LII Options History — August 2014

In August 2014, LII traded between $83.43 and $85.25. ATM implied volatility averaged 19.4%, placing in the 55.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.2% (HV 20d: 16.2%). Max pain ranged from $90.00 to $90.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.44.

Notable Days

  • 2014-08-07: Highest Volume — 500 contracts
  • 2014-08-28: Largest IV spike — 7.8% change
  • 2014-08-07: Highest IV Rank — 66.9%
  • 2014-08-08: Largest Expected Move — 6.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$84.45$83.43$85.25$85.25$83.76
Max Pain$90.00$90.00$90.00$90.00$90.00
ATM IV19.4%17.6%21.3%20.3%19.3%
Expected Move6.1%5.9%6.3%6.1%6.2%
HV 20d16.2%10.9%19.8%18.6%11.0%
HV 60d16.1%15.4%16.5%16.4%15.4%
IV Rank55.4%45.0%66.9%60.7%55.1%
IV Percentile40.2%14.3%69.8%58.3%41.7%
Term Structure1.0%-0.5%3.0%-0.4%0.3%
VWIV22.2%20.6%23.8%23.8%20.6%
Skew 25d3.5%1.0%7.7%3.7%3.7%
Skew 10d5.1%-1.3%10.7%4.5%5.7%
Call IV 25d17.7%13.9%19.8%14.5%16.4%
Put IV 25d21.2%18.2%23.4%18.2%20.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %72.4963.3177.3170.2276.20
Gamma HHI0.640.550.720.630.65
Net GEX375.1K232.2K533.7K325.9K390.4K
Net DEX-3.6M-5.2M-2.0M-3.5M-3.2M
Net VEX-45.8K-55.2K-40.0K-44.1K-42.7K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.440.003.753.750.00
Total Volume46.28605003845
Total OI3,082.1432,6383,6462,6383,377

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-08-01$85.25$90.0020.3%6.1%18.6%60.7%0.0%3.7%-0.4%325.9K-3.5M-44.1K3.7570.228302,025613
2014-08-04$84.98$90.0020.5%6.1%18.6%62.2%0.0%3.2%1.0%292.9K-2.8M-42.8K0.0072.97002,029643
2014-08-05$84.38$90.0021.1%6.2%18.6%65.7%0.0%2.6%1.4%272.8K-2.6M-41.5K0.0065.14002,029643
2014-08-06$83.94$90.0020.9%6.2%18.4%64.5%0.0%4.4%1.0%246.2K-2.1M-40.0K0.0072.62052,029643
2014-08-07$83.61$90.0021.3%6.2%18.3%66.9%0.0%2.5%1.2%232.2K-2.0M-40.3K0.0069.5150002,029643
2014-08-08$85.08$90.0020.1%6.3%19.5%59.5%23.8%4.3%0.9%416.1K-4.0M-50.8K0.0069.54022,529643
2014-08-11$85.01$90.0021.0%6.2%19.4%65.1%0.0%2.4%1.3%432.1K-4.7M-51.6K0.0074.95022,529645
2014-08-12$84.16$90.0020.0%6.2%19.7%59.0%0.0%2.8%2.0%374.6K-3.7M-48.5K0.0071.051402,529643
2014-08-13$84.75$90.0018.7%6.1%19.8%51.6%0.0%1.9%1.8%395.1K-3.9M-48.2K0.0077.31012,541643
2014-08-14$84.60$90.0019.5%6.1%17.9%56.3%0.0%3.6%2.0%382.2K-3.7M-47.3K0.1471.592132,537626
2014-08-15$84.05$90.0018.6%6.2%17.1%51.0%23.3%2.8%3.0%356.9K-3.3M-46.5K0.0063.310132,538626
2014-08-18$84.97$90.0019.2%6.1%17.4%54.7%21.1%2.9%0.1%433.2K-4.3M-47.7K0.0073.324102,518592
2014-08-19$85.12$90.0018.6%6.2%16.2%50.9%0.0%1.0%0.5%455.0K-4.7M-47.9K0.2075.361532,517592
2014-08-20$85.06$90.0018.7%6.2%13.3%51.5%20.6%3.5%0.4%444.0K-4.3M-47.1K0.0073.562002,531595
2014-08-21$84.28$90.0018.4%6.0%13.2%49.7%0.0%2.0%0.8%533.7K-5.2M-55.2K0.0075.47203,051595
2014-08-22$84.45$90.0018.0%6.2%13.3%47.2%0.0%7.7%1.1%358.0K-3.4M-44.2K0.6476.461492,549595
2014-08-25$84.56$90.0018.0%6.0%12.9%47.7%0.0%7.0%0.6%415.9K-4.0M-45.1K0.0075.35402,563602
2014-08-26$83.98$90.0017.8%5.9%12.8%46.1%0.0%1.0%0.6%384.0K-3.6M-44.7K0.0066.48002,565602
2014-08-27$84.02$90.0017.6%5.9%12.6%45.0%0.0%5.0%1.6%359.9K-3.2M-43.2K0.0275.1420842,565592
2014-08-28$83.43$90.0019.0%6.0%10.9%53.0%0.0%5.0%-0.5%376.4K-3.2M-42.7K1.0076.75442,773596
2014-08-29$83.76$90.0019.3%6.2%11.0%55.1%0.0%3.7%0.3%390.4K-3.2M-42.7K0.0076.204502,777600