MRVL Options History — August 2010

In August 2010, MRVL traded between $14.51 and $16.57. ATM implied volatility averaged 42.2%, placing in the 43.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.9% (HV 20d: 37.3%). Max pain ranged from $15.00 to $16.00. Net GEX was positive for 15 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.87.

Notable Days

  • 2010-08-20: Highest Volume — 139,684 contracts
  • 2010-08-20: Largest IV drop — 24.3% change
  • 2010-08-11: Highest IV Rank — 65.5%
  • 2010-08-19: Largest Expected Move — 13.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$15.39$14.51$16.57$15.28$15.91
Max Pain$15.73$15.00$16.00$16.00$16.00
ATM IV42.2%36.0%51.1%36.2%37.9%
Expected Move11.8%10.3%13.6%10.4%10.9%
HV 20d37.3%29.5%44.5%38.5%44.5%
HV 60d45.6%41.8%48.8%48.7%44.2%
IV Rank43.3%27.8%65.5%28.2%32.5%
IV Percentile55.0%22.2%88.9%22.6%36.9%
Term Structure0.2%-4.7%5.5%5.1%2.7%
VWIV41.6%35.6%47.5%35.6%38.9%
Skew 25d2.3%-2.9%4.5%4.1%-2.6%
Skew 10d5.4%-6.2%11.1%8.4%-6.2%
Call IV 25d41.2%35.3%46.9%35.3%41.0%
Put IV 25d43.5%36.6%50.4%39.3%38.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.282.855.904.414.91
Gamma HHI0.180.130.450.200.24
Net GEX1.5M-2.2M4.7M4.2M-2.2M
Net DEX27.5M-157.3M110.7M21.6M16.2M
Net VEX-1.2M-1.3M-1.1M-1.2M-1.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.870.192.541.832.54
Total Volume32,794.6366,271139,68418,19916,562
Total OI576,100.545396,689685,648592,677435,227

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-08-02$15.28$16.0036.2%10.4%38.5%28.2%35.6%4.1%5.1%4.2M21.6M-1.2M1.834.416,43811,761369,327223,350
2010-08-03$14.97$16.0036.9%10.6%38.9%29.8%38.0%3.6%5.5%3.5M55.7M-1.2M0.994.9113,05912,953370,192227,607
2010-08-04$15.26$16.0037.2%10.7%35.6%30.6%36.2%4.4%5.3%3.8M19.1M-1.3M0.524.5119,1819,927380,069235,657
2010-08-05$15.14$16.0044.5%12.8%35.6%49.0%44.4%4.4%-1.6%3.5M29.5M-1.3M1.344.7921,70629,114380,981238,718
2010-08-06$15.20$16.0043.6%12.1%35.4%46.8%42.2%4.0%-1.4%3.5M20.5M-1.3M0.804.154,3053,427388,828248,257
2010-08-09$15.40$16.0047.9%11.9%33.0%57.4%41.2%3.9%-1.8%3.9M2.7M-1.3M0.763.2720,36415,389389,977249,364
2010-08-10$14.82$16.0049.1%12.2%34.5%60.6%42.2%4.2%-2.2%1.6M87.9M-1.2M0.793.5320,25615,917380,712257,107
2010-08-11$14.55$16.0051.1%12.3%34.3%65.5%45.0%4.2%-1.8%1.4M106.1M-1.1M1.423.0612,68117,967386,782263,064
2010-08-12$14.66$16.0044.3%12.7%34.8%48.6%44.3%3.9%-2.5%1.6M100.8M-1.2M0.723.8221,39815,491390,643269,067
2010-08-13$14.51$15.0045.5%13.1%32.4%51.6%46.1%4.5%-2.8%1.6M110.7M-1.2M0.244.028,6882,124402,423276,019
2010-08-16$14.68$15.0046.6%13.3%31.0%54.1%46.2%3.9%-3.9%2.1M89.3M-1.2M0.194.0246,2138,758404,442276,000
2010-08-17$14.75$15.0047.2%13.5%31.1%55.8%47.5%4.2%-4.4%1.7M86.2M-1.2M0.624.2713,1898,117395,078277,524
2010-08-18$14.98$15.0045.9%13.2%30.8%52.5%45.6%4.3%-4.1%2.2M60.3M-1.2M0.542.8521,22111,379395,995280,007
2010-08-19$14.91$15.0047.6%13.6%29.5%56.7%47.4%3.5%-4.7%2.2M66.9M-1.2M0.623.3121,85913,452402,653282,995
2010-08-20$16.16$15.0036.0%10.3%42.3%27.8%37.3%-2.3%3.0%4.7M-157.3M-1.2M0.303.79107,48032,204399,664285,130
2010-08-23$15.72$16.0037.6%10.8%43.3%31.8%38.4%0.6%2.0%-834.2K7.1M-1.1M1.214.9315,97119,351197,462199,227
2010-08-24$16.22$16.0039.3%11.3%44.1%35.9%39.7%0.8%1.1%-851.9K-19.6M-1.1M0.385.0635,95313,612198,759209,879
2010-08-25$16.53$16.0038.7%11.1%42.2%34.5%39.3%-0.1%1.6%-739.3K-38.4M-1.2M1.375.907,66410,523200,965216,551
2010-08-26$16.00$16.0039.1%11.2%42.1%35.6%40.0%0.4%2.7%-1.6M5.8M-1.1M0.484.825,0212,420201,474224,091
2010-08-27$16.57$16.0037.7%10.8%43.6%32.0%37.9%-0.3%2.5%-1.1M-40.2M-1.2M0.915.6811,56510,551202,713224,954
2010-08-30$16.47$16.0039.0%11.2%43.2%35.2%40.9%-2.9%3.4%-1.7M-27.0M-1.1M0.684.203,7412,530203,014232,264
2010-08-31$15.91$16.0037.9%10.9%44.5%32.5%38.9%-2.6%2.7%-2.2M16.2M-1.1M2.544.914,67311,889202,803232,424