LOW Options History — December 2022

In December 2022, LOW traded between $198.20 and $216.41. ATM implied volatility averaged 31.2%, placing in the 38.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.0%. IV traded below realized volatility by 3.3% (HV 20d: 34.5%). Max pain ranged from $200.00 to $210.00. Net GEX was positive for 4 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.45.

Notable Days

  • 2022-12-06: Highest Volume — 28,047 contracts
  • 2022-12-05: Largest IV spike — 7.2% change
  • 2022-12-06: Highest IV Rank — 52.8%
  • 2022-12-02: Largest Expected Move — 10.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$204.81$198.20$216.41$216.41$198.97
Max Pain$200.71$200.00$210.00$205.00$200.00
ATM IV31.2%28.8%35.2%32.1%31.7%
Expected Move9.0%8.2%10.7%10.6%9.1%
HV 20d34.5%27.9%45.6%43.9%27.9%
HV 60d37.8%36.7%39.5%38.3%36.8%
IV Rank38.4%29.8%52.8%41.6%40.0%
IV Percentile27.8%17.1%58.3%33.3%28.2%
Term Structure0.3%-1.3%2.2%-0.5%0.3%
VWIV32.1%28.7%39.3%39.3%32.1%
Skew 25d5.3%4.7%6.4%5.8%5.4%
Skew 10d10.7%8.7%13.0%10.8%11.2%
Call IV 25d28.9%26.6%32.1%29.6%29.6%
Put IV 25d34.2%31.3%38.5%35.4%35.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %12.549.3117.1715.139.31
Gamma HHI0.110.070.350.070.12
Net GEX-6.5M-53.1M40.4M21.3M-11.8M
Net DEX-71.0M-644.7M205.2M-644.7M155.0M
Net VEX-4.6M-5.1M-4.1M-5.1M-4.2M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.450.653.311.891.02
Total Volume11,779.2864,04628,04714,64313,820
Total OI238,750.619204,388271,578250,503217,086

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2022-12-01$216.41$205.0032.1%10.6%43.9%41.6%39.3%5.8%-0.5%21.3M-644.7M-5.1M1.8915.13N/AN/A5,0659,578122,501128,002
2022-12-02$214.98$210.0030.9%10.7%41.1%37.4%38.9%5.0%-0.0%40.4M-557.1M-5.1M1.6811.81N/AN/A5,5149,280124,225132,479
2022-12-05$206.32$200.0033.2%8.9%44.8%45.4%33.9%5.5%0.0%-7.2M-95.5M-5.0M2.0115.05N/AN/A3,6517,326120,649128,784
2022-12-06$201.63$200.0035.2%9.8%44.9%52.8%35.2%6.4%-0.0%-15.5M155.9M-4.9M1.7913.92N/AN/A10,05117,996121,953129,581
2022-12-07$206.49$200.0032.8%9.0%45.4%44.1%32.9%5.2%-0.1%-4.2M-138.7M-5.0M1.4411.09N/AN/A9,85314,234125,965134,679
2022-12-08$203.31$200.0032.0%9.4%45.6%41.1%32.9%4.8%0.7%-19.5M63.6M-4.9M0.9516.11N/AN/A4,4164,184127,678139,589
2022-12-09$202.16$200.0031.5%9.2%33.6%39.4%32.2%4.9%1.1%-24.8M148.9M-4.8M1.6715.17N/AN/A5,7229,538129,097140,151
2022-12-12$204.53$200.0032.4%9.4%32.2%42.5%33.4%5.7%0.2%-7.8M-59.6M-4.7M1.5113.64N/AN/A3,7495,675124,122131,304
2022-12-13$211.70$200.0031.1%8.8%33.8%38.0%31.4%5.5%-0.9%11.1M-445.4M-4.7M1.2213.95N/AN/A6,6198,066125,480133,029
2022-12-14$211.38$200.0030.0%8.5%33.5%34.0%28.7%5.0%-0.7%13.6M-444.7M-4.6M1.0717.17N/AN/A7,2467,751127,087135,325
2022-12-15$207.88$200.0029.9%8.5%31.8%33.7%30.6%5.2%-0.5%-3.7M-218.5M-4.6M1.7013.57N/AN/A4,7468,063129,051138,141
2022-12-16$205.49$200.0030.3%8.4%30.0%35.3%30.6%5.1%-1.3%-53.1M-52.3M-4.5M0.6513.00N/AN/A5,7463,733130,393141,185
2022-12-19$202.44$200.0030.8%8.8%30.2%36.9%31.0%5.4%1.5%-7.3M71.0M-4.4M1.3811.34N/AN/A2,3593,257103,926100,462
2022-12-20$201.17$200.0030.9%8.8%30.3%37.1%29.9%5.0%0.7%-10.2M109.6M-4.3M1.439.79N/AN/A2,7093,862104,876101,758
2022-12-21$201.53$200.0028.8%8.3%28.9%29.8%29.7%4.9%1.4%-10.6M95.1M-4.2M1.1310.87N/AN/A2,5392,870104,726102,672
2022-12-22$198.20$200.0030.1%8.6%28.8%34.3%30.4%5.1%0.8%-15.3M205.2M-4.2M1.2012.16N/AN/A4,6225,545106,359103,107
2022-12-23$201.76$200.0029.2%8.2%29.7%31.3%29.7%4.7%2.2%-7.8M49.6M-4.3M0.8710.35N/AN/A2,1691,877109,585103,860
2022-12-27$202.70$200.0030.3%8.6%29.7%35.2%30.7%5.7%-0.1%-5.2M-7.3M-4.1M1.4310.98N/AN/A2,6483,789107,295101,220
2022-12-28$200.06$200.0031.4%8.8%29.9%39.2%30.7%5.6%0.2%-11.3M102.2M-4.1M1.069.45N/AN/A2,8483,032108,894103,368
2022-12-29$202.00$200.0030.7%8.3%29.0%36.7%30.7%5.0%0.4%-8.4M16.8M-4.1M3.319.53N/AN/A2,6948,923110,103104,016
2022-12-30$198.97$200.0031.7%9.1%27.9%40.0%32.1%5.4%0.3%-11.8M155.0M-4.2M1.029.31N/AN/A6,8416,979111,375105,711