L Options History — August 2025

In August 2025, L traded between $90.02 and $96.86. ATM implied volatility averaged 15.8%, placing in the 14.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.3%. IV traded below realized volatility by 1.2% (HV 20d: 17.0%). Max pain ranged from $80.00 to $90.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 16 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.90.

Notable Days

  • 2025-08-15: Highest Volume — 432 contracts
  • 2025-08-12: Largest IV spike — 76.6% change
  • 2025-08-12: Highest IV Rank — 38.9%
  • 2025-08-01: Largest Expected Move — 7.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$94.88$90.02$96.86$90.02$96.58
Max Pain$86.90$80.00$90.00$80.00$90.00
ATM IV15.8%10.6%28.3%25.7%11.7%
Expected Move4.3%3.0%7.4%7.4%3.4%
HV 20d17.0%14.7%18.5%14.9%14.7%
HV 60d15.2%14.7%16.0%14.7%14.7%
IV Rank14.7%4.9%38.9%33.9%6.9%
IV Percentile22.4%0.4%93.7%88.1%1.2%
Term Structure0.4%-5.5%2.9%-2.9%-0.3%
VWIV15.2%8.3%25.5%25.5%14.8%
Skew 25d-0.7%-5.0%8.5%4.3%-5.0%
Skew 10d-0.2%-5.1%7.6%4.7%-5.1%
Call IV 25d14.9%10.9%23.6%23.6%13.7%
Put IV 25d14.2%8.7%27.9%27.9%8.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %96.3285.88101.9696.7798.12
Gamma HHI0.390.310.460.430.39
Net GEX445.1K310.9K615.0K310.9K552.5K
Net DEX-7.0M-8.0M-4.4M-4.4M-7.8M
Net VEX-13.2K-15.6K-10.9K-15.6K-14.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.900.0010.500.200.06
Total Volume87.714043210419
Total OI1,643.811,5361,7561,5361,737

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2025-08-01$90.02$80.0025.7%7.4%14.9%33.9%25.5%4.3%-2.9%310.9K-4.4M-15.6K0.2096.7787171,074462
2025-08-04$92.87$85.0015.6%4.7%18.2%14.4%16.6%-4.6%1.3%392.2K-6.5M-13.4K0.5498.651931041,140479
2025-08-05$93.38$85.0015.9%4.6%18.2%15.0%16.6%2.2%1.1%341.2K-6.5M-12.2K1.3593.0452701,105536
2025-08-06$94.30$85.0016.5%4.8%18.1%16.1%17.7%8.5%0.8%344.4K-7.0M-11.8K0.1197.928591,108493
2025-08-07$93.25$85.0015.0%4.6%18.5%13.3%16.0%2.5%0.9%378.3K-6.5M-11.7K0.02101.755611,118497
2025-08-08$93.56$85.0019.1%4.4%18.5%21.1%16.2%-4.5%1.4%362.7K-6.8M-11.5K0.1395.862431,126498
2025-08-11$93.74$85.0016.1%4.5%18.3%15.3%15.8%3.4%2.4%352.1K-6.7M-11.4K0.1185.88106121,120500
2025-08-12$94.47$85.0028.3%4.4%17.4%38.9%15.2%-2.2%1.4%364.2K-7.2M-10.9K0.0698.524831,154500
2025-08-13$95.35$85.0016.7%4.8%17.5%16.5%16.7%1.9%0.7%370.0K-7.7M-11.4K0.0099.929701,180499
2025-08-14$95.58$85.0015.3%4.4%16.9%13.9%15.3%1.1%0.5%368.2K-8.0M-11.4K0.4696.001361,196499
2025-08-15$95.18$85.0016.3%4.7%17.0%15.7%16.5%3.2%-1.8%391.6K-7.7M-11.8K0.0590.21411211,195503
2025-08-18$94.60$85.0016.1%4.6%16.4%15.3%15.9%-2.3%0.8%500.5K-6.0M-14.6K1.4293.5712171,158395
2025-08-19$95.82$90.0014.4%4.1%16.8%12.0%13.7%-1.7%2.0%524.2K-6.7M-13.7K1.5987.7117271,164412
2025-08-20$96.86$90.0013.0%3.7%17.1%9.4%14.8%-4.7%-0.4%499.5K-7.6M-13.1K0.22100.7992201,170418
2025-08-21$96.32$90.0016.7%4.8%17.1%16.5%15.6%0.4%1.0%495.2K-7.2M-14.2K0.7596.93431,185433
2025-08-22$96.31$90.0011.5%3.3%17.1%6.6%10.4%-4.4%0.8%524.1K-7.2M-13.8K0.25100.99411,186434
2025-08-25$95.73$90.0012.0%3.4%16.3%7.5%8.3%-4.7%0.7%522.2K-6.9M-13.7K0.04101.9613151,184435
2025-08-26$95.60$90.0010.6%3.0%16.3%4.9%9.3%-3.7%2.9%615.0K-7.2M-15.6K10.5097.372211,298437
2025-08-27$96.48$90.0013.1%3.7%15.7%9.5%13.9%-1.5%0.2%584.9K-7.8M-15.0K0.0997.694541,299457
2025-08-28$96.42$90.0011.7%3.4%15.5%7.0%0.0%-2.7%-5.5%553.7K-7.5M-15.4K0.0093.10001,278458
2025-08-29$96.58$90.0011.7%3.4%14.7%6.9%14.8%-5.0%-0.3%552.5K-7.8M-14.4K0.0698.121811,278459