LII Options History — August 2008

In August 2008, LII traded between $35.45 and $41.00. ATM implied volatility averaged 44.6%, placing in the 34.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.0%. IV traded below realized volatility by 19.2% (HV 20d: 63.9%). Max pain ranged from $30.00 to $35.00. Net GEX was positive for 8 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.62.

Notable Days

  • 2008-08-26: Highest Volume — 432 contracts
  • 2008-08-14: Largest IV spike — 37.6% change
  • 2008-08-07: Highest IV Rank — 37.9%
  • 2008-08-05: Largest Expected Move — 13.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$37.50$35.45$41.00$35.50$37.00
Max Pain$34.29$30.00$35.00$30.00$35.00
ATM IV44.6%32.6%46.6%45.1%44.4%
Expected Move13.0%12.7%13.5%12.9%12.7%
HV 20d63.9%45.0%77.1%76.3%45.8%
HV 60d53.4%50.8%55.7%51.1%55.7%
IV Rank34.2%10.7%37.9%35.1%33.6%
IV Percentile67.2%5.6%77.8%70.6%64.7%
Term Structure0.1%-2.1%2.5%0.9%1.7%
VWIV47.2%34.5%69.6%69.6%34.5%
Skew 25d2.8%-3.3%9.0%-0.3%-2.6%
Skew 10d7.3%-7.5%24.7%-7.5%2.3%
Call IV 25d42.0%37.1%45.6%44.4%45.2%
Put IV 25d44.8%42.3%48.2%44.2%42.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %56.9846.8770.3768.8963.87
Gamma HHI0.420.350.590.370.59
Net GEX-4.4K-26.2K14.2K14.1K-26.2K
Net DEX-1.3M-2.5M-539.0K-1.2M-539.0K
Net VEX-5.4K-6.4K-4.6K-5.0K-6.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.620.0015.003.330.67
Total Volume72.0480432130
Total OI1,374.9521,2011,5041,2011,449

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-08-01$35.50$30.0045.1%12.9%76.3%35.1%69.6%0.0%0.9%14.1K-1.2M-5.0K3.3368.89310735466
2008-08-04$35.45$30.0046.4%13.3%74.5%37.5%0.0%0.0%-1.1%14.2K-1.2M-4.8K0.0047.5520736466
2008-08-05$36.26$30.0045.4%13.5%74.2%35.7%47.1%0.0%-1.3%13.2K-1.4M-4.7K6.1154.1036220738466
2008-08-06$36.24$35.0046.1%13.4%73.9%36.9%0.0%0.0%-0.4%517-1.2M-5.8K0.0047.9000774640
2008-08-07$36.10$35.0046.6%13.1%74.0%37.9%45.7%0.0%0.1%-203-1.2M-5.7K0.0047.75470774640
2008-08-08$37.28$35.0046.0%13.4%73.1%36.8%0.0%0.0%-2.1%1.7K-1.6M-5.7K10.0050.72110816640
2008-08-11$39.08$35.0045.2%13.0%74.0%35.2%45.8%0.0%-0.9%2.4K-2.1M-5.1K0.3259.416220816650
2008-08-12$39.07$35.0043.1%12.9%73.0%31.2%0.0%0.0%-0.5%4.6K-2.1M-5.3K0.0057.1100846658
2008-08-13$37.99$35.0032.6%12.9%73.6%10.7%0.0%0.0%-1.0%-2.2K-1.7M-5.3K0.0056.28140796658
2008-08-14$38.46$35.0044.9%12.9%68.3%34.6%0.0%0.0%-0.2%-1.9K-1.8M-5.1K2.0057.671020797658
2008-08-15$41.00$35.0045.5%13.1%71.1%35.9%45.5%0.0%-0.9%130-2.5M-4.6K0.0070.37470807677
2008-08-18$38.28$35.0045.7%13.1%76.4%36.1%44.4%-0.3%-0.2%-9.0K-1.3M-5.1K15.0050.6525375634628
2008-08-19$37.42$35.0044.9%12.9%77.1%34.6%0.0%0.2%1.0%-15.8K-966.5K-5.7K0.0046.8701654721
2008-08-20$37.17$35.0046.5%13.3%61.0%37.8%46.0%7.3%0.6%-16.4K-911.9K-5.7K0.9255.041211654722
2008-08-21$37.80$35.0045.2%12.9%47.9%35.2%46.4%9.0%-0.4%-6.1K-1.2M-5.2K0.2054.364910660621
2008-08-22$38.13$35.0044.8%12.8%46.1%34.4%0.0%8.8%-0.3%-3.5K-1.3M-5.0K0.0060.4500688621
2008-08-25$37.39$35.0044.4%12.7%46.0%33.7%0.0%1.3%2.5%-6.1K-1.2M-5.0K0.0061.31061688621
2008-08-26$36.85$35.0045.4%13.0%45.1%35.7%34.5%-3.3%2.4%-9.2K-997.2K-5.3K0.8162.74239193688663
2008-08-27$37.23$35.0044.7%12.8%45.1%34.3%0.0%0.1%1.8%-24.7K-548.8K-6.4K0.0060.98100602852
2008-08-28$37.84$35.0044.8%12.8%45.0%34.4%0.0%7.0%0.2%-22.7K-714.3K-6.3K0.6762.531510602852
2008-08-29$37.00$35.0044.4%12.7%45.8%33.6%0.0%-2.6%1.7%-26.2K-539.0K-6.1K0.0063.8700597852