LMNR Options History — January 2018

In January 2018, LMNR traded between $20.71 and $24.23. ATM implied volatility averaged 43.5%, placing in the 16.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.9%. IV traded below realized volatility by 20.4% (HV 20d: 63.9%). Max pain ranged from $20.00 to $22.50. Net GEX was positive for 8 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.41.

Notable Days

  • 2018-01-23: Highest Volume — 369 contracts
  • 2018-01-09: Largest IV drop — 41.9% change
  • 2018-01-05: Highest IV Rank — 35.9%
  • 2018-01-03: Largest Expected Move — 18.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$21.59$20.71$24.23$22.00$21.44
Max Pain$22.38$20.00$22.50$22.50$22.50
ATM IV43.5%31.0%71.3%62.3%41.7%
Expected Move11.9%9.2%18.2%17.9%12.0%
HV 20d63.9%44.3%73.5%46.9%65.4%
HV 60d49.8%40.2%52.9%41.0%49.4%
IV Rank16.4%7.6%35.9%29.6%15.2%
IV Percentile73.0%25.8%98.4%98.4%83.3%
Term Structure-1.5%-21.4%8.9%-15.4%-1.6%
VWIV44.6%32.3%66.1%66.1%46.4%
Skew 25d4.8%0.3%15.6%15.6%5.9%
Skew 10d13.4%4.9%28.6%15.4%23.8%
Call IV 25d41.7%35.4%54.8%51.7%40.7%
Put IV 25d46.5%37.9%67.3%67.3%46.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %67.1431.94113.24111.0381.88
Gamma HHI0.330.250.580.400.29
Net GEX-2.0K-11.9K3.0K-2.7K2.0K
Net DEX16.7K-120.6K137.1K26.1K-32.8K
Net VEX-905-1.1K-588-600-1.0K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.410.712.231.921.53
Total Volume299.952155369155347
Total OI490.143226604226572

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-01-02$22.00$22.5062.3%17.9%46.9%29.6%66.1%15.6%-15.4%-2.7K26.1K-6001.92111.035310263163
2018-01-03$21.75$22.5063.4%18.2%46.9%30.4%63.2%9.0%-21.4%-2.0K18.0K-6452.23113.244810785164
2018-01-04$21.18$22.5055.6%14.3%44.3%24.9%51.4%7.8%-0.9%-2.7K35.9K-6502.12102.105812389169
2018-01-05$21.25$22.5071.3%12.6%44.4%35.9%48.9%1.0%8.9%-2.3K35.2K-7252.1291.0759125104177
2018-01-08$24.23$22.5053.5%11.6%62.5%23.4%42.2%2.6%-2.0%1.8K-120.6K-5880.9660.02184177107189
2018-01-09$21.89$20.0031.0%10.4%72.9%7.6%36.3%0.3%1.6%-1.9K8.7K-7460.8169.76177143210310
2018-01-10$21.32$22.5033.3%9.6%73.4%9.2%32.3%7.4%3.7%-8.7K117.4K-8110.71102.50177126210329
2018-01-11$21.67$22.5037.7%10.8%73.5%12.3%39.1%3.0%0.6%-5.0K51.8K-7661.1054.98141155210314
2018-01-12$21.66$22.5037.5%10.7%72.4%12.2%39.2%2.7%1.5%-5.3K62.0K-1.0K1.2438.96135167239347
2018-01-16$21.30$22.5038.8%11.1%69.3%13.1%40.4%4.5%-0.8%-7.5K96.7K-1.0K1.3036.33134174239363
2018-01-17$21.05$22.5042.2%12.1%68.6%15.5%40.6%3.9%0.2%-8.8K123.0K-9661.2231.94143174239357
2018-01-18$20.71$22.5041.6%11.9%66.6%15.1%40.2%5.0%-1.2%-11.9K137.1K-9321.0737.45153164247357
2018-01-19$21.37$22.5038.2%10.9%67.7%12.7%39.9%4.7%-2.7%-14834.5K-9891.0149.75143145262340
2018-01-22$21.32$22.5039.6%11.4%67.4%13.7%45.6%3.0%-0.2%-898.6K-9811.5341.54137210201238
2018-01-23$21.84$22.5038.8%11.1%67.7%13.1%45.1%4.1%0.5%1.0K-40.6K-1.1K1.3267.35159210219323
2018-01-24$21.44$22.5039.5%11.3%67.9%13.6%45.7%0.8%-1.1%2.1K-42.5K-1.1K1.4656.58144210248323
2018-01-25$21.46$22.5032.2%9.2%66.9%8.5%39.1%2.7%1.8%2.1K-39.1K-1.1K1.4660.69144210248323
2018-01-26$21.55$22.5034.0%9.7%66.3%9.7%40.5%2.7%0.1%3.0K-48.3K-1.1K1.5355.49137210248323
2018-01-29$21.69$22.5039.6%11.3%66.1%13.6%44.5%7.8%-0.8%2.7K-47.8K-1.1K1.5373.64137210249323
2018-01-30$21.35$22.5041.7%12.0%65.6%15.1%49.2%6.6%-1.2%2.1K-31.8K-1.1K1.5373.54137210249323
2018-01-31$21.44$22.5041.7%12.0%65.4%15.2%46.4%5.9%-1.6%2.0K-32.8K-1.0K1.5381.88137210249323