LBRDA Options History — August 2015

In August 2015, LBRDA traded between $48.65 and $53.00. ATM implied volatility averaged 29.7%, placing in the 14.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 6.3% (HV 20d: 23.4%). Max pain ranged from $46.86 to $51.55. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.78.

Notable Days

  • 2015-08-14: Highest Volume — 220 contracts
  • 2015-08-04: Largest IV drop — 48.6% change
  • 2015-08-03: Highest IV Rank — 39.3%
  • 2015-08-03: Largest Expected Move — 15.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$51.03$48.65$53.00$51.37$51.02
Max Pain$48.42$46.86$51.55$51.55$51.55
ATM IV29.7%20.2%52.4%52.4%28.8%
Expected Move8.2%5.8%15.0%15.0%8.3%
HV 20d23.4%18.1%29.1%18.1%28.6%
HV 60d20.3%18.5%22.3%18.5%22.1%
IV Rank14.7%4.5%39.3%39.3%13.8%
IV Percentile51.8%3.2%90.3%90.3%53.8%
Term Structure-0.2%-25.9%8.0%-25.9%2.7%
VWIV30.8%19.2%38.6%29.7%32.8%
Skew 25d3.7%-3.4%13.2%4.7%9.2%
Skew 10d6.1%-9.5%28.7%28.7%12.3%
Call IV 25d32.1%22.0%71.0%71.0%30.6%
Put IV 25d35.8%22.3%75.7%75.7%39.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %109.7482.18146.96146.96115.28
Gamma HHI0.330.310.350.350.33
Net GEX46.2K35.3K56.9K52.0K40.7K
Net DEX-1.2M-1.6M-781.7K-1.4M-957.9K
Net VEX-5.5K-6.1K-4.7K-4.7K-4.7K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.780.001.430.000.42
Total Volume152.476022027171
Total OI705.952634751656634

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-08-03$51.37$51.5552.4%15.0%18.1%39.3%0.0%4.7%-25.9%52.0K-1.4M-4.7K0.00146.96270480176
2015-08-04$52.44$51.5526.9%7.7%19.0%11.7%29.7%4.0%1.0%42.9K-1.4M-5.5K1.43118.704767476177
2015-08-05$50.97$51.5527.8%8.0%21.5%12.7%30.6%1.6%-3.9%44.0K-1.3M-5.3K0.73119.489267476177
2015-08-06$50.38$46.8630.9%7.2%22.1%16.1%29.4%-0.1%0.2%47.7K-1.1M-5.7K0.73111.029267523177
2015-08-07$50.22$46.8631.8%6.9%21.6%17.0%31.2%6.7%0.5%47.2K-1.1M-5.6K1.1599.3392106523177
2015-08-10$51.06$46.8629.3%7.2%21.4%14.3%33.1%2.1%-0.1%48.4K-1.3M-5.9K1.1599.6992106523224
2015-08-11$51.10$46.8628.8%7.8%21.4%13.8%0.0%0.5%-1.0%46.2K-1.2M-6.1K0.00108.5700523223
2015-08-12$50.58$46.8629.8%8.6%21.0%14.9%29.9%-1.6%-3.5%45.9K-1.1M-6.1K1.10103.2296106523224
2015-08-13$51.12$46.8625.9%7.4%20.8%10.7%26.3%1.1%0.5%52.2K-1.3M-6.0K1.1082.1896106527224
2015-08-14$51.21$46.8624.7%7.1%20.8%9.4%28.0%4.2%1.8%49.7K-1.2M-5.9K0.93112.83114106527224
2015-08-17$52.49$46.8625.1%7.2%22.6%9.7%26.5%13.2%4.5%54.9K-1.5M-5.5K0.93100.59113106517224
2015-08-18$52.91$46.8620.2%5.8%22.5%4.5%19.2%-2.2%6.8%56.9K-1.6M-5.4K0.93110.45113106517224
2015-08-19$53.00$46.8629.4%8.4%22.5%14.4%38.4%4.5%-9.5%46.8K-1.6M-5.1K0.00141.9810517223
2015-08-20$51.73$46.8625.6%7.3%22.8%10.3%26.3%-3.4%1.5%56.6K-1.3M-5.5K0.93110.58114106519224
2015-08-21$50.22$46.8625.1%7.2%25.4%9.8%29.9%2.8%3.5%44.5K-1.1M-5.5K0.93105.06114106519224
2015-08-24$48.65$46.8635.8%10.3%27.1%21.3%38.6%4.3%3.6%35.3K-781.7K-5.5K0.9495.235148496179
2015-08-25$49.10$46.8634.3%9.8%27.0%19.7%38.3%-0.7%3.3%36.8K-859.1K-5.5K0.71109.326748495179
2015-08-26$49.68$51.5536.9%10.6%27.1%22.5%37.4%3.4%0.3%38.2K-933.1K-5.8K0.75113.346750517181
2015-08-27$51.20$51.5522.5%6.5%29.1%7.0%27.2%12.7%8.0%44.9K-1.2M-5.6K0.4296.7512150517181
2015-08-28$51.14$51.5531.0%8.9%29.1%16.2%32.9%11.1%1.2%39.3K-987.0K-4.9K0.42104.0512150453181
2015-08-31$51.02$51.5528.8%8.3%28.6%13.8%32.8%9.2%2.7%40.7K-957.9K-4.7K0.42115.2812150453181