LBRDA Options History — May 2015

In May 2015, LBRDA traded between $48.22 and $51.40. ATM implied volatility averaged 31.9%, placing in the 6.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 13.5% (HV 20d: 18.5%). Max pain ranged from $46.86 to $51.55. Net GEX was positive for 13 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.79.

Notable Days

  • 2015-05-28: Highest Volume — 623 contracts
  • 2015-05-13: Largest IV drop — 25.2% change
  • 2015-05-22: Highest IV Rank — 14.5%
  • 2015-05-12: Largest Expected Move — 10.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$49.59$48.22$51.40$50.52$50.66
Max Pain$47.09$46.86$51.55$51.55$46.86
ATM IV31.9%21.6%45.7%31.0%21.6%
Expected Move8.8%6.2%10.0%8.9%6.2%
HV 20d18.5%16.3%20.4%16.3%18.6%
HV 60d22.7%22.2%24.3%24.3%22.7%
IV Rank6.3%2.7%14.5%14.5%2.7%
IV Percentile20.0%3.8%60.3%60.3%3.8%
Term Structure-1.2%-5.5%1.5%1.4%-0.5%
VWIV30.4%18.8%34.5%32.2%20.8%
Skew 25d2.1%-2.1%4.3%-2.1%3.1%
Skew 10d4.7%-5.1%12.2%-5.1%5.5%
Call IV 25d30.2%20.3%34.3%34.3%20.3%
Put IV 25d32.3%23.4%37.0%32.2%23.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %57.7537.4788.5975.6388.59
Gamma HHI0.410.310.540.460.34
Net GEX36.4K-63.5K163.4K123.5K59.9K
Net DEX-327.6K-1.5M550.1K-821.5K-1.5M
Net VEX-8.2K-11.2K-6.0K-7.3K-9.7K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.790.002.671.170.28
Total Volume443.525623481586
Total OI1,826.71,5602,2451,5602,080

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-05-01$50.52$51.5531.0%8.9%16.3%0.0%32.2%-2.1%1.4%123.5K-821.5K-7.3K1.1775.632222591,092468
2015-05-04$51.40$46.8631.8%9.3%17.6%0.0%32.3%-0.2%-2.0%163.4K-1.2M-7.2K0.0037.682501,117468
2015-05-05$50.97$46.8631.8%9.2%17.8%0.0%32.1%0.3%-1.9%154.9K-991.5K-6.9K1.2343.022112591,117468
2015-05-06$50.41$46.8634.1%9.1%18.1%0.0%33.2%2.0%-2.0%131.5K-716.0K-6.6K1.2137.472112551,117468
2015-05-07$50.01$46.8633.2%9.1%18.1%0.0%33.6%2.7%-5.5%115.6K-471.9K-6.2K0.9841.182592551,117468
2015-05-08$49.12$46.8640.5%9.9%18.9%0.0%34.5%4.0%-2.0%71.5K-159.7K-6.0K2.6744.01802131,117468
2015-05-11$48.92$46.8638.1%9.2%18.9%0.0%31.1%2.6%-1.8%-341271.7K-6.8K0.8546.611441231,197652
2015-05-12$48.48$46.8645.7%10.0%18.9%0.0%34.1%3.3%-3.0%-56.2K550.1K-8.0K1.1844.952843351,327766
2015-05-13$48.73$46.8634.2%9.8%19.2%0.0%33.6%3.6%-2.1%-43.9K366.8K-8.1K1.4853.782263351,427766
2015-05-14$48.26$46.8632.5%9.3%19.3%0.0%32.0%2.4%-0.5%-63.5K451.7K-8.0K0.9756.432412341,438766
2015-05-15$48.22$46.8632.9%9.4%18.7%0.0%33.5%2.6%-3.3%-18.9K421.1K-8.1K0.6351.743792391,464781
2015-05-18$49.05$46.8632.4%9.3%19.4%0.0%32.0%0.7%-1.0%10.3K-102.8K-8.8K0.4960.0710853908660
2015-05-19$49.25$46.8632.1%9.2%18.6%0.0%32.7%2.1%-1.1%10.3K-134.3K-9.2K0.5058.644321951714
2015-05-20$49.26$46.8631.6%9.1%17.5%0.0%32.5%4.3%-0.4%12.7K-178.3K-9.5K0.4357.65299128993735
2015-05-21$49.19$46.8632.4%9.3%17.2%0.0%30.5%2.8%-0.0%-8.3K-1.9K-9.2K0.5160.67299154920763
2015-05-22$48.82$46.8632.2%9.2%17.3%14.5%31.7%2.3%0.3%-19.4K257.5K-9.3K0.3559.83392139921789
2015-05-26$50.28$46.8625.1%7.2%20.4%6.6%26.3%0.3%-0.5%28.5K-733.6K-8.8K0.2664.314911271,084801
2015-05-27$50.26$46.8623.4%6.7%20.4%4.7%18.8%3.4%0.1%37.6K-881.5K-11.2K0.2687.364911271,256817
2015-05-28$49.95$46.8622.0%6.3%18.1%3.1%20.1%2.5%1.5%19.6K-985.5K-10.3K0.2685.494961271,256817
2015-05-29$50.66$46.8621.6%6.2%18.6%2.7%20.8%3.1%-0.5%59.9K-1.5M-9.7K0.2888.594591271,263817