MU Options History — August 2013

In August 2013, MU traded between $13.18 and $14.97. ATM implied volatility averaged 49.0%, placing in the 35.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 14.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.4% (HV 20d: 46.6%). Max pain ranged from $12.50 to $14.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.51.

Notable Days

  • 2013-08-13: Highest Volume — 281,443 contracts
  • 2013-08-09: Largest IV drop — 10.8% change
  • 2013-08-15: Highest IV Rank — 46.6%
  • 2013-08-16: Largest Expected Move — 15.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$13.87$13.18$14.97$13.58$13.57
Max Pain$13.45$12.50$14.00$13.50$13.50
ATM IV49.0%43.5%53.7%50.4%50.0%
Expected Move14.0%12.1%15.5%14.5%13.9%
HV 20d46.6%40.1%51.9%47.4%44.9%
HV 60d41.1%38.6%43.1%38.8%42.7%
IV Rank35.8%22.2%46.6%40.3%35.2%
IV Percentile72.7%44.4%92.9%81.0%77.0%
Term Structure2.3%-1.7%11.5%-1.7%4.5%
VWIV49.6%43.2%54.6%51.6%48.7%
Skew 25d1.5%-2.2%3.5%-2.2%1.6%
Skew 10d3.8%-2.1%7.3%-2.1%5.8%
Call IV 25d49.5%43.0%54.1%53.5%49.1%
Put IV 25d51.0%44.6%55.9%51.3%50.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %5.913.1910.005.797.24
Gamma HHI0.240.160.780.200.16
Net GEX33.3M14.6M138.1M29.8M16.8M
Net DEX-1.04B-1.65B-647.2M-1.06B-799.7M
Net VEX-6.1M-6.5M-5.7M-6.1M-6.0M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.510.241.450.470.59
Total Volume115,245.27329,117281,443238,50429,117
Total OI2,484,645.2272,281,2262,690,7042,466,4822,434,085

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-08-01$13.58$13.5050.4%14.5%47.4%40.3%51.6%-2.2%-1.7%29.8M-1.06B-6.1M0.475.79N/AN/A162,43876,0661,855,508610,974
2013-08-02$13.50$13.5047.9%13.8%47.1%35.5%49.5%-0.4%-1.3%39.0M-1.03B-6.2M0.795.27N/AN/A51,83141,0311,911,109650,184
2013-08-05$14.17$13.0049.4%14.0%50.0%38.4%49.7%-0.4%0.1%33.5M-1.29B-6.4M0.505.34N/AN/A59,91129,8671,880,260651,993
2013-08-06$14.14$13.5050.2%14.3%43.6%40.0%50.8%-0.1%0.1%34.6M-1.28B-6.4M0.684.60N/AN/A32,88122,4461,889,080665,308
2013-08-07$13.81$13.5052.9%15.2%40.8%45.1%54.3%1.1%-0.5%30.7M-1.13B-6.3M0.545.36N/AN/A61,56533,3891,891,774679,822
2013-08-08$13.95$13.0053.3%15.3%40.8%45.8%53.8%1.4%-1.6%32.9M-1.20B-6.3M0.485.39N/AN/A138,71666,8801,915,731696,478
2013-08-09$13.99$13.0047.5%13.6%40.8%34.9%47.7%2.7%0.3%67.6M-1.21B-6.3M0.299.32N/AN/A211,22460,6341,951,735726,974
2013-08-12$13.83$13.0046.4%13.3%40.1%32.8%47.6%1.7%0.9%37.6M-1.11B-6.1M0.273.19N/AN/A74,42320,3841,927,550692,084
2013-08-13$14.97$13.0051.0%14.6%48.0%41.5%51.7%0.1%-1.5%40.9M-1.65B-6.3M0.316.71N/AN/A214,53766,9061,921,447700,914
2013-08-14$14.82$13.0051.0%14.6%48.1%41.5%51.2%1.5%-0.9%38.3M-1.52B-6.5M0.244.36N/AN/A102,86825,1631,896,122742,552
2013-08-15$14.13$0.0053.7%15.5%51.5%46.6%54.6%2.0%-1.4%34.2M-1.18B-6.1M0.416.12N/AN/A93,08338,2951,887,708740,992
2013-08-16$14.01$12.5053.6%15.5%51.6%46.3%53.9%2.3%-1.1%138.1M-1.13B-6.2M0.405.27N/AN/A73,97829,5901,928,572762,132
2013-08-19$13.80$14.0051.4%14.7%51.9%42.3%52.4%2.5%6.8%18.9M-892.7M-6.0M0.496.20N/AN/A52,30825,6431,601,529679,697
2013-08-20$13.80$14.0046.2%13.2%51.6%27.5%46.5%2.3%7.2%20.1M-888.1M-6.0M0.434.58N/AN/A70,27130,4561,626,169695,084
2013-08-21$13.63$14.0044.9%12.9%49.7%24.9%45.1%2.3%6.5%17.9M-803.2M-5.9M0.244.71N/AN/A87,55321,2081,620,638712,454
2013-08-22$13.86$14.0044.3%12.7%49.8%23.7%44.8%2.7%11.5%20.4M-874.1M-6.0M1.4510.00N/AN/A20,50629,6321,620,745717,968
2013-08-23$13.86$14.0043.5%12.1%45.2%22.2%43.2%1.6%5.7%17.2M-852.5M-6.0M0.594.08N/AN/A26,79915,7671,626,940739,561
2013-08-26$13.78$14.0044.3%13.0%45.1%23.8%47.0%2.4%4.9%17.3M-826.7M-5.9M0.426.72N/AN/A52,34321,9521,576,269726,649
2013-08-27$13.18$13.5048.1%13.9%48.3%31.4%49.9%3.5%4.1%14.6M-647.2M-5.7M0.646.76N/AN/A54,90234,8941,601,825736,148
2013-08-28$13.24$13.5049.1%14.1%45.0%33.4%48.6%2.8%3.0%14.7M-666.1M-5.8M0.595.76N/AN/A45,61426,9331,625,925752,839
2013-08-29$13.57$13.5049.1%13.9%44.9%33.5%48.6%2.0%4.0%17.0M-794.9M-5.9M0.337.30N/AN/A76,16125,2311,638,865751,802
2013-08-30$13.57$13.5050.0%13.9%44.9%35.2%48.7%1.6%4.5%16.8M-799.7M-6.0M0.597.24N/AN/A18,35610,7611,668,573765,512