LUV Options History — February 2010

In February 2010, LUV traded between $11.03 and $12.58. ATM implied volatility averaged 34.8%, placing in the 15.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.1% (HV 20d: 31.7%). Max pain ranged from $10.00 to $12.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.52.

Notable Days

  • 2010-02-17: Highest Volume — 4,137 contracts
  • 2010-02-09: Largest IV drop — 15.9% change
  • 2010-02-08: Highest IV Rank — 20.6%
  • 2010-02-08: Largest Expected Move — 11.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$11.96$11.03$12.58$11.57$12.58
Max Pain$10.42$10.00$12.00$12.00$10.00
ATM IV34.8%30.8%39.1%33.8%31.1%
Expected Move10.1%8.8%11.2%9.7%8.9%
HV 20d31.7%28.2%34.8%34.8%28.8%
HV 60d35.0%33.6%37.1%36.6%33.6%
IV Rank15.1%10.0%20.6%13.8%10.3%
IV Percentile12.3%4.4%27.8%6.0%4.8%
Term Structure0.9%-3.3%5.1%0.6%1.9%
VWIV35.2%30.3%41.2%35.7%31.6%
Skew 25d6.1%-8.1%10.6%5.7%5.6%
Skew 10d14.6%-10.1%24.5%8.5%4.1%
Call IV 25d31.5%26.5%37.8%30.6%26.5%
Put IV 25d37.6%29.7%42.4%36.4%32.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %17.4610.9024.0712.3512.51
Gamma HHI0.250.200.280.270.26
Net GEX260.3K220.6K295.2K253.0K253.6K
Net DEX-16.5M-24.9M-7.7M-12.3M-20.3M
Net VEX-99.0K-104.4K-93.5K-102.3K-94.7K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.520.068.932.200.10
Total Volume1,475.3682054,1376501,039
Total OI55,948.05352,86461,77253,70854,401

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-02-01$11.57$12.0033.8%9.7%34.8%13.8%35.7%5.7%0.6%253.0K-12.3M-102.3K2.2012.3520344730,22523,483
2010-02-02$11.55$12.0030.8%8.8%33.8%10.0%32.9%5.7%1.7%253.3K-12.2M-102.1K0.5918.631297630,25823,548
2010-02-03$11.47$12.0033.3%9.5%28.2%13.2%30.3%0.8%5.1%245.1K-11.3M-101.7K8.9316.539282230,34923,596
2010-02-04$11.03$12.0036.6%10.5%29.6%17.4%37.6%-8.1%1.9%232.3K-7.7M-98.8K1.3713.817641,04730,38423,907
2010-02-05$11.29$10.0034.7%10.4%30.4%14.9%37.4%4.8%2.4%220.6K-9.2M-102.7K0.9923.0270970230,45624,676
2010-02-08$11.25$10.0039.1%11.2%29.3%20.6%39.6%8.1%-1.0%236.4K-9.3M-102.8K1.3213.9734245330,98525,005
2010-02-09$11.65$10.0032.9%10.2%31.7%12.6%35.8%3.9%0.3%236.9K-13.4M-103.1K0.7321.171,35598430,95325,169
2010-02-10$11.54$10.0031.6%10.3%31.6%11.0%41.2%6.9%-0.3%227.5K-11.4M-104.4K1.2424.079571,18231,18125,608
2010-02-11$11.88$10.0036.1%10.4%32.6%16.9%36.4%10.6%0.6%265.1K-15.7M-101.5K0.4623.6991642231,52425,137
2010-02-12$12.04$10.0034.7%9.9%32.8%15.0%34.4%4.6%1.6%290.9K-17.7M-98.9K0.6518.3261739831,85825,157
2010-02-16$12.45$10.0038.7%11.1%33.8%20.2%33.0%5.6%-3.3%262.6K-23.3M-93.5K0.3215.502,81088732,08025,191
2010-02-17$12.29$10.0036.4%10.4%34.4%17.2%35.6%8.2%0.3%287.5K-22.2M-97.7K1.8116.201,4732,66433,13525,991
2010-02-18$12.44$10.0037.5%10.7%34.5%18.6%36.2%10.1%-0.1%255.9K-23.7M-96.7K0.2018.071,80336333,05928,528
2010-02-19$12.43$10.0033.2%9.5%33.1%13.0%33.0%8.7%3.3%290.1K-24.9M-95.5K0.0619.051,1986733,57828,194
2010-02-22$12.50$10.0035.0%10.0%33.1%15.4%33.9%9.5%1.0%295.2K-20.4M-94.9K1.1319.1370479929,00823,856
2010-02-23$12.40$10.0036.9%10.6%30.8%17.8%38.2%9.6%-0.7%277.1K-19.2M-96.4K0.5518.6265736129,30324,605
2010-02-24$12.44$10.0035.2%10.1%29.8%15.6%34.3%7.6%1.2%281.2K-19.3M-96.4K0.8016.111149129,53824,736
2010-02-25$12.43$10.0033.8%9.7%28.7%13.8%32.5%8.0%1.0%281.7K-19.2M-95.9K5.4210.906032529,56524,786
2010-02-26$12.58$10.0031.1%8.9%28.8%10.3%31.6%5.6%1.9%253.6K-20.3M-94.7K0.1012.519489129,31025,091