M Options History — July 2008

In July 2008, M traded between $15.58 and $19.35. ATM implied volatility averaged 71.1%, placing in the 75.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 20.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 11.4% (HV 20d: 59.7%). Max pain ranged from $20.00 to $20.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 3 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.82.

Notable Days

  • 2008-07-11: Highest Volume — 39,482 contracts
  • 2008-07-11: Largest IV spike — 26.3% change
  • 2008-07-11: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2008-07-15: Largest Expected Move — 24.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$18.00$15.58$19.35$19.35$18.81
Max Pain$20.00$20.00$20.00$20.00$20.00
ATM IV71.1%53.3%85.2%53.3%67.8%
Expected Move20.5%15.3%24.4%15.3%19.4%
HV 20d59.7%44.4%71.8%49.0%71.2%
HV 60d51.0%44.6%55.3%45.3%54.8%
IV Rank75.9%50.0%100.0%52.2%65.3%
IV Percentile90.9%59.9%100.0%59.9%90.9%
Term Structure-7.2%-15.4%6.6%5.3%-4.7%
VWIV72.1%55.9%85.2%56.6%67.5%
Skew 25d8.6%3.4%13.5%8.2%10.5%
Skew 10d15.3%-2.6%35.4%-2.6%21.1%
Call IV 25d67.8%46.3%81.5%49.9%66.7%
Put IV 25d76.4%58.0%88.7%58.0%77.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %11.048.0416.268.9011.30
Gamma HHI0.390.290.490.320.46
Net GEX906.8K232.0K1.3M806.4K1.3M
Net DEX2.4M-23.3M34.9M-262.1K-8.7M
Net VEX-308.1K-353.9K-213.9K-341.0K-325.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.820.072.831.390.15
Total Volume6,5551,14339,4822,9212,174
Total OI157,572.045143,842177,772143,955165,398

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-07-01$19.35$20.0053.3%15.3%49.0%52.2%56.6%8.2%5.3%806.4K-262.1K-341.0K1.398.90N/AN/A1,2241,69796,50547,450
2008-07-02$18.83$20.0053.9%15.5%49.4%53.5%59.4%13.5%5.3%747.4K5.9M-330.6K2.838.89N/AN/A3701,04797,06346,779
2008-07-03$18.50$20.0056.6%16.2%46.1%55.1%55.9%5.5%6.6%635.3K12.9M-305.9K0.599.52N/AN/A91453696,96146,932
2008-07-07$18.58$20.0063.0%18.7%44.4%65.7%62.8%6.3%-5.8%675.4K10.9M-301.2K0.7910.04N/AN/A1,4891,17897,37447,151
2008-07-08$18.88$20.0056.3%18.0%44.4%50.0%63.1%7.7%-6.9%717.9K8.8M-304.5K0.0713.85N/AN/A1,68711596,92447,620
2008-07-09$18.04$20.0063.9%19.0%45.5%67.8%64.9%7.1%-7.4%577.6K17.4M-278.0K0.5815.81N/AN/A77745097,85247,610
2008-07-10$16.39$20.0067.0%19.2%53.0%74.9%66.0%6.5%-7.4%245.7K34.9M-223.1K1.1310.80N/AN/A2,7883,16497,67147,633
2008-07-11$15.58$20.0084.6%24.3%53.2%100.0%83.1%3.4%-15.4%232.0K33.6M-213.9K0.2912.06N/AN/A30,6138,86998,98246,800
2008-07-14$16.28$20.0080.2%23.0%53.9%91.1%81.3%7.0%-14.0%950.0K12.0M-271.5K0.439.37N/AN/A15,0756,422120,26549,703
2008-07-15$15.91$20.0085.2%24.4%53.2%100.0%85.2%7.1%-13.5%858.5K17.0M-270.8K0.7016.20N/AN/A4,5843,227121,53151,395
2008-07-16$17.42$20.0076.5%21.9%65.5%82.6%78.3%7.5%-9.7%1.3M-5.2M-322.9K0.2816.26N/AN/A11,8643,367123,50352,147
2008-07-17$18.42$20.0077.2%22.1%68.2%84.1%81.3%10.8%-10.9%1.3M-23.3M-349.6K0.5314.97N/AN/A3,1401,652122,36754,899
2008-07-18$18.09$20.0075.2%21.6%66.8%80.1%74.8%10.7%-8.8%1.3M-19.0M-335.4K0.609.90N/AN/A2,6351,568122,48955,283
2008-07-21$17.72$20.0075.2%21.6%66.1%80.1%75.4%6.7%-7.1%889.9K807.2K-318.9K1.099.31N/AN/A548595105,91449,973
2008-07-22$18.55$20.0077.8%22.3%67.8%85.3%81.3%12.8%-10.0%1.1M-9.8M-337.1K2.268.63N/AN/A9882,235106,10750,328
2008-07-23$19.15$20.0071.2%20.4%67.8%72.1%78.7%10.0%-7.8%1.2M-19.4M-353.9K1.3413.61N/AN/A2,3053,093106,33452,187
2008-07-24$18.31$20.0076.6%22.0%68.4%82.9%75.5%5.8%-7.7%1.0M-6.1M-334.5K1.229.20N/AN/A1,0461,280107,13253,304
2008-07-25$18.07$20.0076.4%21.9%67.9%82.4%73.2%9.9%-8.8%1.0M-1.3M-325.3K0.448.04N/AN/A3,3351,471107,53152,894
2008-07-28$17.61$20.0078.9%22.6%68.3%87.5%78.9%8.8%-10.3%787.2K7.0M-294.1K0.388.50N/AN/A2,020776105,12553,233
2008-07-29$18.58$20.0078.8%22.6%71.4%87.2%72.5%13.1%-12.1%1.1M-5.3M-313.3K0.759.59N/AN/A1,8141,352105,61653,762
2008-07-30$18.94$20.0069.7%20.0%71.8%69.2%70.0%11.2%-8.4%1.2M-10.1M-328.0K0.238.17N/AN/A7,0681,658106,50654,352
2008-07-31$18.81$20.0067.8%19.4%71.2%65.3%67.5%10.5%-4.7%1.3M-8.7M-325.1K0.1511.30N/AN/A1,889285110,25455,144