LUV Options History — October 2019

In October 2019, LUV traded between $52.05 and $57.66. ATM implied volatility averaged 27.9%, placing in the 28.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 9.8% (HV 20d: 18.0%). Max pain ranged from $52.50 to $55.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.01.

Notable Days

  • 2019-10-24: Highest Volume — 17,533 contracts
  • 2019-10-24: Largest IV drop — 18.9% change
  • 2019-10-03: Highest IV Rank — 53.4%
  • 2019-10-08: Largest Expected Move — 9.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$54.25$52.05$57.66$53.56$56.09
Max Pain$53.04$52.50$55.00$54.00$55.00
ATM IV27.9%19.7%34.3%31.7%20.1%
Expected Move7.8%5.6%9.3%7.7%5.7%
HV 20d18.0%13.9%24.4%16.7%22.4%
HV 60d21.3%19.6%22.4%21.5%20.9%
IV Rank28.1%0.0%53.4%42.5%1.6%
IV Percentile53.5%0.0%92.5%83.3%1.2%
Term Structure-0.6%-2.4%1.0%-0.7%1.0%
VWIV27.3%19.7%31.9%26.1%20.7%
Skew 25d3.6%2.4%5.0%4.5%3.1%
Skew 10d8.3%4.5%15.7%9.3%11.8%
Call IV 25d26.4%18.2%32.4%29.5%19.0%
Put IV 25d30.1%21.3%36.8%34.0%22.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %13.7310.0522.3813.0312.24
Gamma HHI0.120.100.310.110.10
Net GEX2.7M-467.0K14.0M2.0M693.8K
Net DEX-39.3M-125.6M12.4M-26.5M-67.0M
Net VEX-1.0M-1.1M-936.9K-1.0M-969.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.010.293.371.080.73
Total Volume5,581.6521,34817,5335,1173,525
Total OI126,230.783112,754143,081112,754134,007

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-10-01$53.56$54.0031.7%7.7%16.7%42.5%26.1%4.5%-0.7%2.0M-26.5M-1.0M1.0813.032,4582,65957,84654,908
2019-10-02$52.05$54.0034.2%8.6%19.5%52.9%29.3%4.1%-1.4%111.2K12.4M-1.0M0.9813.083,7553,68159,16756,848
2019-10-03$52.14$52.5034.3%9.3%19.2%53.4%31.9%5.0%-1.5%16.1K11.9M-1.0M0.6812.852,4621,67059,87558,550
2019-10-04$52.74$52.5032.2%8.7%19.5%44.8%29.9%3.9%-0.9%848.5K-4.9M-1.0M0.2915.652,39069961,28359,034
2019-10-07$53.01$52.5031.9%8.9%18.5%43.6%30.7%3.7%-0.7%1.1M-14.0M-1.0M3.3714.061,1513,87859,61658,075
2019-10-08$53.14$52.5032.7%9.3%18.5%46.8%31.1%3.8%-0.2%1.1M-9.6M-1.1M0.5619.021,27471760,33561,580
2019-10-09$53.54$52.5032.4%9.3%15.9%45.5%31.4%4.1%-0.1%1.7M-22.9M-1.1M0.3114.845,6711,75060,61561,917
2019-10-10$53.64$52.5032.0%9.1%15.6%43.7%30.8%3.8%-0.6%4.7M-28.2M-1.1M0.5210.563,8632,00464,46263,255
2019-10-11$54.15$52.5029.6%8.3%15.1%33.8%29.7%3.9%-0.1%14.0M-53.2M-1.1M0.7117.952,0791,47165,78364,644
2019-10-14$54.05$52.5029.2%8.3%15.1%32.0%29.3%3.6%-0.2%3.0M-35.3M-1.0M0.7112.0678656262,18362,825
2019-10-15$54.25$52.5028.6%8.1%15.1%29.5%28.6%3.7%-0.8%3.3M-40.9M-1.0M0.3210.922,15669662,36663,086
2019-10-16$53.74$52.5029.8%8.5%15.1%34.4%29.1%3.1%-1.7%2.0M-21.1M-1.0M0.8611.6391478463,11263,468
2019-10-17$53.83$52.5027.6%7.9%14.1%25.1%28.2%2.8%-0.2%1.5M-25.2M-999.7K3.1514.871,1863,74063,23863,879
2019-10-18$53.62$52.5028.8%8.5%13.9%30.6%29.4%3.2%-2.4%596.6K-13.2M-1.0M1.6813.323,2565,47663,89265,598
2019-10-21$53.25$52.5028.4%8.5%14.0%28.5%28.6%2.8%-1.7%134.5K-4.0M-1.0M0.8613.533,6153,09857,29864,277
2019-10-22$52.84$52.5028.1%8.4%14.1%27.6%29.4%4.6%-1.7%-467.0K8.0M-1.0M1.8215.292,0813,79159,07567,186
2019-10-23$53.28$52.5027.5%8.2%14.5%25.1%29.7%3.5%-1.4%84.3K-4.1M-1.0M1.2622.385,6207,08559,69668,604
2019-10-24$56.14$52.5022.3%6.2%23.8%3.1%22.1%3.2%-1.0%6.5M-102.1M-996.9K0.8114.709,7067,82763,16174,362
2019-10-25$56.67$53.5020.1%5.6%23.9%0.0%20.3%3.9%-0.5%7.7M-121.1M-1.0M0.5310.775,3972,86064,34878,733
2019-10-28$57.66$54.0019.7%5.6%24.4%0.0%20.7%3.2%0.7%4.4M-125.6M-936.9K0.4410.613,9731,74557,76070,489
2019-10-29$57.35$54.5019.7%5.8%24.0%0.0%20.4%2.4%0.8%4.3M-116.5M-947.2K0.8512.311,3781,17058,74170,841
2019-10-30$57.00$55.0019.9%5.7%21.2%0.8%19.7%3.5%0.4%1.8M-101.3M-965.5K0.7410.051,33698359,54773,743
2019-10-31$56.09$55.0020.1%5.7%22.4%1.6%20.7%3.1%1.0%693.8K-67.0M-969.3K0.7312.242,0351,49060,15373,854