M Options History — April 2008

In April 2008, M traded between $22.44 and $25.85. ATM implied volatility averaged 55.6%, placing in the 63.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 16.2%. IV traded below realized volatility by 3.6% (HV 20d: 59.2%). Max pain ranged from $25.00 to $25.00. Net GEX was positive for 16 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 3 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.39.

Notable Days

  • 2008-04-25: Highest Volume — 11,505 contracts
  • 2008-04-09: Largest IV spike — 13.6% change
  • 2008-04-14: Highest IV Rank — 73.0%
  • 2008-04-09: Largest Expected Move — 17.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$23.97$22.44$25.85$24.67$25.29
Max Pain$25.00$25.00$25.00$25.00$25.00
ATM IV55.6%50.4%61.6%54.8%54.5%
Expected Move16.2%14.9%17.7%15.7%15.6%
HV 20d59.2%39.9%71.0%71.0%40.8%
HV 60d57.5%56.1%60.5%60.5%56.8%
IV Rank63.0%54.3%73.0%61.7%61.2%
IV Percentile69.5%52.8%86.2%67.5%64.8%
Term Structure-2.4%-5.5%4.3%3.1%-4.7%
VWIV56.9%53.2%61.0%59.8%55.0%
Skew 25d8.5%-0.2%19.1%19.1%-0.2%
Skew 10d15.7%-9.5%34.5%33.7%6.3%
Call IV 25d52.7%41.3%57.1%41.7%55.6%
Put IV 25d61.2%55.3%66.6%60.8%55.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %10.176.8816.917.909.19
Gamma HHI0.260.200.460.260.20
Net GEX55.0K-1.0M818.9K162.3K642.0K
Net DEX-20.7M-63.8M14.3M-26.3M-53.5M
Net VEX-480.0K-542.4K-438.6K-542.4K-453.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.390.145.413.571.01
Total Volume4,329.9091,16111,5058,3432,184
Total OI156,807.5147,843170,553154,011151,176

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-04-01$24.67$25.0054.8%15.7%71.0%61.7%59.8%19.1%3.1%162.3K-26.3M-542.4K3.577.90N/AN/A1,8276,51687,33466,677
2008-04-02$24.65$25.0055.8%16.0%70.7%63.4%58.5%18.6%1.2%223.8K-27.0M-535.5K1.338.82N/AN/A2,1052,79787,23665,255
2008-04-03$24.46$25.0052.7%15.1%70.7%58.2%54.1%16.6%4.3%219.8K-23.5M-532.0K1.1613.08N/AN/A1,2201,41188,22165,781
2008-04-04$23.92$25.0052.5%16.5%66.4%57.9%59.0%9.5%-3.8%126.0K-13.7M-515.1K2.3011.67N/AN/A1,5183,49489,19665,878
2008-04-07$23.88$25.0051.6%16.4%66.4%56.3%59.8%11.2%-3.2%120.5K-13.4M-510.3K0.1915.29N/AN/A1,53129690,35968,505
2008-04-08$24.18$25.0050.4%16.2%66.4%54.3%54.7%8.8%-3.3%215.2K-18.2M-503.4K0.1814.55N/AN/A2,76050190,49168,193
2008-04-09$23.21$25.0057.2%17.7%66.8%65.7%58.0%11.3%-3.1%-124.1K175.1K-481.2K0.539.29N/AN/A5,7323,04491,24368,429
2008-04-10$23.63$25.0060.7%17.4%65.7%71.5%57.1%9.1%-3.9%14.3K-12.7M-506.0K0.837.88N/AN/A1,2361,02793,95469,600
2008-04-11$23.12$25.0060.5%17.4%66.2%71.2%57.0%9.3%-4.0%-252.5K-1.9M-484.1K1.018.97N/AN/A1,6371,65894,05169,269
2008-04-14$22.78$25.0061.6%17.7%65.4%73.0%61.0%10.8%-5.5%-485.3K6.0M-465.8K1.707.51N/AN/A1,0331,75794,72969,621
2008-04-15$22.98$25.0060.0%17.2%63.2%70.3%58.4%11.1%-3.4%-549.8K1.1M-462.8K2.907.54N/AN/A4111,19294,93370,192
2008-04-16$22.44$25.0059.4%17.0%61.3%69.4%58.8%7.8%-2.9%-1.0M14.3M-438.6K0.147.71N/AN/A8,2881,13294,55170,228
2008-04-17$22.69$25.0058.9%16.9%60.7%68.5%59.5%7.4%-2.8%-941.8K705.5K-455.0K2.137.37N/AN/A2,0904,44497,37169,871
2008-04-18$23.72$25.0056.2%16.1%57.7%64.0%54.4%5.7%-2.5%64.3K-19.9M-469.1K0.5113.22N/AN/A2,4451,24097,90372,650
2008-04-21$24.01$25.0052.2%15.0%53.6%57.3%53.2%7.0%-2.2%256.4K-27.4M-461.0K0.477.55N/AN/A1,39665189,44858,395
2008-04-22$23.33$25.0055.7%16.0%53.4%63.1%56.2%1.9%-1.1%126.5K-16.8M-447.3K0.989.00N/AN/A2,5232,46589,44858,395
2008-04-23$23.20$25.0054.3%15.6%50.1%60.9%54.7%4.1%-1.1%13.9K-13.1M-441.2K1.246.88N/AN/A1,8662,32389,00259,689
2008-04-24$24.36$25.0052.6%15.1%51.6%58.0%53.3%3.9%-3.2%228.6K-33.3M-458.5K0.6413.65N/AN/A1,8431,18688,98960,956
2008-04-25$25.57$25.0052.0%14.9%48.4%57.1%55.7%5.4%-2.7%674.1K-57.5M-472.4K5.4116.91N/AN/A1,7949,71190,12959,729
2008-04-28$25.49$25.0053.7%15.4%46.0%59.8%55.6%2.0%-3.4%664.8K-56.2M-463.8K1.5210.18N/AN/A46070190,40462,205
2008-04-29$25.85$25.0055.2%15.8%39.9%62.4%57.3%5.9%-5.2%818.9K-63.8M-461.0K0.769.59N/AN/A1,02878590,82459,255
2008-04-30$25.29$25.0054.5%15.6%40.8%61.2%55.0%-0.2%-4.7%642.0K-53.5M-453.1K1.019.19N/AN/A1,0871,09791,53559,641