LOW Options History — June 2016

In June 2016, LOW traded between $76.00 and $80.65. ATM implied volatility averaged 19.4%, placing in the 19.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.1% (HV 20d: 19.2%). Max pain ranged from $75.00 to $77.50. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 17 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.93.

Notable Days

  • 2016-06-24: Highest Volume — 21,861 contracts
  • 2016-06-06: Largest IV spike — 16.3% change
  • 2016-06-27: Highest IV Rank — 37.4%
  • 2016-06-27: Largest Expected Move — 6.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$78.37$76.00$80.65$80.21$79.13
Max Pain$75.11$75.00$77.50$77.50$75.00
ATM IV19.4%15.5%23.6%16.3%18.1%
Expected Move5.5%4.7%6.7%4.7%5.1%
HV 20d19.2%14.6%23.6%22.3%19.1%
HV 60d17.3%16.6%18.6%16.6%18.6%
IV Rank19.3%3.1%37.4%6.6%14.0%
IV Percentile27.0%0.4%66.7%3.6%10.7%
Term Structure1.1%-0.5%3.1%1.0%0.4%
VWIV19.9%17.0%24.7%17.6%18.2%
Skew 25d5.1%2.9%6.3%2.9%4.6%
Skew 10d10.5%6.2%14.5%6.2%10.7%
Call IV 25d17.4%15.2%21.5%15.2%16.2%
Put IV 25d22.6%18.1%27.8%18.1%20.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %10.246.2816.298.0812.75
Gamma HHI0.210.100.300.300.13
Net GEX12.9M1.7M24.0M24.0M7.4M
Net DEX-196.7M-359.1M-49.4M-329.4M-227.5M
Net VEX-1.7M-1.7M-1.6M-1.7M-1.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.930.595.600.973.82
Total Volume10,356.55,04321,8615,04312,356
Total OI163,203.682142,244178,548156,694172,202

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-06-01$80.21$77.5016.3%4.7%22.3%6.6%17.6%2.9%1.0%24.0M-329.4M-1.7M0.978.08N/AN/A2,5632,48091,17765,517
2016-06-02$80.65$75.0015.9%5.0%22.3%4.9%19.6%3.9%2.8%23.3M-359.1M-1.7M4.757.72N/AN/A2,0399,68592,02366,312
2016-06-03$80.05$75.0015.5%4.9%22.0%3.1%17.6%4.1%3.1%21.6M-311.6M-1.7M2.428.45N/AN/A1,8184,39192,25274,390
2016-06-06$78.55$75.0018.0%5.2%23.3%13.7%18.0%4.3%2.5%16.9M-212.0M-1.7M1.499.56N/AN/A4,1056,10292,33575,913
2016-06-07$79.52$75.0015.8%4.9%23.6%4.3%18.1%4.3%2.6%19.8M-269.2M-1.7M1.818.04N/AN/A2,9205,28291,88576,086
2016-06-08$78.86$75.0016.7%4.8%23.4%8.1%18.2%4.2%2.8%18.0M-224.7M-1.7M1.298.29N/AN/A3,5814,62792,35177,753
2016-06-09$78.67$75.0018.3%5.2%21.3%14.7%17.0%4.1%2.5%17.5M-214.6M-1.7M1.238.35N/AN/A2,4062,96591,90178,409
2016-06-10$78.36$75.0019.1%5.5%21.4%18.5%19.1%4.6%2.3%16.9M-192.9M-1.6M3.658.36N/AN/A1,3564,95392,42878,620
2016-06-13$77.44$75.0020.5%5.9%22.0%24.0%20.4%5.9%1.8%9.0M-119.1M-1.7M0.756.28N/AN/A8,4536,31792,37179,165
2016-06-14$76.00$75.0023.3%6.7%21.6%36.0%22.9%6.1%0.5%5.8M-49.4M-1.6M0.5910.52N/AN/A13,0897,71297,04077,915
2016-06-15$77.01$75.0020.7%5.9%21.1%25.2%21.4%6.1%1.8%16.0M-121.1M-1.7M0.6011.74N/AN/A6,6223,98797,03479,295
2016-06-16$78.22$75.0021.5%6.2%17.0%28.5%22.0%5.8%0.2%23.8M-211.4M-1.7M1.449.87N/AN/A3,4334,92898,55179,560
2016-06-17$78.36$75.0021.1%6.0%15.7%26.5%20.9%5.9%0.5%7.8M-233.6M-1.7M0.608.69N/AN/A7,5564,55198,61779,931
2016-06-20$78.53$75.0019.0%5.4%15.7%17.7%18.4%5.5%0.0%9.7M-189.1M-1.6M1.1511.54N/AN/A3,2633,76878,75463,490
2016-06-21$78.35$75.0019.5%5.4%15.2%20.1%19.5%6.0%-0.0%9.3M-177.3M-1.6M1.7210.87N/AN/A2,6724,59079,63764,286
2016-06-22$78.38$75.0020.8%5.8%14.7%25.3%21.2%5.8%-0.5%9.4M-176.6M-1.6M1.8710.64N/AN/A2,5484,76180,12365,467
2016-06-23$78.49$75.0019.5%5.4%14.6%19.9%19.6%5.9%-0.2%9.7M-179.2M-1.6M1.7914.77N/AN/A2,5764,62080,45666,517
2016-06-24$77.36$75.0022.3%6.3%15.3%31.7%24.7%6.2%-0.5%6.1M-124.5M-1.6M1.6216.29N/AN/A8,33213,52981,10567,030
2016-06-27$76.32$75.0023.6%6.7%15.8%37.4%23.9%6.3%0.1%1.7M-74.1M-1.7M1.6011.97N/AN/A3,6675,87383,96874,826
2016-06-28$78.02$75.0020.8%5.7%18.0%25.4%20.5%5.5%-0.5%5.6M-171.8M-1.6M1.6913.90N/AN/A3,9296,63884,74176,240
2016-06-29$77.75$75.0019.4%5.4%18.0%19.7%19.1%4.6%0.1%5.4M-158.6M-1.6M5.608.54N/AN/A2,54714,25385,54977,259
2016-06-30$79.13$75.0018.1%5.1%19.1%14.0%18.2%4.6%0.4%7.4M-227.5M-1.6M3.8212.75N/AN/A2,5639,79386,07086,132