MSFT Options History — February 2008

In February 2008, MSFT traded between $27.20 and $30.45. ATM implied volatility averaged 30.9%, placing in the 50.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.5%. IV traded below realized volatility by 3.8% (HV 20d: 34.6%). Max pain ranged from $27.50 to $32.50. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.72.

Notable Days

  • 2008-02-01: Highest Volume — 448,034 contracts
  • 2008-02-11: Largest IV spike — 28.6% change
  • 2008-02-11: Highest IV Rank — 74.8%
  • 2008-02-07: Largest Expected Move — 9.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$28.46$27.20$30.45$30.45$27.20
Max Pain$29.45$27.50$32.50$32.50$29.00
ATM IV30.9%25.6%38.7%29.6%29.5%
Expected Move8.5%7.3%9.6%8.5%8.4%
HV 20d34.6%30.4%37.8%37.3%32.2%
HV 60d30.4%29.7%31.3%30.8%30.0%
IV Rank50.1%33.6%74.8%46.3%45.7%
IV Percentile86.7%69.4%98.0%89.3%83.7%
Term Structure0.8%-0.3%2.0%-0.3%1.8%
VWIV29.9%26.0%33.1%30.7%30.4%
Skew 25d2.1%-1.4%3.6%-1.4%0.6%
Skew 10d4.0%-2.0%7.0%-2.0%2.3%
Call IV 25d29.5%25.8%32.8%32.0%30.1%
Put IV 25d31.6%26.9%35.3%30.6%30.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.581.803.962.012.48
Gamma HHI0.120.110.170.170.12
Net GEX19.8M8.6M36.8M20.3M8.6M
Net DEX223.2M-260.0M542.0M-260.0M446.7M
Net VEX-18.5M-19.5M-17.9M-18.7M-18.2M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.720.332.450.550.43
Total Volume184,632.2569,233448,034448,034142,819
Total OI3,186,790.62,795,4643,555,5702,795,4643,230,312

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-02-01$30.45$32.5029.6%8.5%37.3%46.3%30.7%-1.4%-0.3%20.3M-260.0M-18.7M0.552.01N/AN/A288,587159,4471,722,0631,073,401
2008-02-04$30.19$31.0030.5%8.4%36.5%49.0%28.9%2.0%0.2%23.5M-189.4M-19.0M0.513.96N/AN/A130,38266,1191,851,5521,127,261
2008-02-05$29.07$31.0037.1%9.0%37.8%69.6%31.7%0.9%0.5%16.4M197.7M-18.5M0.693.03N/AN/A143,05798,1721,899,3651,152,929
2008-02-06$28.52$31.0035.5%9.2%36.8%64.7%32.7%2.3%0.1%14.4M393.3M-18.1M0.912.90N/AN/A111,985102,0171,925,4361,169,997
2008-02-07$28.12$30.0035.7%9.6%34.1%65.2%33.0%2.3%0.4%11.0M542.0M-18.0M0.532.36N/AN/A194,462103,0631,954,6151,208,508
2008-02-08$28.56$29.0030.1%9.1%35.3%47.7%31.9%3.4%0.9%21.4M286.3M-18.8M0.782.51N/AN/A138,586108,1362,047,0191,239,354
2008-02-11$28.21$29.0038.7%9.5%35.3%74.8%33.1%3.1%0.5%16.4M466.3M-18.4M0.512.20N/AN/A140,69571,5382,081,3571,287,630
2008-02-12$28.34$29.0034.8%9.0%34.6%62.5%32.0%2.9%0.9%24.7M353.2M-18.9M0.333.33N/AN/A125,96041,4042,146,5231,314,843
2008-02-13$28.96$29.0031.8%8.6%36.3%53.2%29.9%3.4%0.8%36.8M44.2M-19.5M0.532.31N/AN/A116,94861,5042,148,8251,322,206
2008-02-14$28.50$29.0029.6%8.5%36.0%46.2%30.2%2.4%1.1%30.6M292.3M-18.9M0.653.09N/AN/A107,39769,9952,170,3291,335,170
2008-02-15$28.42$29.0029.1%8.4%36.0%44.7%29.4%2.9%1.3%23.4M423.9M-18.9M0.571.80N/AN/A67,41938,7002,178,7331,376,837
2008-02-19$28.17$29.0030.6%8.8%36.0%49.2%29.7%3.5%0.7%17.1M282.7M-18.3M2.452.21N/AN/A73,645180,3201,801,4191,214,701
2008-02-20$28.22$29.0029.7%8.5%35.0%46.5%28.3%3.6%0.5%18.8M141.4M-18.3M0.602.07N/AN/A73,92644,7231,830,8001,182,171
2008-02-21$28.10$29.0029.8%8.5%35.0%46.7%28.8%2.6%0.0%19.0M192.1M-18.4M0.342.78N/AN/A110,18837,1891,870,5061,196,010
2008-02-22$27.68$29.0028.1%8.0%30.4%41.2%28.3%2.8%0.7%16.8M320.4M-18.0M0.752.34N/AN/A76,16857,3941,890,8161,191,901
2008-02-25$27.84$29.0028.1%8.1%30.9%41.4%28.3%1.2%0.8%16.8M270.1M-17.9M0.442.25N/AN/A68,55930,0411,900,5901,202,587
2008-02-26$28.38$27.5025.7%7.4%32.4%33.7%26.2%1.6%1.6%24.5M-9.4M-18.6M1.352.99N/AN/A69,90594,5651,924,4211,203,957
2008-02-27$28.26$29.0025.6%7.3%32.4%33.6%26.0%1.1%1.6%19.4M73.4M-18.7M0.712.12N/AN/A40,43728,7961,936,6301,235,021
2008-02-28$27.93$29.0027.6%7.9%32.4%39.8%27.8%0.9%2.0%16.1M196.4M-18.6M0.702.93N/AN/A46,05632,3411,948,0371,241,980
2008-02-29$27.20$29.0029.5%8.4%32.2%45.7%30.4%0.6%1.8%8.6M446.7M-18.2M0.432.48N/AN/A99,85842,9611,967,6301,262,682