MSFT Options History — March 2009

In March 2009, MSFT traded between $15.15 and $18.83. ATM implied volatility averaged 46.7%, placing in the 33.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.3%. IV traded below realized volatility by 1.6% (HV 20d: 48.3%). Max pain ranged from $17.00 to $21.00. Net GEX was positive for 13 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.64.

Notable Days

  • 2009-03-17: Highest Volume — 235,939 contracts
  • 2009-03-05: Largest IV spike — 11.9% change
  • 2009-03-09: Highest IV Rank — 44.9%
  • 2009-03-09: Largest Expected Move — 15.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$16.91$15.15$18.83$15.79$18.37
Max Pain$19.50$17.00$21.00$17.00$19.00
ATM IV46.7%41.2%55.6%51.5%46.1%
Expected Move13.3%11.8%15.1%14.8%13.2%
HV 20d48.3%34.0%59.9%41.8%59.9%
HV 60d52.8%49.8%56.3%52.2%56.3%
IV Rank33.0%25.8%44.9%39.5%32.2%
IV Percentile67.0%52.4%84.1%79.4%65.1%
Term Structure2.8%-2.2%10.0%-2.0%7.3%
VWIV47.0%42.2%53.5%52.2%47.8%
Skew 25d5.4%4.3%6.8%5.4%5.7%
Skew 10d10.1%7.0%13.2%8.6%9.4%
Call IV 25d44.5%40.2%50.5%50.5%45.5%
Put IV 25d49.9%44.9%56.3%55.9%51.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.751.654.252.783.60
Gamma HHI0.130.100.180.140.11
Net GEX1.8M-5.0M10.1M-2.9M8.8M
Net DEX636.6M50.4M1.12B951.6M143.6M
Net VEX-9.7M-11.7M-7.9M-8.5M-11.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.640.251.231.230.64
Total Volume135,948.45566,299235,939133,297232,621
Total OI3,480,1043,221,5603,707,5923,221,5603,579,568

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2009-03-02$15.79$17.0051.5%14.8%41.8%39.5%52.2%5.4%-2.0%-2.9M951.6M-8.5M1.232.78N/AN/A59,88273,4151,810,0571,411,503
2009-03-03$15.88$17.0048.4%13.9%38.4%35.3%49.5%4.9%-0.4%-3.6M1.01B-8.4M0.813.40N/AN/A58,64447,4291,820,2881,447,399
2009-03-04$16.12$17.0046.7%13.4%35.9%33.1%46.0%4.3%-0.6%-3.1M972.4M-8.8M0.854.25N/AN/A58,69449,6941,845,3901,458,179
2009-03-05$15.27$17.0052.2%15.0%39.2%40.4%53.5%6.8%-2.2%-5.0M1.12B-7.9M0.672.45N/AN/A117,05978,1991,852,2481,483,238
2009-03-06$15.28$21.0052.0%14.5%37.6%40.0%50.0%6.1%0.3%-4.7M1.10B-7.9M0.823.63N/AN/A72,10659,4221,903,1911,494,550
2009-03-09$15.15$21.0055.6%15.1%34.0%44.9%51.3%5.6%-0.8%-4.5M1.07B-7.9M0.322.16N/AN/A113,85236,8481,912,2931,490,310
2009-03-10$16.48$21.0051.8%13.9%48.5%39.9%48.7%5.7%-0.7%-1.2M815.8M-9.3M0.492.15N/AN/A76,35037,3641,923,2241,509,865
2009-03-11$17.11$21.0047.8%13.2%50.1%34.5%50.0%5.8%0.7%1.8M673.2M-9.5M0.571.85N/AN/A98,79356,2151,923,1891,505,069
2009-03-12$17.01$20.0045.2%13.0%49.1%31.1%49.9%5.4%1.5%1.5M672.0M-9.4M0.732.11N/AN/A86,18162,9681,949,4211,524,042
2009-03-13$16.65$20.0047.5%13.6%49.3%34.2%47.0%5.3%-0.8%-993.1K740.1M-9.3M0.901.65N/AN/A68,70661,8971,993,2321,560,964
2009-03-16$16.25$20.0048.0%13.8%49.7%34.8%47.0%5.7%0.5%-3.4M847.1M-8.7M0.882.95N/AN/A75,58466,2052,001,2401,574,891
2009-03-17$16.90$20.0042.8%12.3%49.3%28.0%44.8%5.1%2.1%747.9K647.0M-9.4M0.982.01N/AN/A119,112116,8272,046,9471,585,487
2009-03-18$16.96$20.0042.6%12.2%49.3%27.7%44.2%5.4%2.9%2.1M604.7M-9.7M0.343.94N/AN/A70,71623,9712,089,6281,603,622
2009-03-19$17.14$20.0044.0%12.6%49.4%29.5%44.4%6.2%2.6%4.6M536.4M-9.9M0.403.22N/AN/A48,81719,4382,098,6241,600,771
2009-03-20$17.06$20.0044.2%12.7%49.4%29.7%44.9%6.1%5.0%7.0M508.2M-10.3M0.712.17N/AN/A104,05373,6492,103,8711,603,721
2009-03-23$18.33$20.0041.2%11.8%53.4%25.8%43.6%5.9%10.0%6.8M223.7M-11.1M0.431.87N/AN/A102,71844,2231,937,5881,450,329
2009-03-24$17.91$20.0044.4%12.7%54.1%30.1%44.7%4.8%7.0%5.9M327.5M-10.9M0.373.03N/AN/A134,05249,5191,975,9181,464,252
2009-03-25$17.88$19.0043.0%12.3%53.9%28.1%42.8%4.3%7.7%6.0M317.3M-11.0M0.462.70N/AN/A54,53925,1862,001,9411,488,356
2009-03-26$18.83$19.0041.3%11.8%54.9%26.0%42.2%4.7%6.9%10.1M50.4M-11.6M0.252.72N/AN/A69,95217,7162,004,5581,491,689
2009-03-27$18.13$20.0044.1%12.7%56.6%29.7%43.1%4.8%7.3%7.6M253.8M-11.0M0.722.42N/AN/A38,44227,8572,015,9441,492,508
2009-03-30$17.48$20.0046.2%13.2%57.8%32.4%46.4%4.5%8.0%5.1M416.3M-10.6M0.503.50N/AN/A67,85034,1012,026,6021,506,581
2009-03-31$18.37$19.0046.1%13.2%59.9%32.2%47.8%5.7%7.3%8.8M143.6M-11.7M0.643.60N/AN/A141,64690,9752,059,6551,519,913