M Options History — November 2017

In November 2017, M traded between $17.49 and $23.97. ATM implied volatility averaged 44.9%, placing in the 59.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.3%. IV traded below realized volatility by 8.1% (HV 20d: 53.0%). Max pain ranged from $19.00 to $22.00. Net GEX was positive for 13 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.86.

Notable Days

  • 2017-11-08: Highest Volume — 228,569 contracts
  • 2017-11-30: Largest IV spike — 41.2% change
  • 2017-11-08: Highest IV Rank — 97.4%
  • 2017-11-08: Largest Expected Move — 17.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$20.12$17.49$23.97$18.95$23.83
Max Pain$19.67$19.00$22.00$22.00$20.00
ATM IV44.9%36.8%55.4%53.2%51.9%
Expected Move13.3%11.5%17.5%17.4%13.7%
HV 20d53.0%39.4%60.9%40.3%57.1%
HV 60d41.7%35.1%46.4%41.3%45.2%
IV Rank59.6%27.3%97.4%89.6%84.2%
IV Percentile78.6%53.2%99.6%99.2%97.6%
Term Structure-0.6%-15.4%9.1%-2.0%-13.8%
VWIV46.8%40.3%61.3%60.8%47.8%
Skew 25d2.3%-2.0%10.5%0.8%1.0%
Skew 10d3.8%-28.0%24.3%-0.0%-3.9%
Call IV 25d43.8%34.4%53.7%52.6%53.5%
Put IV 25d46.1%35.5%63.4%53.4%54.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %24.244.3173.0773.0734.22
Gamma HHI0.140.080.300.140.09
Net GEX141.6K-6.0M6.6M-3.2M1.9M
Net DEX101.4M-220.0M389.0M241.1M-186.9M
Net VEX-1.7M-2.0M-1.4M-1.6M-1.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.860.362.070.560.36
Total Volume85,895.33327,974228,56942,517102,271
Total OI738,947.476629,789897,724644,553743,491

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-11-01$18.95$22.0053.2%17.4%40.3%89.6%60.8%0.8%-2.0%-3.2M241.1M-1.6M0.5673.07N/AN/A27,20715,310297,921346,632
2017-11-02$18.78$20.0051.4%14.2%39.4%83.0%50.4%-0.1%-4.1%-3.4M265.3M-1.6M0.4417.82N/AN/A19,4828,492304,465354,808
2017-11-03$18.34$20.0050.3%14.4%39.9%79.1%50.9%-1.0%-3.0%-5.1M303.5M-1.5M0.419.50N/AN/A33,77913,850307,399356,684
2017-11-06$18.18$20.0052.5%15.1%39.5%87.1%52.8%-0.5%1.5%-5.0M298.5M-1.4M2.076.10N/AN/A39,97482,927285,374355,064
2017-11-07$17.49$19.0054.4%15.7%40.4%94.0%54.6%0.4%1.6%-6.0M389.0M-1.4M1.457.49N/AN/A52,15075,510304,483406,888
2017-11-08$17.55$19.0055.4%17.5%40.6%97.4%61.3%10.5%9.1%-4.4M329.0M-1.5M0.7829.94N/AN/A128,125100,444335,631404,873
2017-11-09$19.64$19.0045.6%13.1%58.8%62.4%46.5%-2.0%-1.4%3.3M101.5M-1.7M0.759.57N/AN/A126,65695,417415,550476,743
2017-11-10$20.00$19.0041.8%12.6%59.2%48.9%44.6%1.1%4.0%616.3K24.0M-1.8M0.7017.09N/AN/A57,25340,242421,854475,870
2017-11-13$19.31$19.0043.3%12.7%60.3%54.3%44.7%2.1%-1.4%319.5K175.0M-1.7M0.666.00N/AN/A35,56923,364380,680429,914
2017-11-14$19.70$19.0042.1%12.1%60.7%50.2%42.6%1.2%0.0%3.6M118.6M-1.7M0.575.74N/AN/A18,35510,497391,836433,709
2017-11-15$19.99$19.0042.7%12.2%60.8%52.2%43.3%1.8%-1.4%6.1M69.4M-1.8M0.734.62N/AN/A28,00320,519394,049435,165
2017-11-16$20.21$19.0042.9%12.3%60.9%52.7%42.5%3.1%0.1%6.6M33.8M-1.8M0.747.91N/AN/A24,87918,380395,506441,898
2017-11-17$20.38$19.0042.7%12.5%58.4%52.2%43.4%-0.4%-4.4%-888.6K-19.2M-1.8M0.548.34N/AN/A70,01037,942401,677444,474
2017-11-20$20.83$20.0039.2%11.7%58.9%39.7%40.9%3.3%-1.2%595.4K45.5M-1.9M0.529.56N/AN/A23,97712,473277,785352,004
2017-11-21$20.40$20.0039.0%11.5%59.3%39.0%40.3%1.5%-0.6%342.6K79.0M-1.8M0.874.31N/AN/A17,74115,499287,871357,026
2017-11-22$20.66$20.0040.0%12.2%59.5%42.6%42.4%5.9%2.1%1.3M58.4M-1.9M1.5325.08N/AN/A25,59039,114293,811367,469
2017-11-24$21.07$20.0039.5%12.6%60.0%39.8%43.9%10.0%-15.4%1.6M30.5M-1.9M1.4663.10N/AN/A41,60960,687297,148390,629
2017-11-27$21.20$20.0039.4%12.1%52.1%37.6%42.1%6.4%6.4%-91.3K48.6M-2.0M1.4143.16N/AN/A26,57537,396289,777421,486
2017-11-28$22.07$20.0039.7%11.9%50.5%38.4%42.6%3.0%6.3%2.2M-55.0M-1.9M0.9464.05N/AN/A47,15244,535296,316416,337
2017-11-29$23.97$20.0036.8%11.9%56.8%27.3%44.9%-0.1%5.3%2.5M-220.0M-1.8M0.5662.39N/AN/A67,26337,584295,327432,273
2017-11-30$23.83$20.0051.9%13.7%57.1%84.2%47.8%1.0%-13.8%1.9M-186.9M-1.9M0.3634.22N/AN/A75,22427,047298,508444,983