LUV Options History — September 2020

In September 2020, LUV traded between $36.97 and $42.33. ATM implied volatility averaged 55.9%, placing in the 20.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 15.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 15.9% (HV 20d: 40.0%). Max pain ranged from $32.50 to $37.50. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.41.

Notable Days

  • 2020-09-04: Highest Volume — 53,715 contracts
  • 2020-09-21: Largest IV spike — 11.1% change
  • 2020-09-08: Highest IV Rank — 23.8%
  • 2020-09-03: Largest Expected Move — 18.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$38.94$36.97$42.33$38.00$37.49
Max Pain$37.02$32.50$37.50$32.50$37.50
ATM IV55.9%50.4%61.6%59.3%56.7%
Expected Move15.6%14.1%18.8%15.5%14.4%
HV 20d40.0%33.5%49.3%35.4%44.7%
HV 60d48.0%43.8%56.4%56.4%43.8%
IV Rank20.8%17.8%23.8%22.6%21.2%
IV Percentile54.8%46.8%61.5%61.1%56.3%
Term Structure2.5%-0.8%6.7%-0.2%1.3%
VWIV55.3%49.4%65.9%55.0%50.6%
Skew 25d4.9%-0.2%21.1%3.7%7.1%
Skew 10d7.0%-10.3%25.5%8.2%-7.5%
Call IV 25d55.9%50.1%64.1%57.2%55.0%
Put IV 25d60.8%52.0%75.6%60.9%62.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %7.652.8229.6612.488.17
Gamma HHI0.140.090.510.090.09
Net GEX8.9M3.3M17.8M10.1M5.2M
Net DEX-370.0M-608.2M-163.1M-397.7M-206.4M
Net VEX-2.3M-2.5M-2.1M-2.5M-2.2M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.410.240.660.510.29
Total Volume28,904.04814,36053,71528,81120,255
Total OI433,064.048362,426475,818460,191386,343

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2020-09-01$38.00$32.5059.3%15.5%35.4%22.6%55.0%3.7%-0.2%10.1M-397.7M-2.5M0.5112.4819,0609,751288,595171,596
2020-09-02$39.22$32.5059.8%16.4%35.0%22.8%57.7%9.8%5.9%11.3M-471.4M-2.5M0.2813.7825,8087,311292,783175,757
2020-09-03$38.67$37.5061.2%18.8%35.9%23.6%65.9%11.6%1.4%11.2M-443.2M-2.5M0.293.6538,76411,313295,388177,606
2020-09-04$39.36$37.5060.4%17.9%36.1%23.2%63.1%4.6%0.6%12.6M-482.9M-2.5M0.3929.6638,69715,018293,244179,487
2020-09-08$40.66$37.5061.6%18.4%33.5%23.8%64.5%5.8%2.7%10.3M-532.6M-2.5M0.244.4737,0598,837284,367173,985
2020-09-09$39.48$37.5058.2%17.1%36.0%22.0%59.7%4.3%0.8%10.7M-458.0M-2.4M0.246.1725,9466,334291,103178,143
2020-09-10$39.09$37.5056.5%16.0%36.4%21.1%56.3%6.0%0.6%10.6M-428.9M-2.3M0.3321.3812,2064,069291,838180,921
2020-09-11$39.17$37.5053.4%15.6%35.7%19.4%54.9%3.0%2.2%10.3M-422.5M-2.4M0.653.7612,4668,071293,867181,951
2020-09-14$40.23$37.5052.1%15.1%36.4%18.7%53.8%2.3%6.7%11.1M-489.6M-2.3M0.402.8216,7686,768282,460177,022
2020-09-15$40.50$37.5050.4%14.5%33.9%17.8%51.7%1.9%3.3%11.9M-507.1M-2.2M0.413.5413,6265,600286,232178,250
2020-09-16$42.33$37.5051.8%14.9%36.1%18.6%53.4%2.1%3.7%12.1M-608.2M-2.3M0.254.3933,2058,280284,987179,596
2020-09-17$40.33$37.5055.4%15.7%41.8%20.5%55.5%2.0%2.9%10.2M-468.4M-2.3M0.454.8718,2098,203285,188181,754
2020-09-18$39.93$37.5051.6%14.5%42.3%18.5%52.5%0.0%4.5%17.8M-445.8M-2.2M0.633.1229,39118,388286,363184,132
2020-09-21$37.45$37.5057.3%15.8%49.3%21.5%55.4%2.4%-0.8%4.2M-198.6M-2.2M0.608.5721,20312,773213,558148,868
2020-09-22$38.03$37.5051.9%14.1%45.9%18.6%49.4%-0.2%3.6%4.9M-213.4M-2.3M0.343.7710,7083,652218,244156,062
2020-09-23$37.69$37.5055.9%15.2%45.9%20.8%53.3%5.4%0.5%4.7M-202.1M-2.2M0.453.1710,7734,887220,625157,761
2020-09-24$36.97$37.5053.7%15.0%46.1%19.6%52.3%2.1%2.9%3.3M-163.1M-2.2M0.514.8613,0996,665222,197159,773
2020-09-25$37.16$37.5053.6%14.4%44.7%19.6%53.2%3.5%4.8%4.0M-179.5M-2.2M0.464.5212,2455,644225,868161,558
2020-09-28$38.42$37.5054.7%14.4%45.1%20.2%50.3%3.2%1.0%5.6M-240.5M-2.2M0.263.5321,9265,765214,757154,742
2020-09-29$37.60$37.5058.2%14.6%44.8%22.0%53.2%21.1%3.2%5.4M-211.1M-2.1M0.669.8710,9657,277221,323156,051
2020-09-30$37.49$37.5056.7%14.4%44.7%21.2%50.6%7.1%1.3%5.2M-206.4M-2.2M0.298.1715,6414,614225,516160,827