$56.23$55.0029.1%7.7%22.3%18.7%0.0%15.2%-6.5%19.9K-414.8K-2.7K0.24102.80174475190
2022-12-08$56.16$55.0043.3%6.6%20.2%40.0%22.1%3.1%-2.3%22.0K-447.3K-2.8K0.00117.3930479191
2022-12-09$56.55$55.0030.5%7.4%15.6%20.9%36.5%-9.6%11.9%17.8K-466.9K-2.8K0.00106.366,73016481200
2022-12-12$56.61$55.0051.2%8.9%15.6%51.7%28.2%3.7%4.0%1.0M-13.1M-68.7K0.05100.38458236,560198
2022-12-13$56.94$55.0039.2%6.5%15.5%33.8%0.0%0.7%9.8%1.0M-14.8M-71.8K11.67111.883356,573194
2022-12-14$56.13$55.0023.9%6.9%16.4%11.0%0.0%7.0%10.4%1.1M-11.8M-67.0K0.00111.811,40756,579226
2022-12-15$56.00$55.0024.0%6.9%16.4%14.8%23.3%3.3%3.9%1.0M-12.6M-67.7K7.2595.834296,715225
2022-12-16$55.86$55.0021.9%6.3%16.4%10.7%21.0%1.4%4.7%1.1M-11.4M-65.3K0.01112.289016,714254
2022-12-19$55.00$55.0021.5%6.2%16.6%10.0%21.6%-5.0%9.2%915.5K-10.0M-62.3K0.10106.638386,414112
2022-12-20$55.84$55.0020.8%6.0%17.6%8.6%24.3%-1.2%6.0%1.0M-12.2M-67.3K0.0098.1713006,494117
2022-12-21$57.25$55.0020.4%5.8%19.6%7.6%0.0%3.7%11.2%1.2M-15.1M-73.8K0.29104.3834106,572117
2022-12-22$56.92$55.0022.2%6.4%19.7%11.3%24.3%1.0%1.7%1.2M-13.8M-70.3K0.00100.244306,555127
2022-12-23$57.69$55.0023.9%6.8%20.2%14.6%22.7%0.1%6.3%1.2M-16.0M-72.9K7.25103.334296,569127
2022-12-27$58.56$55.0020.1%5.8%20.3%7.0%21.5%8.1%8.2%1.3M-18.1M-73.0K0.08104.935956,570154
2022-12-28$57.97$55.0022.9%6.6%19.9%12.8%0.0%0.5%6.3%1.2M-16.6M-72.6K0.0099.58106,606149
2022-12-29$58.61$55.0020.0%5.7%20.2%6.9%0.0%9.1%4.8%1.2M-18.1M-73.5K0.0081.443206,607149
2022-12-30$58.23$55.0025.6%7.3%20.3%18.0%25.1%1.2%-1.5%1.1M-16.1M-70.4K0.20104.83516,606159