L Options History — December 2024

In December 2024, L traded between $81.69 and $86.25. ATM implied volatility averaged 16.6%, placing in the 36.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.4% (HV 20d: 14.2%). Max pain ranged from $75.00 to $85.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.25.

Notable Days

  • 2024-12-20: Highest Volume — 122 contracts
  • 2024-12-27: Largest IV spike — 40.4% change
  • 2024-12-27: Highest IV Rank — 51.8%
  • 2024-12-27: Largest Expected Move — 5.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$84.47$81.69$86.25$86.20$84.56
Max Pain$83.10$75.00$85.00$75.00$85.00
ATM IV16.6%12.1%20.3%16.9%15.4%
Expected Move4.7%3.5%5.8%4.8%4.4%
HV 20d14.2%8.8%26.6%26.6%15.3%
HV 60d20.6%19.8%21.3%20.9%21.0%
IV Rank36.0%17.0%51.8%37.2%30.9%
IV Percentile52.1%3.2%81.3%61.5%31.3%
Term Structure0.7%-2.8%5.1%-0.5%-0.3%
VWIV17.1%11.9%32.1%16.9%15.4%
Skew 25d2.2%-2.5%6.3%2.1%6.3%
Skew 10d3.9%-1.9%10.3%2.8%10.3%
Call IV 25d14.5%11.2%19.0%14.7%11.7%
Put IV 25d16.7%12.9%20.6%16.8%18.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %96.3575.77106.8991.6990.51
Gamma HHI0.280.200.350.330.29
Net GEX73.9K13.6K164.4K157.2K56.4K
Net DEX-1.7M-2.8M-537.0K-2.8M-1.6M
Net VEX-9.2K-10.2K-8.4K-10.1K-8.5K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.250.0015.003.501.67
Total Volume23.095312298
Total OI1,349.8577811,5981,488842

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2024-12-02$86.20$75.0016.9%4.8%26.6%37.2%16.9%2.1%-0.5%157.2K-2.8M-10.1K3.5091.6927681807
2024-12-03$86.06$75.0015.9%4.6%21.6%33.1%15.9%4.8%-0.5%164.4K-2.8M-9.4K5.0092.30630682814
2024-12-04$85.64$80.0016.0%4.6%21.3%33.6%16.0%2.1%-0.7%135.8K-2.5M-9.8K1.0075.7777682844
2024-12-05$86.25$85.0016.6%4.6%8.8%36.0%15.9%1.0%1.0%134.9K-2.7M-9.3K1.1398.212427683850
2024-12-06$85.98$85.0015.8%4.6%9.0%32.8%16.0%3.9%0.5%117.6K-2.6M-9.6K15.0097.48115689866
2024-12-09$85.16$85.0017.6%4.0%9.6%40.2%0.0%0.7%-0.1%94.9K-2.3M-8.9K0.80106.8954688882
2024-12-10$84.14$85.0017.6%5.2%10.6%40.4%0.0%1.3%-0.9%67.9K-1.6M-9.7K2.40103.89512688885
2024-12-11$84.86$85.0016.8%4.8%11.0%36.7%16.8%6.1%1.6%76.0K-1.9M-9.9K0.1897.62112686899
2024-12-12$84.00$85.0016.2%4.6%11.7%34.2%0.0%-0.6%-0.8%74.8K-1.7M-9.0K1.00104.6922691900
2024-12-13$84.44$85.0016.2%4.6%11.7%34.4%16.2%-2.5%3.0%82.0K-1.5M-10.2K1.00102.161212692901
2024-12-16$84.06$85.0016.2%4.6%11.5%34.2%0.0%-0.3%2.1%71.1K-1.4M-8.9K2.00103.8112691903
2024-12-17$83.53$85.0017.2%4.9%11.2%38.3%15.5%4.8%1.0%51.5K-1.1M-8.9K0.1497.7971692904
2024-12-18$81.69$85.0019.4%5.6%13.6%47.9%18.2%1.5%0.1%13.9K-537.0K-8.5K10.5099.87221693905
2024-12-19$82.11$85.0020.1%5.7%13.6%50.6%20.2%3.0%-1.7%40.3K-884.1K-8.6K0.5290.072915691873
2024-12-20$83.55$80.0016.0%4.6%14.8%33.3%16.6%-0.9%-0.2%13.6K-1.1M-8.9K0.0499.901175707886
2024-12-23$83.13$85.0012.1%3.5%14.1%17.0%14.4%2.3%5.1%23.5K-950.4K-9.5K0.0099.52180418363
2024-12-24$84.34$80.0016.7%4.8%15.2%36.4%16.8%1.3%2.9%32.4K-1.2M-9.0K0.6798.4896431363
2024-12-26$85.09$80.0014.5%4.2%15.6%27.0%15.4%4.5%3.0%43.8K-1.5M-8.4K0.2591.41287435368
2024-12-27$84.42$85.0020.3%5.8%15.6%51.8%32.1%2.6%-2.8%49.3K-1.4M-9.2K0.1494.1671463372
2024-12-30$84.61$85.0015.1%4.3%15.6%29.8%11.9%1.1%2.5%49.9K-1.4M-9.3K0.3387.1062465372
2024-12-31$84.56$85.0015.4%4.4%15.3%30.9%15.4%6.3%-0.3%56.4K-1.6M-8.5K1.6790.5135470372