MSFT Options History — September 2008

In September 2008, MSFT traded between $24.57 and $27.62. ATM implied volatility averaged 36.3%, placing in the 59.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.7% (HV 20d: 31.5%). Max pain ranged from $26.00 to $27.00. Net GEX was positive for 13 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.86.

Notable Days

  • 2008-09-16: Highest Volume — 264,556 contracts
  • 2008-09-29: Largest IV spike — 50.1% change
  • 2008-09-17: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2008-09-29: Largest Expected Move — 14.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$26.18$24.57$27.62$27.10$26.69
Max Pain$26.90$26.00$27.00$26.00$27.00
ATM IV36.3%27.0%51.9%27.0%42.0%
Expected Move10.5%7.7%14.9%7.7%12.0%
HV 20d31.5%21.2%55.8%25.8%55.8%
HV 60d34.4%31.7%42.1%33.0%42.1%
IV Rank59.8%31.5%100.0%31.5%71.6%
IV Percentile78.4%42.5%100.0%42.5%94.8%
Term Structure-0.4%-9.3%3.8%2.2%0.0%
VWIV36.8%26.9%49.1%26.9%44.2%
Skew 25d6.3%1.6%11.2%3.1%7.4%
Skew 10d12.6%3.4%19.9%6.0%13.8%
Call IV 25d34.0%26.0%45.6%26.0%39.6%
Put IV 25d40.3%29.1%56.8%29.1%47.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.102.357.053.614.67
Gamma HHI0.120.090.310.100.09
Net GEX2.8M-48.9M33.6M18.7M10.3M
Net DEX464.3M-324.0M1.28B79.0M181.7M
Net VEX-18.9M-19.9M-17.9M-19.1M-19.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.860.381.740.970.62
Total Volume119,685.66751,613264,55699,11676,297
Total OI3,911,369.6193,717,4084,218,6023,717,4083,950,348

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-09-02$27.10$26.0027.0%7.7%25.8%31.5%26.9%3.1%2.2%18.7M79.0M-19.1M0.973.61N/AN/A50,28148,8352,047,5791,669,829
2008-09-03$26.90$26.0027.4%7.8%23.0%32.7%28.7%3.3%2.3%16.4M195.6M-19.7M1.743.00N/AN/A18,86032,7532,074,1841,699,136
2008-09-04$26.35$27.0029.0%8.3%21.5%38.0%29.4%1.6%3.6%4.6M447.4M-19.0M1.323.04N/AN/A33,53644,4162,078,1801,720,127
2008-09-05$25.65$27.0028.8%9.0%22.6%37.4%32.3%3.6%1.2%-10.5M839.4M-18.1M1.212.35N/AN/A72,34487,4432,088,2791,735,601
2008-09-08$26.12$27.0029.6%9.0%21.2%39.7%32.9%4.9%1.0%-1.3M670.2M-18.6M1.122.47N/AN/A39,27844,1592,111,1831,754,787
2008-09-09$26.10$27.0032.0%9.4%21.2%47.5%32.7%4.5%-0.1%178.3K618.6M-18.3M0.693.37N/AN/A47,19632,5442,109,8391,745,621
2008-09-10$26.44$27.0030.6%9.1%21.6%43.0%31.8%4.8%0.1%7.1M411.8M-18.7M0.843.91N/AN/A32,07127,0592,126,3101,750,933
2008-09-11$27.34$27.0030.2%8.7%25.1%41.8%30.9%4.4%0.6%25.7M-98.4M-19.5M0.883.96N/AN/A38,57134,0552,134,5841,766,199
2008-09-12$27.62$27.0029.2%8.4%25.4%38.6%30.0%5.2%1.8%33.6M-324.0M-19.7M1.134.70N/AN/A37,06642,0572,140,0431,777,714
2008-09-15$26.82$27.0033.4%9.6%27.4%52.1%33.8%6.8%-1.7%15.5M183.2M-19.0M0.744.78N/AN/A49,15436,5102,141,9261,772,600
2008-09-16$25.99$27.0036.0%10.3%29.4%60.3%36.5%7.4%-2.2%-5.2M741.5M-17.9M1.154.74N/AN/A123,097141,4592,138,6691,768,275
2008-09-17$24.57$27.0049.0%14.0%34.8%100.0%49.1%7.8%-9.3%-19.9M1.28B-17.9M0.665.08N/AN/A128,15484,6242,210,7081,863,388
2008-09-18$25.26$27.0046.9%13.4%36.7%93.4%47.5%9.5%-8.3%-17.2M1.02B-18.5M0.977.03N/AN/A103,601100,1322,287,4431,851,836
2008-09-19$25.16$27.0046.8%13.4%36.7%93.1%45.7%9.8%-8.8%-48.9M975.0M-18.8M0.385.91N/AN/A114,10042,9442,317,8101,900,792
2008-09-22$25.40$27.0043.4%12.4%35.6%82.4%41.9%8.6%0.5%-2.9M770.1M-19.1M0.593.08N/AN/A101,52860,0452,137,2961,757,344
2008-09-23$25.44$27.0042.3%12.1%35.6%79.2%40.4%9.5%1.4%-2.5M732.9M-18.5M0.732.72N/AN/A96,89370,5002,107,6731,724,562
2008-09-24$25.72$27.0038.8%11.1%35.8%67.9%39.3%6.7%3.4%884.6K570.0M-18.9M0.432.87N/AN/A77,84733,3852,138,5561,757,940
2008-09-25$26.61$27.0033.1%9.5%37.9%50.1%34.7%6.1%3.8%9.3M232.6M-19.2M0.543.31N/AN/A65,21535,2372,147,0481,765,514
2008-09-26$27.40$27.0034.6%9.9%39.1%54.8%35.2%6.2%2.4%20.9M-179.3M-19.9M0.464.52N/AN/A70,75232,8912,154,9481,773,153
2008-09-29$25.01$27.0051.9%14.9%50.1%100.0%48.4%11.2%-2.0%4.2M402.9M-18.6M0.847.05N/AN/A57,73748,7732,162,6141,778,191
2008-09-30$26.69$27.0042.0%12.0%55.8%71.6%44.2%7.4%0.0%10.3M181.7M-19.6M0.624.67N/AN/A47,12529,1722,166,4171,783,931