M Options History — March 2009

In March 2009, M traded between $6.58 and $9.71. ATM implied volatility averaged 92.8%, placing in the 31.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 26.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.3% (HV 20d: 92.4%). Max pain ranged from $7.50 to $10.00. Net GEX was positive for 18 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.99.

Notable Days

  • 2009-03-24: Highest Volume — 17,134 contracts
  • 2009-03-18: Largest IV drop — 13.1% change
  • 2009-03-10: Highest IV Rank — 36.1%
  • 2009-03-31: Largest Expected Move — 28.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$8.19$6.58$9.71$7.37$8.90
Max Pain$8.07$7.50$10.00$7.50$10.00
ATM IV92.8%80.1%101.1%95.7%100.8%
Expected Move26.4%23.0%28.9%27.4%28.9%
HV 20d92.4%79.2%103.4%84.7%102.3%
HV 60d89.5%85.9%92.4%91.3%87.3%
IV Rank31.2%24.0%36.1%32.9%35.9%
IV Percentile65.7%53.6%73.0%71.0%72.2%
Term Structure6.3%-1.4%10.3%-1.4%9.6%
VWIV90.4%80.1%105.5%94.5%100.7%
Skew 25d9.2%-23.9%22.4%-15.8%7.4%
Skew 10d23.0%-38.2%68.9%-25.6%18.5%
Call IV 25d88.5%73.2%100.7%96.6%99.9%
Put IV 25d97.7%74.4%109.3%80.9%107.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %10.454.5117.574.5111.45
Gamma HHI0.230.200.330.210.24
Net GEX134.1K-108.6K478.8K24.6K272.5K
Net DEX-3.2M-21.9M11.7M4.9M-9.2M
Net VEX-191.1K-253.8K-139.6K-167.1K-229.5K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.990.113.590.491.93
Total Volume6,369.18282317,1345,7884,654
Total OI163,388.682134,426179,489160,345158,394

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2009-03-02$7.37$7.5095.7%27.4%84.7%32.9%94.5%-15.8%-1.4%24.6K4.9M-167.1K0.494.51N/AN/A3,8741,91478,71981,626
2009-03-03$7.18$7.5093.7%26.9%84.1%31.8%87.1%-23.2%0.0%-8.1K6.7M-157.7K2.226.88N/AN/A5651,25478,43982,259
2009-03-04$7.35$7.5091.3%26.2%83.9%30.4%91.4%-23.9%-0.3%12.3K6.4M-157.0K0.755.71N/AN/A46935478,62682,955
2009-03-05$6.58$7.5092.8%26.6%89.7%31.3%93.9%8.0%-0.2%-108.6K11.7M-139.6K0.9710.67N/AN/A4,2534,13478,72782,937
2009-03-06$6.94$7.5093.9%27.0%90.0%31.9%89.0%18.1%6.9%-27.0K8.1M-154.8K3.0313.33N/AN/A2,2056,68381,40183,765
2009-03-09$6.80$7.5099.9%28.0%79.2%35.4%97.7%16.4%5.3%-65.6K10.0M-147.1K1.2317.57N/AN/A1,4261,74982,20185,313
2009-03-10$7.36$7.50101.1%26.7%86.2%36.1%90.5%18.8%6.4%15.9K6.2M-160.4K0.7314.01N/AN/A95369482,76485,841
2009-03-11$7.85$7.5094.7%26.6%87.1%32.4%85.3%17.0%8.2%101.4K2.1M-180.8K0.5512.58N/AN/A4,4252,43281,97185,540
2009-03-12$8.32$7.5094.6%27.1%89.3%32.3%87.5%22.4%9.5%70.8K-5.7M-183.5K1.2717.41N/AN/A1,7882,27484,75685,162
2009-03-13$8.33$7.5092.6%26.5%88.8%31.1%90.6%20.2%8.6%217.4K-4.8M-196.2K3.597.17N/AN/A9303,33985,52785,772
2009-03-16$7.91$7.5091.8%26.3%90.5%30.7%85.6%15.4%9.5%98.3K265.0K-180.0K0.4716.74N/AN/A3,3641,56585,79487,603
2009-03-17$8.35$7.5092.2%26.4%89.7%31.0%82.3%18.8%7.8%142.6K-5.0M-187.3K0.207.77N/AN/A5,9521,21788,32187,517
2009-03-18$9.09$7.5080.1%23.0%93.8%24.0%80.1%14.6%8.8%151.9K-14.5M-206.7K0.358.75N/AN/A4,8741,70991,31287,943
2009-03-19$8.76$7.5082.3%23.6%94.2%25.2%84.3%10.9%7.2%127.7K-11.1M-202.0K0.697.54N/AN/A2,2051,51890,84988,618
2009-03-20$8.00$7.5090.4%25.9%100.0%29.9%88.4%14.2%10.1%101.4K-2.9M-177.7K0.3111.39N/AN/A5,2051,61790,06589,424
2009-03-23$8.86$7.5083.3%23.9%103.4%25.8%83.4%21.1%10.3%165.3K-5.9M-207.2K0.117.02N/AN/A5,48359771,12763,299
2009-03-24$9.07$7.5089.4%25.6%96.0%29.3%90.0%9.7%6.2%230.8K-9.1M-215.8K0.288.01N/AN/A13,3773,75775,11963,428
2009-03-25$8.77$10.0090.8%26.0%96.4%30.1%91.7%6.1%4.5%313.0K-8.4M-219.0K0.258.32N/AN/A13,4193,40085,92565,843
2009-03-26$9.66$10.0093.0%26.7%100.8%31.4%93.7%7.6%7.8%478.8K-21.9M-250.7K0.1912.84N/AN/A9,0091,75290,90066,852
2009-03-27$9.71$10.0096.4%27.6%100.7%33.4%96.3%9.4%7.5%362.7K-19.6M-253.8K0.6211.71N/AN/A2,6301,64286,66068,198
2009-03-30$8.91$10.0099.8%28.6%103.0%35.3%105.5%9.3%6.2%270.9K-9.5M-230.5K1.598.57N/AN/A2,1053,35687,63669,423
2009-03-31$8.90$10.00100.8%28.9%102.3%35.9%100.7%7.4%9.6%272.5K-9.2M-229.5K1.9311.45N/AN/A1,5863,06888,24370,151