LII Options History — March 2012

In March 2012, LII traded between $38.37 and $42.73. ATM implied volatility averaged 29.3%, placing in the 13.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.1% (HV 20d: 26.2%). Max pain ranged from $35.00 to $45.00. Net GEX was positive for 9 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.28.

Notable Days

  • 2012-03-15: Highest Volume — 32 contracts
  • 2012-03-09: Largest IV spike — 30.5% change
  • 2012-03-14: Highest IV Rank — 18.2%
  • 2012-03-08: Largest Expected Move — 10.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$40.35$38.37$42.73$39.50$40.30
Max Pain$43.24$35.00$45.00$35.00$45.00
ATM IV29.3%22.1%34.4%30.1%29.1%
Expected Move8.8%7.4%10.1%8.6%8.3%
HV 20d26.2%17.2%30.2%27.3%28.6%
HV 60d31.1%27.7%33.8%33.1%27.7%
IV Rank13.4%6.6%18.2%14.2%13.1%
IV Percentile32.5%4.4%48.8%39.3%32.5%
Term Structure1.8%-2.5%5.8%4.4%3.9%
VWIV29.3%26.9%34.4%34.4%28.1%
Skew 25d8.1%-1.4%41.3%41.3%34.1%
Skew 10d12.0%-1.9%61.4%58.5%57.7%
Call IV 25d27.8%23.4%33.3%32.5%25.5%
Put IV 25d36.0%25.6%73.9%73.9%59.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %103.4797.83111.25111.25103.48
Gamma HHI0.510.290.990.650.33
Net GEX-32-2.7K1.8K706-19
Net DEX-138.0K-426.1K76.0K-251.4K51.5K
Net VEX-411-657-117-295-657
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.280.0010.000.003.33
Total Volume6.818032010
Total OI339.136116536496160

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-03-01$39.50$35.0030.1%8.6%27.3%14.2%0.0%41.3%4.4%706-251.4K-2950.00111.2500134362
2012-03-02$39.95$35.0028.9%8.3%20.1%13.0%0.0%38.9%5.1%1.0K-274.7K-2950.00109.3700134362
2012-03-05$39.64$0.0031.4%9.9%17.2%15.4%0.0%7.8%-2.5%-411-258.6K-2740.00103.9200134362
2012-03-06$38.37$0.0033.4%9.5%20.4%17.2%0.0%6.6%-0.7%-2.7K-195.9K-2780.00103.8400134362
2012-03-07$38.75$0.0031.5%9.8%20.8%15.4%0.0%6.2%0.2%-1.7K-210.7K-2540.00107.0200134362
2012-03-08$39.59$0.0022.1%10.1%22.0%6.6%0.0%8.1%-2.2%1.1K-228.4K-2200.00103.9800134362
2012-03-09$40.86$0.0028.9%9.9%24.6%13.0%34.4%6.2%-0.9%1.4K-326.7K-2290.00103.0820134362
2012-03-12$40.93$40.0030.8%10.0%24.5%14.8%0.0%-1.4%-2.0%1.1K-348.2K-1930.00107.0600136362
2012-03-13$42.42$40.0030.9%10.0%27.1%14.9%29.1%5.1%-2.5%1.4K-426.1K-1173.5098.28621136362
2012-03-14$42.17$45.0034.4%9.8%26.9%18.2%0.0%2.3%0.1%-1.2K-367.3K-2160.0098.64011132383
2012-03-15$42.73$45.0028.7%8.2%26.6%12.8%32.1%2.6%-1.2%-189-361.4K-3470.0097.83320132394
2012-03-16$42.00$45.0032.8%9.4%27.0%16.7%27.2%5.5%-0.3%-1.2K-334.3K-5060.00101.25200142394
2012-03-19$41.69$45.0025.9%7.4%27.2%10.2%0.0%0.1%5.8%1.8K25.2K-5430.00100.30004472
2012-03-20$40.34$45.0028.3%8.1%29.9%12.4%28.3%3.3%3.1%83246.2K-4800.00103.08034472
2012-03-21$39.87$45.0027.2%7.8%30.2%11.4%0.0%2.5%3.5%-7558.9K-47410.00102.141104475
2012-03-22$39.45$45.0029.7%8.5%30.2%13.7%0.0%0.1%3.3%-90476.0K-5231.43103.827104585
2012-03-23$39.39$45.0026.9%7.7%29.0%11.1%26.9%0.5%4.6%-88770.5K-5970.00102.88105295
2012-03-26$39.90$45.0028.1%8.1%29.3%12.3%28.1%2.0%4.1%-29654.8K-5883.33103.803105395
2012-03-27$40.04$45.0028.1%8.1%28.9%12.2%28.1%3.3%3.5%6148.9K-6510.00104.140355105
2012-03-28$39.78$45.0028.3%8.1%28.9%12.4%0.0%1.2%5.2%-44160.2K-6500.00103.210055105
2012-03-29$40.00$45.0029.0%8.3%28.7%13.1%0.0%2.4%4.4%-19755.5K-6550.00103.890055105
2012-03-30$40.30$45.0029.1%8.3%28.6%13.1%0.0%34.1%3.9%-1951.5K-6570.00103.4801055105