LUV Options History — October 2022

In October 2022, LUV traded between $31.23 and $36.47. ATM implied volatility averaged 45.9%, placing in the 55.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 7.5% (HV 20d: 38.4%). Max pain ranged from $32.50 to $35.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.68.

Notable Days

  • 2022-10-26: Highest Volume — 59,579 contracts
  • 2022-10-27: Largest IV drop — 11.0% change
  • 2022-10-11: Highest IV Rank — 77.9%
  • 2022-10-11: Largest Expected Move — 14.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$33.24$31.23$36.47$31.23$36.47
Max Pain$32.98$32.50$35.00$35.00$33.00
ATM IV45.9%35.7%52.6%47.8%36.7%
Expected Move13.1%10.5%14.3%13.2%10.7%
HV 20d38.4%29.9%47.3%41.3%29.9%
HV 60d36.6%33.3%39.8%37.8%34.0%
IV Rank55.5%21.0%77.9%62.0%24.4%
IV Percentile77.7%17.1%98.4%89.7%27.8%
Term Structure-0.9%-2.6%1.0%-0.6%0.7%
VWIV45.4%35.9%51.6%45.3%37.8%
Skew 25d7.4%5.1%9.3%8.2%5.7%
Skew 10d14.7%10.2%17.8%17.3%10.2%
Call IV 25d42.5%33.1%48.0%43.8%33.6%
Put IV 25d49.9%38.2%57.3%52.0%39.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.172.694.632.892.76
Gamma HHI0.090.060.150.080.08
Net GEX2.0M-58.5K6.6M-58.5K4.7M
Net DEX45.0M-105.1M119.9M119.9M-85.8M
Net VEX-1.1M-1.2M-942.5K-942.5K-1.2M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.680.311.060.550.69
Total Volume21,278.85713,02759,57925,62017,091
Total OI291,884.619267,644327,618267,644305,617

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2022-10-03$31.23$35.0047.8%13.2%41.3%62.0%45.3%8.2%-0.6%-58.5K119.9M-942.5K0.552.8916,4929,128167,74899,896
2022-10-04$33.09$34.5045.1%12.3%47.3%52.9%42.7%7.7%-0.4%1.6M61.2M-1.1M0.374.6319,2497,035173,858103,066
2022-10-05$33.19$34.0045.5%12.5%45.9%54.5%43.3%7.4%-0.4%2.1M50.8M-1.1M0.972.998,4478,226177,272104,850
2022-10-06$32.57$35.0046.3%13.2%46.2%57.0%46.1%7.5%-0.9%1.6M71.8M-1.1M0.863.539,8868,470178,146104,865
2022-10-07$31.87$32.5048.1%13.5%45.0%62.9%47.8%8.7%-0.4%707.8K99.5M-1.0M0.882.697,0976,240181,428108,069
2022-10-10$31.76$32.5049.1%13.8%44.6%66.1%49.2%8.3%-0.5%472.2K96.4M-1.0M0.842.987,2666,124175,913105,163
2022-10-11$31.44$32.5052.6%14.3%43.5%77.9%51.6%9.3%-2.4%459.1K104.3M-1.0M0.892.967,2466,413178,351106,594
2022-10-12$31.71$32.5050.7%14.2%43.0%71.6%50.0%8.6%-1.4%700.5K97.6M-1.0M0.942.836,7206,307179,558107,832
2022-10-13$32.49$32.5050.0%13.9%44.0%69.0%49.9%8.8%-1.6%2.0M69.9M-1.1M1.063.177,8698,328181,695108,148
2022-10-14$32.71$32.5048.8%14.0%39.6%65.1%47.7%8.0%-0.2%667.8K63.7M-1.1M0.944.5911,02110,402183,460110,540
2022-10-17$32.74$32.5049.4%14.1%37.4%67.1%49.1%8.1%-2.3%767.4K72.8M-1.1M0.983.307,8487,682177,580109,808
2022-10-18$33.22$32.5048.7%13.9%37.4%64.8%46.7%7.3%-2.4%1.3M54.4M-1.1M0.862.867,6386,553180,586111,414
2022-10-19$33.06$32.5048.3%13.9%36.3%63.6%46.5%7.2%-2.2%1.3M56.1M-1.1M0.533.0911,3195,942182,598112,571
2022-10-20$32.80$32.5047.5%13.8%34.4%61.1%46.2%6.0%-2.6%1.5M65.0M-1.1M0.422.9414,7516,209187,313114,031
2022-10-21$33.15$32.5045.7%13.3%32.1%55.1%44.8%6.9%-2.0%2.2M57.8M-1.1M0.373.0014,6005,361191,687115,074
2022-10-24$33.72$32.5044.4%13.6%31.9%50.8%45.3%6.8%0.2%1.4M38.7M-1.1M0.362.9614,2855,132170,363106,849
2022-10-25$34.67$32.5042.4%13.0%33.0%43.9%44.8%7.6%-0.7%2.5M2.9M-1.1M0.422.9215,0356,330176,924108,183
2022-10-26$34.42$32.5042.6%12.5%31.8%44.7%45.2%5.9%-0.8%2.8M10.1M-1.1M0.703.0235,00524,574182,419110,451
2022-10-27$35.42$33.0037.9%11.2%31.4%29.2%38.5%5.8%0.5%6.0M-56.7M-1.2M0.313.1228,5608,959197,922124,117
2022-10-28$36.25$33.0035.7%10.5%29.9%21.0%35.9%5.1%1.0%6.6M-105.1M-1.2M0.423.4018,2837,733201,793125,825
2022-10-31$36.47$33.0036.7%10.7%29.9%24.4%37.8%5.7%0.7%4.7M-85.8M-1.2M0.692.7610,0847,007189,356116,261