LII Options History — September 2014

In September 2014, LII traded between $76.87 and $83.77. ATM implied volatility averaged 19.3%, placing in the 55.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 9.2% (HV 20d: 10.1%). Max pain ranged from $80.00 to $90.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.41.

Notable Days

  • 2014-09-26: Highest Volume — 2,324 contracts
  • 2014-09-29: Largest IV spike — 13.6% change
  • 2014-09-29: Highest IV Rank — 66.1%
  • 2014-09-03: Largest Expected Move — 6.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$80.53$76.87$83.77$83.77$76.87
Max Pain$89.05$80.00$90.00$90.00$80.00
ATM IV19.3%17.1%21.2%18.5%20.5%
Expected Move5.9%5.7%6.2%6.2%6.0%
HV 20d10.1%8.1%11.2%11.0%11.0%
HV 60d14.0%13.8%14.4%14.0%13.9%
IV Rank55.1%42.0%66.1%50.4%62.1%
IV Percentile44.9%6.7%81.7%24.6%73.8%
Term Structure0.9%-1.2%2.1%0.7%1.4%
VWIV21.0%19.7%22.4%20.6%21.2%
Skew 25d1.6%-2.0%5.5%5.5%-0.9%
Skew 10d3.2%-7.5%25.9%8.5%-7.5%
Call IV 25d19.4%16.3%22.2%16.3%21.3%
Put IV 25d21.0%18.9%22.5%21.8%20.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %76.4567.8882.5974.5380.24
Gamma HHI0.510.340.690.680.56
Net GEX319.3K-210.3K818.3K401.6K743.5K
Net DEX-2.1M-8.2M195.5K-3.5M-7.1M
Net VEX-36.0K-66.6K-21.1K-42.6K-63.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.410.0018.500.040.02
Total Volume164.66702,3242953
Total OI3,644.2862,8035,2373,4225,237

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-09-02$83.77$90.0018.5%6.2%11.0%50.4%0.0%5.5%0.7%401.6K-3.5M-42.6K0.0474.532812,822600
2014-09-03$83.65$90.0019.6%6.2%10.7%56.6%0.0%4.6%-0.8%395.5K-3.3M-41.6K0.0077.16202,848601
2014-09-04$83.19$90.0019.7%5.8%10.7%57.3%0.0%2.9%-1.2%358.3K-3.0M-41.4K0.0075.61902,843601
2014-09-05$82.77$90.0017.1%5.7%10.8%42.0%0.0%2.2%1.2%269.0K-2.0M-37.2K0.0067.88502,846601
2014-09-08$82.74$90.0018.7%5.8%8.5%51.8%0.0%1.3%0.5%290.6K-2.3M-37.4K0.0069.88002,851601
2014-09-09$81.91$90.0019.6%6.0%9.0%56.7%0.0%2.5%0.3%249.4K-1.8M-36.4K0.0075.491502,851601
2014-09-10$82.03$90.0019.9%5.9%8.5%58.7%20.6%2.5%0.3%236.0K-1.5M-34.1K0.0472.07524232,861601
2014-09-11$81.49$90.0018.9%5.9%8.1%52.8%0.0%-0.7%1.4%399.3K-2.3M-38.0K0.0076.89803,320609
2014-09-12$80.68$90.0018.9%5.9%8.6%52.7%0.0%0.6%1.2%320.1K-1.6M-36.9K1.5072.8014213,328609
2014-09-15$80.06$90.0019.3%5.8%8.7%55.3%0.0%1.3%0.5%245.8K-656.5K-33.0K0.0080.52003,324630
2014-09-16$81.04$90.0019.3%5.9%9.0%55.1%0.0%3.2%0.7%318.6K-1.2M-34.4K18.5077.782373,324630
2014-09-17$81.71$90.0020.2%5.9%9.6%60.3%22.4%1.5%-0.7%420.4K-2.0M-36.0K0.1375.991523,326650
2014-09-18$80.38$90.0018.5%5.8%10.9%50.4%0.0%-0.0%2.0%167.9K-597.4K-31.1K0.0081.021203,321637
2014-09-19$79.83$90.0018.2%5.7%10.7%48.7%0.0%-2.0%1.0%-210.3K195.5K-28.1K0.6679.09101673,331637
2014-09-22$78.76$90.0019.7%5.7%11.2%57.6%22.2%2.8%1.5%297.6K-987.1K-24.6K4.8077.885242,499304
2014-09-23$78.18$90.0020.5%5.7%11.2%61.8%0.0%1.7%0.9%254.2K-544.4K-23.8K0.0082.591502,502326
2014-09-24$78.25$90.0019.3%5.8%11.2%54.9%19.7%2.5%2.1%234.3K-470.8K-23.8K0.0071.159702,502326
2014-09-25$78.02$90.0019.3%5.7%11.1%55.2%19.9%2.1%1.6%256.1K-574.8K-23.2K0.0076.00402,592326
2014-09-26$78.00$90.0018.6%5.9%11.1%51.3%20.8%1.3%1.9%238.8K-291.2K-21.1K0.0080.932,314102,596326
2014-09-29$77.70$80.0021.2%6.0%10.8%66.1%21.3%-0.9%1.6%818.3K-8.2M-66.6K1.1779.9923274,854336
2014-09-30$76.87$80.0020.5%6.0%11.0%62.1%21.2%-0.9%1.4%743.5K-7.1M-63.8K0.0280.245214,877360