LUV Options History — February 2014

In February 2014, LUV traded between $20.43 and $22.46. ATM implied volatility averaged 26.2%, placing in the 61.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 5.2% (HV 20d: 31.4%). Max pain ranged from $17.00 to $17.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.40.

Notable Days

  • 2014-02-25: Highest Volume — 6,182 contracts
  • 2014-02-13: Largest IV spike — 12.4% change
  • 2014-02-03: Highest IV Rank — 77.8%
  • 2014-02-05: Largest Expected Move — 8.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$21.44$20.43$22.46$20.43$22.44
Max Pain$17.00$17.00$17.00$17.00$17.00
ATM IV26.2%23.6%30.5%30.5%24.3%
Expected Move8.1%7.9%8.4%8.1%8.0%
HV 20d31.4%23.0%36.0%36.0%23.0%
HV 60d28.4%27.6%29.1%27.8%28.5%
IV Rank61.8%52.1%77.8%77.8%54.7%
IV Percentile82.7%54.0%99.2%99.2%61.1%
Term Structure0.8%-0.1%2.4%0.8%0.1%
VWIV28.5%26.8%31.6%27.8%27.4%
Skew 25d2.5%0.1%4.6%0.7%3.3%
Skew 10d8.1%0.6%14.0%1.4%0.6%
Call IV 25d26.0%22.9%30.9%30.9%22.9%
Put IV 25d28.6%26.2%31.5%31.5%26.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %32.1928.1339.1431.8133.77
Gamma HHI0.250.170.490.190.25
Net GEX1.5M1.1M2.8M1.1M1.7M
Net DEX-58.3M-71.7M-41.8M-41.8M-71.7M
Net VEX-258.4K-267.8K-245.6K-248.0K-254.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.400.111.060.131.06
Total Volume2,8971,3576,1824,4175,107
Total OI74,485.15865,08379,52671,77070,989

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-02-03$20.43$17.0030.5%8.1%36.0%77.8%27.8%0.7%0.8%1.1M-41.8M-248.0K0.1331.813,90551249,73822,032
2014-02-04$20.65$17.0027.5%8.4%35.6%66.6%29.0%1.3%1.0%1.3M-47.2M-263.9K0.7432.601,8241,34951,82822,335
2014-02-05$20.61$17.0027.3%8.4%35.2%65.9%28.3%4.6%1.4%1.2M-45.3M-265.8K0.9839.141,3361,31651,83322,766
2014-02-06$20.96$17.0027.0%8.3%33.8%65.0%31.6%2.9%0.0%1.4M-51.8M-267.8K0.5030.9095347552,47422,638
2014-02-07$21.43$17.0025.9%8.3%33.2%60.9%29.1%1.8%0.5%1.6M-60.4M-263.2K0.3930.311,65765252,52722,749
2014-02-10$21.02$17.0026.2%8.1%33.7%62.0%30.8%3.8%0.0%1.4M-53.9M-260.5K0.3730.321,09540052,75223,126
2014-02-11$21.32$17.0026.0%8.0%33.6%61.1%27.8%2.5%0.7%1.6M-58.7M-262.8K0.2128.431,57833653,42523,236
2014-02-12$21.21$17.0023.6%8.0%31.4%52.1%28.6%3.4%1.4%1.5M-55.4M-260.1K0.6228.9793657753,14223,437
2014-02-13$21.20$17.0026.5%8.1%31.1%63.0%28.3%2.4%1.3%1.4M-54.7M-262.1K0.2928.131,26436853,48723,893
2014-02-14$21.30$17.0026.0%8.0%30.7%61.3%27.5%2.7%0.8%1.7M-58.7M-262.9K0.1635.892,66443654,14024,000
2014-02-18$21.03$17.0027.2%8.1%30.8%65.6%28.9%2.8%0.2%1.2M-52.6M-258.9K0.6131.321,00061554,65324,303
2014-02-19$20.95$17.0026.1%8.2%30.7%61.5%30.0%4.1%1.8%1.1M-51.5M-258.4K0.4732.591,00947654,98724,519
2014-02-20$21.70$17.0025.9%8.1%32.4%61.0%26.8%3.2%0.5%2.5M-65.4M-259.8K0.1632.114,85876054,79024,345
2014-02-21$21.76$17.0025.0%8.0%31.1%57.4%27.7%0.1%2.4%2.8M-66.8M-252.5K0.1330.232,30531155,21924,307
2014-02-24$22.16$17.0025.4%8.2%30.7%59.1%28.3%1.7%0.9%1.2M-64.1M-245.6K0.1133.053,90344745,41519,668
2014-02-25$22.30$17.0026.0%8.1%30.2%61.3%28.0%1.1%0.5%1.4M-67.4M-248.7K0.3234.064,6771,50546,66319,963
2014-02-26$22.42$17.0025.7%7.9%28.1%59.9%27.4%2.2%0.7%1.5M-69.8M-255.1K0.1433.382,71336748,29221,111
2014-02-27$22.46$17.0025.3%8.0%24.8%58.5%28.0%3.8%-0.1%1.6M-71.4M-257.9K0.1534.581,18417349,11121,325
2014-02-28$22.44$17.0024.3%8.0%23.0%54.7%27.4%3.3%0.1%1.7M-71.7M-254.8K1.0633.772,4772,63049,57321,416