L Options History — January 2024

In January 2024, L traded between $70.19 and $73.63. ATM implied volatility averaged 17.3%, placing in the 10.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 6.7% (HV 20d: 10.5%). Max pain ranged from $65.00 to $70.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 3 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.76.

Notable Days

  • 2024-01-03: Highest Volume — 783 contracts
  • 2024-01-29: Largest IV spike — 16.0% change
  • 2024-01-31: Highest IV Rank — 18.8%
  • 2024-01-31: Largest Expected Move — 6.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$71.79$70.19$73.63$70.19$73.18
Max Pain$69.52$65.00$70.00$65.00$70.00
ATM IV17.3%14.2%21.6%14.6%21.6%
Expected Move5.1%4.1%6.2%4.2%6.2%
HV 20d10.5%6.6%15.7%15.7%7.7%
HV 60d14.0%12.1%15.5%15.4%12.2%
IV Rank10.7%4.9%18.8%5.8%18.8%
IV Percentile33.7%8.3%66.7%9.1%66.7%
Term Structure-1.4%-6.0%4.0%4.0%-5.0%
VWIV18.1%14.2%26.4%14.6%20.4%
Skew 25d1.9%-2.7%4.6%-0.7%-0.9%
Skew 10d3.1%-3.6%11.3%-0.8%-2.0%
Call IV 25d17.3%15.6%24.6%15.6%24.6%
Put IV 25d19.2%14.5%23.7%14.9%23.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %76.8038.4899.3273.8181.27
Gamma HHI0.610.470.780.780.70
Net GEX848.9K580.1K1.2M1.2M877.2K
Net DEX-7.5M-10.0M-5.9M-8.6M-7.2M
Net VEX-15.6K-19.3K-14.0K-19.3K-15.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.760.029.000.060.04
Total Volume153.38117834084
Total OI2,712.3332,0413,2272,9582,574

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2024-01-02$70.19$65.0014.6%4.2%15.7%5.8%14.6%-0.7%4.0%1.2M-8.6M-19.3K0.0673.81386222,586372
2024-01-03$70.35$65.0014.2%4.1%15.6%4.9%14.2%-2.7%3.3%1.0M-7.8M-17.7K0.1275.84701822,377394
2024-01-04$70.88$70.0014.2%5.1%15.7%5.0%17.8%3.0%-0.7%767.4K-7.1M-15.5K0.0885.6511592,080467
2024-01-05$71.16$70.0014.3%5.1%14.8%5.1%16.7%2.8%-0.9%759.1K-7.6M-15.5K0.1287.03303352,090473
2024-01-08$71.16$70.0014.8%5.1%14.2%6.1%16.3%3.3%-0.7%855.8K-8.0M-16.2K0.0286.53438102,323500
2024-01-09$70.97$70.0016.3%5.0%14.2%8.9%17.5%2.7%-1.0%1.0M-8.1M-18.6K0.0389.043912,721506
2024-01-10$70.83$70.0017.1%4.9%13.9%10.4%0.0%3.1%-0.6%1.1M-8.0M-17.4K0.0088.69012,717506
2024-01-11$70.96$70.0015.8%4.5%13.8%8.0%15.7%0.9%0.4%1.1M-7.9M-16.7K1.2998.51792,717505
2024-01-12$71.06$70.0017.1%4.9%13.8%10.5%17.3%0.6%-1.1%1.1M-8.4M-16.1K0.1699.32185302,715504
2024-01-16$71.05$70.0017.9%5.1%10.6%12.0%17.9%0.7%-1.2%1.0M-8.1M-15.0K0.3495.7647162,646537
2024-01-17$70.89$70.0018.3%5.2%8.1%12.6%18.3%-0.1%-1.5%1.1M-7.9M-15.0K0.6753.001282,650544
2024-01-18$71.43$70.0018.2%5.2%6.6%12.4%26.4%3.4%-1.4%715.3K-9.0M-14.4K1.6738.489152,652543
2024-01-19$72.21$70.0018.9%5.4%7.2%13.9%17.4%2.4%-1.5%580.1K-10.0M-14.4K0.3059.9370212,651545
2024-01-22$72.95$70.0017.7%5.1%6.6%11.5%17.7%1.8%-2.0%615.7K-6.1M-14.5K0.2497.7967161,630411
2024-01-23$72.82$70.0016.9%4.8%6.8%9.9%17.1%2.1%-2.1%645.3K-6.0M-14.1K0.0995.677871,664421
2024-01-24$73.16$70.0017.1%4.9%6.8%10.5%18.3%3.6%-1.9%656.5K-6.4M-14.5K0.0692.991811,685427
2024-01-25$72.78$70.0018.1%5.2%7.4%12.3%20.7%2.9%-2.5%641.9K-5.9M-14.3K0.0952.176461,690427
2024-01-26$72.90$70.0018.1%5.2%7.3%12.3%18.6%3.6%-2.3%644.8K-6.0M-14.3K9.0050.51191,715433
2024-01-29$73.06$70.0021.0%6.0%7.1%17.6%20.5%3.4%-6.0%648.2K-6.3M-14.0K0.0451.48246111,715441
2024-01-30$73.63$70.0020.4%5.8%7.3%16.5%20.4%4.6%-4.2%814.2K-7.5M-15.3K0.0459.2711751,955450
2024-01-31$73.18$70.0021.6%6.2%7.7%18.8%0.0%-0.9%-5.0%877.2K-7.2M-15.8K0.0081.27042,121453