MSFT Options History — June 2012

In June 2012, MSFT traded between $28.45 and $30.93. ATM implied volatility averaged 24.0%, placing in the 20.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.2%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.2% (HV 20d: 24.2%). Max pain ranged from $28.00 to $31.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.73.

Notable Days

  • 2012-06-19: Highest Volume — 309,700 contracts
  • 2012-06-29: Largest IV drop — 34.3% change
  • 2012-06-01: Highest IV Rank — 31.3%
  • 2012-06-01: Largest Expected Move — 8.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$29.68$28.45$30.93$28.45$30.59
Max Pain$28.14$28.00$31.00$31.00$28.00
ATM IV24.0%16.4%29.2%29.2%16.4%
Expected Move7.2%6.5%8.0%8.0%6.5%
HV 20d24.2%18.8%28.6%20.1%27.1%
HV 60d21.7%19.6%23.8%19.6%23.8%
IV Rank20.9%5.5%31.3%31.3%5.5%
IV Percentile55.6%4.0%80.6%80.6%4.0%
Term Structure-0.3%-1.3%0.9%0.9%-0.4%
VWIV25.6%23.4%27.7%27.2%23.4%
Skew 25d4.2%2.3%5.6%4.0%3.9%
Skew 10d7.4%4.1%11.2%6.7%5.6%
Call IV 25d23.6%22.0%25.9%25.9%22.0%
Put IV 25d27.7%24.8%31.4%29.9%25.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %6.584.0911.115.157.99
Gamma HHI0.100.070.130.070.11
Net GEX64.2M34.2M96.4M34.2M87.0M
Net DEX-1.35B-2.31B-486.0M-486.0M-2.05B
Net VEX-17.7M-18.2M-17.2M-17.7M-17.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.730.411.290.750.48
Total Volume116,390.33353,662309,700103,61587,388
Total OI3,427,511.0483,249,7703,521,1793,347,5993,475,137

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-06-01$28.45$31.0029.2%8.0%20.1%31.3%27.2%4.0%0.9%34.2M-486.0M-17.7M0.755.15N/AN/A59,30644,3091,975,9211,371,678
2012-06-04$28.55$28.0028.9%7.9%19.0%30.8%27.2%5.5%0.0%35.0M-535.9M-17.5M0.5911.11N/AN/A110,40265,0451,989,9921,377,939
2012-06-05$28.51$28.0028.0%7.6%18.8%29.0%26.5%5.1%-0.0%37.6M-564.3M-17.6M0.607.77N/AN/A73,55444,4272,025,5611,397,705
2012-06-06$29.35$28.0022.8%7.2%22.1%18.4%26.4%4.5%0.3%57.6M-1.10B-18.0M0.9510.77N/AN/A51,67049,2812,049,2191,400,662
2012-06-07$29.23$28.0020.6%7.1%21.8%14.0%24.8%4.7%0.3%48.4M-995.0M-17.8M0.604.81N/AN/A43,27625,7732,052,2081,416,882
2012-06-08$29.65$28.0019.2%6.7%22.6%11.2%27.7%4.4%0.4%58.6M-1.28B-17.9M1.134.09N/AN/A26,63329,9962,059,9031,418,053
2012-06-11$28.90$28.0023.8%7.4%23.3%20.5%25.9%4.2%0.0%46.2M-796.9M-17.3M0.864.43N/AN/A48,62941,7942,045,3661,402,165
2012-06-12$29.29$28.0021.6%7.3%23.6%15.9%25.5%5.1%-0.1%51.0M-1.02B-17.6M0.974.75N/AN/A30,03529,2302,060,3601,415,864
2012-06-13$29.13$28.0021.1%7.7%23.1%14.9%27.7%5.6%-0.5%46.4M-927.5M-17.8M0.895.58N/AN/A31,64728,0652,067,5721,424,891
2012-06-14$29.34$28.0026.5%7.6%23.1%25.9%25.9%5.4%-0.4%49.9M-1.05B-17.7M1.268.12N/AN/A61,50577,3902,064,1981,438,397
2012-06-15$30.02$28.0024.9%7.1%24.5%22.6%25.5%4.7%-0.2%73.3M-1.60B-18.0M0.456.39N/AN/A123,85755,6552,083,7301,437,449
2012-06-18$29.84$28.0025.5%7.3%24.0%23.8%25.6%4.1%-1.1%66.1M-1.45B-17.7M0.425.10N/AN/A105,21244,5091,947,6801,302,090
2012-06-19$30.70$28.0022.8%6.5%25.3%18.5%23.7%2.3%-0.5%90.1M-2.10B-17.6M0.445.63N/AN/A214,58095,1201,992,4881,319,963
2012-06-20$30.93$28.0023.4%6.7%25.4%19.6%23.9%3.3%-0.7%96.4M-2.31B-18.2M1.295.86N/AN/A71,61392,1302,064,0031,343,471
2012-06-21$30.14$28.0025.4%7.3%25.9%23.8%25.3%2.6%-0.6%81.0M-1.73B-17.9M0.559.64N/AN/A64,59135,7482,065,4901,369,626
2012-06-22$30.70$28.0023.0%6.6%26.5%18.8%23.8%2.8%-0.4%85.4M-2.08B-17.9M0.615.26N/AN/A61,74037,3882,060,9911,362,663
2012-06-25$29.87$28.0025.9%7.4%28.6%24.6%25.0%4.0%-1.3%72.9M-1.53B-17.2M0.655.64N/AN/A68,78444,8772,035,4861,358,358
2012-06-26$30.02$28.0025.4%7.3%28.1%23.6%25.6%3.5%-0.9%75.8M-1.58B-17.7M0.554.77N/AN/A36,78020,3762,039,8751,378,828
2012-06-27$30.17$28.0025.1%7.2%27.9%23.2%25.2%4.2%-0.7%80.4M-1.69B-17.6M0.415.10N/AN/A38,06215,6002,047,2801,391,868
2012-06-28$29.91$28.0025.0%7.2%28.1%22.9%25.6%3.4%-0.9%75.6M-1.52B-17.4M0.9210.23N/AN/A82,38875,8322,052,5381,394,182
2012-06-29$30.59$28.0016.4%6.5%27.1%5.5%23.4%3.9%-0.4%87.0M-2.05B-17.4M0.487.99N/AN/A59,15228,2362,067,6721,407,465