MU Options History — September 2013

In September 2013, MU traded between $14.01 and $17.62. ATM implied volatility averaged 54.7%, placing in the 44.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 17.0% (HV 20d: 37.7%). Max pain ranged from $10.00 to $17.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.50.

Notable Days

  • 2013-09-10: Highest Volume — 273,544 contracts
  • 2013-09-16: Largest IV spike — 6.0% change
  • 2013-09-30: Highest IV Rank — 53.1%
  • 2013-09-10: Largest Expected Move — 15.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$16.43$14.01$17.62$14.01$17.47
Max Pain$15.06$10.00$17.00$13.50$15.00
ATM IV54.7%49.7%58.8%51.6%58.8%
Expected Move13.8%12.8%15.6%15.0%12.9%
HV 20d37.7%28.7%48.0%42.8%29.5%
HV 60d42.7%41.6%44.1%42.9%41.9%
IV Rank44.8%34.7%53.1%38.6%53.1%
IV Percentile91.5%75.0%98.8%84.9%98.8%
Term Structure-2.5%-7.3%1.2%-0.1%-4.1%
VWIV48.3%43.1%54.2%52.3%43.8%
Skew 25d2.2%0.6%4.5%2.1%1.8%
Skew 10d5.0%0.6%8.2%4.8%5.1%
Call IV 25d54.2%49.3%58.9%52.3%58.0%
Put IV 25d56.4%51.2%60.2%54.3%59.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %6.044.0620.494.864.06
Gamma HHI0.140.120.180.180.12
Net GEX25.4M20.4M27.8M20.4M27.3M
Net DEX-1.75B-2.13B-949.5M-949.5M-1.98B
Net VEX-6.3M-6.5M-6.0M-6.0M-6.5M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.500.220.850.340.85
Total Volume122,878.753,914273,54463,636141,948
Total OI2,573,344.952,384,8662,743,2012,384,8662,622,954

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-09-03$14.01$13.5051.6%15.0%42.8%38.6%52.3%2.1%-0.1%20.4M-949.5M-6.0M0.344.86N/AN/A47,59916,0371,636,363748,503
2013-09-04$14.75$14.0049.7%14.2%46.6%34.7%51.3%1.9%0.1%24.4M-1.22B-6.1M0.474.70N/AN/A174,29881,3121,656,138755,311
2013-09-05$15.17$15.0050.5%14.5%46.5%36.4%51.0%2.6%0.8%23.8M-1.33B-6.1M0.594.62N/AN/A74,96943,8881,631,776790,175
2013-09-06$15.26$15.0052.0%14.9%46.4%39.3%52.6%1.4%0.1%23.1M-1.38B-6.1M0.604.95N/AN/A55,19433,1241,650,698792,448
2013-09-09$15.62$15.0051.9%14.9%46.9%39.2%52.1%2.3%-1.1%24.1M-1.46B-6.1M0.434.45N/AN/A51,17921,9161,628,139791,665
2013-09-10$16.26$15.0054.4%15.6%48.0%44.1%54.2%1.2%-1.8%24.0M-1.68B-6.0M0.394.85N/AN/A196,39277,1521,628,855801,558
2013-09-11$16.49$15.0051.9%14.9%40.1%39.2%52.2%0.6%-1.3%25.3M-1.80B-6.3M0.335.52N/AN/A47,99015,6831,701,858837,990
2013-09-12$16.20$0.0051.2%14.6%40.6%37.8%51.4%1.2%1.2%25.6M-1.69B-6.3M0.784.14N/AN/A60,83147,3841,706,877836,579
2013-09-13$16.20$15.5053.3%15.3%35.7%42.0%54.2%1.7%-0.1%24.2M-1.68B-6.4M0.516.23N/AN/A113,93958,3631,720,318865,582
2013-09-16$16.44$0.0056.5%12.9%35.3%48.4%48.1%2.2%-5.6%24.8M-1.78B-6.5M0.4020.49N/AN/A53,75921,3831,754,996876,121
2013-09-17$16.84$10.0056.3%12.9%34.6%48.0%44.7%2.1%-7.0%25.9M-1.94B-6.4M0.4810.01N/AN/A72,97635,2231,768,029877,120
2013-09-18$17.27$15.0057.2%12.9%34.8%49.8%45.2%2.4%-7.3%25.9M-2.10B-6.4M0.329.05N/AN/A113,06236,2041,786,580894,635
2013-09-19$17.16$17.0055.0%13.1%34.4%45.5%44.9%4.5%-1.4%26.6M-2.05B-6.4M0.225.52N/AN/A76,54116,6381,804,704902,358
2013-09-20$17.23$17.0056.0%13.0%34.4%47.5%45.2%3.6%-0.9%27.3M-2.09B-6.5M0.384.86N/AN/A38,97414,9401,834,511905,643
2013-09-23$17.05$17.0057.1%13.0%35.0%49.8%43.8%2.2%-4.9%26.8M-1.90B-6.4M0.634.27N/AN/A51,68332,3361,745,116826,688
2013-09-24$17.04$17.0058.0%13.0%34.8%51.6%45.7%3.4%-6.1%26.8M-1.89B-6.3M0.655.05N/AN/A103,79267,0411,745,051838,657
2013-09-25$16.97$15.0057.7%12.9%28.7%50.9%45.1%3.1%-6.0%27.2M-1.87B-6.4M0.764.30N/AN/A40,45330,8331,787,875882,599
2013-09-26$17.47$15.0056.6%12.8%29.1%48.7%43.1%3.1%-2.2%27.8M-2.06B-6.4M0.614.13N/AN/A78,62448,2591,796,938892,290
2013-09-27$17.62$15.0058.3%12.9%28.9%52.1%45.1%1.3%-2.1%26.7M-2.13B-6.5M0.334.84N/AN/A124,33241,3231,822,407920,794
2013-09-30$17.47$15.0058.8%12.9%29.5%53.1%43.8%1.8%-4.1%27.3M-1.98B-6.5M0.854.06N/AN/A76,91365,0351,757,405865,549