LOW Options History — March 2022

In March 2022, LOW traded between $203.35 and $235.68. ATM implied volatility averaged 30.8%, placing in the 47.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.4% (HV 20d: 30.4%). Max pain ranged from $210.00 to $230.00. Net GEX was positive for 11 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.16.

Notable Days

  • 2022-03-30: Highest Volume — 35,227 contracts
  • 2022-03-18: Largest IV drop — 10.3% change
  • 2022-03-07: Highest IV Rank — 70.5%
  • 2022-03-07: Largest Expected Move — 12.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$223.19$203.35$235.68$221.02$203.35
Max Pain$227.27$210.00$230.00$230.00$230.00
ATM IV30.8%25.2%37.2%35.7%28.0%
Expected Move9.8%8.4%12.2%11.1%9.4%
HV 20d30.4%26.8%35.3%26.8%35.3%
HV 60d28.7%26.9%32.0%26.9%32.0%
IV Rank47.0%26.3%70.5%65.0%36.4%
IV Percentile75.4%48.0%96.4%93.7%63.1%
Term Structure-0.1%-1.3%1.2%-0.9%0.4%
VWIV35.5%30.5%45.6%39.2%32.4%
Skew 25d5.9%4.2%7.6%7.3%4.5%
Skew 10d12.1%8.3%15.0%14.1%8.7%
Call IV 25d28.8%24.1%34.3%32.8%26.4%
Put IV 25d34.8%28.4%41.9%40.1%31.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %24.837.9046.5621.1831.24
Gamma HHI0.070.060.110.070.08
Net GEX330.1K-15.4M20.4M-3.0M-15.4M
Net DEX-151.1M-569.3M346.7M-77.7M346.7M
Net VEX-5.2M-5.5M-4.8M-5.3M-5.5M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.160.681.641.371.29
Total Volume16,868.1311,05935,22714,17425,894
Total OI167,188.348142,600191,433162,499191,433

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2022-03-01$221.02$230.0035.7%11.1%26.8%65.0%39.2%7.3%-0.9%-3.0M-77.7M-5.3M1.3721.18N/AN/A5,9908,18470,91291,587
2022-03-02$229.82$230.0032.2%9.7%30.5%52.3%39.2%6.6%-0.2%5.1M-323.8M-5.3M1.5412.34N/AN/A6,0909,35372,38693,368
2022-03-03$225.54$230.0033.3%10.1%31.0%56.2%34.2%6.5%-0.1%1.7M-218.7M-5.3M1.1814.26N/AN/A6,3567,49973,90695,484
2022-03-04$223.37$230.0034.7%10.9%30.6%61.5%39.0%7.4%-0.6%-1.9M-141.7M-5.3M1.6425.21N/AN/A4,9668,12674,32496,966
2022-03-07$222.76$230.0037.2%12.2%29.8%70.5%45.6%7.6%0.2%-2.3M-112.2M-5.3M1.4526.05N/AN/A5,0097,27771,88391,603
2022-03-08$225.15$230.0037.0%12.0%29.7%69.9%44.1%7.2%-1.3%-431.5K-180.0M-5.3M1.1118.71N/AN/A7,0857,85172,78893,262
2022-03-09$227.89$230.0034.0%10.9%28.8%58.8%39.0%6.1%-0.5%2.9M-262.5M-5.4M1.0221.41N/AN/A7,2947,43375,26795,351
2022-03-10$223.66$230.0034.7%11.3%29.3%61.2%40.9%6.7%0.3%-3.4M-122.1M-5.4M0.687.90N/AN/A9,0986,22976,82997,255
2022-03-11$222.77$230.0034.6%11.2%27.2%61.0%41.6%7.0%1.1%-2.9M-100.7M-5.3M1.648.80N/AN/A5,2258,54677,96297,475
2022-03-14$227.19$210.0034.9%9.9%28.1%62.3%35.8%6.6%0.0%982.2K-227.9M-5.4M1.3330.15N/AN/A5,6807,55075,31795,674
2022-03-15$231.28$210.0032.9%9.6%28.8%54.8%34.7%6.2%0.0%5.5M-365.8M-5.3M1.2829.83N/AN/A6,9638,93976,83897,439
2022-03-16$229.80$210.0029.6%9.0%28.9%42.5%31.6%5.8%0.1%3.5M-330.0M-5.2M1.0035.63N/AN/A6,7316,76378,68897,803
2022-03-17$233.90$0.0028.8%9.0%29.5%39.5%31.6%5.4%-1.3%10.6M-477.6M-5.2M1.2146.56N/AN/A4,9936,06679,49998,144
2022-03-18$235.68$230.0025.8%8.4%29.1%28.5%30.5%5.2%1.2%20.4M-569.3M-5.0M0.7824.71N/AN/A9,0747,06080,09098,530
2022-03-21$226.50$230.0028.4%8.7%32.7%38.2%31.5%6.2%0.1%6.6M-253.4M-5.0M0.9432.22N/AN/A8,1387,63666,26376,337
2022-03-22$228.92$230.0026.0%8.5%28.3%29.2%30.8%6.3%0.2%10.4M-324.3M-5.0M1.0027.34N/AN/A6,0096,00869,99979,885
2022-03-23$221.04$230.0028.2%8.9%31.4%37.5%32.4%5.7%-0.3%-439.7K-85.1M-5.0M1.3624.64N/AN/A6,5658,91371,39181,661
2022-03-24$218.98$230.0026.5%8.7%31.5%31.1%30.8%4.7%0.2%-4.0M-17.5M-5.0M0.9721.50N/AN/A5,7735,61773,15084,798
2022-03-25$212.04$230.0027.8%8.9%32.0%36.0%32.7%4.6%-0.1%-9.6M161.1M-4.8M1.2829.00N/AN/A12,22515,69174,49785,991
2022-03-28$213.52$230.0025.9%8.9%32.1%28.6%30.9%4.6%0.3%-7.5M97.1M-4.8M0.6825.35N/AN/A10,8637,37870,90986,125
2022-03-29$219.72$230.0025.2%8.5%33.8%26.3%32.6%4.2%0.1%1.9M-98.7M-5.0M1.1630.65N/AN/A13,25415,34674,20588,524
2022-03-30$209.43$230.0027.2%9.0%34.5%33.6%34.5%4.3%-0.1%-11.0M209.5M-5.2M0.8626.43N/AN/A18,90916,31878,45395,081
2022-03-31$203.35$230.0028.0%9.4%35.3%36.4%32.4%4.5%0.4%-15.4M346.7M-5.5M1.2931.24N/AN/A11,30814,58690,107101,326