LOW Options History — December 2024

In December 2024, LOW traded between $245.97 and $274.26. ATM implied volatility averaged 20.4%, placing in the 11.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.0%. IV traded below realized volatility by 3.7% (HV 20d: 24.1%). Max pain ranged from $240.00 to $270.00. Net GEX was positive for 4 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 16 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.17.

Notable Days

  • 2024-12-06: Highest Volume — 20,961 contracts
  • 2024-12-20: Largest IV drop — 10.9% change
  • 2024-12-19: Highest IV Rank — 25.8%
  • 2024-12-04: Largest Expected Move — 6.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$259.66$245.97$274.26$271.88$246.80
Max Pain$250.00$240.00$270.00$270.00$240.00
ATM IV20.4%19.2%23.5%21.3%20.5%
Expected Move6.0%5.2%6.7%6.7%5.7%
HV 20d24.1%16.0%29.4%29.4%16.0%
HV 60d22.1%21.3%22.7%21.7%22.4%
IV Rank11.9%6.2%25.8%15.6%12.4%
IV Percentile29.9%10.7%59.9%43.3%34.5%
Term Structure0.4%-1.2%1.3%0.2%1.0%
VWIV20.5%14.7%23.8%23.8%19.4%
Skew 25d2.1%1.1%3.5%1.7%2.6%
Skew 10d3.8%-0.9%6.5%3.6%5.5%
Call IV 25d19.7%17.9%22.6%19.8%19.2%
Put IV 25d21.8%19.9%25.7%21.5%21.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %47.1525.8478.0233.9548.91
Gamma HHI0.160.090.780.120.11
Net GEX-21.0M-239.4M72.3M-6.4M-16.9M
Net DEX-157.9M-574.1M355.4M-473.3M32.4M
Net VEX-3.9M-4.3M-3.6M-4.3M-3.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.170.203.270.801.72
Total Volume7,882.6192,15520,9614,3102,993
Total OI145,383.381135,175156,482142,780135,175

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2024-12-02$271.88$270.0021.3%6.7%29.4%15.6%23.8%1.7%0.2%-6.4M-473.3M-4.3M0.8033.95N/AN/A2,3991,91160,01482,766
2024-12-03$274.04$270.0019.6%6.5%29.2%8.2%22.8%1.8%0.5%2.8M-570.3M-4.1M0.9241.57N/AN/A3,3873,12261,05883,534
2024-12-04$272.60$270.0020.0%6.7%29.0%9.8%23.1%2.1%-0.0%-4.5M-494.7M-4.2M0.2727.14N/AN/A3,40893362,44184,971
2024-12-05$270.22$250.0020.5%5.9%27.8%12.1%20.6%1.1%-1.2%-17.7M-408.0M-4.3M0.2040.19N/AN/A6,9021,35663,24585,309
2024-12-06$273.22$250.0019.4%5.7%27.4%7.2%19.8%1.4%0.4%72.3M-574.1M-4.1M0.4840.85N/AN/A14,1646,79770,72985,753
2024-12-09$274.26$250.0020.2%6.1%26.8%11.0%20.3%1.1%1.3%3.4M-551.7M-4.1M0.4048.72N/AN/A3,8311,53062,14084,141
2024-12-10$270.03$250.0020.8%6.1%27.1%13.5%21.0%1.4%0.3%-8.7M-399.1M-4.1M0.8029.76N/AN/A3,4702,76463,02384,486
2024-12-11$269.01$250.0019.2%5.7%26.5%6.2%20.8%1.5%0.6%-24.0M-364.1M-3.9M1.5361.67N/AN/A4,3946,70964,64086,183
2024-12-12$263.71$250.0019.9%6.0%27.1%9.3%20.7%1.5%1.2%-51.3M-85.0M-4.1M1.3677.12N/AN/A4,3865,97265,35787,751
2024-12-13$262.50$250.0019.4%5.7%26.9%7.5%19.7%1.6%0.9%-239.4M-91.8M-4.0M3.2370.87N/AN/A2,2757,34665,94585,227
2024-12-16$260.15$250.0020.2%5.8%27.0%10.9%21.1%1.5%0.5%-21.9M-130.8M-3.8M1.2076.25N/AN/A1,9182,29362,36580,493
2024-12-17$257.35$250.0020.6%5.9%26.9%12.5%20.9%2.1%0.8%-29.1M-6.0M-3.9M1.0571.15N/AN/A2,8122,94862,99881,456
2024-12-18$250.95$250.0022.7%6.5%23.5%22.1%22.5%1.7%-0.4%-29.5M206.6M-3.9M0.4578.02N/AN/A7,3473,27864,38482,221
2024-12-19$245.97$250.0023.5%6.7%23.5%25.8%23.5%3.0%1.0%-21.3M355.4M-3.9M0.9765.79N/AN/A6,8226,60067,94382,183
2024-12-20$248.04$250.0020.9%5.9%23.6%14.2%21.4%3.0%0.6%-9.4M142.8M-3.9M2.8840.50N/AN/A4,29412,38171,33676,816
2024-12-23$247.64$240.0020.3%5.7%23.6%11.2%19.9%2.8%0.4%-14.9M75.1M-3.8M0.6626.35N/AN/A2,8461,88661,42177,365
2024-12-24$249.63$240.0019.6%5.2%16.4%8.2%17.9%3.5%0.5%-6.7M-19.3M-3.8M0.4331.40N/AN/A1,51064562,68876,699
2024-12-26$249.47$240.0019.9%5.3%16.4%9.4%14.7%2.5%0.3%-5.8M-17.5M-3.7M3.2728.19N/AN/A2,2867,47963,19676,911
2024-12-27$247.70$240.0020.0%5.6%16.4%9.8%18.6%2.4%-0.0%3.1M35.7M-3.7M0.9625.96N/AN/A2,1512,06664,01279,018
2024-12-30$247.61$240.0020.7%5.6%16.1%13.2%18.7%3.1%-0.0%-15.8M21.6M-3.6M0.9925.84N/AN/A1,9751,94960,78174,877
2024-12-31$246.80$240.0020.5%5.7%16.0%12.4%19.4%2.6%1.0%-16.9M32.4M-3.6M1.7248.91N/AN/A1,1021,89160,83474,341