M Options History — November 2009

In November 2009, M traded between $16.31 and $19.48. ATM implied volatility averaged 54.0%, placing in the 5.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 15.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.0% (HV 20d: 51.0%). Max pain ranged from $17.50 to $19.00. Net GEX was positive for 16 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.91.

Notable Days

  • 2009-11-11: Highest Volume — 62,012 contracts
  • 2009-11-11: Largest IV drop — 21.1% change
  • 2009-11-09: Highest IV Rank — 14.5%
  • 2009-11-03: Largest Expected Move — 18.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$17.76$16.31$19.48$17.70$16.31
Max Pain$18.45$17.50$19.00$17.50$18.00
ATM IV54.0%45.6%66.8%63.7%51.2%
Expected Move15.2%13.1%18.5%18.3%14.7%
HV 20d51.0%44.9%55.4%48.1%50.0%
HV 60d45.9%42.3%47.4%46.7%47.4%
IV Rank5.5%0.0%14.5%12.3%5.2%
IV Percentile13.8%0.0%39.3%33.3%9.9%
Term Structure-0.4%-7.4%3.6%-7.4%1.4%
VWIV53.4%45.7%67.0%64.8%49.9%
Skew 25d5.1%3.1%7.7%5.3%3.4%
Skew 10d9.8%4.3%20.2%8.6%4.3%
Call IV 25d50.9%42.9%63.2%60.5%49.2%
Put IV 25d55.9%47.7%70.0%65.8%52.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %11.547.4916.2315.0710.04
Gamma HHI0.140.120.200.120.17
Net GEX1.2M-351.7K2.2M1.5M-332.8K
Net DEX-63.5M-148.0M-2.9M-71.7M-2.9M
Net VEX-555.6K-628.9K-506.0K-519.3K-549.6K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.910.162.050.930.79
Total Volume18,259.854,02162,0128,65223,427
Total OI335,667276,741401,500296,410309,503

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2009-11-02$17.70$17.5063.7%18.3%48.1%12.3%64.8%5.3%-7.4%1.5M-71.7M-519.3K0.9315.07N/AN/A4,4884,164158,846137,564
2009-11-03$17.77$17.5064.4%18.5%47.9%12.8%63.8%5.1%-5.9%1.6M-75.2M-522.5K0.4013.86N/AN/A4,5211,811160,268136,962
2009-11-04$17.61$17.5064.3%18.4%47.9%12.7%67.0%7.7%-4.5%1.6M-71.3M-514.7K0.6710.90N/AN/A4,4692,978162,019137,147
2009-11-05$18.02$17.5062.4%17.9%44.9%11.3%61.1%6.4%-4.7%1.9M-87.2M-521.1K1.0110.89N/AN/A12,25412,317164,810138,045
2009-11-06$19.18$19.0060.5%16.2%50.2%10.0%56.2%7.2%-0.4%2.2M-138.6M-557.0K0.7712.09N/AN/A11,2818,734169,092148,877
2009-11-09$19.48$19.0066.8%16.5%49.8%14.5%57.5%6.1%-1.1%1.9M-145.4M-539.8K0.9013.37N/AN/A5,4304,872166,250152,682
2009-11-10$19.43$19.0063.2%16.8%49.7%11.9%57.3%7.7%-2.2%2.1M-148.0M-538.4K0.4410.54N/AN/A31,07413,611170,073153,558
2009-11-11$17.86$19.0049.9%14.2%54.4%2.2%50.8%5.6%1.7%2.2M-71.0M-506.0K1.6810.25N/AN/A23,15238,860177,905158,893
2009-11-12$17.50$19.0050.0%14.3%54.0%2.4%49.6%4.1%0.4%1.3M-44.3M-540.1K1.3716.23N/AN/A17,78724,349182,829180,687
2009-11-13$18.01$19.0048.7%14.0%55.4%1.4%49.7%4.4%1.4%1.7M-72.7M-628.9K1.0712.99N/AN/A7,4477,981196,850196,070
2009-11-16$18.17$19.0049.5%14.2%54.6%1.9%51.0%4.6%1.3%1.9M-80.5M-604.7K1.7312.01N/AN/A3,9216,792197,314198,846
2009-11-17$17.64$19.0048.1%13.8%54.8%1.0%50.3%3.9%3.6%1.2M-46.7M-590.0K0.659.63N/AN/A5,5933,611197,021200,138
2009-11-18$17.67$19.0048.9%14.0%52.7%1.5%49.4%4.7%1.4%1.3M-48.3M-579.2K0.6813.19N/AN/A2,4001,621197,984200,346
2009-11-19$17.38$19.0050.3%14.4%51.3%2.6%50.1%3.1%0.3%1.2M-28.0M-579.1K2.058.41N/AN/A2,8145,779200,364201,136
2009-11-20$17.11$19.0050.1%14.4%50.6%2.4%49.7%4.7%0.5%178.2K-5.7M-555.8K0.5611.67N/AN/A6,8333,823199,203198,282
2009-11-23$16.74$18.0048.2%13.8%50.7%1.1%48.3%4.3%2.6%-351.7K-15.0M-522.4K0.167.49N/AN/A16,4262,573140,459136,282
2009-11-24$17.02$18.0046.4%13.3%51.2%0.0%45.7%3.6%1.5%-151.4K-31.8M-565.8K0.6611.01N/AN/A8,4015,569150,744136,936
2009-11-25$17.56$18.0045.6%13.1%51.3%0.0%46.6%4.8%1.9%343.1K-55.9M-586.7K1.2210.56N/AN/A7,3758,968156,439138,753
2009-11-27$16.97$18.0048.0%13.8%50.5%2.3%48.6%4.5%1.3%-117.7K-30.5M-591.2K0.5210.56N/AN/A5,0712,620159,234144,929
2009-11-30$16.31$18.0051.2%14.7%50.0%5.2%49.9%3.4%1.4%-332.8K-2.9M-549.6K0.7910.04N/AN/A13,10410,323162,888146,615