LII Options History — February 2012

In February 2012, LII traded between $36.60 and $39.95. ATM implied volatility averaged 32.7%, placing in the 16.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.1% (HV 20d: 30.6%). Max pain ranged from $35.00 to $40.00. Net GEX was positive for 14 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.15.

Notable Days

  • 2012-02-02: Highest Volume — 86 contracts
  • 2012-02-02: Largest IV drop — 33.7% change
  • 2012-02-01: Highest IV Rank — 22.5%
  • 2012-02-01: Largest Expected Move — 11.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$39.17$36.60$39.95$36.60$39.13
Max Pain$35.50$35.00$40.00$40.00$35.00
ATM IV32.7%25.8%38.9%38.9%30.2%
Expected Move9.5%7.4%11.2%11.2%8.7%
HV 20d30.6%27.4%35.2%28.5%27.4%
HV 60d37.9%33.2%41.2%39.4%33.2%
IV Rank16.6%10.1%22.5%22.5%14.2%
IV Percentile46.1%29.0%61.1%61.1%39.7%
Term Structure1.8%-5.7%10.1%4.1%4.0%
VWIV30.7%27.9%34.8%27.9%30.8%
Skew 25d7.0%-4.4%74.2%5.7%0.5%
Skew 10d12.0%-6.4%90.6%7.7%-0.9%
Call IV 25d30.4%27.0%33.8%33.8%32.2%
Put IV 25d37.4%26.2%102.3%39.5%32.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %108.30104.33114.76114.76109.69
Gamma HHI0.630.300.870.320.61
Net GEX16.9K-6.2K61.1K-6.2K-1.3K
Net DEX-321.9K-433.4K-110.1K-110.1K-231.6K
Net VEX-565-1.1K-314-1.1K-334
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.150.150.150.150.15
Total Volume6.108600
Total OI529.6476571476496

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-02-01$36.60$40.0038.9%11.2%28.5%22.5%0.0%5.7%4.1%-6.2K-110.1K-1.1K0.00114.7600144332
2012-02-02$38.64$40.0025.8%7.4%33.7%10.1%27.9%74.2%7.6%-257-270.4K-5970.15112.297511144332
2012-02-03$39.85$35.0027.8%10.2%34.9%11.9%0.0%10.7%1.8%26.9K-433.4K-8130.00104.3300219343
2012-02-06$39.46$35.0033.4%10.4%35.2%17.2%0.0%7.1%-1.2%22.1K-419.1K-7580.00104.8800219343
2012-02-07$39.34$35.0033.5%10.1%34.9%17.4%0.0%8.7%0.4%20.8K-392.8K-8320.00105.0300219343
2012-02-08$39.00$35.0034.7%9.4%30.5%18.5%0.0%5.1%4.6%20.7K-368.7K-6710.00105.1600219343
2012-02-09$39.17$35.0035.9%10.3%30.5%19.6%0.0%5.2%0.2%23.0K-384.2K-6870.00106.3200219343
2012-02-10$39.14$35.0034.6%9.9%30.5%18.4%0.0%5.0%-2.2%27.0K-366.4K-6190.00106.4800219343
2012-02-13$39.58$35.0034.2%9.8%30.3%18.0%34.8%10.6%-4.0%33.6K-422.8K-5680.00104.9501219343
2012-02-14$39.18$35.0034.1%9.8%30.5%17.9%0.0%7.5%-3.0%32.3K-366.9K-5460.00106.7100219342
2012-02-15$38.81$35.0033.4%9.6%30.6%17.3%0.0%5.9%0.1%25.4K-320.1K-5300.00107.1800219342
2012-02-16$39.63$35.0034.2%9.8%30.6%18.0%29.3%1.1%-2.0%57.8K-406.4K-4440.00107.59020219342
2012-02-17$39.84$35.0035.1%10.1%29.6%18.9%0.0%1.3%-5.7%61.1K-428.2K-5160.00108.3700219352
2012-02-21$39.63$35.0035.0%10.0%29.7%18.8%0.0%-2.7%5.9%100-273.0K-4170.00108.5800134352
2012-02-22$39.57$35.0030.8%8.8%29.6%14.8%30.8%-2.6%4.4%1.1K-277.6K-3920.00106.48015134352
2012-02-23$39.95$35.0031.2%9.0%28.9%15.2%0.0%1.5%3.6%433-275.7K-3580.00109.7000134362
2012-02-24$39.00$35.0030.4%8.7%29.2%14.4%0.0%-4.4%10.1%-1.3K-241.2K-4010.00113.5600134362
2012-02-27$39.19$35.0031.0%8.9%29.2%15.0%0.0%0.5%3.8%-1.4K-235.0K-3770.00110.0900134362
2012-02-28$38.74$35.0030.3%8.7%28.1%14.3%0.0%-0.3%3.3%-3.2K-213.7K-3140.00113.7600134362
2012-02-29$39.13$35.0030.2%8.7%27.4%14.2%0.0%0.5%4.0%-1.3K-231.6K-3340.00109.6900134362