MU Options History — October 2007

In October 2007, MU traded between $9.43 and $11.79. ATM implied volatility averaged 37.0%, placing in the 51.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.7%. IV traded below realized volatility by 9.6% (HV 20d: 46.6%). Max pain ranged from $10.00 to $12.00. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 20 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.71.

Notable Days

  • 2007-10-02: Highest Volume — 81,648 contracts
  • 2007-10-03: Largest IV drop — 29.7% change
  • 2007-10-02: Highest IV Rank — 89.7%
  • 2007-10-02: Largest Expected Move — 14.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$10.44$9.43$11.79$11.35$10.51
Max Pain$10.87$10.00$12.00$12.00$10.00
ATM IV37.0%32.7%49.3%47.1%32.7%
Expected Move10.7%9.4%14.1%13.5%9.4%
HV 20d46.6%32.8%50.7%35.9%32.8%
HV 60d41.5%37.5%42.7%37.5%42.2%
IV Rank51.5%38.2%89.7%83.0%38.2%
IV Percentile64.0%37.8%96.3%92.5%37.8%
Term Structure3.0%-7.6%6.6%-3.2%5.5%
VWIV37.2%33.7%48.8%48.8%33.8%
Skew 25d1.1%-3.8%5.3%-1.7%4.7%
Skew 10d4.6%-14.1%18.8%3.4%5.0%
Call IV 25d37.7%31.6%49.7%49.7%31.6%
Put IV 25d38.8%35.1%49.8%48.0%36.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %10.116.3716.016.5313.29
Gamma HHI0.160.130.250.140.18
Net GEX1.9M380.4K4.4M3.6M2.6M
Net DEX3.9M-114.6M42.0M-64.9M-25.9M
Net VEX-924.3K-1.2M-739.5K-1.2M-945.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.710.121.940.310.15
Total Volume22,411.0434,62081,64813,87312,269
Total OI649,662.696551,945706,942637,488608,969

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2007-10-01$11.35$12.0047.1%13.5%35.9%83.0%48.8%-1.7%-3.2%3.6M-64.9M-1.2M0.316.53N/AN/A10,6213,252476,048161,440
2007-10-02$11.79$12.0049.3%14.1%38.2%89.7%48.2%5.3%-7.6%4.4M-114.6M-1.2M0.229.17N/AN/A66,84614,802481,471163,075
2007-10-03$10.74$12.0034.6%9.9%50.3%44.1%35.5%-2.5%2.0%2.5M897.0K-957.3K0.467.48N/AN/A43,36119,842506,213169,153
2007-10-04$10.61$12.0035.1%10.1%50.1%45.6%37.9%-3.0%1.6%2.2M11.6M-947.9K0.5012.49N/AN/A28,76114,357505,889169,160
2007-10-05$10.80$11.0035.7%10.5%50.7%47.5%37.0%1.8%3.0%2.4M-7.4M-1.1M1.848.44N/AN/A9,42017,377524,105179,702
2007-10-08$10.75$11.0035.9%10.6%49.9%48.1%34.9%1.0%2.7%1.8M4.3M-1.0M1.3213.04N/AN/A4,0535,354518,253185,940
2007-10-09$10.64$11.0035.0%10.6%49.9%45.1%36.7%-1.5%1.8%1.5M13.5M-990.2K0.4210.03N/AN/A10,7164,478519,478187,464
2007-10-10$10.71$11.0032.9%10.0%48.9%38.6%34.8%1.3%4.2%1.9M521.4K-982.4K0.1312.47N/AN/A21,0702,749519,676176,221
2007-10-11$10.56$11.0035.6%10.2%49.0%47.1%35.7%-0.4%4.1%1.8M8.2M-973.6K0.3910.25N/AN/A13,6175,346518,573175,516
2007-10-12$10.49$11.0034.8%10.0%48.4%44.5%34.1%2.1%3.2%1.5M21.0M-919.0K1.227.45N/AN/A3,5764,375513,970175,893
2007-10-15$10.46$11.0035.2%10.1%48.3%45.8%35.1%1.5%6.6%1.6M20.7M-913.5K0.527.82N/AN/A6,0753,141515,650176,671
2007-10-16$10.43$11.0037.0%10.6%47.6%51.6%35.8%3.4%3.5%1.5M28.0M-879.7K1.239.48N/AN/A2,0732,547518,253176,583
2007-10-17$10.37$11.0037.7%10.8%47.1%53.7%37.3%3.4%2.9%1.7M32.6M-861.1K0.9710.31N/AN/A4,3004,163518,201176,322
2007-10-18$10.53$11.0033.4%9.6%47.3%40.2%33.7%2.5%5.2%1.8M23.9M-877.4K0.9010.76N/AN/A6,9586,264519,054176,714
2007-10-19$10.08$11.0038.1%10.9%49.7%54.8%36.5%4.2%3.1%380.4K42.0M-804.2K0.2010.26N/AN/A25,4025,168521,277175,157
2007-10-22$9.99$11.0035.2%10.1%49.4%45.8%36.5%0.1%6.4%1.9M4.7M-820.5K1.9416.01N/AN/A8,58516,618424,647127,298
2007-10-23$9.99$10.0036.0%10.3%49.3%48.2%35.6%2.6%5.1%1.5M15.0M-804.8K1.076.37N/AN/A4,0694,335422,292141,255
2007-10-24$9.78$10.0036.2%10.4%48.0%48.8%36.1%-0.8%5.6%1.4M20.0M-820.0K0.8015.63N/AN/A7,7746,213424,485143,432
2007-10-25$9.43$10.0038.7%11.1%43.7%56.8%37.4%4.5%5.5%1.0M34.7M-739.5K1.108.60N/AN/A10,23611,241428,797147,460
2007-10-26$9.76$10.0040.4%11.6%46.0%62.1%39.7%-3.8%-0.0%1.3M22.0M-823.8K0.129.38N/AN/A26,9763,130432,780152,158
2007-10-29$9.99$10.0037.1%10.6%46.0%51.9%37.3%2.4%5.0%1.4M17.0M-825.7K0.187.58N/AN/A7,5361,369433,334152,591
2007-10-30$10.35$10.0037.3%10.7%45.7%52.4%36.3%-0.9%3.5%2.3M-18.2M-912.6K0.299.75N/AN/A19,3505,689447,028154,594
2007-10-31$10.51$10.0032.7%9.4%32.8%38.2%33.8%4.7%5.5%2.6M-25.9M-945.4K0.1513.29N/AN/A10,7141,555452,689156,280