MFC Options History — March 2011

In March 2011, MFC traded between $16.31 and $19.08. ATM implied volatility averaged 32.2%, placing in the 41.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.5%. IV traded below realized volatility by 2.3% (HV 20d: 34.5%). Max pain ranged from $15.00 to $19.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.57.

Notable Days

  • 2011-03-22: Highest Volume — 4,303 contracts
  • 2011-03-10: Largest IV spike — 38.2% change
  • 2011-03-16: Highest IV Rank — 81.3%
  • 2011-03-16: Largest Expected Move — 13.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$17.72$16.31$19.08$18.85$17.69
Max Pain$18.48$15.00$19.00$15.00$19.00
ATM IV32.2%23.7%45.5%30.3%26.5%
Expected Move9.5%7.6%13.0%8.7%7.6%
HV 20d34.5%29.7%38.6%36.4%33.0%
HV 60d28.9%25.8%30.9%27.4%30.9%
IV Rank41.0%14.8%81.3%36.0%23.4%
IV Percentile30.6%6.7%92.5%20.6%6.7%
Term Structure1.0%-4.0%5.5%1.2%5.5%
VWIV32.8%26.7%43.4%30.0%27.1%
Skew 25d5.8%2.9%8.7%6.9%7.3%
Skew 10d9.8%-0.4%21.0%11.7%7.1%
Call IV 25d29.7%21.3%39.0%27.7%21.3%
Put IV 25d35.5%28.6%44.1%34.6%28.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %30.7318.5053.8931.9320.06
Gamma HHI0.170.130.220.200.22
Net GEX99.5K-51.3K321.6K321.6K112.7K
Net DEX-9.7M-25.2M550.0K-24.5M-5.9M
Net VEX-91.7K-100.2K-83.6K-83.6K-99.5K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.570.0015.4515.450.20
Total Volume1,154.826934,3033,684100
Total OI40,335.95729,57047,68839,61536,507

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-03-01$18.85$15.0030.3%8.7%36.4%36.0%30.0%6.9%1.2%321.6K-24.5M-83.6K15.4531.93N/AN/A2243,46021,95717,658
2011-03-02$18.57$15.0029.9%8.6%34.9%34.8%37.1%3.8%2.2%119.4K-19.7M-92.8K0.0320.36N/AN/A1,2913821,91320,822
2011-03-03$19.08$15.0028.1%8.1%36.0%29.5%26.7%4.9%2.7%167.8K-25.2M-89.1K0.7523.37N/AN/A77258222,76120,848
2011-03-04$18.88$19.0028.3%9.1%34.0%30.0%32.7%5.1%-0.9%122.2K-22.4M-91.3K9.6631.08N/AN/A8683122,19021,319
2011-03-07$18.46$19.0029.3%9.6%34.4%32.7%33.0%6.1%0.0%136.6K-18.9M-91.7K0.1132.57N/AN/A3303722,24521,232
2011-03-08$18.54$19.0027.9%8.5%34.0%27.6%33.2%6.0%2.2%131.1K-19.4M-89.7K0.2023.23N/AN/A50510322,29321,178
2011-03-09$18.33$19.0023.7%9.5%34.2%14.8%30.1%4.5%-0.6%121.2K-17.7M-90.5K0.0019.86N/AN/A93022,32421,203
2011-03-10$18.00$19.0032.8%9.4%34.3%42.6%32.8%5.8%1.5%116.0K-14.7M-90.6K1.4518.50N/AN/A12518122,33221,203
2011-03-11$17.88$19.0033.8%9.7%29.7%45.7%31.7%5.9%-0.2%116.7K-13.1M-89.4K0.4646.21N/AN/A24111222,39921,301
2011-03-14$17.26$19.0038.6%11.1%32.0%60.2%40.7%5.4%-0.2%100.4K-6.7M-83.9K1.4528.75N/AN/A1,6282,36622,33321,207
2011-03-15$16.31$19.0041.5%11.9%36.6%69.1%40.9%2.9%-3.6%-25.3K550.0K-84.3K1.9840.87N/AN/A8341,64823,45722,535
2011-03-16$16.32$19.0045.5%13.0%34.9%81.3%43.4%7.4%-3.1%13.6K-1.4M-86.3K2.1753.51N/AN/A41590023,94822,880
2011-03-17$16.65$19.0037.6%10.8%34.4%57.2%35.5%6.3%-0.6%-44.1K-1.9M-85.9K2.1428.84N/AN/A24251924,15723,299
2011-03-18$17.02$19.0034.6%9.9%36.0%48.1%32.7%6.2%0.9%68.7K-3.5M-87.9K1.1831.48N/AN/A27031924,25123,437
2011-03-21$17.60$19.0029.7%8.5%38.6%33.1%30.3%6.9%4.9%-44.7K-2.7M-89.1K1.5234.96N/AN/A54182214,90314,667
2011-03-22$17.50$19.0032.9%9.4%35.2%42.7%32.9%5.0%3.9%-51.3K-2.2M-89.6K0.0453.89N/AN/A4,12018315,17215,215
2011-03-23$17.38$19.0033.1%9.5%35.2%43.5%32.0%4.7%0.8%146.0K-3.7M-99.1K7.5221.14N/AN/A2115819,23515,389
2011-03-24$17.52$19.0029.8%8.5%33.9%33.2%31.5%6.4%3.2%136.0K-4.9M-100.1K0.6919.30N/AN/A19113119,23515,518
2011-03-25$17.43$19.0031.8%9.1%33.7%39.5%29.4%3.6%2.4%145.9K-4.8M-98.4K7.4230.10N/AN/A11383819,37215,621
2011-03-28$17.15$19.0035.4%10.1%33.6%50.5%31.8%6.9%-4.0%129.9K-2.6M-97.8K0.9146.86N/AN/A25923519,46516,297
2011-03-29$17.35$19.0031.8%9.1%34.1%39.4%31.5%8.7%0.8%125.7K-2.2M-98.3K3.8329.80N/AN/A7026819,70216,367
2011-03-30$17.68$19.0028.1%8.1%34.8%28.3%28.1%6.8%3.1%121.8K-5.2M-100.2K0.0320.05N/AN/A3491019,74716,633
2011-03-31$17.69$19.0026.5%7.6%33.0%23.4%27.1%7.3%5.5%112.7K-5.9M-99.5K0.2020.06N/AN/A831720,00916,498