MANH Options History — March 2008

In March 2008, MANH traded between $5.43 and $6.02. ATM implied volatility averaged 34.0%, placing in the 33.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.1% (HV 20d: 29.9%). Max pain ranged from $5.63 to $6.25. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.14.

Notable Days

  • 2008-03-10: Highest Volume — 176 contracts
  • 2008-03-07: Largest IV drop — 14.1% change
  • 2008-03-17: Highest IV Rank — 40.9%
  • 2008-03-17: Largest Expected Move — 10.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$5.68$5.43$6.02$5.45$5.73
Max Pain$6.13$5.63$6.25$5.63$6.25
ATM IV34.0%29.1%37.8%31.9%36.0%
Expected Move10.0%8.6%10.8%9.2%10.3%
HV 20d29.9%23.6%40.0%39.5%30.4%
HV 60d34.7%33.0%35.5%34.6%35.3%
IV Rank33.6%24.1%40.9%29.6%37.5%
IV Percentile43.8%23.4%65.5%30.6%54.4%
Term Structure4.0%-0.5%7.2%3.6%6.6%
VWIV35.5%31.0%40.2%34.7%36.4%
Skew 25d3.5%-6.3%11.9%10.6%-6.3%
Skew 10d-3.1%-24.5%18.7%15.7%-19.6%
Call IV 25d34.7%28.4%40.6%28.8%39.8%
Put IV 25d38.2%30.5%46.7%39.4%33.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %53.8124.1383.1024.1351.44
Gamma HHI0.520.410.720.430.59
Net GEX35.5K9.6K79.1K15.6K45.3K
Net DEX55.8K-687.8K586.3K538.7K104.3K
Net VEX-5.9K-6.4K-4.3K-6.1K-4.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.140.001.000.000.00
Total Volume28.8017600
Total OI10,1988,69611,00810,8248,696

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-03-03$5.45$5.6331.9%9.2%39.5%29.6%0.0%10.6%3.6%15.6K538.7K-6.1K0.0024.13007,1123,712
2008-03-04$5.50$5.6330.2%8.6%40.0%26.1%0.0%11.9%5.7%19.5K394.5K-6.4K0.0060.45007,1123,672
2008-03-05$5.56$5.6332.1%9.2%35.8%29.8%0.0%11.8%2.5%23.3K277.0K-6.4K0.0077.86007,1123,672
2008-03-06$5.53$5.6334.8%10.0%23.6%35.1%0.0%-0.3%-0.5%21.2K367.6K-6.2K0.0083.10407,1123,672
2008-03-07$5.52$6.2529.9%10.0%23.7%25.6%34.7%4.2%3.5%17.6K429.5K-6.0K0.0063.021607,1163,672
2008-03-10$5.43$6.2531.6%10.5%23.7%28.8%31.0%5.6%2.0%12.6K586.3K-5.5K0.0054.5617607,1323,656
2008-03-11$5.58$6.2529.1%10.2%25.1%24.1%0.0%5.3%3.5%17.5K353.2K-6.0K0.0034.204007,1123,648
2008-03-12$5.50$6.2531.4%10.0%25.5%28.4%0.0%4.7%4.3%13.9K494.8K-5.8K0.0042.26007,1523,648
2008-03-13$5.67$6.2534.2%9.8%25.8%33.9%40.2%7.5%4.9%28.5K-21.4K-6.4K0.0037.0301607,1523,648
2008-03-14$5.48$6.2537.5%10.8%28.0%40.5%37.0%1.9%3.0%12.3K504.4K-5.6K0.0055.514007,1523,720
2008-03-17$5.49$6.2537.8%10.8%28.1%40.9%0.0%5.8%2.0%9.6K535.7K-5.4K0.0067.60007,1923,720
2008-03-18$5.71$6.2537.6%10.8%31.5%40.5%33.6%11.8%2.2%19.1K27.8K-6.0K1.0072.1540407,1923,720
2008-03-19$5.74$6.2537.6%10.8%30.9%40.6%0.0%6.6%3.7%25.3K-214.4K-5.8K0.0063.794007,2083,760
2008-03-20$5.88$6.2536.6%10.5%31.4%38.6%0.0%1.3%4.7%56.5K-687.8K-6.2K0.0054.30007,2483,760
2008-03-24$5.98$6.2533.4%9.6%31.4%32.3%0.0%-0.5%7.2%75.0K-560.3K-6.1K0.0048.40006,1602,536
2008-03-25$6.02$6.2533.9%9.7%31.3%33.4%0.0%-2.6%5.1%79.1K-649.1K-6.0K0.0049.82006,1602,536
2008-03-26$5.95$6.2534.5%9.9%31.6%34.5%0.0%-2.3%4.0%74.4K-505.1K-5.8K0.0053.44006,1602,536
2008-03-27$5.96$6.2534.5%9.9%31.5%34.6%0.0%-3.2%4.4%76.8K-540.0K-5.7K0.0047.64006,1602,536
2008-03-28$5.88$6.2536.1%10.3%30.0%37.6%36.4%-3.0%6.9%66.8K-319.5K-5.4K0.0035.490206,1602,536
2008-03-31$5.73$6.2536.0%10.3%30.4%37.5%0.0%-6.3%6.6%45.3K104.3K-4.3K0.0051.44006,1602,536