LBRDA Options History — April 2016

In April 2016, LBRDA traded between $51.94 and $55.16. ATM implied volatility averaged 33.4%, placing in the 16.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 11.2% (HV 20d: 22.2%). Max pain ranged from $51.55 to $51.55. Net GEX was positive for 7 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 5.02.

Notable Days

  • 2016-04-15: Highest Volume — 645 contracts
  • 2016-04-04: Largest IV spike — 72.9% change
  • 2016-04-04: Highest IV Rank — 33.3%
  • 2016-04-15: Largest Expected Move — 11.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$53.84$51.94$55.16$54.93$53.67
Max Pain$51.55$51.55$51.55$51.55$51.55
ATM IV33.4%22.4%51.5%29.8%31.9%
Expected Move8.9%6.1%11.2%8.5%9.1%
HV 20d22.2%15.1%27.6%26.0%23.6%
HV 60d26.9%25.5%28.6%28.4%25.7%
IV Rank16.3%5.9%33.3%12.9%14.9%
IV Percentile46.9%7.1%82.9%38.5%44.4%
Term Structure-5.9%-23.2%3.3%-3.4%-8.2%
VWIV35.2%23.9%53.2%43.3%31.9%
Skew 25d6.5%-1.7%24.4%14.1%3.6%
Skew 10d15.5%2.5%29.5%19.1%5.3%
Call IV 25d28.9%22.7%45.5%28.2%28.9%
Put IV 25d35.4%23.8%52.4%42.2%32.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %111.2578.77138.56123.18103.19
Gamma HHI0.520.290.660.510.54
Net GEX-25.2K-71.0K28.1K15.0K-42.6K
Net DEX-431.9K-1.3M534.5K-1.2M215.0K
Net VEX-3.7K-4.3K-3.3K-4.3K-3.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio5.023.037.893.944.34
Total Volume463.238297645432535
Total OI801.815311,085898657

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-04-01$54.93$51.5529.8%8.5%26.0%12.9%43.3%14.1%-3.4%15.0K-1.2M-4.3K3.94123.1887345364534
2016-04-04$55.16$0.0051.5%6.1%26.0%33.3%23.9%-1.0%-6.7%6.5K-1.2M-3.6K4.12121.5587361364534
2016-04-05$54.68$51.5523.0%7.2%26.5%6.6%28.6%2.6%-0.5%16.4K-1.3M-3.5K4.1278.7787361364550
2016-04-06$55.08$51.5533.0%9.3%26.1%16.0%53.2%24.4%-6.6%14.3K-1.3M-3.5K4.07124.1887356364550
2016-04-07$53.99$51.5522.4%10.9%27.6%5.9%23.9%2.8%-18.8%28.1K-1.2M-3.7K5.16109.7387451364561
2016-04-08$54.11$51.5526.7%6.4%27.0%10.0%44.1%8.6%0.5%5.6K-1.1M-4.0K5.16111.8987451364668
2016-04-11$53.84$51.5536.7%7.0%26.8%19.4%28.7%4.5%3.3%9.7K-1.0M-4.1K5.7790.5787505364668
2016-04-12$53.96$51.5547.0%8.1%26.5%29.1%32.3%7.4%-7.8%-20-1.2M-3.9K3.7595.93134505364721
2016-04-13$54.61$51.5538.4%11.0%26.7%20.9%30.4%2.4%-23.2%-11.9K-777.5K-4.1K3.75135.27134505338721
2016-04-14$53.94$51.5524.2%6.9%15.9%7.6%29.2%3.6%-4.6%-25.2K-1.2M-3.4K3.7595.48134505338721
2016-04-15$53.81$51.5538.9%11.2%15.9%21.5%39.1%15.8%-8.2%-45.2K-1.2M-3.8K3.61127.95140505338720
2016-04-18$53.36$51.5533.8%9.7%15.1%16.6%32.6%17.6%0.0%-48.9K353.9K-3.4K7.89138.523830352479
2016-04-19$53.55$51.5534.9%10.0%15.1%17.7%32.6%8.8%-7.4%-47.6K324.3K-3.6K7.89105.843830352492
2016-04-20$52.31$51.5527.1%7.8%17.2%10.4%35.3%7.8%1.9%-45.8K401.6K-3.6K7.8999.373830352492
2016-04-21$52.12$51.5537.0%10.6%17.0%19.7%38.0%2.3%-6.5%-56.6K534.5K-3.7K7.89122.573830352491
2016-04-22$51.94$51.5533.8%9.7%16.9%16.6%33.1%5.9%-12.5%-51.9K470.7K-3.5K7.89138.563830351491
2016-04-25$54.17$51.5535.1%10.1%22.8%17.9%42.8%-1.7%-0.7%-48.2K322.1K-3.3K4.01101.277128751491
2016-04-26$54.30$51.5533.0%9.5%21.3%15.9%51.5%0.7%-7.3%-61.1K305.0K-3.9K3.03104.367422377608
2016-04-27$53.06$51.5531.6%9.1%22.7%14.6%32.2%2.7%-6.2%-71.0K434.4K-4.0K3.03104.397422379609
2016-04-28$54.02$51.5532.0%9.2%23.6%14.9%31.6%3.8%-0.3%-68.5K351.1K-3.9K4.34103.7210043579609
2016-04-29$53.67$51.5531.9%9.1%23.6%14.9%31.9%3.6%-8.2%-42.6K215.0K-3.3K4.34103.19100435106551