MU Options History — February 2011

In February 2011, MU traded between $10.55 and $11.80. ATM implied volatility averaged 42.2%, placing in the 17.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.6% (HV 20d: 36.6%). Max pain ranged from $9.00 to $11.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.44.

Notable Days

  • 2011-02-23: Highest Volume — 139,918 contracts
  • 2011-02-10: Largest IV spike — 15.5% change
  • 2011-02-23: Highest IV Rank — 30.8%
  • 2011-02-23: Largest Expected Move — 13.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$11.25$10.55$11.80$10.81$11.13
Max Pain$10.68$9.00$11.00$9.00$11.00
ATM IV42.2%36.9%47.4%40.8%45.0%
Expected Move12.4%11.1%13.6%11.7%12.9%
HV 20d36.6%29.2%43.3%38.4%41.5%
HV 60d37.1%34.8%39.9%39.9%38.8%
IV Rank17.6%4.0%30.8%14.1%24.8%
IV Percentile19.6%0.8%52.4%7.1%34.1%
Term Structure1.7%-0.2%3.7%1.6%3.2%
VWIV43.6%39.0%48.3%40.8%45.2%
Skew 25d-0.4%-2.0%2.3%-1.9%-0.3%
Skew 10d-0.4%-4.2%3.7%-1.7%0.5%
Call IV 25d44.3%39.6%49.0%42.9%45.8%
Put IV 25d43.9%40.3%48.2%41.0%45.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.642.404.723.383.57
Gamma HHI0.220.160.280.270.19
Net GEX9.3M7.8M11.5M8.1M9.9M
Net DEX-501.9M-669.7M-340.6M-416.6M-440.8M
Net VEX-2.0M-2.2M-1.8M-1.8M-2.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.440.051.201.200.91
Total Volume78,716.52618,419139,918103,36094,973
Total OI1,202,465.9471,038,2841,359,0791,038,2841,259,834

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-02-01$10.81$9.0040.8%11.7%38.4%14.1%40.8%-1.9%1.6%8.1M-416.6M-1.8M1.203.38N/AN/A47,02256,338692,347345,937
2011-02-02$10.89$9.0040.0%11.5%38.4%12.0%40.2%-1.2%1.2%8.1M-424.1M-1.8M1.032.40N/AN/A23,96024,604702,208374,519
2011-02-03$10.90$9.0038.8%11.1%38.7%8.9%39.0%-1.4%2.6%8.0M-421.1M-1.8M0.472.65N/AN/A12,5255,894700,039379,540
2011-02-04$11.05$11.0036.9%11.6%38.6%4.0%41.6%2.3%2.5%8.1M-442.2M-1.8M0.403.37N/AN/A34,55413,766704,452378,855
2011-02-07$11.29$11.0037.9%12.1%38.6%6.6%42.2%1.6%1.4%7.8M-493.9M-1.8M0.324.35N/AN/A75,71424,031718,170380,727
2011-02-08$11.44$11.0040.2%12.7%37.6%12.5%44.4%0.8%1.0%7.8M-517.3M-1.8M0.293.82N/AN/A73,75221,711736,077385,126
2011-02-09$11.26$11.0038.2%12.6%39.0%7.3%44.6%-1.4%1.0%8.6M-496.8M-1.9M0.294.58N/AN/A53,00215,194771,952395,582
2011-02-10$11.31$11.0044.1%12.7%33.0%22.5%44.5%-0.5%1.1%9.0M-512.0M-1.9M0.363.91N/AN/A50,44618,218790,316396,119
2011-02-11$11.32$11.0043.1%12.4%32.2%19.8%43.6%-0.2%1.7%9.7M-518.7M-1.9M0.144.57N/AN/A104,13914,460810,562396,313
2011-02-14$11.65$11.0046.3%13.3%33.0%27.9%46.5%-1.4%-0.2%9.9M-615.6M-2.1M0.214.72N/AN/A110,84223,779871,326401,763
2011-02-15$11.67$11.0044.5%12.8%32.7%23.5%45.0%0.1%0.9%10.3M-624.6M-2.1M0.354.22N/AN/A31,17110,887890,914400,258
2011-02-16$11.63$11.0043.7%12.5%29.6%21.4%43.8%-0.4%1.7%10.5M-617.8M-2.1M0.053.38N/AN/A96,9624,510896,492400,912
2011-02-17$11.80$11.0042.2%12.1%29.2%17.5%42.4%0.1%3.6%11.5M-669.7M-2.1M0.162.88N/AN/A49,1008,029946,196401,211
2011-02-18$11.70$11.0040.9%11.7%29.4%14.2%41.7%0.9%3.2%10.6M-650.3M-2.2M0.213.41N/AN/A46,0179,492956,861402,218
2011-02-22$10.92$11.0044.7%12.8%39.9%23.9%45.5%0.4%1.1%9.3M-405.0M-2.1M0.393.43N/AN/A61,65624,063861,689330,611
2011-02-23$10.55$11.0047.4%13.6%42.0%30.8%48.3%-0.8%0.7%8.8M-340.6M-2.1M0.824.03N/AN/A76,89763,021882,522344,462
2011-02-24$10.91$11.0045.9%13.2%43.3%27.0%46.5%-2.0%1.1%9.7M-409.1M-2.2M0.593.46N/AN/A37,97122,227904,729362,996
2011-02-25$11.44$11.0041.4%11.9%41.0%15.4%42.0%-1.6%3.7%10.8M-520.9M-2.2M0.193.09N/AN/A45,9868,701901,110371,908
2011-02-28$11.13$11.0045.0%12.9%41.5%24.8%45.2%-0.3%3.2%9.9M-440.8M-2.1M0.913.57N/AN/A49,73845,235893,174366,660