MAPP Options History — March 2012

In March 2012, MAPP traded between $14.36 and $17.14. ATM implied volatility averaged 97.5%, placing in the 56.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 36.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 44.4% (HV 20d: 53.1%). Max pain ranged from $15.00 to $17.50. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 2 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.13.

Notable Days

  • 2012-03-27: Highest Volume — 30,896 contracts
  • 2012-03-15: Largest IV spike — 132.1% change
  • 2012-03-15: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2012-03-23: Largest Expected Move — 54.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$16.18$14.36$17.14$16.47$14.36
Max Pain$15.68$15.00$17.50$15.00$15.00
ATM IV97.5%48.1%189.1%68.7%57.4%
Expected Move36.2%16.3%54.2%19.7%16.5%
HV 20d53.1%39.3%75.9%46.0%75.9%
HV 60d47.5%41.5%56.8%43.3%56.8%
IV Rank56.5%17.2%100.0%58.8%17.5%
IV Percentile87.1%48.0%100.0%93.3%71.8%
Term Structure-17.7%-53.4%70.6%69.4%-0.1%
VWIV123.4%59.5%180.9%68.6%59.5%
Skew 25d40.3%5.9%66.4%11.1%14.9%
Skew 10d75.7%8.9%136.9%18.1%31.2%
Call IV 25d100.9%48.5%151.8%55.8%58.2%
Put IV 25d141.3%61.4%203.5%66.9%73.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %40.0811.43140.5989.2421.33
Gamma HHI0.240.170.350.260.24
Net GEX124.9K-85.1K383.8K68.7K-85.1K
Net DEX-5.0M-14.6M3.2M-3.7M3.2M
Net VEX-44.0K-89.7K-24.8K-24.9K-56.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.130.193.680.402.17
Total Volume5,365.77310530,8964032,640
Total OI29,401.86411,02062,59811,02062,598

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-03-01$16.47$15.0068.7%19.7%46.0%58.8%68.6%11.1%69.4%68.7K-3.7M-24.9K0.4089.24N/AN/A2881156,8884,132
2012-03-02$16.49$15.0058.7%16.8%45.8%44.0%61.5%5.9%70.6%86.2K-3.8M-24.8K0.6990.57N/AN/A7905477,0804,155
2012-03-05$16.81$15.0059.3%37.0%42.1%44.8%141.3%41.8%-17.1%91.4K-4.1M-25.9K3.5451.95N/AN/A1174147,7304,606
2012-03-06$16.66$15.0061.9%37.0%41.2%48.6%133.9%40.0%-16.3%87.3K-3.9M-25.8K0.8854.60N/AN/A56497,7454,855
2012-03-07$16.62$15.0048.1%37.9%41.0%28.0%137.8%40.5%-22.4%93.9K-3.8M-25.6K0.7649.22N/AN/A2581957,7644,886
2012-03-08$17.14$15.0058.3%37.5%42.1%43.3%134.7%53.0%-19.9%108.2K-4.4M-26.6K1.0142.43N/AN/A1,0181,0307,8655,043
2012-03-09$17.06$17.5059.1%40.0%41.8%44.5%127.1%50.1%-27.7%115.7K-4.7M-29.2K0.1932.19N/AN/A2,2764268,5145,794
2012-03-12$16.99$17.5059.1%42.2%41.3%44.5%143.3%49.7%-31.8%139.1K-5.2M-32.0K0.8839.91N/AN/A21018410,1046,105
2012-03-13$17.09$17.5067.8%43.3%39.3%57.6%143.9%50.0%-32.2%148.1K-5.5M-32.6K0.2428.48N/AN/A75117910,2876,248
2012-03-14$16.12$17.5076.0%47.0%43.3%69.8%160.1%46.2%-41.8%70.8K-4.3M-30.9K1.0528.37N/AN/A79983710,7876,372
2012-03-15$15.26$17.50176.4%50.6%47.5%100.0%180.9%32.9%-49.2%62.5K-3.3M-31.3K2.2130.85N/AN/A1,4553,21311,3506,996
2012-03-16$14.49$17.50183.4%52.6%43.4%100.0%156.6%60.6%-53.4%34.8K-1.0M-33.9K0.2431.32N/AN/A7,6571,82812,2859,694
2012-03-19$15.76$15.00174.1%49.9%53.8%94.0%153.0%53.5%-35.4%111.4K-5.7M-44.2K0.3622.43N/AN/A6,3642,31015,5069,654
2012-03-20$15.63$15.00166.9%47.9%53.8%89.3%152.6%58.1%-34.2%141.3K-6.5M-53.6K0.8415.94N/AN/A1,6271,37219,63611,196
2012-03-21$15.16$15.00166.3%47.7%54.2%88.9%155.3%51.4%-37.0%129.4K-5.2M-53.6K0.9325.75N/AN/A85579920,66912,120
2012-03-22$16.76$15.00145.8%41.8%64.1%75.6%155.5%66.4%-29.3%182.3K-9.7M-61.6K0.7325.37N/AN/A11,0678,03621,02112,540
2012-03-23$16.03$15.00189.1%54.2%66.2%100.0%176.4%65.1%-51.7%242.3K-12.4M-89.7K1.0419.47N/AN/A5,6045,80330,70519,833
2012-03-26$17.14$15.0086.7%24.9%70.1%35.9%81.5%45.0%-18.8%383.8K-14.6M-79.3K1.08140.59N/AN/A3,7033,98532,68022,609
2012-03-27$16.44$15.0056.8%16.3%71.7%17.2%62.0%16.1%-2.3%315.0K-7.4M-57.8K1.6111.69N/AN/A11,84419,05232,66425,165
2012-03-28$16.19$15.0066.7%19.1%70.8%23.4%67.7%17.8%-6.0%206.2K-5.0M-67.0K3.6811.43N/AN/A5602,06032,44328,184
2012-03-29$15.25$15.0059.0%16.9%73.2%18.5%62.2%17.0%-2.0%14.9K89.6K-60.7K0.3918.64N/AN/A4,0951,57931,93028,403
2012-03-30$14.36$15.0057.4%16.5%75.9%17.5%59.5%14.9%-0.1%-85.1K3.2M-56.3K2.1721.33N/AN/A8331,80734,27128,327