LOW Options History — July 2022

In July 2022, LOW traded between $177.52 and $195.33. ATM implied volatility averaged 34.4%, placing in the 52.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.6% (HV 20d: 28.9%). Max pain ranged from $190.00 to $190.00. Net GEX was positive for 13 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.91.

Notable Days

  • 2022-07-18: Highest Volume — 26,166 contracts
  • 2022-07-18: Largest IV spike — 10.1% change
  • 2022-07-26: Highest IV Rank — 63.6%
  • 2022-07-26: Largest Expected Move — 11.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$186.07$177.52$195.33$177.52$191.95
Max Pain$190.00$190.00$190.00$190.00$190.00
ATM IV34.4%31.8%37.8%33.9%34.6%
Expected Move10.7%9.7%11.5%9.7%10.5%
HV 20d28.9%18.3%36.4%35.9%18.3%
HV 60d36.4%35.0%37.8%37.8%35.0%
IV Rank52.2%43.2%63.6%51.9%52.6%
IV Percentile74.7%64.7%87.3%73.4%71.0%
Term Structure0.9%-1.4%6.1%-0.1%-0.1%
VWIV37.9%34.9%42.4%34.9%37.5%
Skew 25d6.1%4.7%7.0%6.9%4.7%
Skew 10d12.9%10.0%15.8%14.8%10.4%
Call IV 25d32.2%28.4%35.1%32.6%33.1%
Put IV 25d38.3%33.6%41.9%39.4%37.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %17.507.1725.327.1713.69
Gamma HHI0.080.060.150.070.06
Net GEX4.2M-7.8M23.1M948.9K7.9M
Net DEX48.4M-269.3M276.7M276.7M-89.0M
Net VEX-4.9M-5.3M-4.6M-4.8M-5.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.910.372.061.080.37
Total Volume15,250.959,13526,16614,06119,660
Total OI206,683.3185,790224,041220,851205,620

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2022-07-01$177.52$190.0033.9%9.7%35.9%51.9%34.9%6.9%-0.1%948.9K276.7M-4.8M1.087.17N/AN/A6,7497,312127,53193,320
2022-07-05$179.66$190.0034.8%11.3%36.3%55.1%39.8%7.0%-0.4%-1.5M233.7M-4.8M0.7421.45N/AN/A6,4204,774121,74686,912
2022-07-06$179.88$190.0034.0%11.1%36.1%50.4%39.1%6.7%0.3%-1.3M219.0M-4.7M1.5025.32N/AN/A5,6568,461122,59187,514
2022-07-07$181.60$190.0032.7%10.8%36.4%46.1%36.1%6.0%-0.1%-2.7M190.2M-4.7M0.9313.68N/AN/A7,9697,421123,03991,294
2022-07-08$182.01$190.0031.8%10.7%36.1%43.2%36.7%6.0%0.3%1.6M178.8M-4.8M0.5217.05N/AN/A5,9933,142125,20093,767
2022-07-11$179.97$190.0032.7%10.9%35.8%46.1%38.2%6.0%5.4%-7.8M260.5M-4.6M0.7219.81N/AN/A6,1164,417120,15491,767
2022-07-12$180.54$190.0033.4%11.1%33.1%48.5%38.8%6.2%5.4%-7.5M232.3M-4.7M0.8219.54N/AN/A8,1276,650121,01392,729
2022-07-13$182.56$190.0032.0%10.7%30.8%43.9%37.3%4.9%5.3%-5.0M168.0M-4.7M0.6019.09N/AN/A9,5015,668122,11494,901
2022-07-14$182.60$190.0032.8%10.7%30.4%46.3%38.5%5.6%5.5%-5.1M139.2M-4.8M0.8216.99N/AN/A5,5984,566125,91597,164
2022-07-15$184.60$190.0032.1%10.3%30.5%44.1%37.7%5.2%6.1%3.7M76.3M-4.7M0.7820.36N/AN/A9,3317,263126,41997,622
2022-07-18$185.51$190.0035.3%10.5%25.6%55.1%37.0%6.6%-1.0%6.2M20.4M-4.8M0.6419.34N/AN/A15,90810,258108,86776,923
2022-07-19$189.48$190.0035.3%10.3%26.3%55.0%37.9%6.5%-0.9%11.0M-59.3M-5.0M0.8516.11N/AN/A10,9419,300111,12882,543
2022-07-20$191.18$190.0036.3%10.4%26.2%58.4%37.9%6.5%-1.2%13.4M-141.3M-5.2M0.9718.44N/AN/A9,5599,296112,87784,247
2022-07-21$193.34$190.0035.7%10.3%26.3%56.4%36.6%6.5%-1.4%16.9M-213.5M-5.3M0.8518.14N/AN/A8,9337,568114,12985,703
2022-07-22$195.33$190.0035.5%10.3%26.1%55.6%36.3%6.1%-1.1%23.1M-269.3M-5.3M0.9610.77N/AN/A7,8057,511115,05287,517
2022-07-25$194.49$190.0036.1%10.7%23.7%57.8%38.6%6.5%-1.1%13.7M-176.4M-5.3M1.1815.43N/AN/A4,3165,113111,40782,949
2022-07-26$188.37$190.0037.8%11.5%26.6%63.6%42.4%6.7%-1.4%4.7M-3.3M-4.9M2.0619.95N/AN/A4,5149,289111,55782,374
2022-07-27$190.64$190.0036.5%11.1%18.5%59.2%39.8%6.4%-0.8%6.4M-43.1M-5.0M1.1119.04N/AN/A5,4166,029112,00886,229
2022-07-28$190.08$190.0035.4%10.7%18.6%55.4%38.0%5.5%-1.1%4.8M-31.5M-4.9M0.6418.66N/AN/A13,7248,745112,51887,306
2022-07-29$191.95$190.0034.6%10.5%18.3%52.6%37.5%4.7%-0.1%7.9M-89.0M-5.1M0.3713.69N/AN/A14,3875,273115,35390,267