L Options History — September 2024

In September 2024, L traded between $77.73 and $82.00. ATM implied volatility averaged 15.9%, placing in the 31.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.2% (HV 20d: 14.7%). Max pain ranged from $75.00 to $80.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.80.

Notable Days

  • 2024-09-05: Highest Volume — 475 contracts
  • 2024-09-11: Largest IV drop — 5.6% change
  • 2024-09-04: Highest IV Rank — 36.2%
  • 2024-09-09: Largest Expected Move — 4.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$79.22$77.73$82.00$81.61$78.91
Max Pain$77.25$75.00$80.00$75.00$80.00
ATM IV15.9%14.9%17.0%16.4%15.9%
Expected Move4.6%4.3%4.9%4.7%4.6%
HV 20d14.7%8.4%16.9%8.8%15.5%
HV 60d18.1%17.6%19.1%17.6%17.6%
IV Rank31.7%27.5%36.2%33.6%31.6%
IV Percentile43.0%24.6%58.3%51.2%44.8%
Term Structure2.5%-0.3%4.4%-0.2%3.9%
VWIV16.1%12.9%19.3%15.6%18.0%
Skew 25d3.0%0.5%7.2%2.9%3.1%
Skew 10d4.5%-3.9%10.9%9.1%3.4%
Call IV 25d15.8%13.5%17.8%13.6%17.0%
Put IV 25d18.7%16.5%22.7%16.5%20.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %82.4959.3390.2359.3377.87
Gamma HHI0.410.260.750.350.27
Net GEX223.0K42.0K696.9K288.4K67.4K
Net DEX-1.8M-3.7M-557.2K-3.7M-870.6K
Net VEX-10.1K-12.3K-8.1K-12.3K-10.7K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.800.0017.171.361.09
Total Volume72.174755223
Total OI1,625.051,0042,1731,8771,100

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2024-09-03$81.61$75.0016.4%4.7%8.8%33.6%15.6%2.9%-0.2%288.4K-3.7M-12.3K1.3659.3322301,034843
2024-09-04$82.00$75.0017.0%4.9%8.4%36.2%12.9%3.1%-0.3%290.3K-3.7M-12.3K0.0465.265621,057872
2024-09-05$80.91$80.0016.1%4.8%10.2%32.3%15.8%4.1%1.5%253.0K-3.1M-11.9K0.5781.123031721,055873
2024-09-06$79.43$80.0016.7%4.9%12.5%35.1%17.4%2.8%1.8%167.7K-2.2M-9.7K0.0982.81454908799
2024-09-09$80.82$80.0017.0%4.9%13.7%36.2%15.1%3.5%1.5%217.1K-3.0M-9.2K0.2784.77154892800
2024-09-10$79.38$80.0016.6%4.7%14.9%34.4%0.0%2.9%1.9%187.6K-2.1M-8.9K0.0081.53100899801
2024-09-11$77.73$80.0015.6%4.5%16.9%30.4%15.8%3.0%2.3%105.6K-1.3M-8.2K0.1580.65203909801
2024-09-12$78.04$80.0015.9%4.6%16.7%31.6%16.4%0.8%1.8%122.1K-1.3M-8.6K0.2184.48143906803
2024-09-13$78.33$80.0015.4%4.4%16.4%29.6%15.4%2.7%2.1%143.9K-1.5M-8.1K0.0183.942363909804
2024-09-16$78.90$80.0015.8%4.5%16.4%31.3%19.3%2.8%2.3%452.2K-2.1M-8.3K0.6983.5632221,105805
2024-09-17$79.15$75.0016.1%4.6%16.4%32.6%16.9%3.0%2.1%519.3K-2.4M-9.7K10.3383.439931,124832
2024-09-18$79.20$75.0016.3%4.7%16.3%33.2%16.5%4.2%2.4%641.2K-2.2M-10.5K17.1786.6161031,120923
2024-09-19$79.25$75.0016.2%4.6%16.3%32.8%16.3%3.4%3.2%696.9K-1.9M-10.5K0.1283.755971,1241,020
2024-09-20$78.61$75.0015.3%4.4%16.3%29.2%18.0%7.2%4.4%42.0K-1.0M-10.3K0.2090.231531,1471,026
2024-09-23$78.51$75.0014.9%4.3%15.7%27.5%15.0%0.5%3.7%44.3K-814.7K-10.1K0.3187.663611542462
2024-09-24$78.03$75.0015.0%4.3%15.7%27.6%15.0%2.6%3.6%42.0K-557.2K-10.4K0.8989.5098562467
2024-09-25$78.07$75.0015.2%4.4%15.7%28.7%15.3%1.6%3.6%45.2K-613.0K-10.7K0.2989.23144571475
2024-09-26$78.47$75.0015.7%4.5%15.5%30.9%15.7%0.7%3.6%60.6K-791.0K-10.7K0.1785.1161585477
2024-09-27$78.98$75.0015.4%4.4%15.7%29.2%15.3%4.9%4.0%74.0K-956.3K-10.7K2.0088.981326591478
2024-09-30$78.91$80.0015.9%4.6%15.5%31.6%18.0%3.1%3.9%67.4K-870.6K-10.7K1.0977.871112599501