LII Options History — December 2010

In December 2010, LII traded between $46.12 and $48.72. ATM implied volatility averaged 35.2%, placing in the 25.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 13.4% (HV 20d: 21.8%). Max pain ranged from $45.00 to $45.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 20 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.26.

Notable Days

  • 2010-12-03: Highest Volume — 520 contracts
  • 2010-12-31: Largest IV spike — 88.2% change
  • 2010-12-31: Highest IV Rank — 52.9%
  • 2010-12-31: Largest Expected Move — 14.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$47.47$46.12$48.72$46.12$47.29
Max Pain$45.00$45.00$45.00$45.00$45.00
ATM IV35.2%27.0%51.5%32.5%51.5%
Expected Move9.3%7.7%14.8%9.3%14.8%
HV 20d21.8%10.2%27.9%27.9%12.3%
HV 60d24.8%22.5%26.2%26.2%22.8%
IV Rank25.3%11.4%52.9%20.6%52.9%
IV Percentile63.2%30.6%97.2%60.7%97.2%
Term Structure1.6%-10.4%7.5%7.5%0.5%
VWIV33.9%27.4%44.7%44.7%27.4%
Skew 25d6.3%-5.9%14.1%8.8%10.5%
Skew 10d10.1%-5.0%26.4%10.3%16.0%
Call IV 25d32.3%22.5%45.3%22.5%28.5%
Put IV 25d38.6%31.3%42.5%31.3%39.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %74.1851.86122.4279.56122.42
Gamma HHI0.670.430.920.450.63
Net GEX41.2K5.5K98.7K7.9K25.2K
Net DEX-735.4K-1.1M-344.8K-375.2K-611.2K
Net VEX-2.9K-3.7K-2.4K-2.5K-2.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.260.001.000.170.00
Total Volume43.409052000
Total OI731.4094121,101560455

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-12-01$46.12$45.0032.5%9.3%27.9%20.6%0.0%8.8%7.5%7.9K-375.2K-2.5K0.0079.5600259301
2010-12-02$46.29$45.0033.0%9.5%27.6%21.6%0.0%8.4%-5.5%11.0K-402.4K-2.4K0.0092.77010259301
2010-12-03$46.22$45.0043.9%12.6%26.5%40.0%44.7%-5.9%-10.4%5.5K-344.8K-2.6K0.1782.5444476259311
2010-12-06$46.45$45.0045.4%9.5%26.5%42.6%33.0%0.9%5.2%56.2K-851.3K-3.6K0.6791.2532624387
2010-12-07$46.97$45.0042.6%9.8%26.6%37.8%33.1%3.0%2.5%69.7K-1.0M-3.4K0.2754.3111230624389
2010-12-08$46.85$45.0041.5%9.7%24.7%36.0%32.7%14.1%2.5%78.4K-1.0M-3.7K0.0055.59770682419
2010-12-09$46.79$45.0040.2%9.4%24.6%33.8%35.7%10.3%4.5%62.7K-829.0K-3.4K1.0051.861010632419
2010-12-10$46.87$45.0039.1%9.7%24.7%31.9%33.9%10.5%2.6%49.9K-663.7K-3.2K0.2957.383510579429
2010-12-13$46.91$45.0038.1%9.7%23.7%30.3%0.0%0.0%2.8%42.6K-687.4K-3.0K0.0057.2700597439
2010-12-14$47.09$45.0047.6%9.8%23.5%46.3%34.1%0.0%2.4%47.2K-740.4K-2.9K0.0063.5808597439
2010-12-15$47.70$45.0032.2%9.2%21.2%20.2%32.8%0.0%2.0%63.6K-887.8K-2.7K0.0867.61625597444
2010-12-16$48.26$45.0032.6%9.4%21.0%20.9%0.0%0.0%0.7%98.7K-1.1M-3.0K0.0068.6220627443
2010-12-17$47.88$45.0030.8%8.8%20.0%17.7%31.2%0.0%2.0%21.6K-969.8K-2.9K0.6068.59106627443
2010-12-20$47.88$45.0029.6%8.5%19.9%15.8%0.0%0.0%2.3%24.6K-586.7K-2.7K0.0072.5200276136
2010-12-21$48.67$45.0027.3%7.8%20.1%11.8%27.4%0.0%1.7%27.5K-681.1K-2.6K0.0072.13200276136
2010-12-22$48.72$45.0028.6%8.2%19.6%14.1%0.0%0.0%2.0%32.2K-720.0K-2.7K0.0075.7210296136
2010-12-23$48.46$45.0027.0%7.7%19.8%11.4%0.0%0.0%2.4%33.2K-714.9K-2.7K0.0076.33220297136
2010-12-27$48.38$45.0028.4%8.1%20.0%13.7%0.0%0.0%1.7%36.6K-749.2K-2.8K0.0078.2700319136
2010-12-28$48.31$45.0028.3%8.1%19.8%13.5%0.0%0.0%1.8%36.8K-745.6K-2.8K0.0080.9200319136
2010-12-29$48.12$45.0027.3%7.8%18.9%11.9%0.0%0.0%1.9%37.2K-728.4K-2.7K0.0078.7100319136
2010-12-30$48.12$45.0027.4%7.8%10.2%12.0%0.0%0.0%2.7%37.8K-724.5K-2.7K0.0084.0900319136
2010-12-31$47.29$45.0051.5%14.8%12.3%52.9%0.0%0.0%0.5%25.2K-611.2K-2.9K0.00122.4200319136