L Options History — March 2024

In March 2024, L traded between $74.22 and $78.44. ATM implied volatility averaged 15.1%, placing in the 10.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.6% (HV 20d: 11.5%). Max pain ranged from $60.00 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 0.18.

Notable Days

  • 2024-03-11: Highest Volume — 5,135 contracts
  • 2024-03-27: Largest IV drop — 20.8% change
  • 2024-03-15: Highest IV Rank — 17.3%
  • 2024-03-11: Largest Expected Move — 4.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$76.29$74.22$78.44$74.44$78.44
Max Pain$68.25$60.00$70.00$65.00$70.00
ATM IV15.1%11.8%17.1%15.0%12.0%
Expected Move4.3%3.4%4.7%4.3%3.4%
HV 20d11.5%9.3%12.9%12.7%11.0%
HV 60d11.3%10.1%12.6%12.6%10.7%
IV Rank10.6%2.6%17.3%7.1%3.6%
IV Percentile20.6%1.6%40.9%16.3%2.0%
Term Structure1.4%-1.2%3.6%-0.3%3.6%
VWIV15.0%12.2%16.8%14.3%12.2%
Skew 25d1.4%-5.2%2.6%-5.2%2.6%
Skew 10d2.3%-8.9%7.8%-8.9%3.6%
Call IV 25d14.6%12.0%18.5%18.5%12.0%
Put IV 25d15.9%13.3%17.9%13.3%14.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %79.6956.9193.2756.9166.51
Gamma HHI0.540.450.680.510.45
Net GEX685.7K559.7K1.2M612.3K576.1K
Net DEX-8.8M-13.5M-5.7M-9.1M-8.7M
Net VEX-13.8K-18.5K-10.4K-11.8K-12.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.180.002.512.510.01
Total Volume462.1525,13516571
Total OI2,332.71,9283,2382,4491,947

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2024-03-01$74.44$65.0015.0%4.3%12.7%7.1%14.3%-5.2%-0.3%612.3K-9.1M-11.8K2.5156.91471181,933516
2024-03-04$74.22$60.0016.0%4.6%12.3%8.9%16.8%1.7%0.2%605.5K-8.5M-11.9K0.0085.153001,889630
2024-03-05$74.31$60.0017.0%4.5%12.3%10.8%15.8%2.4%0.8%593.6K-8.6M-11.6K0.2385.873071,876630
2024-03-06$75.35$60.0017.1%4.5%12.9%10.8%16.0%2.4%0.9%559.7K-9.6M-11.1K0.0286.1055891,854630
2024-03-07$75.16$70.0016.2%4.5%12.9%9.2%15.4%2.4%1.0%562.3K-5.9M-11.0K0.0285.8510821,400636
2024-03-08$74.91$70.0015.6%4.5%12.6%8.2%0.0%2.4%-1.2%633.4K-5.7M-11.4K0.0088.44201,480638
2024-03-11$75.81$70.0017.0%4.7%12.9%10.7%16.1%2.0%0.4%622.1K-6.8M-10.4K0.0080.135,119161,475638
2024-03-12$76.10$70.0016.7%4.5%12.8%10.2%15.6%2.1%1.0%1.2M-12.1M-18.5K0.0279.42607132,585646
2024-03-13$76.05$70.0015.1%4.3%12.7%12.0%15.0%2.2%1.5%816.0K-11.7M-15.8K0.0380.1122762,373652
2024-03-14$75.87$70.0015.6%4.5%12.7%15.9%15.5%2.4%1.0%814.2K-11.2M-15.2K0.0876.48501422,320655
2024-03-15$76.69$70.0016.0%4.6%10.7%17.3%16.0%1.4%1.2%663.9K-13.5M-17.8K0.0177.03940102,591647
2024-03-18$76.97$70.0015.6%4.5%9.9%15.7%15.4%1.0%1.1%793.3K-8.7M-18.1K0.0783.63279201,849358
2024-03-19$77.34$70.0015.3%4.4%9.7%14.5%14.7%1.3%1.8%693.7K-8.4M-16.0K0.0179.2811011,693375
2024-03-20$77.78$70.0013.2%3.8%9.7%7.3%14.4%0.5%2.2%648.7K-8.5M-14.6K0.0193.277911,631376
2024-03-21$77.64$70.0012.6%3.6%9.3%5.7%14.5%1.7%2.8%640.9K-8.1M-14.4K0.0286.185711,588377
2024-03-22$76.68$70.0014.0%4.0%10.6%11.4%13.7%0.7%2.6%689.6K-7.0M-14.0K0.0585.136631,551377
2024-03-25$77.19$70.0014.9%4.3%10.4%14.8%13.9%0.6%2.1%654.6K-7.4M-14.3K0.1077.829391,559380
2024-03-26$77.10$70.0014.9%4.3%10.4%15.1%14.3%0.7%2.8%659.1K-7.3M-14.2K0.4569.5522101,556387
2024-03-27$77.84$70.0011.8%3.4%10.8%2.6%14.9%1.9%3.6%627.4K-8.2M-12.7K0.0470.852811,566390
2024-03-28$78.44$70.0012.0%3.4%11.0%3.6%12.2%2.6%3.6%576.1K-8.7M-12.2K0.0166.517011,558389