LOW Options History — July 2007

In July 2007, LOW traded between $27.77 and $31.11. ATM implied volatility averaged 23.6%, placing in the 55.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 6.1% (HV 20d: 17.5%). Max pain ranged from $30.00 to $32.50. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 21 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.91.

Notable Days

  • 2007-07-19: Highest Volume — 26,724 contracts
  • 2007-07-12: Largest IV spike — 16.1% change
  • 2007-07-30: Highest IV Rank — 82.3%
  • 2007-07-30: Largest Expected Move — 8.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$29.71$27.77$31.11$30.71$28.01
Max Pain$30.95$30.00$32.50$32.50$30.00
ATM IV23.6%20.1%28.2%21.6%27.7%
Expected Move6.9%6.0%8.1%6.2%7.9%
HV 20d17.5%14.8%19.6%15.7%19.2%
HV 60d19.7%18.8%20.6%18.9%20.6%
IV Rank55.8%33.3%82.3%37.8%79.5%
IV Percentile60.6%18.5%93.7%23.0%91.7%
Term Structure2.6%0.9%3.6%2.7%2.3%
VWIV23.6%18.2%27.9%19.8%27.5%
Skew 25d1.6%-5.0%5.2%0.5%-3.2%
Skew 10d2.9%-6.7%13.8%-2.4%-6.6%
Call IV 25d23.3%19.8%27.9%20.1%27.3%
Put IV 25d24.9%20.6%30.4%20.6%24.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %6.814.499.895.866.34
Gamma HHI0.300.160.480.280.16
Net GEX-3.1M-7.2M-566.6K-2.2M-881.2K
Net DEX56.4M-6.3M98.2M17.7M94.0M
Net VEX-2.0M-2.1M-1.8M-2.0M-1.8M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.910.152.250.201.06
Total Volume10,068.3811,30126,7243,7063,590
Total OI343,283.571298,434375,662347,473320,093

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2007-07-02$30.71$32.5021.6%6.2%15.7%0.0%19.8%0.5%2.7%-2.2M17.7M-2.0M0.205.86N/AN/A3,094612172,213175,260
2007-07-03$30.79$32.5021.5%6.2%15.0%0.0%18.2%0.5%3.0%-2.4M16.4M-2.1M1.994.49N/AN/A435866171,672175,435
2007-07-05$30.78$32.5020.8%6.0%14.8%37.8%20.7%-0.2%3.5%-2.6M15.6M-2.0M0.504.53N/AN/A1,824911171,977176,410
2007-07-06$31.11$32.5022.9%6.9%14.9%50.2%22.7%5.2%1.8%-1.5M-6.3M-2.1M0.746.03N/AN/A4,1513,082172,980176,933
2007-07-09$30.74$32.5020.9%6.9%14.8%38.0%23.1%3.2%1.7%-2.6M16.1M-2.0M0.736.89N/AN/A8,1715,926174,820177,983
2007-07-10$29.98$32.5020.8%6.8%16.8%37.2%22.5%3.8%3.3%-3.8M63.2M-2.0M0.697.88N/AN/A5,5363,808180,257181,746
2007-07-11$30.02$32.5020.1%6.7%16.3%33.3%23.2%2.7%3.1%-5.3M73.7M-2.0M2.258.56N/AN/A3,3277,493178,119182,466
2007-07-12$30.71$32.5023.4%6.7%18.4%52.9%22.6%4.4%3.0%-4.2M23.7M-2.1M1.666.59N/AN/A3,5665,933180,009187,851
2007-07-13$30.76$30.0023.2%6.6%18.4%52.0%22.3%3.5%3.2%-4.3M17.2M-2.0M0.666.42N/AN/A2,2341,483180,019185,914
2007-07-16$30.17$30.0024.1%6.9%19.4%57.4%24.3%1.4%2.7%-5.9M55.6M-2.0M0.456.77N/AN/A4,6902,120180,821182,340
2007-07-17$29.86$30.0023.9%6.9%19.5%56.5%23.8%2.4%2.1%-6.5M76.4M-2.0M0.297.58N/AN/A2,998863181,372182,335
2007-07-18$29.68$30.0023.9%6.8%19.6%56.1%23.9%1.8%2.6%-7.2M98.2M-2.0M0.387.33N/AN/A7,5732,882178,223182,597
2007-07-19$29.68$30.0022.8%6.5%19.5%49.7%22.8%1.5%3.6%-6.5M90.3M-2.0M0.597.31N/AN/A16,8129,912184,306180,203
2007-07-20$29.63$30.0023.2%6.6%19.1%51.8%24.1%0.2%3.1%-4.3M78.5M-2.1M2.139.89N/AN/A3,3887,231192,797182,865
2007-07-23$29.43$30.0023.2%6.7%17.0%52.0%23.6%-0.3%2.9%-969.2K44.9M-1.9M0.156.10N/AN/A7,1181,051147,350151,084
2007-07-24$28.92$30.0022.7%6.5%17.4%49.3%24.4%1.2%3.4%-1.1M67.7M-1.9M0.235.38N/AN/A13,1983,039150,271151,395
2007-07-25$28.63$30.0025.4%7.3%17.6%65.6%24.4%1.5%2.5%-1.5M81.7M-1.9M0.236.01N/AN/A21,2074,837149,807153,067
2007-07-26$28.36$30.0027.4%7.9%17.4%77.6%26.9%3.5%1.6%-939.2K80.1M-1.9M0.238.20N/AN/A16,9313,865162,599154,933
2007-07-27$27.77$30.0027.9%8.0%17.9%80.5%27.9%-5.0%0.9%-566.6K96.4M-1.8M2.217.47N/AN/A1,6053,548167,469153,149
2007-07-30$28.21$30.0028.2%8.1%19.3%82.3%27.7%4.8%0.9%-627.0K82.9M-1.8M1.827.30N/AN/A3,7376,789163,412154,403
2007-07-31$28.01$30.0027.7%7.9%19.2%79.5%27.5%-3.2%2.3%-881.2K94.0M-1.8M1.066.34N/AN/A1,7401,850163,496156,597