MSFT Options History — November 2008

In November 2008, MSFT traded between $17.53 and $23.53. ATM implied volatility averaged 60.7%, placing in the 51.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 17.4%. IV traded below realized volatility by 17.8% (HV 20d: 78.5%). Max pain ranged from $21.00 to $23.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.91.

Notable Days

  • 2008-11-13: Highest Volume — 352,185 contracts
  • 2008-11-21: Largest IV drop — 21.4% change
  • 2008-11-20: Highest IV Rank — 80.7%
  • 2008-11-20: Largest Expected Move — 23.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$20.56$17.53$23.53$22.62$20.22
Max Pain$21.42$21.00$23.00$23.00$21.00
ATM IV60.7%48.6%82.7%55.4%54.7%
Expected Move17.4%13.9%23.7%15.9%15.7%
HV 20d78.5%65.3%97.9%95.8%75.5%
HV 60d70.3%64.6%76.8%64.6%76.8%
IV Rank51.9%36.1%80.7%45.1%44.1%
IV Percentile92.9%86.1%99.6%92.5%86.1%
Term Structure-1.0%-4.1%2.4%-1.0%1.2%
VWIV60.2%52.9%77.5%56.3%55.6%
Skew 25d12.2%4.8%18.2%8.2%11.2%
Skew 10d25.3%10.8%44.2%16.9%21.7%
Call IV 25d55.1%45.5%72.8%51.8%48.6%
Put IV 25d67.2%56.2%90.6%60.0%59.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.813.156.073.213.46
Gamma HHI0.130.100.250.100.13
Net GEX-13.4M-21.2M-2.7M-6.5M-9.2M
Net DEX1.76B908.1M2.34B1.17B1.51B
Net VEX-14.0M-17.3M-11.0M-17.0M-13.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.910.291.581.221.14
Total Volume158,387.78953,530352,18567,60353,530
Total OI4,718,691.7374,229,3785,019,8264,663,4234,333,681

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-11-03$22.62$23.0055.4%15.9%95.8%45.1%56.3%8.2%-1.0%-6.5M1.17B-17.0M1.223.21N/AN/A30,45037,1532,496,3822,167,041
2008-11-04$23.53$23.0048.6%13.9%93.8%36.1%52.9%10.7%-1.4%-2.7M908.1M-17.3M1.263.59N/AN/A59,17374,7882,499,4332,166,083
2008-11-05$22.08$23.0054.3%15.6%96.5%43.6%53.8%7.3%-1.1%-11.0M1.47B-16.0M1.383.15N/AN/A48,68967,3032,511,0782,195,021
2008-11-06$20.88$23.0061.2%17.5%97.9%52.6%61.3%4.8%-2.5%-13.7M1.75B-14.6M0.723.47N/AN/A103,69974,3752,517,8042,189,902
2008-11-07$21.50$21.0054.9%15.7%97.7%44.4%54.4%10.4%-0.6%-13.4M1.67B-15.1M0.533.37N/AN/A71,17937,7052,540,2342,191,563
2008-11-10$21.30$21.0055.3%15.7%74.1%44.9%53.1%11.1%-0.3%-15.4M1.75B-14.6M1.583.67N/AN/A48,33376,4252,553,3602,208,441
2008-11-11$21.20$21.0056.7%15.9%71.9%46.7%53.7%11.2%0.0%-17.9M1.81B-14.5M0.823.64N/AN/A59,18548,5422,565,4372,236,102
2008-11-12$20.30$21.0059.1%17.3%70.3%49.9%57.3%12.3%-0.2%-19.6M2.01B-13.8M1.183.45N/AN/A62,26473,6412,592,0592,236,742
2008-11-13$21.25$21.0060.8%17.4%68.0%52.1%62.2%13.2%-3.5%-15.2M1.76B-14.9M0.805.63N/AN/A196,061156,1242,586,7612,263,529
2008-11-14$20.06$21.0063.6%18.2%70.4%55.7%64.4%12.7%-3.0%-17.8M2.10B-13.4M0.813.95N/AN/A94,57476,4252,650,2132,290,535
2008-11-17$19.32$21.0070.1%20.1%69.3%64.3%66.9%13.0%-4.1%-18.7M2.29B-12.3M0.763.23N/AN/A86,22665,4232,651,2632,315,048
2008-11-18$19.62$21.0066.6%19.1%67.9%59.8%65.9%14.0%-1.8%-21.2M2.22B-12.9M0.553.47N/AN/A105,41757,4572,648,0992,323,720
2008-11-19$18.29$21.0074.0%21.2%66.4%69.4%75.4%15.0%-2.2%-15.3M2.27B-12.0M0.584.30N/AN/A143,84683,1832,691,0242,285,001
2008-11-20$17.53$21.0082.7%23.7%65.3%80.7%77.5%17.8%-3.4%-10.0M2.34B-11.0M0.866.07N/AN/A62,43853,4422,731,8392,287,987
2008-11-21$19.68$21.0065.0%18.6%79.5%57.6%64.6%18.2%0.3%-20.6M2.07B-12.8M1.273.96N/AN/A125,662159,5582,730,5262,246,514
2008-11-24$20.69$21.0056.1%16.1%80.9%45.9%57.3%14.1%2.4%-10.8M1.46B-13.6M1.123.58N/AN/A142,125159,7002,323,8851,905,493
2008-11-25$19.99$21.0058.4%16.7%74.7%48.9%57.6%13.0%1.6%-6.7M1.47B-12.9M0.293.56N/AN/A83,94724,6732,386,4321,845,321
2008-11-26$20.49$21.0055.4%15.9%75.5%45.0%53.2%13.2%1.4%-8.7M1.46B-13.4M0.433.68N/AN/A74,70031,9532,409,4841,882,106
2008-11-28$20.22$21.0054.7%15.7%75.5%44.1%55.6%11.2%1.2%-9.2M1.51B-13.1M1.143.46N/AN/A25,05528,4752,441,8391,891,842