L Options History — February 2023

In February 2023, L traded between $59.87 and $62.73. ATM implied volatility averaged 25.9%, placing in the 20.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 8.7% (HV 20d: 17.2%). 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 2 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 68.20.

Notable Days

  • 2023-02-23: Highest Volume — 2,562 contracts
  • 2023-02-08: Largest IV spike — 29.7% change
  • 2023-02-03: Highest IV Rank — 36.5%
  • 2023-02-08: Largest Expected Move — 9.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$61.40$59.87$62.73$60.91$61.16
Max Pain$59.47$55.00$60.00$60.00$60.00
ATM IV25.9%19.7%34.0%30.5%21.7%
Expected Move7.1%5.6%9.0%8.8%6.2%
HV 20d17.2%15.7%19.4%17.5%15.7%
HV 60d18.2%17.6%19.7%18.6%17.6%
IV Rank20.8%8.7%36.5%29.7%12.7%
IV Percentile35.1%4.0%73.0%63.1%11.9%
Term Structure-4.2%-10.3%1.3%-6.4%-4.9%
VWIV24.3%14.5%43.5%29.1%21.5%
Skew 25d6.6%-2.3%16.5%-1.4%6.8%
Skew 10d4.1%-26.7%30.3%-26.7%6.4%
Call IV 25d20.9%13.9%39.5%27.6%14.2%
Put IV 25d27.4%19.3%42.6%26.2%20.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %97.2259.93107.53101.4288.95
Gamma HHI0.930.870.950.940.94
Net GEX2.0M1.6M2.5M1.7M2.0M
Net DEX-24.8M-30.4M-17.0M-23.7M-20.8M
Net VEX-55.5K-69.1K-47.7K-62.3K-61.5K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio68.200.001280.001.230.42
Total Volume203.21132,5626785
Total OI7,795.8427,2189,8027,3049,802

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2023-02-01$60.91$60.0030.5%8.8%17.5%29.7%29.1%-1.4%-6.4%1.7M-23.7M-62.3K1.23101.4230376,984320
2023-02-02$60.19$55.0029.3%8.4%17.9%27.3%0.0%3.6%-6.4%1.6M-22.7M-61.2K4.67102.236287,014345
2023-02-03$59.87$55.0034.0%6.5%18.1%36.5%22.6%8.4%-1.2%2.1M-21.3M-61.4K0.3199.48176547,020378
2023-02-06$61.63$60.0033.0%7.3%19.4%34.4%24.2%2.9%-2.5%1.9M-27.4M-57.8K0.0597.5316897,189402
2023-02-07$62.73$60.0024.1%5.8%17.9%17.3%24.1%11.3%-4.5%1.7M-30.4M-55.3K0.07100.66336227,191409
2023-02-08$62.28$60.0031.2%9.0%18.2%31.1%28.3%10.5%-10.3%1.8M-26.3M-56.4K0.00102.772706,926543
2023-02-09$61.98$60.0027.6%7.9%18.2%24.0%25.0%7.5%-7.6%1.9M-26.2M-56.8K0.03101.093516,907543
2023-02-10$62.15$60.0023.8%6.8%18.2%16.7%23.9%11.3%-1.7%2.0M-28.0M-53.3K0.00106.741306,918543
2023-02-13$62.56$60.0019.7%5.6%18.2%8.8%23.8%10.7%-3.1%1.7M-29.2M-49.4K0.24107.533796,926543
2023-02-14$62.07$60.0023.9%6.8%17.7%16.8%14.5%16.5%1.3%2.0M-28.4M-51.2K0.00102.163806,927552
2023-02-15$61.97$60.0023.3%6.7%16.5%15.7%23.3%6.5%0.5%2.1M-27.9M-50.5K0.00101.833606,927552
2023-02-16$61.81$60.0026.5%7.6%16.4%22.0%22.6%5.0%-9.5%2.0M-26.6M-51.4K0.03100.653516,950552
2023-02-17$61.34$60.0021.3%6.1%16.7%11.8%20.7%6.6%-0.7%2.4M-26.9M-50.0K0.0096.065506,961552
2023-02-21$60.94$60.0023.4%6.7%16.6%15.9%24.0%5.2%-3.8%2.5M-23.6M-48.7K2.0092.675106,728490
2023-02-22$60.47$60.0027.1%7.8%16.3%23.1%0.0%-2.3%-6.9%2.4M-20.3M-48.0K0.5098.68216,730496
2023-02-23$60.79$60.0028.5%8.2%16.2%25.9%22.8%8.0%-2.1%2.1M-23.4M-47.7K1280.0059.9322,5606,733497
2023-02-24$60.88$60.0024.3%7.0%16.0%17.7%43.5%3.1%-3.5%2.1M-17.0M-69.1K0.5096.53216,7333,052
2023-02-27$60.94$60.0019.7%5.6%16.0%8.7%19.6%5.1%-6.7%2.5M-20.4M-63.2K5.6790.376346,7343,052
2023-02-28$61.16$60.0021.7%6.2%15.7%12.7%21.5%6.8%-4.9%2.0M-20.8M-61.5K0.4288.9560256,7363,066