M Options History — November 2007

In November 2007, M traded between $27.30 and $31.54. ATM implied volatility averaged 55.5%, placing in the 51.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 14.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 12.2% (HV 20d: 43.3%). Max pain ranged from $30.00 to $35.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.60.

Notable Days

  • 2007-11-14: Highest Volume — 34,483 contracts
  • 2007-11-14: Largest IV drop — 39.4% change
  • 2007-11-29: Highest IV Rank — 52.7%
  • 2007-11-12: Largest Expected Move — 16.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$29.36$27.30$31.54$31.54$29.65
Max Pain$31.43$30.00$35.00$35.00$30.00
ATM IV55.5%45.4%77.8%46.9%47.6%
Expected Move14.5%13.0%16.1%13.5%13.6%
HV 20d43.3%29.4%57.4%33.9%57.4%
HV 60d44.2%40.3%47.3%43.0%47.0%
IV Rank51.2%49.6%52.7%52.7%49.6%
IV Percentile67.6%62.2%73.0%73.0%62.2%
Term Structure2.0%-2.9%5.1%4.4%4.2%
VWIV51.7%47.6%57.0%47.9%48.0%
Skew 25d5.9%-0.7%11.9%5.4%6.2%
Skew 10d10.5%-2.5%20.8%10.7%9.6%
Call IV 25d50.0%45.7%54.3%48.0%48.2%
Put IV 25d55.9%50.2%61.2%53.5%54.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %17.7210.4025.7117.8621.36
Gamma HHI0.200.120.300.150.28
Net GEX1.2M429.5K2.0M1.5M2.0M
Net DEX47.4M-11.3M104.4M37.6M-3.2M
Net VEX-683.6K-829.0K-568.0K-829.0K-727.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.600.131.840.800.29
Total Volume10,748.5713,29134,4834,6294,105
Total OI220,434.476165,032264,876243,670185,574

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2007-11-01$31.54$35.0046.9%13.5%33.9%0.0%47.9%5.4%4.4%1.5M37.6M-829.0K0.8017.86N/AN/A2,5732,056160,54883,122
2007-11-02$31.11$35.0050.1%14.4%31.2%0.0%51.7%4.0%1.1%1.5M51.0M-777.5K0.8210.40N/AN/A4,3503,554161,56782,367
2007-11-05$30.70$35.0056.8%14.9%30.2%0.0%51.2%2.8%-0.9%1.2M50.2M-767.9K0.3215.39N/AN/A6,8092,163160,27982,460
2007-11-06$30.51$35.0061.3%15.0%30.2%0.0%49.9%3.9%-0.5%1.2M55.9M-754.0K0.3216.21N/AN/A4,9611,587162,65482,842
2007-11-07$29.91$35.0064.4%14.8%29.7%0.0%51.8%4.1%-0.5%1.2M65.5M-701.0K0.6615.74N/AN/A5,8563,874165,05782,511
2007-11-08$29.89$35.0063.7%14.9%29.4%0.0%52.6%6.6%0.9%910.0K80.0M-687.6K1.8424.69N/AN/A3,5746,584165,32685,188
2007-11-09$28.49$30.0066.3%15.8%32.4%0.0%55.1%3.9%-0.4%429.5K100.3M-636.2K0.2623.45N/AN/A7,6481,990166,86686,814
2007-11-12$28.75$30.0077.8%16.1%32.5%0.0%56.3%5.6%-1.4%515.8K97.8M-626.5K0.1816.73N/AN/A10,7441,901168,03986,771
2007-11-13$30.65$30.0077.5%13.2%40.3%0.0%47.6%-0.7%4.7%2.0M50.9M-716.4K0.4512.20N/AN/A16,7877,568172,86486,174
2007-11-14$28.47$30.0047.0%13.9%47.7%0.0%49.6%1.8%2.5%630.3K104.4M-583.0K0.8525.71N/AN/A18,59215,891176,32184,768
2007-11-15$28.55$30.0047.1%13.5%47.7%0.0%49.5%4.9%4.7%636.1K100.3M-603.9K0.6312.71N/AN/A6,6164,145177,38586,556
2007-11-16$28.32$30.0045.4%13.0%46.2%0.0%49.9%7.0%5.1%949.0K92.0M-610.9K1.4414.15N/AN/A1,9992,886180,66684,210
2007-11-19$27.30$30.0054.5%15.6%46.5%0.0%50.4%5.4%-2.9%674.4K43.2M-568.0K0.4417.30N/AN/A3,0921,375110,41754,615
2007-11-20$28.45$30.0048.3%13.8%49.2%0.0%49.8%9.2%3.1%928.7K31.4M-604.1K0.1913.99N/AN/A5,7401,092111,73054,955
2007-11-21$28.50$30.0051.9%14.9%49.0%0.0%52.6%8.7%3.1%1.1M21.6M-645.5K0.1320.40N/AN/A11,4911,484113,99455,244
2007-11-23$30.03$30.0051.2%14.7%51.7%0.0%54.0%7.1%3.0%1.8M-11.3M-743.2K1.4916.28N/AN/A1,3211,970121,53856,074
2007-11-26$28.21$30.0052.9%15.2%55.1%0.0%53.4%9.1%4.4%1.5M17.1M-673.9K0.3420.64N/AN/A15,2935,132123,31356,562
2007-11-27$28.52$30.0054.9%15.7%55.0%0.0%55.1%8.7%1.0%1.7M15.7M-660.8K0.2817.43N/AN/A10,9263,106126,25656,606
2007-11-28$29.81$30.0050.9%14.6%57.1%0.0%57.0%11.9%3.0%1.9M-8.2M-728.5K0.1614.49N/AN/A6,041979126,85058,393
2007-11-29$29.30$30.0049.4%14.2%57.2%52.7%52.3%8.8%3.6%1.9M4.1M-711.0K0.7625.00N/AN/A4,4653,400127,16658,482
2007-11-30$29.65$30.0047.6%13.6%57.4%49.6%48.0%6.2%4.2%2.0M-3.2M-727.4K0.2921.36N/AN/A3,180925126,59858,976