LII Options History — April 2012

In April 2012, LII traded between $36.95 and $43.68. ATM implied volatility averaged 31.8%, placing in the 12.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.9% (HV 20d: 28.9%). Max pain ranged from $40.00 to $45.00. Net GEX was positive for 2 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.63.

Notable Days

  • 2012-04-26: Highest Volume — 242 contracts
  • 2012-04-11: Largest IV spike — 35.4% change
  • 2012-04-23: Highest IV Rank — 21.9%
  • 2012-04-23: Largest Expected Move — 12.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$39.58$36.95$43.68$39.88$43.40
Max Pain$42.50$40.00$45.00$45.00$40.00
ATM IV31.8%24.9%42.5%28.4%27.2%
Expected Move9.4%7.1%12.2%8.2%7.8%
HV 20d28.9%20.4%44.9%28.7%44.9%
HV 60d28.7%26.0%34.4%27.8%32.4%
IV Rank12.2%4.3%21.9%12.0%6.6%
IV Percentile36.6%7.1%68.3%28.2%14.7%
Term Structure1.2%-5.4%5.0%4.8%1.6%
VWIV25.9%24.9%26.6%26.3%24.9%
Skew 25d2.9%-4.2%7.0%1.8%-4.2%
Skew 10d6.9%-3.7%23.6%2.9%-3.1%
Call IV 25d30.3%24.7%37.5%27.5%26.9%
Put IV 25d33.3%21.4%40.7%29.2%22.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %100.5193.84108.25103.6098.91
Gamma HHI0.310.250.780.280.78
Net GEX848-4.1K37.1K-75037.1K
Net DEX51.5K-429.1K151.8K62.0K-399.6K
Net VEX-984-2.2K-683-683-2.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.630.001.501.501.00
Total Volume1702422020
Total OI215.4153441170441

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-04-02$39.88$45.0028.4%8.2%28.7%12.0%0.0%1.8%4.8%-75062.0K-6830.00103.6002055115
2012-04-03$39.88$45.0029.8%8.5%25.9%13.3%0.0%1.6%3.5%-1.7K78.1K-8160.00104.900055135
2012-04-04$39.25$45.0029.3%8.4%26.5%12.8%0.0%0.4%4.6%-2.3K95.9K-8180.00106.380055135
2012-04-05$38.64$45.0028.8%8.2%25.9%12.3%0.0%-1.5%5.0%-2.5K100.7K-8040.00108.250055135
2012-04-09$37.95$0.0028.4%10.0%23.4%12.0%0.0%6.6%-1.8%-2.9K116.3K-7930.0098.070055135
2012-04-10$36.95$0.0027.2%11.1%24.7%6.6%0.0%3.8%3.4%-3.3K136.0K-7820.0097.4401255135
2012-04-11$37.62$0.0036.9%10.2%21.4%16.2%0.0%5.7%0.1%-3.8K150.5K-9200.0097.860055147
2012-04-12$38.42$0.0035.4%10.2%23.5%14.8%0.0%7.0%0.0%-3.5K135.5K-9090.0099.340055147
2012-04-13$38.10$0.0034.6%9.9%22.5%13.9%0.0%6.7%-0.4%-3.8K145.9K-8930.0099.510055147
2012-04-16$38.33$0.0036.0%10.3%22.4%15.4%0.0%6.7%-0.5%-3.7K145.3K-8780.00100.860055147
2012-04-17$38.67$0.0037.8%10.8%22.9%17.1%0.0%4.7%-1.6%-3.4K130.7K-8750.00103.280055147
2012-04-18$38.16$0.0035.4%10.2%20.5%14.7%0.0%5.1%-0.6%-3.8K142.2K-8690.00101.940055147
2012-04-19$37.77$0.0033.4%9.6%20.4%12.8%0.0%4.0%-1.0%-4.1K151.8K-8570.00101.360055147
2012-04-20$38.77$0.0034.5%9.9%22.6%13.8%0.0%5.6%0.9%-3.6K140.5K-8480.00102.190055147
2012-04-23$38.31$0.0042.5%12.2%23.0%21.9%0.0%3.2%-5.4%-4.1K93.1K-8560.00102.170120133
2012-04-24$42.59$0.0027.7%7.9%44.4%7.0%26.3%1.8%4.1%-3.0K26.3K-7321.5097.51162420134
2012-04-25$42.34$40.0031.1%8.9%44.5%10.4%0.0%1.2%0.8%-3.4K11.4K-9520.0095.960036158
2012-04-26$42.93$40.0026.7%7.6%44.5%6.0%26.6%2.1%2.4%-3.1K-2.9K-9100.0093.84242036158
2012-04-27$43.68$40.0024.9%7.1%44.8%4.3%24.9%-3.3%4.0%36.6K-429.1K-2.2K0.0096.8050278158
2012-04-30$43.40$40.0027.2%7.8%44.9%6.6%0.0%-4.2%1.6%37.1K-399.6K-2.2K1.0098.911010283158