LII Options History — September 2018

In September 2018, LII traded between $216.02 and $228.31. ATM implied volatility averaged 19.9%, placing in the 13.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 6.2% (HV 20d: 13.7%). Max pain ranged from $210.00 to $230.00. Net GEX was positive for 11 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 3.18.

Notable Days

  • 2018-09-21: Highest Volume — 1,350 contracts
  • 2018-09-05: Largest IV drop — 16.6% change
  • 2018-09-17: Highest IV Rank — 21.3%
  • 2018-09-17: Largest Expected Move — 6.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$222.55$216.02$228.31$224.03$218.51
Max Pain$227.37$210.00$230.00$210.00$230.00
ATM IV19.9%17.4%22.1%21.8%20.1%
Expected Move5.8%5.2%6.3%6.2%5.8%
HV 20d13.7%12.0%16.7%16.5%12.4%
HV 60d20.2%18.9%21.4%21.4%18.9%
IV Rank13.5%4.3%21.3%20.3%14.0%
IV Percentile30.6%4.4%55.2%50.8%30.2%
Term Structure2.6%-0.6%4.0%-0.6%4.0%
VWIV24.4%21.3%27.7%24.3%25.6%
Skew 25d4.4%3.7%5.1%5.1%3.7%
Skew 10d9.9%7.6%10.8%10.6%9.1%
Call IV 25d19.0%17.7%20.4%18.6%19.1%
Put IV 25d23.4%22.0%24.9%23.7%22.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %20.3017.6624.5718.8619.02
Gamma HHI0.390.130.650.490.13
Net GEX195.8K-345.4K653.1K337.0K-121.3K
Net DEX-3.1M-6.8M888.2K-4.5M91.8K
Net VEX-30.2K-36.7K-22.8K-22.8K-33.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio3.181.874.872.684.87
Total Volume817.1056841,350718898
Total OI1,764.8421,4202,2571,4201,463

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-09-04$224.03$210.0021.8%6.2%16.5%20.3%24.3%5.1%-0.6%337.0K-4.5M-22.8K2.6818.86195523608812
2018-09-05$226.04$210.0018.2%5.2%16.7%7.2%21.3%4.2%0.8%420.5K-5.6M-25.1K2.1118.232204646641,047
2018-09-06$225.71$220.0017.6%5.5%15.4%5.1%22.1%4.6%2.8%436.7K-5.7M-24.9K1.8719.102454576781,046
2018-09-07$227.72$230.0017.4%5.5%15.5%4.3%21.7%4.5%2.6%543.8K-6.8M-26.3K2.2121.212275017181,056
2018-09-10$225.25$230.0018.6%5.5%15.6%8.6%21.8%4.6%2.7%439.4K-5.3M-28.1K2.3219.202295317181,103
2018-09-11$227.16$230.0018.1%5.5%15.2%6.7%22.4%4.5%2.9%529.2K-5.5M-29.3K2.2717.822305227201,145
2018-09-12$228.31$230.0018.9%5.4%13.7%9.9%22.8%4.4%3.1%515.0K-6.2M-28.9K2.3018.942355417221,148
2018-09-13$228.25$230.0019.1%5.5%12.5%10.5%22.4%4.4%3.2%653.1K-6.1M-28.9K2.6718.172065517331,179
2018-09-14$226.04$230.0019.3%5.5%12.9%11.2%22.8%4.5%3.0%505.5K-4.7M-29.6K2.7817.661985517381,193
2018-09-17$223.03$230.0022.1%6.3%13.7%21.3%24.8%4.9%1.9%221.5K-3.2M-30.0K2.8220.732025707381,221
2018-09-18$223.38$230.0022.0%6.3%13.1%21.0%25.4%4.9%1.9%231.8K-3.2M-29.8K3.1522.701735457351,225
2018-09-19$220.65$230.0021.8%6.2%12.8%20.3%27.3%4.0%2.0%-39.3K-2.3M-28.7K3.3622.131836147331,223
2018-09-20$219.89$230.0021.6%6.2%12.5%19.5%27.5%4.1%2.1%-345.4K-1.6M-29.7K3.9020.521837137321,316
2018-09-21$217.56$230.0020.6%5.9%12.6%15.9%25.2%4.0%2.4%-84.5K-283.0K-33.4K2.1322.964329187221,535
2018-09-24$216.02$230.0020.8%6.0%12.8%16.8%27.7%4.5%3.1%-127.8K888.2K-36.4K4.6619.831496943841,060
2018-09-25$216.20$230.0020.5%5.9%12.2%15.5%26.0%4.6%3.6%-126.5K855.5K-36.7K4.8623.511477143941,063
2018-09-26$217.90$230.0020.1%5.8%12.1%14.3%25.9%4.4%3.7%-135.7K530.7K-35.3K4.6720.561537143941,083
2018-09-27$216.84$230.0020.2%5.8%12.0%14.4%26.2%4.4%3.9%-133.4K665.4K-36.1K4.8624.571537444001,083
2018-09-28$218.51$230.0020.1%5.8%12.4%14.0%25.6%3.7%4.0%-121.3K91.8K-33.8K4.8719.021537454001,063