MRVL Options History — September 2012

In September 2012, MRVL traded between $9.15 and $10.48. ATM implied volatility averaged 34.0%, placing in the 7.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.7%. IV traded below realized volatility by 7.7% (HV 20d: 41.6%). Max pain ranged from $10.00 to $11.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.53.

Notable Days

  • 2012-09-26: Highest Volume — 38,889 contracts
  • 2012-09-11: Largest IV spike — 13.8% change
  • 2012-09-11: Highest IV Rank — 12.9%
  • 2012-09-26: Largest Expected Move — 10.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$9.96$9.15$10.48$10.09$9.15
Max Pain$10.47$10.00$11.00$11.00$10.00
ATM IV34.0%30.6%38.6%35.2%35.2%
Expected Move9.7%9.0%10.2%9.8%10.1%
HV 20d41.6%23.6%62.1%62.1%26.1%
HV 60d43.7%42.6%45.0%44.9%43.0%
IV Rank7.6%3.8%12.9%9.0%9.0%
IV Percentile27.9%9.1%52.8%34.5%40.5%
Term Structure5.0%1.2%7.2%1.2%7.2%
VWIV34.2%31.6%38.6%35.6%38.6%
Skew 25d0.3%-2.3%2.1%0.0%-2.3%
Skew 10d-1.8%-12.5%7.0%-0.7%-6.5%
Call IV 25d35.2%33.3%39.3%36.5%39.3%
Put IV 25d35.5%32.6%38.2%36.5%37.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %10.555.0428.4328.4320.58
Gamma HHI0.180.160.230.160.19
Net GEX452.7K100.0K876.6K311.8K268.5K
Net DEX17.6M4.7M34.1M20.7M29.7M
Net VEX-343.5K-396.9K-278.9K-330.8K-290.6K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.530.051.110.630.50
Total Volume10,566.1582,42138,8895,44410,671
Total OI321,318.947295,245348,615295,245324,738

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-09-04$10.09$11.0035.2%9.8%62.1%9.0%35.6%0.0%1.2%311.8K20.7M-330.8K0.6328.433,3492,095202,40492,841
2012-09-05$10.24$11.0037.1%9.9%59.3%11.2%34.8%1.8%1.5%402.0K15.9M-343.4K0.767.941,3751,046203,25093,798
2012-09-06$10.43$11.0033.0%9.4%59.7%6.5%33.3%0.7%1.8%541.0K10.0M-352.4K0.929.742,9222,685203,60994,002
2012-09-07$10.48$11.0030.6%9.7%59.5%3.8%33.3%2.1%4.3%522.6K9.5M-354.1K0.1713.013,094516203,88495,558
2012-09-10$10.21$11.0034.0%9.7%59.3%7.6%33.3%1.8%4.7%239.2K19.3M-328.1K0.089.3514,4111,106205,13095,148
2012-09-11$10.35$11.0038.6%9.8%59.8%12.9%34.1%1.3%4.4%641.6K9.2M-359.8K0.056.9416,421890216,09295,722
2012-09-12$10.25$11.0033.3%9.8%59.7%6.9%34.6%0.6%4.4%772.4K9.1M-377.5K0.146.6210,8961,579230,94996,159
2012-09-13$10.20$11.0033.5%9.6%59.2%7.1%33.7%0.3%4.3%753.3K10.3M-370.1K1.117.274,2924,782238,32296,605
2012-09-14$10.34$10.0034.3%9.8%58.3%8.0%34.3%1.3%3.9%876.6K4.7M-396.9K0.607.274,7812,883240,61299,359
2012-09-17$10.10$11.0033.9%9.7%23.6%7.5%34.2%0.4%4.4%520.5K15.6M-366.6K0.606.653,3011,966239,85599,899
2012-09-18$10.25$10.0032.9%9.4%24.2%6.4%33.1%-0.6%5.4%733.2K7.1M-388.8K0.4420.734,3561,897242,337100,402
2012-09-19$10.09$10.0032.3%9.3%23.7%5.8%32.7%-0.7%6.5%443.4K13.4M-368.7K0.476.503,8091,801243,461101,012
2012-09-20$10.01$10.0032.1%9.2%23.8%5.5%32.2%-0.7%6.4%226.9K17.1M-364.9K0.417.355,4502,240246,716101,338
2012-09-21$9.82$10.0031.4%9.0%24.1%4.7%31.6%-1.6%6.9%440.3K23.9M-345.6K1.006.888,7488,777248,181100,434
2012-09-24$9.49$10.0033.3%9.6%26.4%6.9%32.9%-1.7%7.1%266.7K26.8M-304.3K0.745.687,8625,822209,52795,502
2012-09-25$9.24$10.0033.8%9.7%27.5%7.4%34.4%0.6%6.7%100.0K34.1M-278.9K0.395.975,2352,030213,90096,990
2012-09-26$9.21$10.0035.7%10.2%27.5%9.6%36.8%1.5%6.9%191.4K32.7M-289.0K0.905.0420,47918,410217,13098,518
2012-09-27$9.33$10.0034.9%10.0%26.9%8.7%37.2%0.0%7.1%349.4K24.7M-316.1K0.1818.467,4241,356223,66998,007
2012-09-28$9.15$10.0035.2%10.1%26.1%9.0%38.6%-2.3%7.2%268.5K29.7M-290.6K0.5020.587,1323,539225,84398,895