LUV Options History — July 2022

In July 2022, LUV traded between $36.40 and $41.62. ATM implied volatility averaged 44.0%, placing in the 49.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.1% (HV 20d: 38.8%). Max pain ranged from $37.50 to $38.00. Net GEX was positive for 18 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 3 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.62.

Notable Days

  • 2022-07-28: Highest Volume — 44,787 contracts
  • 2022-07-28: Largest IV drop — 9.7% change
  • 2022-07-05: Highest IV Rank — 67.3%
  • 2022-07-14: Largest Expected Move — 13.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$38.81$36.40$41.62$36.77$38.14
Max Pain$37.58$37.50$38.00$37.50$38.00
ATM IV44.0%36.3%49.4%46.9%36.3%
Expected Move12.4%10.1%13.8%12.8%10.1%
HV 20d38.8%29.1%47.2%47.2%42.4%
HV 60d42.7%41.3%45.0%45.0%44.7%
IV Rank49.4%23.8%67.3%58.9%23.8%
IV Percentile78.1%38.9%95.2%92.1%38.9%
Term Structure-0.6%-1.3%0.7%-1.2%0.5%
VWIV43.2%34.7%48.4%44.5%34.7%
Skew 25d6.9%5.4%8.9%8.2%5.7%
Skew 10d14.7%11.5%23.5%15.6%11.5%
Call IV 25d41.2%33.6%45.6%43.6%33.6%
Put IV 25d48.1%39.3%54.0%51.8%39.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %6.602.6016.084.213.82
Gamma HHI0.080.050.210.070.09
Net GEX2.9M-767.7K5.5M1.2M1.4M
Net DEX18.5M-77.3M93.8M82.7M71.2M
Net VEX-1.6M-1.9M-1.5M-1.5M-1.5M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.620.391.040.420.50
Total Volume20,432.610,93944,78718,19118,304
Total OI273,552.7254,976288,817278,412285,643

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2022-07-01$36.77$37.5046.9%12.8%47.2%58.9%44.5%8.2%-1.2%1.2M82.7M-1.5M0.424.2112,7705,421167,930110,482
2022-07-05$36.47$37.5049.4%13.2%47.2%67.3%47.3%8.9%-0.4%941.7K92.8M-1.5M0.698.779,7796,770157,750105,139
2022-07-06$36.40$37.5049.0%13.1%46.3%66.0%48.4%8.3%-0.9%1.1M88.5M-1.5M0.6713.846,5454,394160,507107,155
2022-07-07$36.67$37.5045.9%12.7%46.2%55.7%44.7%7.8%-0.8%1.6M81.8M-1.5M0.5316.089,8755,200162,232107,778
2022-07-08$36.79$37.5044.3%12.3%45.6%50.4%40.6%7.6%-0.3%2.2M77.4M-1.5M0.4510.5013,1765,886167,146108,587
2022-07-11$36.76$37.5046.8%13.0%44.8%58.5%45.5%7.3%-1.1%2.0M77.0M-1.5M0.398.4815,7986,111165,569105,628
2022-07-12$38.36$37.5048.0%13.7%45.9%62.5%47.3%7.4%-0.3%3.8M12.7M-1.7M0.476.8522,48210,551169,451107,292
2022-07-13$38.80$37.5046.8%13.0%39.2%58.5%46.7%7.2%-1.3%5.5M-7.5M-1.7M0.507.6319,1369,555176,837110,035
2022-07-14$38.39$37.5048.6%13.8%39.1%64.6%45.3%6.5%-0.6%5.0M9.0M-1.7M1.047.707,5867,881175,957111,622
2022-07-15$39.61$37.5044.1%12.5%40.5%49.8%44.3%6.6%-1.3%4.1M-42.1M-1.7M0.542.6017,3249,350176,752112,065
2022-07-18$39.85$37.5045.3%12.9%29.7%53.5%43.4%6.6%-0.7%3.7M-13.5M-1.7M0.734.8010,3587,537153,699101,277
2022-07-19$41.60$37.5043.0%12.3%32.0%45.9%42.6%6.5%-0.9%5.4M-77.3M-1.9M0.683.8511,7958,038158,197104,694
2022-07-20$41.62$37.5041.6%11.9%31.8%41.4%42.1%6.3%-0.6%5.4M-76.2M-1.8M0.465.409,6504,449161,354108,073
2022-07-21$40.66$37.5041.2%11.9%33.7%40.1%41.8%6.1%-1.1%3.9M-35.2M-1.8M0.876.617,2896,335162,240108,508
2022-07-22$40.41$37.5041.0%11.7%34.0%39.5%41.9%5.4%0.6%-390.4K-21.0M-1.8M0.554.1211,1856,113163,990108,832
2022-07-25$40.38$37.5042.3%12.1%29.4%43.6%42.7%6.4%-0.3%3.7M-15.8M-1.8M0.843.897,0055,908158,791104,664
2022-07-26$39.65$37.5042.5%12.5%29.1%44.4%42.0%6.3%-0.7%3.0M11.9M-1.7M0.583.4713,2807,696160,896106,732
2022-07-27$40.99$38.0040.5%11.6%30.6%37.9%40.7%6.7%-0.5%5.3M-40.1M-1.7M0.823.6912,82910,504165,969109,660
2022-07-28$37.90$38.0036.6%10.5%42.5%24.9%37.3%6.2%0.7%-767.7K93.8M-1.5M0.645.8027,24917,538168,094113,827
2022-07-29$38.14$38.0036.3%10.1%42.4%23.8%34.7%5.7%0.5%1.4M71.2M-1.5M0.503.8212,2096,095171,096114,547