LUMN Options History — October 2021

In October 2021, LUMN traded between $11.84 and $13.02. ATM implied volatility averaged 40.7%, placing in the 21.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 9.9% (HV 20d: 30.9%). Max pain ranged from $12.00 to $14.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.85.

Notable Days

  • 2021-10-04: Highest Volume — 30,860 contracts
  • 2021-10-06: Largest IV spike — 41.2% change
  • 2021-10-06: Highest IV Rank — 45.1%
  • 2021-10-26: Largest Expected Move — 12.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$12.34$11.84$13.02$12.76$11.88
Max Pain$12.52$12.00$14.00$14.00$12.00
ATM IV40.7%36.3%57.3%43.5%36.3%
Expected Move11.4%9.7%12.3%9.7%12.2%
HV 20d30.9%21.7%36.8%36.8%21.7%
HV 60d36.2%31.6%37.1%37.0%31.6%
IV Rank21.4%15.1%45.1%25.4%15.1%
IV Percentile62.5%42.1%93.7%77.8%42.1%
Term Structure-1.5%-17.6%13.8%13.8%-4.3%
VWIV40.9%35.2%44.4%35.2%44.0%
Skew 25d3.1%-21.3%17.3%5.9%-0.6%
Skew 10d17.5%-12.7%93.8%21.1%4.3%
Call IV 25d41.8%34.3%73.3%34.3%38.9%
Put IV 25d44.9%38.3%62.2%40.2%38.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %22.515.2258.6727.7810.69
Gamma HHI0.140.120.260.150.12
Net GEX882.3K-111.5K2.7M1.2M456.0K
Net DEX19.8M-9.2M46.3M3.0M29.5M
Net VEX-551.9K-635.9K-520.0K-600.6K-527.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.850.194.540.230.50
Total Volume12,861.2863,09330,8606,52114,675
Total OI392,557.238333,934445,266423,697375,700

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2021-10-01$12.76$14.0043.5%9.7%36.8%25.4%35.2%5.9%13.8%1.2M3.0M-600.6K0.2327.78N/AN/A5,2811,240260,206163,491
2021-10-04$13.02$13.0037.5%11.2%36.6%16.9%41.2%4.7%7.2%1.5M-5.4M-600.2K4.5410.28N/AN/A5,57525,285246,170161,577
2021-10-05$12.93$13.0040.6%10.9%36.1%21.2%38.8%10.0%-5.8%1.5M-4.2M-589.6K0.237.14N/AN/A2,510583246,881162,051
2021-10-06$12.76$13.0057.3%11.0%36.2%45.1%41.7%-21.3%-17.6%1.0M14.8M-523.9K2.7914.08N/AN/A4,42612,362249,274169,140
2021-10-07$12.68$13.0042.2%10.9%35.6%23.5%41.3%13.3%-1.2%1.1M14.5M-558.2K0.8511.78N/AN/A1,9171,620250,471170,878
2021-10-08$12.47$13.0043.6%11.1%33.8%25.5%40.2%17.3%-0.1%659.6K15.6M-635.9K0.9458.67N/AN/A3,9963,757252,062173,832
2021-10-11$12.22$13.0042.4%11.6%30.1%23.7%40.6%7.6%0.7%-111.5K45.7M-521.3K0.2854.85N/AN/A7,7322,160248,843173,496
2021-10-12$12.10$13.0042.7%11.6%30.2%24.2%41.4%2.9%-2.0%234.7K43.2M-548.3K0.6850.94N/AN/A4,0022,718251,389176,100
2021-10-13$12.12$13.0042.4%11.6%29.6%23.7%44.4%3.0%-2.4%314.5K44.9M-522.1K0.9843.22N/AN/A7,9197,744255,515177,321
2021-10-14$12.14$13.0041.4%11.3%29.5%22.4%40.4%0.7%-2.4%416.0K46.3M-530.0K0.8648.71N/AN/A10,4518,986256,322178,242
2021-10-15$12.12$12.0039.4%10.8%28.8%19.5%39.7%1.5%-2.9%543.8K46.3M-527.4K0.7632.21N/AN/A3,1682,412260,036185,230
2021-10-18$12.11$12.0039.6%11.2%28.1%19.8%39.8%3.3%-0.9%608.4K20.9M-520.0K0.1939.39N/AN/A12,4922,374197,550136,384
2021-10-19$12.24$12.0039.6%11.3%28.4%19.8%39.9%3.7%-2.9%712.0K16.0M-523.9K0.315.22N/AN/A5,8681,815198,776137,751
2021-10-20$12.63$12.0038.8%11.1%30.8%18.6%39.7%2.8%-4.6%1.6M-9.2M-578.0K0.476.21N/AN/A12,6645,991208,464141,947
2021-10-21$12.48$12.0039.1%11.4%30.7%19.1%39.9%2.5%-3.6%1.7M-555.7K-556.9K0.737.64N/AN/A7,7765,696213,509144,013
2021-10-22$12.47$12.0040.3%11.5%30.1%20.8%40.4%3.7%-3.2%2.7M-2.4M-575.9K0.5310.35N/AN/A8,7954,681215,270145,229
2021-10-25$12.21$12.0037.4%11.8%30.3%16.7%41.8%3.0%3.3%1.0M13.9M-563.2K0.656.62N/AN/A7,1924,664213,992148,434
2021-10-26$12.18$12.0036.8%12.3%30.3%15.8%43.3%0.8%-3.4%778.7K17.1M-539.5K0.6711.34N/AN/A6,7064,487213,935149,782
2021-10-27$11.88$12.0037.5%12.0%30.8%16.8%42.5%1.2%-1.7%340.3K30.6M-526.0K0.379.32N/AN/A15,3045,725215,260150,700
2021-10-28$11.84$12.0036.7%12.0%23.6%15.6%43.2%0.4%2.1%298.1K34.4M-520.0K0.306.28N/AN/A13,3573,981217,326151,153
2021-10-29$11.88$12.0036.3%12.2%21.7%15.1%44.0%-0.6%-4.3%456.0K29.5M-527.9K0.5010.69N/AN/A9,7964,879223,976151,724