LUV Options History — July 2011

In July 2011, LUV traded between $9.79 and $11.64. ATM implied volatility averaged 27.4%, placing in the 50.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.5% (HV 20d: 23.9%). Max pain ranged from $11.00 to $11.00. Net GEX was positive for 17 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.72.

Notable Days

  • 2011-07-06: Highest Volume — 11,674 contracts
  • 2011-07-11: Largest IV spike — 97.3% change
  • 2011-07-29: Highest IV Rank — 83.3%
  • 2011-07-29: Largest Expected Move — 9.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$10.71$9.79$11.64$11.64$9.96
Max Pain$11.00$11.00$11.00$11.00$11.00
ATM IV27.4%14.6%34.4%17.8%34.4%
Expected Move8.4%5.1%9.9%5.1%9.9%
HV 20d23.9%20.5%26.9%25.5%22.6%
HV 60d21.3%20.3%22.1%20.8%21.8%
IV Rank50.1%0.0%83.3%0.0%83.3%
IV Percentile51.6%0.0%96.0%0.0%96.0%
Term Structure-0.0%-4.1%12.6%12.6%-1.9%
VWIV28.7%15.0%34.8%15.0%34.8%
Skew 25d4.2%-2.8%12.7%2.4%12.7%
Skew 10d7.8%-3.7%19.7%-0.5%19.7%
Call IV 25d25.4%13.0%31.1%13.0%25.8%
Put IV 25d29.6%15.4%38.5%15.4%38.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %12.538.3919.048.7610.92
Gamma HHI0.340.220.530.460.22
Net GEX628.3K-11.3K1.5M1.1M9.3K
Net DEX271.1K-18.6M11.8M-18.4M10.8M
Net VEX-121.9K-160.8K-85.3K-160.8K-93.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.720.012.090.170.28
Total Volume1,928.842011,6743,843924
Total OI82,604.678,35687,48480,01984,591

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-07-01$11.64$11.0017.8%5.1%25.5%0.0%15.0%2.4%12.6%1.1M-18.4M-160.8K0.178.763,29554857,28622,733
2011-07-05$11.39$11.0026.6%8.2%24.5%39.6%27.6%0.6%-0.8%1.1M-13.2M-150.8K0.0511.132,26311256,53723,084
2011-07-06$11.45$11.0018.0%8.3%24.3%0.7%27.8%7.0%-0.3%1.1M-14.0M-150.8K0.0116.9611,5987656,52823,169
2011-07-07$11.61$11.0018.7%7.1%23.1%4.0%26.5%7.5%1.0%1.3M-18.6M-159.7K1.0613.6450553460,76623,225
2011-07-08$11.38$11.0014.6%8.2%24.4%0.0%27.3%5.7%-1.0%1.2M-14.2M-152.9K1.5310.9816625460,89923,740
2011-07-11$11.04$11.0028.8%8.1%26.5%57.1%28.8%1.8%1.7%1.4M-6.3M-142.1K0.7919.0450539960,97723,750
2011-07-12$10.91$11.0029.1%8.3%26.9%58.1%30.4%4.5%0.1%1.3M-2.7M-135.8K1.0411.9021522360,96323,888
2011-07-13$10.88$11.0022.7%8.6%26.3%32.3%30.1%1.8%-1.3%1.5M-2.0M-132.7K2.0918.721,0962,28660,99024,019
2011-07-14$10.75$11.0027.3%7.8%24.5%50.8%29.7%1.0%1.0%920.0K3.6M-126.9K1.3212.9640853761,37125,814
2011-07-15$10.72$11.0026.1%7.5%24.6%46.3%27.9%8.0%1.6%789.6K5.1M-121.7K1.8910.546141,16261,41326,071
2011-07-18$10.46$11.0031.6%9.1%25.2%68.3%29.7%5.4%2.7%198.6K6.0M-110.8K0.2812.111,66947554,40723,949
2011-07-19$10.58$11.0027.1%7.8%25.4%50.4%27.0%5.9%0.1%223.8K5.5M-113.4K0.1815.981,07919555,41924,150
2011-07-20$10.49$11.0031.4%9.0%25.0%67.5%28.0%6.8%0.2%215.7K5.8M-111.3K1.4510.8824435556,04324,228
2011-07-21$10.47$11.0031.0%8.9%24.8%69.0%26.6%5.3%-1.8%159.6K6.8M-109.6K0.2212.6264914456,13924,481
2011-07-22$10.42$11.0030.1%8.6%20.5%65.2%29.5%1.4%-1.2%104.2K7.9M-104.0K0.3512.3476126656,47624,591
2011-07-25$10.24$11.0031.0%8.9%21.0%68.8%29.3%0.3%-1.2%21.1K9.5M-96.0K0.668.3934022356,87524,769
2011-07-26$10.12$11.0032.7%9.4%20.9%75.8%31.3%-2.8%-4.1%-11.3K10.5M-91.5K0.1610.431,46423057,02724,867
2011-07-27$9.94$11.0034.2%9.8%21.0%82.3%32.5%-0.3%-3.9%-9.5K11.3M-88.3K0.418.8788936158,22524,942
2011-07-28$9.79$11.0034.4%9.9%21.1%83.0%34.4%9.3%-3.7%-10.0K11.8M-85.3K0.4013.481,07943358,69924,991
2011-07-29$9.96$11.0034.4%9.9%22.6%83.3%34.8%12.7%-1.9%9.3K10.8M-93.3K0.2810.9272220259,25325,338