LII Options History — March 2008

In March 2008, LII traded between $33.49 and $37.67. ATM implied volatility averaged 44.8%, placing in the 40.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 9.1% (HV 20d: 35.7%). Max pain ranged from $35.00 to $35.00. Net GEX was positive for 12 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.43.

Notable Days

  • 2008-03-10: Highest Volume — 619 contracts
  • 2008-03-26: Largest IV spike — 10.5% change
  • 2008-03-06: Highest IV Rank — 49.6%
  • 2008-03-03: Largest Expected Move — 14.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$35.51$33.49$37.67$36.04$35.97
Max Pain$35.00$35.00$35.00$35.00$35.00
ATM IV44.8%39.0%49.7%49.7%43.8%
Expected Move12.7%11.2%14.2%14.2%12.5%
HV 20d35.7%32.0%42.2%38.6%42.2%
HV 60d40.8%39.9%41.4%41.4%41.3%
IV Rank40.2%32.5%49.6%35.4%40.7%
IV Percentile77.1%54.8%86.9%86.9%76.2%
Term Structure-0.3%-6.1%2.4%-1.2%1.3%
VWIV42.8%25.6%49.3%47.2%25.6%
Skew 25d4.6%2.3%6.5%2.3%5.8%
Skew 10d4.5%-9.2%8.7%-9.2%8.7%
Call IV 25d40.8%39.6%42.2%42.2%40.9%
Put IV 25d45.5%44.1%47.1%44.6%46.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %68.1858.1579.7071.4179.70
Gamma HHI0.490.430.700.700.47
Net GEX13.8K-32.2K45.0K22.6K42.2K
Net DEX-664.4K-1.4M362.7K-333.5K-1.1M
Net VEX-4.6K-6.1K-2.0K-2.6K-5.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.430.001.731.730.00
Total Volume59.15061928435
Total OI1,076.857611,474761878

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-03-03$36.04$35.0049.7%14.2%38.6%35.4%47.2%2.3%-1.2%22.6K-333.5K-2.6K1.7371.41104180502259
2008-03-04$35.84$35.0048.9%14.0%38.6%34.5%49.3%2.8%-6.1%3.1K-94.9K-2.8K0.0068.92020473369
2008-03-05$35.65$35.0048.1%13.8%36.7%33.4%0.0%2.9%-4.8%-1.1K-29.4K-2.7K0.0070.8000473389
2008-03-06$35.52$35.0049.0%14.0%32.0%49.6%49.0%3.5%-5.5%-2.2K-8.6K-2.6K0.0060.5510473389
2008-03-07$34.82$35.0047.1%12.4%32.2%46.4%0.0%2.6%0.5%-9.1K129.9K-2.5K0.0058.15020473389
2008-03-10$33.49$35.0047.0%12.7%33.4%46.3%0.0%5.7%0.5%-16.9K362.7K-2.0K0.0358.3560019473379
2008-03-11$34.51$35.0045.8%12.8%33.8%44.1%0.0%6.5%0.0%14.9K-559.9K-5.8K0.0059.59101,025388
2008-03-12$35.50$35.0045.1%12.7%34.2%43.0%0.0%5.1%0.7%23.3K-874.7K-6.1K0.0061.75801,026388
2008-03-13$35.65$35.0043.2%12.4%34.2%39.7%43.1%5.8%1.9%19.0K-855.2K-5.9K1.3362.1230401,026388
2008-03-14$34.89$35.0043.7%12.5%33.2%40.5%0.0%0.0%0.9%-2.6K-617.3K-5.9K0.0061.02001,046428
2008-03-17$34.58$35.0045.1%12.9%33.3%42.9%0.0%5.8%-1.1%-8.6K-510.4K-5.5K0.0065.111401,046428
2008-03-18$35.77$35.0043.5%12.5%34.0%40.3%0.0%5.0%-0.4%13.3K-967.8K-5.6K0.0069.08001,049348
2008-03-19$35.33$35.0042.5%12.2%33.6%38.6%0.0%4.9%1.1%-3.6K-927.8K-5.4K0.0071.422401,049348
2008-03-20$35.38$35.0042.9%12.3%33.6%39.2%0.0%4.5%-0.3%-32.2K-1.0M-5.5K0.0076.700101,071348
2008-03-24$36.43$35.0043.5%12.5%35.5%40.2%0.0%4.8%-0.2%43.2K-1.2M-5.3K0.0072.0800727104
2008-03-25$37.67$35.0039.0%11.2%37.5%32.5%0.0%0.0%1.6%44.6K-1.4M-5.4K1.6771.441220727104
2008-03-26$36.89$35.0043.0%12.3%37.8%39.5%0.0%4.6%1.5%45.0K-1.3M-5.4K0.0070.390073994
2008-03-27$35.65$35.0042.3%12.1%39.3%38.1%25.6%5.7%2.4%42.6K-1.1M-5.2K0.0076.58035739114
2008-03-28$34.58$35.0043.1%12.3%40.4%39.5%0.0%5.0%0.9%38.9K-845.8K-5.2K0.0078.54100739129
2008-03-31$35.97$35.0043.8%12.5%42.2%40.7%0.0%5.8%1.3%42.2K-1.1M-5.4K0.0079.70350749129