LUV Options History — January 2022

In January 2022, LUV traded between $42.54 and $45.85. ATM implied volatility averaged 38.2%, placing in the 42.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 11.8% (HV 20d: 26.4%). Max pain ranged from $42.50 to $43.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.68.

Notable Days

  • 2022-01-28: Highest Volume — 35,728 contracts
  • 2022-01-21: Largest IV spike — 11.7% change
  • 2022-01-26: Highest IV Rank — 65.0%
  • 2022-01-26: Largest Expected Move — 13.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$44.47$42.54$45.85$44.08$44.55
Max Pain$42.52$42.50$43.00$42.50$42.50
ATM IV38.2%34.9%44.2%35.8%36.7%
Expected Move11.0%8.9%13.3%9.0%11.1%
HV 20d26.4%21.8%34.1%34.1%29.1%
HV 60d34.7%34.0%35.3%34.9%35.3%
IV Rank42.3%29.8%65.0%33.1%36.7%
IV Percentile71.3%52.8%96.0%59.1%66.3%
Term Structure-0.4%-2.6%1.3%-0.1%0.2%
VWIV39.5%32.1%49.2%32.1%39.6%
Skew 25d3.0%0.9%5.5%0.9%4.1%
Skew 10d5.9%2.9%10.5%3.5%6.1%
Call IV 25d37.6%34.5%43.1%35.6%35.8%
Put IV 25d40.6%36.6%47.7%36.6%40.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.202.3410.833.133.53
Gamma HHI0.140.100.290.140.12
Net GEX9.7M2.0M17.2M9.2M6.6M
Net DEX-148.0M-288.2M12.0M-136.7M-103.4M
Net VEX-3.1M-3.4M-2.8M-3.3M-2.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.680.321.400.430.43
Total Volume25,230.715,55935,72825,93225,073
Total OI513,152.05349,390579,386563,280393,328

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2022-01-03$44.08$42.5035.8%9.0%34.1%33.1%32.1%0.9%-0.1%9.2M-136.7M-3.3M0.433.1318,1717,761364,795198,485
2022-01-04$44.61$42.5034.9%8.9%32.5%29.8%32.9%1.0%0.2%11.2M-188.6M-3.3M0.872.3414,59912,704369,367200,119
2022-01-05$44.02$42.5036.2%9.6%32.6%34.5%33.1%3.3%-0.9%10.0M-127.7M-3.2M1.004.5810,30510,345369,873199,441
2022-01-06$43.99$42.5036.8%10.6%32.4%37.1%37.2%2.4%-0.3%9.8M-125.0M-3.2M0.873.298,9557,769371,023201,519
2022-01-07$45.43$42.5037.1%10.8%31.7%38.1%37.9%1.6%-0.1%13.0M-269.0M-3.4M0.543.3921,94711,907372,798202,784
2022-01-10$45.08$42.5037.8%10.8%27.8%40.8%38.2%2.5%0.1%10.3M-203.1M-3.3M0.693.6712,5308,601365,901199,001
2022-01-11$45.85$42.5036.0%10.6%24.0%33.9%37.2%1.8%1.3%12.5M-288.2M-3.3M0.932.4412,13111,230369,106200,571
2022-01-12$45.26$42.5035.8%10.2%24.3%33.3%36.0%1.8%-0.1%11.8M-216.6M-3.2M0.822.988,8757,280370,478202,080
2022-01-13$45.72$42.5035.5%10.2%24.1%32.0%37.0%1.3%0.8%13.3M-272.2M-3.3M0.443.2322,70710,045372,951203,602
2022-01-14$45.75$42.5035.4%10.2%22.9%31.5%37.3%2.9%0.4%14.6M-274.1M-3.2M0.862.9111,2429,670374,405204,981
2022-01-18$45.54$42.5038.0%10.9%23.3%41.6%38.6%1.9%-1.8%13.7M-249.2M-3.1M0.813.058,6116,948368,294198,945
2022-01-19$44.69$42.5037.4%10.7%24.2%39.2%38.6%2.4%-1.1%14.8M-147.8M-3.0M0.435.2115,5326,657368,302200,227
2022-01-20$44.65$42.5037.3%10.7%21.8%38.9%38.2%2.2%-1.2%17.2M-150.1M-3.0M0.485.3515,0927,235370,029200,618
2022-01-21$43.53$42.5041.6%12.2%24.2%55.4%48.7%4.5%-2.6%5.6M-47.8M-2.9M1.403.4410,13114,145368,213201,058
2022-01-24$43.55$42.5042.9%12.7%23.4%60.3%45.6%5.3%0.5%4.0M-33.9M-2.9M0.706.0414,76810,265225,863123,527
2022-01-25$43.98$42.5043.2%12.8%23.4%61.2%47.4%5.5%-1.9%5.1M-61.6M-2.9M0.326.4625,8258,238232,613127,485
2022-01-26$43.75$43.0044.2%13.3%23.1%65.0%49.2%4.6%-1.2%5.3M-58.1M-3.0M0.4310.8322,6399,845250,692130,776
2022-01-27$42.82$42.5042.2%12.5%24.5%57.6%43.9%4.8%-0.8%4.3M-18.2M-2.8M0.724.3516,94812,160258,408132,092
2022-01-28$42.54$42.5039.0%11.6%24.0%45.1%41.0%4.9%-0.2%2.0M12.0M-2.8M0.403.7925,60810,120263,576135,715
2022-01-31$44.55$42.5036.7%11.1%29.1%36.7%39.6%4.1%0.2%6.6M-103.4M-2.9M0.433.5317,4747,599262,346130,982