LOW Options History — May 2025

In May 2025, LOW traded between $221.67 and $235.00. ATM implied volatility averaged 28.8%, placing in the 30.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.9%. IV traded below realized volatility by 1.4% (HV 20d: 30.2%). Max pain ranged from $220.00 to $240.00. Net GEX was positive for 16 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 3 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.70.

Notable Days

  • 2025-05-22: Highest Volume — 28,770 contracts
  • 2025-05-21: Largest IV drop — 14.9% change
  • 2025-05-07: Highest IV Rank — 43.5%
  • 2025-05-07: Largest Expected Move — 9.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$226.96$221.67$235.00$223.46$225.49
Max Pain$236.43$220.00$240.00$220.00$232.50
ATM IV28.8%23.9%33.2%32.4%23.9%
Expected Move7.9%6.8%9.1%8.3%6.8%
HV 20d30.2%22.5%48.5%48.5%22.9%
HV 60d34.6%33.9%35.0%34.5%34.3%
IV Rank30.9%16.8%43.5%41.3%16.8%
IV Percentile74.4%47.6%92.9%92.1%47.6%
Term Structure-0.7%-2.3%0.6%-1.0%0.3%
VWIV25.9%18.0%31.0%27.0%18.0%
Skew 25d5.1%3.4%6.6%5.8%3.9%
Skew 10d10.4%-3.2%22.9%11.7%11.0%
Call IV 25d26.1%22.0%30.5%29.9%22.0%
Put IV 25d31.2%25.9%37.2%35.8%25.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %47.9418.5979.5353.9669.38
Gamma HHI0.090.070.120.070.10
Net GEX3.7M-14.4M15.7M2.7M3.9M
Net DEX85.3M-118.3M246.6M136.8M97.2M
Net VEX-3.8M-4.0M-3.5M-3.8M-3.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.700.379.860.905.48
Total Volume8,783.7141,91528,7703,1658,441
Total OI119,057.714110,846131,388112,304127,524

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2025-05-01$223.46$220.0032.4%8.3%48.5%41.3%27.0%5.8%-1.0%2.7M136.8M-3.8M0.9053.96N/AN/A1,6701,49555,62256,682
2025-05-02$226.90$220.0031.3%7.4%44.0%38.2%26.5%4.8%-1.2%8.6M64.8M-4.0M0.4738.77N/AN/A2,2441,05356,47157,159
2025-05-05$225.91$240.0032.1%8.4%43.5%40.4%29.1%5.6%-0.4%3.4M100.9M-3.9M0.4869.89N/AN/A1,29062555,04255,804
2025-05-06$223.31$240.0032.4%8.9%39.5%41.2%29.4%4.9%-0.7%1.0M152.4M-3.8M1.1351.22N/AN/A1,0121,14855,76956,140
2025-05-07$223.62$240.0033.2%9.1%37.5%43.5%28.8%6.6%-1.5%1.8M142.0M-3.8M0.5179.53N/AN/A1,9571,00556,03956,887
2025-05-08$225.17$240.0032.4%8.3%30.0%41.4%29.6%6.2%-0.9%5.1M106.6M-3.8M0.6327.30N/AN/A1,8201,15256,94457,211
2025-05-09$222.33$240.0032.5%8.8%29.7%41.7%28.8%5.7%-1.3%-15.0K169.0M-3.7M0.9434.75N/AN/A1,2991,21757,70757,388
2025-05-12$231.68$240.0031.1%8.2%32.9%37.7%28.6%6.1%-2.3%9.4M-14.9M-3.8M0.7470.33N/AN/A2,6721,97456,94556,397
2025-05-13$230.70$240.0028.9%8.0%32.0%31.3%28.2%5.7%-0.8%9.1M1.7M-3.8M0.7635.91N/AN/A1,6021,21957,81056,530
2025-05-14$228.13$240.0028.8%8.1%30.9%31.0%27.5%5.8%-0.8%5.9M59.1M-3.7M0.8274.01N/AN/A2,7982,28558,23656,957
2025-05-15$232.01$240.0029.3%8.2%29.4%32.3%27.3%4.9%-0.9%13.0M-43.3M-3.9M0.3733.02N/AN/A6,1622,27860,14358,439
2025-05-16$233.60$240.0028.3%8.1%28.4%29.5%27.0%4.9%-0.1%15.7M-118.3M-4.0M0.3979.46N/AN/A4,0901,60964,51559,633
2025-05-19$235.00$240.0030.2%8.6%24.4%35.0%31.0%5.9%-1.9%12.1M-95.6M-4.0M1.1468.70N/AN/A3,2473,71159,90056,260
2025-05-20$230.50$240.0029.3%8.4%22.8%32.2%28.4%5.2%-1.1%6.5M29.8M-3.9M0.9741.04N/AN/A9,5579,22661,15058,969
2025-05-21$227.08$240.0024.9%7.1%23.3%19.7%23.9%4.3%-0.8%-3.0M148.1M-3.7M0.5655.92N/AN/A10,3785,77666,47364,688
2025-05-22$224.86$240.0024.5%7.0%22.5%18.4%22.1%4.1%-0.2%-6.6M201.0M-3.6M5.4422.50N/AN/A4,46524,30567,15763,850
2025-05-23$221.67$235.0025.7%7.3%22.8%21.8%22.4%4.3%0.6%-14.4M246.6M-3.5M1.5432.60N/AN/A4,8827,52968,50762,881
2025-05-27$225.17$232.5024.8%6.8%23.4%19.3%21.4%4.2%0.6%242.9K138.0M-3.5M1.9322.24N/AN/A3,0845,94061,98057,033
2025-05-28$224.84$232.5024.5%6.9%23.0%18.6%20.2%4.3%-0.2%-365.8K150.1M-3.5M0.7418.59N/AN/A6,8655,06062,99757,864
2025-05-29$224.71$232.5024.1%6.9%22.9%17.4%19.2%3.4%-0.1%3.0M120.0M-3.7M9.8627.64N/AN/A2,42323,89368,33558,174
2025-05-30$225.49$232.5023.9%6.8%22.9%16.8%18.0%3.9%0.3%3.9M97.2M-3.6M5.4869.38N/AN/A1,3027,13969,03258,492