LUV Options History — October 2014

In October 2014, LUV traded between $28.88 and $34.53. ATM implied volatility averaged 38.4%, placing in the 60.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.8%. IV traded below realized volatility by 3.4% (HV 20d: 41.9%). Max pain ranged from $30.00 to $31.00. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.60.

Notable Days

  • 2014-10-22: Highest Volume — 64,413 contracts
  • 2014-10-13: Largest IV spike — 55.6% change
  • 2014-10-09: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2014-10-15: Largest Expected Move — 12.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$32.58$28.88$34.53$32.55$34.45
Max Pain$30.43$30.00$31.00$30.00$31.00
ATM IV38.4%28.1%63.1%28.1%33.4%
Expected Move9.8%8.1%12.1%8.1%9.1%
HV 20d41.9%27.2%52.4%27.2%49.7%
HV 60d30.2%23.1%35.1%23.3%35.1%
IV Rank60.7%32.6%100.0%52.6%32.6%
IV Percentile97.6%93.3%100.0%96.4%93.3%
Term Structure-2.3%-7.3%1.3%1.3%-1.8%
VWIV34.2%28.1%43.2%28.1%33.3%
Skew 25d4.6%1.2%8.6%2.7%3.7%
Skew 10d9.3%2.4%24.7%5.1%3.5%
Call IV 25d36.3%27.5%50.1%28.6%31.8%
Put IV 25d40.8%30.4%56.8%31.3%35.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %39.3725.4458.5126.2644.34
Gamma HHI0.180.120.600.190.15
Net GEX5.0M675.9K20.1M2.7M8.7M
Net DEX-137.4M-252.4M18.7M-112.0M-252.4M
Net VEX-802.5K-896.6K-642.3K-642.3K-859.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.600.101.960.780.31
Total Volume19,863.4354,02264,41334,33419,379
Total OI184,735.304131,767224,908131,767208,906

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-10-01$32.55$30.0028.1%8.1%27.2%52.6%28.1%2.7%1.3%2.7M-112.0M-642.3K0.7826.2619,31015,02489,67442,093
2014-10-02$32.46$30.0029.2%8.3%27.2%58.7%29.1%2.4%0.1%2.6M-108.0M-745.0K0.8326.265,6824,696100,26953,221
2014-10-03$33.43$30.0028.9%8.1%29.1%57.0%28.1%2.9%0.7%3.5M-145.6M-757.6K0.1932.683,369653101,44554,884
2014-10-06$33.04$30.0030.3%8.3%29.4%65.2%29.1%1.2%-1.0%3.0M-132.5M-730.9K1.0225.442,6312,672101,57355,027
2014-10-07$32.23$30.0031.5%8.5%30.8%71.8%29.8%2.1%0.2%2.1M-100.8M-727.9K0.3026.744,0561,237101,47856,095
2014-10-08$32.09$30.0031.1%8.5%29.6%69.8%30.5%3.0%-1.3%2.0M-93.7M-729.4K0.6232.925,2103,209102,43856,623
2014-10-09$31.32$30.0037.0%8.9%30.6%100.0%30.7%3.0%-3.0%1.7M-65.7M-713.4K1.9636.587,06713,858102,86156,675
2014-10-10$30.57$30.0033.8%9.2%31.2%82.4%32.1%1.4%-2.0%834.5K-36.1M-718.9K0.8541.9211,6069,844103,99368,679
2014-10-13$28.88$31.0052.6%10.3%36.1%100.0%34.5%6.0%-2.5%675.9K18.7M-681.5K1.7952.8912,36022,127109,74174,652
2014-10-14$30.90$31.0048.0%11.2%44.1%86.6%38.3%8.6%-2.5%865.3K-40.9M-791.3K0.2255.5016,0913,509114,00182,398
2014-10-15$30.05$30.0063.1%12.1%44.8%100.0%41.1%6.4%-7.3%2.5M-32.2M-836.5K1.0851.5515,79117,047129,27381,814
2014-10-16$30.94$30.0050.5%11.9%45.4%71.5%43.2%8.4%-5.8%4.3M-74.9M-840.1K0.2137.8423,6545,069128,03179,813
2014-10-17$31.05$30.0046.3%11.4%45.2%62.0%40.3%6.9%-4.7%20.1M-98.9M-867.3K0.2832.8310,9013,035145,55079,358
2014-10-20$32.84$30.0043.0%10.9%50.1%54.4%39.1%6.1%-4.6%4.6M-158.6M-869.6K0.4338.136,2562,663119,84261,024
2014-10-21$34.44$30.0041.8%10.7%52.2%51.8%36.6%7.0%-3.5%5.6M-221.0M-860.7K0.3334.6314,7744,855121,21460,652
2014-10-22$34.18$31.0042.1%10.7%51.0%52.5%36.9%4.2%-3.8%5.6M-218.9M-865.8K0.1739.3654,9169,497123,81961,579
2014-10-23$33.15$31.0037.9%9.9%51.7%42.9%34.2%6.1%-2.6%6.9M-185.6M-896.6K0.1058.5155,1755,566148,12963,210
2014-10-24$33.85$31.0036.0%9.9%52.2%38.5%34.3%5.4%-2.8%7.0M-204.0M-890.7K0.7941.015,2244,142141,12764,572
2014-10-27$34.05$31.0036.5%9.9%52.1%39.9%34.6%4.1%-3.9%6.6M-208.5M-855.4K0.1940.856,4521,203130,57665,467
2014-10-28$34.53$31.0035.0%9.6%52.4%36.4%34.0%5.7%-1.5%7.6M-236.8M-845.0K0.2040.964,117803133,56866,048
2014-10-29$34.13$31.0034.4%9.7%50.7%35.0%34.2%3.0%-1.3%7.5M-221.7M-854.5K0.3446.6810,6763,646134,22666,099
2014-10-30$34.10$31.0033.7%9.3%50.7%33.4%34.0%4.6%-0.2%7.8M-229.1M-876.1K0.7241.714,5513,256139,84767,348
2014-10-31$34.45$31.0033.4%9.1%49.7%32.6%33.3%3.7%-1.8%8.7M-252.4M-859.9K0.3144.3414,8084,571141,32467,582