LII Options History — October 2011

In October 2011, LII traded between $25.42 and $34.19. ATM implied volatility averaged 57.1%, placing in the 45.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 16.4%. IV traded below realized volatility by 15.9% (HV 20d: 73.0%). Max pain ranged from $25.00 to $30.00. Net GEX was positive for 8 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.30.

Notable Days

  • 2011-10-03: Highest Volume — 50 contracts
  • 2011-10-07: Largest IV spike — 91.8% change
  • 2011-10-07: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2011-10-07: Largest Expected Move — 23.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$29.40$25.42$34.19$25.42$32.19
Max Pain$25.95$25.00$30.00$30.00$25.00
ATM IV57.1%37.1%120.6%70.4%48.7%
Expected Move16.4%12.0%23.6%20.2%14.0%
HV 20d73.0%53.8%79.7%74.5%58.0%
HV 60d64.5%62.3%66.8%62.3%66.8%
IV Rank45.8%20.8%100.0%86.2%31.8%
IV Percentile92.0%75.4%100.0%99.6%88.5%
Term Structure0.1%-5.5%10.5%-1.8%5.3%
VWIV60.6%42.2%72.3%71.8%42.2%
Skew 25d11.1%-3.6%58.8%1.3%6.5%
Skew 10d12.4%-9.6%32.0%-5.6%6.4%
Call IV 25d46.3%30.7%70.7%69.4%43.9%
Put IV 25d57.4%42.9%103.8%70.7%50.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %104.6257.77129.4491.86115.97
Gamma HHI0.520.290.690.450.29
Net GEX-15.2K-77.4K26.1K-3910.7K
Net DEX-481.1K-2.0M455.6K455.6K-1.8M
Net VEX-3.3K-4.5K-1.8K-3.8K-1.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.300.001.200.630.00
Total Volume10.048050500
Total OI1,353.6199661,5361,385989

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-10-03$25.42$30.0070.4%20.2%74.5%86.2%0.0%1.3%-1.8%-39455.6K-3.8K0.0091.86050715670
2011-10-04$26.24$30.0070.1%20.1%75.7%85.7%71.8%0.4%-3.6%-5.9K381.5K-4.0K0.0092.6704715720
2011-10-05$26.82$30.0063.9%18.3%73.7%76.1%0.0%-3.6%-0.2%-9.6K324.4K-3.9K0.6398.012717715724
2011-10-06$28.10$30.0062.9%18.0%75.8%74.5%0.0%5.3%-2.0%-16.4K-22.8K-4.5K0.0095.4600742741
2011-10-07$27.39$25.00120.6%23.6%75.8%100.0%0.0%58.8%-5.3%-10.8K67.9K-4.5K0.00129.44210742741
2011-10-10$29.02$25.0055.8%17.0%78.8%38.6%72.3%5.4%-5.5%-30.9K-273.7K-4.2K1.2057.772024760741
2011-10-11$28.85$25.0042.2%17.3%78.5%25.6%0.0%16.9%-4.9%-39.9K-122.5K-4.3K0.00108.4601770765
2011-10-12$29.84$25.0037.1%15.6%79.3%20.8%0.0%14.0%1.4%-70.5K-563.6K-4.1K0.00108.16100770766
2011-10-13$29.37$25.0053.6%15.4%78.7%36.4%0.0%7.8%0.4%-56.1K-311.9K-4.0K0.00109.7300770766
2011-10-14$29.51$25.0052.7%15.1%78.7%35.6%0.0%9.6%0.5%-51.8K-430.9K-3.8K0.00109.4000770766
2011-10-17$28.36$25.0055.8%16.0%79.4%38.5%0.0%10.5%0.2%-33.5K184.3K-3.4K0.00108.3401770766
2011-10-18$29.31$25.0054.4%15.6%79.7%37.1%0.0%6.7%-0.4%-77.4K-267.0K-3.4K0.00109.8400770765
2011-10-19$28.74$25.0055.3%15.9%76.7%38.1%0.0%13.6%1.7%-44.9K180.4K-3.1K0.00108.2500770765
2011-10-20$27.95$25.0056.7%16.3%71.5%39.4%0.0%13.7%2.7%25.9K416.8K-2.8K0.00105.9000770765
2011-10-21$28.33$25.0055.5%15.9%67.3%38.2%0.0%8.1%-0.8%26.1K353.9K-2.8K0.00107.4401770765
2011-10-24$29.45$25.0055.8%16.0%66.2%38.5%56.2%21.2%-3.8%22.8K-1.3M-2.5K0.00106.4850737229
2011-10-25$32.10$25.0055.0%15.8%71.5%37.8%42.2%10.4%-2.4%14.0K-1.7M-2.2K0.00110.93200740229
2011-10-26$32.29$25.0047.1%13.5%68.7%30.3%0.0%9.3%10.5%13.3K-1.8M-2.1K0.00109.99010750229
2011-10-27$34.19$25.0041.9%12.0%70.9%25.3%0.0%9.8%6.6%7.9K-2.0M-1.9K0.00104.9300750239
2011-10-28$33.93$25.0043.6%12.5%53.8%26.9%0.0%7.4%2.7%7.9K-2.0M-1.9K0.00108.0600750239
2011-10-31$32.19$25.0048.7%14.0%58.0%31.8%0.0%6.5%5.3%10.7K-1.8M-1.8K0.00115.9700750239