LUV Options History — December 2013

In December 2013, LUV traded between $17.90 and $18.93. ATM implied volatility averaged 22.9%, placing in the 49.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.4%. IV traded below realized volatility by 2.2% (HV 20d: 25.1%). Max pain ranged from $15.00 to $17.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 20 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.32.

Notable Days

  • 2013-12-04: Highest Volume — 5,418 contracts
  • 2013-12-09: Largest IV spike — 18.1% change
  • 2013-12-09: Highest IV Rank — 59.9%
  • 2013-12-05: Largest Expected Move — 7.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$18.57$17.90$18.93$18.61$18.84
Max Pain$16.24$15.00$17.00$15.00$17.00
ATM IV22.9%21.3%25.7%22.5%21.3%
Expected Move7.4%7.2%7.8%7.2%7.4%
HV 20d25.1%17.7%29.9%17.8%27.1%
HV 60d20.4%18.0%21.7%18.8%21.6%
IV Rank49.5%43.5%59.9%48.1%43.5%
IV Percentile46.7%25.0%84.9%42.1%25.0%
Term Structure1.6%-0.2%3.5%-0.2%3.0%
VWIV26.5%24.9%28.7%26.5%27.0%
Skew 25d1.4%-2.3%5.9%2.4%-0.3%
Skew 10d2.8%-8.9%11.7%-0.4%-5.0%
Call IV 25d22.1%16.9%25.3%20.0%23.0%
Put IV 25d23.5%14.6%26.5%22.3%22.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %38.1227.0653.5327.0632.15
Gamma HHI0.310.220.550.340.26
Net GEX1.3M832.6K2.7M1.1M1.2M
Net DEX-49.0M-69.3M-33.9M-69.3M-43.3M
Net VEX-144.8K-151.9K-136.5K-145.9K-143.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.320.031.430.610.06
Total Volume2,001.2863765,4181,2071,271
Total OI67,005.61953,70380,68479,69854,751

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-12-02$18.61$15.0022.5%7.2%17.8%48.1%26.5%2.4%-0.2%1.1M-69.3M-145.9K0.6127.0675145654,26825,430
2013-12-03$18.28$15.0022.4%7.6%17.7%47.9%25.2%-1.9%0.6%995.2K-63.2M-145.4K0.1548.331,70324854,32625,746
2013-12-04$17.90$15.0022.4%7.7%19.4%47.7%27.0%5.9%1.0%837.6K-56.9M-151.9K1.4345.712,2323,18654,85025,770
2013-12-05$18.00$15.0022.4%7.8%19.4%47.8%24.9%-2.3%1.0%971.8K-59.2M-148.9K0.3535.9984329255,16425,085
2013-12-06$18.31$15.0021.7%7.3%19.6%45.2%25.7%2.2%1.0%1.2M-64.6M-146.2K0.1147.544064355,48925,143
2013-12-09$18.50$15.0025.7%7.5%19.7%59.9%28.7%2.6%2.2%1.3M-68.1M-143.3K0.0338.224,89915355,53825,146
2013-12-10$18.58$15.0023.6%7.2%19.7%52.2%25.4%0.4%1.3%1.3M-44.3M-137.0K0.4137.252,5151,03341,37325,248
2013-12-11$17.97$15.0024.1%7.5%23.0%54.3%25.9%1.3%0.1%832.6K-33.9M-136.5K0.6153.532,2871,40440,64925,485
2013-12-12$18.79$17.0023.1%7.3%27.9%50.2%26.5%2.2%1.3%1.5M-47.2M-144.2K0.5337.612,3831,26042,21624,071
2013-12-13$18.63$17.0024.2%7.3%28.0%54.4%26.9%1.7%0.9%1.5M-44.3M-149.5K0.2534.971,38235042,12423,781
2013-12-16$18.73$17.0023.8%7.5%28.0%53.1%27.2%1.9%0.8%1.6M-46.0M-144.8K0.3133.6673423042,47523,968
2013-12-17$18.32$17.0024.2%7.7%29.2%54.5%26.0%0.1%2.9%1.2M-39.1M-146.0K0.5341.5676740342,34924,161
2013-12-18$18.66$17.0023.4%7.5%29.9%51.6%28.0%3.1%2.0%1.6M-43.7M-145.7K0.3146.811,00230942,50124,314
2013-12-19$18.62$17.0023.6%7.4%29.7%52.1%28.0%1.0%1.3%1.5M-42.7M-144.3K0.2333.121,45833442,47624,391
2013-12-20$18.86$17.0022.1%7.6%28.8%46.7%26.5%2.1%3.5%2.7M-46.7M-145.4K0.1232.563,10335743,26324,711
2013-12-23$18.89$17.0022.1%7.4%28.8%46.8%27.6%4.1%0.9%1.1M-43.0M-146.0K0.0831.399677737,75515,948
2013-12-24$18.93$17.0022.6%7.3%28.8%48.4%24.9%1.6%2.4%1.1M-43.5M-145.9K0.2937.152928437,89116,033
2013-12-26$18.93$17.0022.2%7.6%28.8%47.2%26.9%0.4%1.8%1.1M-44.3M-143.3K0.1930.9476414438,06616,061
2013-12-27$18.74$17.0021.4%7.3%27.9%44.1%25.7%-0.1%2.8%1.2M-42.0M-143.3K0.0434.916532538,28716,121
2013-12-30$18.83$17.0021.4%7.5%27.1%44.0%27.0%0.8%2.3%1.2M-43.4M-143.1K0.0740.121,1497838,55316,141
2013-12-31$18.84$17.0021.3%7.4%27.1%43.5%0.0%-0.3%3.0%1.2M-43.3M-143.4K0.0632.151,2046738,55516,196