M Options History — March 2023

In March 2023, M traded between $16.95 and $22.73. ATM implied volatility averaged 47.4%, placing in the 13.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.6%. IV traded below realized volatility by 4.4% (HV 20d: 51.9%). Max pain ranged from $20.00 to $22.00. Net GEX was positive for 6 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.44.

Notable Days

  • 2023-03-02: Highest Volume — 127,120 contracts
  • 2023-03-02: Largest IV drop — 23.3% change
  • 2023-03-23: Highest IV Rank — 25.5%
  • 2023-03-01: Largest Expected Move — 18.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$19.10$16.95$22.73$20.43$17.36
Max Pain$21.09$20.00$22.00$22.00$20.00
ATM IV47.4%39.4%55.4%55.4%45.9%
Expected Move13.6%10.7%18.4%18.4%12.9%
HV 20d51.9%36.0%56.3%36.4%37.7%
HV 60d44.9%37.8%47.0%37.8%45.0%
IV Rank13.9%0.0%25.5%24.3%11.5%
IV Percentile9.4%0.0%23.4%22.2%7.5%
Term Structure-0.4%-2.0%0.7%-2.0%0.5%
VWIV48.4%38.3%64.8%64.8%45.0%
Skew 25d5.8%2.9%8.1%6.3%5.9%
Skew 10d10.4%4.0%15.2%10.8%10.7%
Call IV 25d45.2%38.1%52.8%52.8%43.9%
Put IV 25d51.0%41.3%59.1%59.1%49.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.732.487.163.583.16
Gamma HHI0.140.100.270.140.27
Net GEX-1.6M-4.9M5.1M-1.9M833.8K
Net DEX98.8M-89.6M168.7M67.7M143.9M
Net VEX-970.6K-1.1M-852.1K-1.0M-938.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.440.106.840.710.52
Total Volume43,689.5659,825127,12061,43353,930
Total OI420,741340,731464,241385,863434,116

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2023-03-01$20.43$22.0055.4%18.4%36.4%24.3%64.8%6.3%-2.0%-1.9M67.7M-1.0M0.713.58N/AN/A35,84925,584165,147220,716
2023-03-02$22.73$22.0042.5%12.4%53.4%0.4%45.0%3.8%-0.2%3.6M-87.8M-1.1M0.583.73N/AN/A80,66746,453189,721235,514
2023-03-03$22.62$22.0039.4%10.7%53.3%0.0%38.3%3.1%-0.1%5.1M-89.6M-1.0M1.183.00N/AN/A12,39714,628208,573245,715
2023-03-06$21.64$22.0041.0%11.5%55.1%2.9%42.7%4.4%-0.5%644.7K6.3M-1.0M1.143.72N/AN/A14,36416,322187,449228,948
2023-03-07$21.19$22.0040.9%11.6%55.3%2.7%41.0%3.3%-0.6%546.1K27.7M-984.8K1.733.66N/AN/A7,08112,258196,336226,028
2023-03-08$21.02$22.0040.1%11.5%55.2%1.3%40.2%4.0%-0.2%-415.7K48.2M-1.0M0.913.89N/AN/A5,1434,682199,940234,967
2023-03-09$20.49$22.0042.4%12.3%50.7%5.3%42.6%2.9%-0.6%-2.4M81.7M-986.0K0.134.18N/AN/A42,0705,404201,733236,001
2023-03-10$19.51$22.0045.9%13.0%53.1%11.5%47.1%4.2%-0.8%-4.9M139.3M-948.5K6.844.81N/AN/A7,75453,038226,727237,514
2023-03-13$18.76$21.0052.2%14.9%54.4%22.6%54.2%6.3%-0.5%-4.5M160.5M-935.6K0.543.42N/AN/A65,66435,168175,299249,899
2023-03-14$18.63$21.0050.8%14.3%54.0%20.2%49.9%6.2%-1.1%-3.6M147.4M-1.0M1.002.88N/AN/A5,9826,004196,206259,951
2023-03-15$18.77$21.0052.7%15.0%53.9%23.5%56.1%7.0%-0.1%-3.5M132.9M-1.0M4.342.81N/AN/A8,00034,692196,958256,631
2023-03-16$18.95$21.0049.0%14.0%53.8%17.0%50.5%6.8%-0.6%-2.2M117.7M-999.7K1.657.16N/AN/A13,05721,579198,715249,320
2023-03-17$18.88$21.0049.7%14.3%53.8%18.2%52.9%8.1%0.7%726.2K124.4M-991.0K1.562.93N/AN/A7,67311,980205,195246,372
2023-03-20$18.41$21.0049.8%14.3%53.9%18.4%49.2%6.9%-1.9%-2.5M103.8M-939.6K0.683.63N/AN/A10,5617,169141,129199,602
2023-03-21$18.84$21.0046.3%13.3%51.3%12.2%45.5%6.5%-0.4%-2.3M87.4M-974.8K0.354.07N/AN/A15,9005,526149,230206,369
2023-03-22$18.16$21.0047.5%13.6%52.5%14.3%47.8%6.6%-0.4%-2.7M119.2M-940.7K0.495.50N/AN/A9,1144,462156,597209,866
2023-03-23$17.11$21.0053.8%15.5%55.7%25.5%55.0%8.0%-1.5%-2.9M158.1M-852.1K3.303.84N/AN/A24,98282,355157,526212,274
2023-03-24$16.95$20.0052.2%14.9%55.7%22.6%51.2%7.5%0.4%-3.1M168.7M-896.7K3.393.51N/AN/A10,24034,720174,548244,512
2023-03-27$17.19$20.0049.5%14.2%56.3%17.8%49.7%6.9%0.4%-3.1M157.2M-946.7K0.713.42N/AN/A6,9864,995170,615253,683
2023-03-28$17.29$20.0049.1%14.0%55.9%17.1%49.6%6.5%-0.0%-2.8M148.0M-954.7K0.103.80N/AN/A61,9236,229174,897254,843
2023-03-29$17.30$20.0047.0%13.5%56.0%13.5%47.8%6.9%0.5%-2.3M147.3M-944.6K0.912.48N/AN/A22,43120,400182,308255,030
2023-03-30$17.04$20.0048.2%13.8%36.0%15.6%47.8%6.0%0.2%-2.1M161.7M-909.5K0.412.60N/AN/A20,8438,601178,384245,939
2023-03-31$17.36$20.0045.9%12.9%37.7%11.5%45.0%5.9%0.5%833.8K143.9M-938.8K0.523.16N/AN/A35,59418,336184,134249,982