LII Options History — February 2018

In February 2018, LII traded between $193.43 and $214.10. ATM implied volatility averaged 27.6%, placing in the 43.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.8% (HV 20d: 26.8%). Max pain ranged from $185.00 to $190.00. Net GEX was positive for 7 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 9.60.

Notable Days

  • 2018-02-23: Highest Volume — 3,282 contracts
  • 2018-02-07: Largest IV drop — 36.2% change
  • 2018-02-02: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2018-02-06: Largest Expected Move — 8.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$204.43$193.43$214.10$214.10$205.00
Max Pain$187.89$185.00$190.00$185.00$190.00
ATM IV27.6%21.9%43.8%32.3%26.5%
Expected Move7.3%6.3%8.2%7.0%7.6%
HV 20d26.8%18.6%29.9%18.6%29.9%
HV 60d20.8%16.8%22.5%16.8%21.2%
IV Rank43.9%20.7%100.0%78.4%37.2%
IV Percentile86.4%61.1%100.0%99.2%94.0%
Term Structure-0.6%-5.0%3.2%-1.2%0.8%
VWIV30.9%25.4%34.4%25.4%31.7%
Skew 25d5.0%2.7%11.1%3.3%5.1%
Skew 10d10.1%3.8%15.7%8.7%12.2%
Call IV 25d23.7%21.0%27.2%22.6%23.2%
Put IV 25d28.6%25.0%35.4%25.8%28.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %72.5744.6486.3084.5872.28
Gamma HHI0.260.150.340.300.32
Net GEX-399.1K-1.2M312.3K312.3K-877.0K
Net DEX-2.0M-8.3M4.4M-8.3M896.2K
Net VEX-48.2K-74.2K-31.0K-35.7K-74.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio9.600.9917.720.996.45
Total Volume1,716.9472213,2822211,333
Total OI2,725.2631,2074,4431,2074,443

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-02-01$214.10$185.0032.3%7.0%18.6%78.4%25.4%3.3%-1.2%312.3K-8.3M-35.7K0.9984.58111110816391
2018-02-02$210.66$185.0037.1%7.6%19.5%100.0%28.8%3.5%-2.0%286.6K-7.2M-35.7K1.3179.05111145816396
2018-02-05$203.80$185.0043.8%8.1%22.2%100.0%30.1%3.2%-3.7%239.5K-5.3M-32.8K1.3985.60121168816408
2018-02-06$198.33$185.0038.9%8.2%23.9%82.1%33.1%7.4%-5.0%188.8K-3.0M-31.1K1.7179.77128219830427
2018-02-07$201.37$185.0024.8%7.1%24.6%31.1%26.5%4.9%-1.9%216.3K-4.3M-31.0K2.5076.39125312831476
2018-02-08$193.43$185.0028.5%8.2%26.3%44.7%31.1%6.8%-4.6%64.9K-642.3K-31.2K1.6079.59135216834579
2018-02-09$197.97$185.0027.9%8.0%27.0%42.5%34.4%11.1%-2.1%90.4K-2.1M-34.0K14.9379.751482,209844612
2018-02-12$201.70$190.0026.8%7.7%27.9%38.3%30.8%4.4%-2.1%-1.0M4.0M-64.8K14.8766.911562,3198592,616
2018-02-13$200.18$185.0026.2%7.5%27.9%36.4%30.6%6.6%-2.9%-121.7K-1.9M-32.0K15.2464.101442,194861734
2018-02-14$204.03$190.0024.9%7.1%28.9%31.5%29.6%4.2%-1.1%-1.2M4.4M-65.2K15.3872.171432,1998632,734
2018-02-15$206.99$190.0022.7%6.5%28.9%23.4%30.7%4.2%0.2%-850.3K-989.9K-56.1K14.6068.971502,1908642,751
2018-02-16$206.22$190.0022.1%6.3%28.5%21.4%31.3%2.7%1.2%-731.0K-1.6M-49.7K14.9886.301442,1578652,756
2018-02-20$203.34$190.0026.8%7.7%28.8%38.5%31.6%4.7%0.3%-987.2K1.1M-53.1K17.7261.711202,1268072,547
2018-02-21$203.17$190.0026.0%7.4%28.8%35.5%31.4%4.4%1.2%-1.0M1.5M-53.3K14.3650.421482,1258122,568
2018-02-22$206.11$190.0022.9%6.6%29.1%24.2%31.2%4.6%2.2%-814.7K-379.9K-53.1K13.6344.641562,1278412,559
2018-02-23$210.07$190.0021.9%6.3%29.8%20.7%32.1%4.0%3.2%-341.6K-5.6M-37.9K4.0174.576552,6278432,561
2018-02-26$209.84$190.0022.8%6.5%29.7%24.0%33.4%4.8%2.4%-406.9K-5.4M-71.7K14.7274.271792,6351,3433,061
2018-02-27$207.94$190.0022.7%6.5%29.7%23.5%32.7%4.6%2.7%-589.2K-2.8M-74.0K12.1377.691782,1591,3463,070
2018-02-28$205.00$190.0026.5%7.6%29.9%37.2%31.7%5.1%0.8%-877.0K896.2K-74.2K6.4572.281791,1541,3463,097