LUV Options History — February 2013

In February 2013, LUV traded between $11.18 and $11.82. ATM implied volatility averaged 22.2%, placing in the 31.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 6.0% (HV 20d: 16.2%). Max pain ranged from $10.00 to $11.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.34.

Notable Days

  • 2013-02-08: Highest Volume — 14,003 contracts
  • 2013-02-06: Largest IV drop — 33.7% change
  • 2013-02-12: Highest IV Rank — 40.1%
  • 2013-02-12: Largest Expected Move — 7.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$11.51$11.18$11.82$11.23$11.70
Max Pain$10.32$10.00$11.00$10.00$11.00
ATM IV22.2%15.2%25.5%21.2%19.5%
Expected Move6.5%5.5%7.3%6.3%5.6%
HV 20d16.2%14.0%22.2%14.6%22.2%
HV 60d17.6%16.4%19.2%18.5%19.2%
IV Rank31.0%11.7%40.1%28.1%23.4%
IV Percentile18.1%1.6%36.9%7.9%7.1%
Term Structure1.4%-1.7%3.8%1.6%3.5%
VWIV22.8%19.2%26.3%22.2%19.2%
Skew 25d1.3%-4.6%8.6%-2.3%-4.6%
Skew 10d1.4%-6.2%7.5%-3.6%-6.2%
Call IV 25d21.2%15.0%25.8%20.5%19.7%
Put IV 25d22.5%15.1%26.6%18.2%15.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %8.254.4824.694.485.54
Gamma HHI0.700.350.890.360.84
Net GEX749.9K123.8K1.4M162.4K962.7K
Net DEX-14.7M-19.8M-10.0M-10.6M-15.9M
Net VEX-62.2K-72.2K-55.0K-58.8K-60.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.340.020.880.390.06
Total Volume1,967.31616414,0034281,588
Total OI39,357.36833,16951,08433,16937,205

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-02-01$11.23$10.0021.2%6.3%14.6%28.1%22.2%-2.3%1.6%162.4K-10.6M-58.8K0.394.4830712122,28310,886
2013-02-04$11.18$10.0023.5%6.7%14.0%34.6%26.3%-2.4%0.7%123.8K-10.0M-57.9K0.285.231494122,32910,947
2013-02-05$11.27$10.0022.9%6.6%14.2%33.0%22.7%-1.6%1.2%162.3K-11.0M-57.5K0.105.291491522,36110,973
2013-02-06$11.47$10.0015.2%6.6%15.0%11.7%20.9%1.8%1.1%261.0K-13.2M-55.9K0.419.4433313522,30210,969
2013-02-07$11.61$10.0019.8%5.7%15.3%24.3%23.6%5.2%2.7%341.5K-14.5M-55.0K0.169.334,50572422,36811,019
2013-02-08$11.64$10.0025.2%7.2%15.2%39.1%25.2%3.2%-1.0%913.3K-15.2M-57.8K0.0224.6913,68032328,84311,462
2013-02-11$11.65$10.0025.4%7.3%15.1%39.9%24.7%5.1%-1.7%1.4M-19.8M-71.1K0.527.1673338037,43811,655
2013-02-12$11.55$10.0025.5%7.3%15.6%40.1%25.2%1.6%-1.2%1.1M-18.1M-72.2K0.887.0126923737,84611,852
2013-02-13$11.61$10.0024.2%6.9%15.6%36.4%23.8%2.6%-1.6%1.2M-18.4M-69.6K0.517.4750225737,83011,922
2013-02-14$11.47$10.0022.9%6.6%15.2%32.9%24.2%-1.3%2.0%909.2K-16.2M-68.0K0.108.445,23751437,79312,040
2013-02-15$11.60$10.0021.6%6.2%15.3%29.4%21.9%2.5%2.1%1.3M-18.1M-70.1K0.1911.621,03719438,84512,239
2013-02-19$11.70$10.0020.8%6.0%14.7%27.0%20.3%5.6%2.8%892.1K-16.0M-63.3K0.206.871,07621028,0957,702
2013-02-20$11.43$10.0024.2%6.9%15.7%36.5%23.6%1.3%0.7%715.6K-13.3M-60.7K0.716.7181057328,2187,890
2013-02-21$11.45$11.0022.7%6.5%15.3%32.4%22.9%-0.3%2.7%693.7K-13.1M-61.7K0.059.311,4317328,1268,344
2013-02-22$11.60$11.0019.2%5.5%15.7%22.7%19.9%3.9%2.4%803.3K-14.6M-61.4K0.585.451317627,9888,400
2013-02-25$11.32$11.0024.2%6.9%18.1%36.4%22.0%8.6%1.8%587.5K-11.6M-59.7K0.406.012258928,0358,443
2013-02-26$11.40$11.0023.4%6.7%18.3%34.3%25.0%-1.0%3.8%651.0K-12.3M-60.4K0.1310.062873727,9958,492
2013-02-27$11.82$11.0020.4%5.9%22.0%26.1%20.0%-3.1%2.8%1.0M-17.3M-61.0K0.856.5850342828,1468,509
2013-02-28$11.70$11.0019.5%5.6%22.2%23.4%19.2%-4.6%3.5%962.7K-15.9M-60.3K0.065.541,4929628,4248,781