L Options History — December 2023

In December 2023, L traded between $67.50 and $70.63. ATM implied volatility averaged 16.2%, placing in the 8.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.9% (HV 20d: 15.3%). Max pain ranged from $65.00 to $70.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.35.

Notable Days

  • 2023-12-14: Highest Volume — 938 contracts
  • 2023-12-22: Largest IV spike — 24.7% change
  • 2023-12-22: Highest IV Rank — 16.0%
  • 2023-12-22: Largest Expected Move — 5.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$69.22$67.50$70.63$70.18$69.63
Max Pain$65.50$65.00$70.00$65.00$65.00
ATM IV16.2%13.2%20.1%13.2%14.4%
Expected Move4.6%3.8%5.8%3.8%4.1%
HV 20d15.3%11.2%18.2%11.6%15.4%
HV 60d15.6%15.0%16.4%15.0%15.4%
IV Rank8.8%3.1%16.0%3.1%5.4%
IV Percentile18.4%4.4%50.0%4.4%8.7%
Term Structure1.2%-2.6%2.9%1.1%2.9%
VWIV16.5%13.2%28.2%13.2%14.4%
Skew 25d1.9%-2.6%4.7%1.2%-1.6%
Skew 10d4.4%-3.2%35.2%1.8%-2.6%
Call IV 25d15.6%12.0%19.1%12.0%15.6%
Put IV 25d17.5%13.2%19.5%13.2%14.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %55.976.3394.546.3379.42
Gamma HHI0.720.520.820.820.80
Net GEX870.7K362.8K1.3M592.8K1.2M
Net DEX-7.6M-9.5M-6.2M-8.5M-7.8M
Net VEX-17.7K-23.1K-11.4K-12.0K-20.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.350.002.470.310.10
Total Volume216.8512938219120
Total OI3,816.42,9445,1903,8213,041

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2023-12-01$70.18$65.0013.2%3.8%11.6%3.1%13.2%1.2%1.1%592.8K-8.5M-12.0K0.316.33167521,7812,040
2023-12-04$70.63$65.0016.4%4.6%11.3%9.1%15.5%2.5%1.6%485.3K-8.7M-11.4K0.0230.07880191,7402,068
2023-12-05$70.30$70.0016.3%4.6%11.2%8.9%16.1%2.3%1.4%779.0K-9.5M-16.4K0.3284.0363202,3772,102
2023-12-06$69.34$70.0016.2%4.6%12.8%8.7%15.5%2.2%1.1%713.0K-7.8M-15.1K0.3924.4459232,3302,103
2023-12-07$68.63$65.0016.0%4.5%13.3%8.3%16.2%1.2%1.0%593.0K-6.8M-14.0K1.1117.3619212,3362,110
2023-12-08$68.88$65.0014.9%4.3%13.3%6.3%16.6%2.1%1.7%703.9K-7.1M-13.9K0.4812.8533162,3292,109
2023-12-11$69.57$65.0017.6%4.4%13.4%11.3%15.8%2.2%1.1%928.6K-8.1M-14.2K0.1925.813772,3412,124
2023-12-12$69.97$65.0016.6%4.2%13.4%9.5%14.3%2.5%1.8%1.1M-8.8M-13.9K0.2611.621952,3452,126
2023-12-13$70.28$65.0014.7%4.2%13.3%6.0%14.0%4.5%1.8%1.2M-9.4M-13.5K0.7390.9622162,3382,127
2023-12-14$68.69$65.0016.0%4.6%16.1%8.3%16.0%-0.2%1.0%362.8K-6.2M-11.9K0.0018.6893622,3352,143
2023-12-15$67.50$65.0019.0%5.4%17.3%13.9%15.9%3.2%0.7%519.4K-6.9M-16.3K0.0141.7972693,0512,139
2023-12-18$68.60$65.0016.0%4.6%18.2%8.4%16.8%3.3%0.5%934.8K-6.4M-23.1K0.0092.297502,668276
2023-12-19$68.94$65.0015.6%4.5%18.0%7.6%16.3%4.7%1.8%998.5K-7.1M-23.1K0.0090.321902,701276
2023-12-20$68.37$65.0019.1%5.5%18.2%14.1%16.8%4.4%-1.9%844.8K-6.2M-22.4K0.1693.42230372,700276
2023-12-21$68.48$65.0016.1%4.6%18.0%8.6%16.7%2.9%2.0%920.2K-6.2M-22.3K0.2290.93169382,708309
2023-12-22$68.78$65.0020.1%5.8%17.7%16.0%28.2%-2.6%-2.6%894.7K-6.5M-23.0K0.0994.541112,861346
2023-12-26$69.06$65.0016.0%4.6%17.8%8.4%20.5%2.7%2.1%1.1M-7.4M-22.8K2.4769.5317422,863347
2023-12-27$69.05$65.0015.4%4.4%17.4%7.3%16.7%2.3%2.3%1.2M-7.4M-22.2K0.1371.501622,874354
2023-12-28$69.55$65.0014.8%4.2%17.6%6.1%14.8%-1.8%2.5%1.3M-8.2M-22.2K0.0273.5540272,880354
2023-12-29$69.63$65.0014.4%4.1%15.4%5.4%14.4%-1.6%2.9%1.2M-7.8M-20.9K0.1079.42109112,680361