MFC Options History — September 2007

In September 2007, MFC traded between $38.23 and $41.26. ATM implied volatility averaged 19.7%, placing in the 28.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.6%. IV traded below realized volatility by 1.6% (HV 20d: 21.3%). Max pain ranged from $35.00 to $40.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.23.

Notable Days

  • 2007-09-12: Highest Volume — 412 contracts
  • 2007-09-17: Largest IV spike — 13.2% change
  • 2007-09-18: Highest IV Rank — 36.4%
  • 2007-09-18: Largest Expected Move — 6.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$39.68$38.23$41.26$38.96$41.26
Max Pain$39.21$35.00$40.00$35.00$40.00
ATM IV19.7%17.3%22.6%21.2%17.5%
Expected Move5.6%5.0%6.5%6.1%5.0%
HV 20d21.3%11.5%31.0%30.8%11.5%
HV 60d22.9%22.8%23.1%22.8%22.9%
IV Rank28.1%21.2%36.4%32.5%21.8%
IV Percentile76.6%56.2%89.3%85.7%59.1%
Term Structure0.5%-1.5%2.8%0.1%2.6%
VWIV20.2%17.0%27.6%21.6%17.5%
Skew 25d3.7%2.5%5.5%2.7%2.5%
Skew 10d2.8%1.0%4.7%3.9%1.1%
Call IV 25d17.9%16.7%19.3%17.3%19.3%
Put IV 25d21.6%20.0%23.4%20.0%21.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %41.7721.7973.5926.5423.21
Gamma HHI0.780.670.900.770.68
Net GEX238.0K131.6K473.1K187.7K184.9K
Net DEX-5.9M-8.0M-4.2M-5.6M-5.8M
Net VEX-20.5K-23.9K-17.8K-18.6K-23.6K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.230.001.380.000.13
Total Volume143.57924123987
Total OI5,9783,4727,3676,6003,788

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2007-09-04$38.96$35.0021.2%6.1%30.8%32.5%21.6%2.7%0.1%187.7K-5.6M-18.6K0.0026.54N/AN/A3902,7093,891
2007-09-05$38.71$35.0018.5%5.3%31.0%24.8%27.6%2.8%-0.3%190.0K-5.5M-18.6K0.0073.59N/AN/A202,7203,891
2007-09-06$38.65$35.0018.7%5.4%29.0%25.3%0.0%3.2%-0.1%174.9K-5.3M-18.0K0.0041.43N/AN/A1002,7213,891
2007-09-07$38.28$40.0020.2%5.1%27.7%29.6%0.0%3.8%-0.5%180.1K-5.1M-18.3K0.0039.38N/AN/A2802,7313,891
2007-09-10$38.23$40.0021.4%6.0%27.7%33.0%0.0%4.5%-0.4%169.5K-5.0M-18.1K0.0031.38N/AN/A3102,7573,891
2007-09-11$38.70$40.0020.2%6.1%27.7%29.6%0.0%3.3%-0.6%186.6K-5.3M-17.8K0.0032.03N/AN/A3802,7703,891
2007-09-12$38.87$40.0019.7%5.9%24.1%28.0%0.0%4.0%-0.0%211.0K-5.6M-17.8K0.1932.26N/AN/A347652,8003,891
2007-09-13$38.92$40.0020.5%5.9%23.8%30.5%20.6%3.3%0.2%255.6K-6.1M-19.6K0.0844.42N/AN/A123102,9043,938
2007-09-14$39.47$40.0018.7%5.4%21.8%25.2%18.7%5.5%2.3%274.4K-6.3M-19.8K0.1446.69N/AN/A76112,8863,948
2007-09-17$39.52$40.0021.2%6.1%18.1%32.3%0.0%5.3%-0.1%308.8K-6.5M-19.3K1.3840.69N/AN/A771062,8923,941
2007-09-18$40.29$40.0022.6%6.5%17.9%36.4%22.6%4.5%-1.5%309.8K-7.2M-20.2K0.4171.71N/AN/A2571052,8934,043
2007-09-19$40.20$40.0020.4%5.8%18.0%30.0%20.3%4.4%0.1%403.9K-7.6M-20.8K0.7970.55N/AN/A124982,9254,118
2007-09-20$40.35$40.0020.1%5.8%17.9%29.4%17.9%4.5%-0.0%473.1K-8.0M-21.9K1.0458.21N/AN/A1811882,9794,202
2007-09-21$40.38$40.0019.5%5.6%17.4%27.5%19.8%3.3%-0.4%401.7K-7.9M-22.8K0.1052.53N/AN/A294303,0064,361
2007-09-24$40.35$40.0019.2%5.5%17.4%26.6%0.0%5.0%1.2%131.6K-4.2M-23.4K0.0021.79N/AN/A402,0871,385
2007-09-25$40.85$40.0018.5%5.3%17.7%24.8%0.0%2.8%2.4%139.5K-4.4M-23.1K0.0035.43N/AN/A19602,0871,385
2007-09-26$40.87$40.0018.8%5.4%14.2%25.5%18.7%2.7%1.9%161.7K-5.1M-23.5K0.0628.50N/AN/A10862,2631,385
2007-09-27$41.04$40.0017.3%5.0%11.6%21.2%17.0%2.7%2.8%177.9K-5.4M-23.9K0.1323.20N/AN/A77102,3361,385
2007-09-28$41.26$40.0017.5%5.0%11.5%21.8%17.5%2.5%2.6%184.9K-5.8M-23.6K0.1323.21N/AN/A77102,4061,382