LUV Options History — May 2014

In May 2014, LUV traded between $24.18 and $26.45. ATM implied volatility averaged 22.0%, placing in the 32.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.5% (HV 20d: 18.4%). Max pain ranged from $17.00 to $20.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.46.

Notable Days

  • 2014-05-30: Highest Volume — 14,458 contracts
  • 2014-05-13: Largest IV drop — 22.8% change
  • 2014-05-01: Highest IV Rank — 49.3%
  • 2014-05-12: Largest Expected Move — 8.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$25.03$24.18$26.45$24.33$26.45
Max Pain$18.43$17.00$20.00$17.00$20.00
ATM IV22.0%18.9%24.6%24.6%21.6%
Expected Move7.9%7.3%8.3%8.0%7.3%
HV 20d18.4%13.8%26.2%26.1%15.9%
HV 60d21.2%20.4%22.3%22.2%20.7%
IV Rank32.4%11.4%49.3%49.3%25.1%
IV Percentile27.2%1.6%63.9%63.9%20.2%
Term Structure1.5%-0.2%3.6%-0.1%-0.2%
VWIV27.9%25.7%30.2%28.4%25.7%
Skew 25d1.9%0.6%4.6%3.3%1.1%
Skew 10d5.4%-7.2%13.9%8.7%7.1%
Call IV 25d21.7%17.4%24.5%21.6%21.0%
Put IV 25d23.6%21.0%26.4%24.9%22.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %37.9633.5441.1239.0439.38
Gamma HHI0.270.210.400.250.21
Net GEX1.9M1.5M2.1M1.8M1.5M
Net DEX-99.7M-118.4M-89.9M-91.8M-116.9M
Net VEX-336.3K-359.8K-313.7K-354.0K-329.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.460.051.330.050.22
Total Volume2,855.09565014,4582,34614,458
Total OI82,232.28676,83887,44580,96787,445

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-05-01$24.33$17.0024.6%8.0%26.1%49.3%28.4%3.3%-0.1%1.8M-91.8M-354.0K0.0539.042,23111559,78021,187
2014-05-02$24.18$17.0023.5%8.2%26.2%44.6%28.7%0.8%1.3%1.9M-90.1M-342.2K0.2439.441,35932261,06421,253
2014-05-05$24.26$17.0022.9%8.0%26.0%42.3%30.2%1.9%1.8%2.0M-90.6M-359.8K1.3337.5668791361,48921,393
2014-05-06$24.20$17.0024.3%8.2%25.3%48.0%28.0%0.6%2.2%2.0M-90.2M-358.8K0.5141.1243022061,78322,027
2014-05-07$24.20$17.0023.1%8.1%25.3%43.0%28.0%1.4%1.5%2.1M-89.9M-355.5K1.2633.908861,12061,88522,138
2014-05-08$24.46$17.0023.8%8.0%23.7%45.9%28.3%0.7%2.1%2.1M-93.8M-356.7K0.1738.681,68828561,84622,761
2014-05-09$24.36$17.0022.6%8.1%17.4%41.0%28.6%0.9%2.2%2.0M-93.1M-337.8K0.6637.4948131861,59622,890
2014-05-12$24.94$17.0024.5%8.3%17.3%49.0%28.1%2.1%2.7%2.1M-102.2M-350.2K0.1740.592,02534961,64622,973
2014-05-13$24.98$17.0018.9%7.9%16.4%25.1%27.3%2.8%2.0%2.1M-104.5M-335.5K0.1034.432,53024761,63222,973
2014-05-14$24.91$17.0021.6%7.8%16.0%36.6%27.4%1.7%2.1%2.1M-102.9M-331.3K0.1133.547328361,50423,079
2014-05-15$24.76$17.0022.2%8.1%13.8%39.2%25.7%2.1%2.5%2.1M-98.1M-332.7K1.2339.679001,10560,76022,916
2014-05-16$24.61$20.0021.7%8.0%14.1%25.6%28.1%2.8%3.6%1.7M-94.2M-330.3K0.3536.932,39682960,69323,830
2014-05-19$25.12$20.0021.6%7.9%15.5%24.9%26.8%2.0%1.6%1.6M-94.3M-331.0K0.4235.131,31155756,46320,375
2014-05-20$24.95$20.0022.0%7.8%15.3%26.9%28.2%1.7%0.4%1.6M-93.8M-323.0K0.2437.632,32556257,16320,505
2014-05-21$25.11$20.0021.0%7.9%15.3%21.8%26.5%1.7%1.3%1.7M-96.8M-330.0K0.2538.4265816657,97120,871
2014-05-22$25.27$20.0020.2%7.7%15.2%17.7%27.9%2.4%1.6%1.7M-99.3M-331.4K1.0839.8046149658,25220,812
2014-05-23$25.79$20.0018.9%8.1%15.4%11.4%27.2%2.5%1.7%1.7M-106.2M-326.6K0.2540.321,71642958,24921,045
2014-05-27$25.87$20.0020.1%7.9%15.1%17.3%29.0%2.2%1.1%1.7M-108.8M-314.9K0.1738.902,90250458,20521,338
2014-05-28$26.43$20.0020.8%7.5%15.9%20.8%29.6%4.6%0.4%1.7M-117.2M-317.3K0.0937.653,64232059,35721,679
2014-05-29$26.44$20.0021.7%7.8%15.9%25.6%28.4%1.0%0.5%1.7M-118.4M-313.7K0.7837.544,0553,14460,18621,864
2014-05-30$26.45$20.0021.6%7.3%15.9%25.1%25.7%1.1%-0.2%1.5M-116.9M-329.1K0.2239.3811,8492,60962,50824,937