MU Options History — November 2013

In November 2013, MU traded between $17.50 and $21.17. ATM implied volatility averaged 36.8%, placing in the 8.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.0% (HV 20d: 31.8%). Max pain ranged from $13.00 to $13.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.45.

Notable Days

  • 2013-11-21: Highest Volume — 281,278 contracts
  • 2013-11-29: Largest IV spike — 9.2% change
  • 2013-11-01: Highest IV Rank — 12.5%
  • 2013-11-22: Largest Expected Move — 11.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$19.04$17.50$21.17$17.58$21.10
Max Pain$13.00$13.00$13.00$13.00$13.00
ATM IV36.8%33.5%38.7%38.7%37.0%
Expected Move11.5%11.2%11.7%11.5%11.7%
HV 20d31.8%24.4%43.4%42.8%31.6%
HV 60d35.5%33.3%39.4%39.2%34.3%
IV Rank8.5%1.9%12.5%12.5%8.9%
IV Percentile11.2%1.2%19.8%17.1%15.9%
Term Structure3.0%-0.5%8.3%0.2%0.6%
VWIV39.9%38.0%44.8%39.7%44.8%
Skew 25d0.4%-0.5%1.1%0.3%-0.5%
Skew 10d1.4%-0.6%3.4%0.7%-0.6%
Call IV 25d37.3%33.9%39.5%39.5%38.3%
Put IV 25d37.7%34.1%39.9%39.9%37.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.423.059.475.083.44
Gamma HHI0.130.100.160.120.12
Net GEX31.3M24.7M35.8M30.2M35.6M
Net DEX-2.05B-2.86B-1.49B-1.55B-2.80B
Net VEX-7.7M-8.0M-7.3M-8.0M-7.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.450.190.970.300.19
Total Volume129,631.125,738281,27852,526248,521
Total OI2,939,605.452,786,7863,101,6452,904,2823,101,645

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-11-01$17.58$13.0038.7%11.5%42.8%12.5%39.7%0.3%0.2%30.2M-1.55B-8.0M0.305.08N/AN/A40,30412,2221,918,947985,335
2013-11-04$17.89$13.0038.5%11.4%43.4%11.9%38.0%0.7%2.9%29.6M-1.66B-7.9M0.433.45N/AN/A41,67717,9451,886,259970,100
2013-11-05$17.67$13.0038.3%11.4%42.2%11.6%38.5%0.5%3.1%29.1M-1.57B-7.9M0.485.22N/AN/A17,4418,2971,907,472977,818
2013-11-06$17.50$13.0037.6%11.5%42.1%10.1%39.1%-0.2%2.7%28.1M-1.49B-7.7M0.539.47N/AN/A36,52619,4941,899,456978,940
2013-11-07$17.72$13.0038.0%11.5%41.9%10.9%39.4%-0.1%3.0%30.4M-1.57B-7.9M0.395.17N/AN/A74,93628,8941,912,646992,503
2013-11-08$18.11$13.0037.1%11.5%26.8%9.2%39.9%0.1%2.7%31.5M-1.75B-7.7M0.385.41N/AN/A49,09218,5261,911,5581,004,165
2013-11-11$18.27$13.0037.3%11.5%26.6%9.5%39.1%-0.3%2.9%30.4M-1.79B-7.7M0.386.42N/AN/A45,34417,0241,890,242995,380
2013-11-12$18.63$13.0036.9%11.3%26.8%8.6%39.6%0.6%1.1%32.4M-1.93B-7.8M0.373.28N/AN/A69,69025,7861,898,2391,000,799
2013-11-13$18.92$13.0036.9%11.3%27.0%8.8%39.9%0.7%2.0%31.8M-2.08B-7.6M0.443.05N/AN/A90,56139,4401,906,1241,011,160
2013-11-14$19.19$13.0038.1%11.4%27.1%11.2%40.1%1.1%2.3%33.4M-2.19B-7.6M0.313.31N/AN/A93,65729,1781,913,4941,030,153
2013-11-15$19.46$13.0038.7%11.6%26.8%12.4%40.7%1.0%1.9%32.2M-2.30B-7.6M0.344.32N/AN/A135,04746,1431,919,7951,041,768
2013-11-18$19.29$13.0035.8%11.2%24.4%6.4%38.6%1.0%5.8%28.6M-2.06B-7.5M0.754.06N/AN/A152,175114,6091,815,367971,419
2013-11-19$19.06$13.0037.6%11.4%25.3%10.2%39.0%0.7%6.0%24.7M-1.94B-7.7M0.473.75N/AN/A89,20142,1571,850,9431,055,584
2013-11-20$18.80$13.0035.0%11.3%25.4%4.9%39.9%1.1%6.5%26.1M-1.83B-7.8M0.973.58N/AN/A78,64476,1961,877,4771,060,970
2013-11-21$19.99$13.0036.4%11.5%31.9%7.7%40.0%0.0%-0.3%34.7M-2.36B-7.7M0.344.49N/AN/A209,92471,3541,890,6931,105,910
2013-11-22$20.19$13.0035.1%11.7%30.7%5.1%40.8%0.0%-0.5%33.5M-2.48B-7.8M0.373.36N/AN/A99,49836,4281,943,5441,104,654
2013-11-25$19.86$13.0035.6%11.7%32.1%6.1%40.3%0.3%8.2%33.1M-2.29B-7.8M0.594.49N/AN/A50,76929,9541,924,1831,081,239
2013-11-26$20.31$13.0033.5%11.7%29.5%1.9%40.0%0.2%8.3%35.4M-2.50B-7.6M0.513.33N/AN/A54,75828,0481,927,7771,095,680
2013-11-27$21.17$13.0033.8%11.4%31.4%2.5%40.5%-0.1%1.2%35.8M-2.86B-7.3M0.503.70N/AN/A168,53884,6241,929,2861,103,385
2013-11-29$21.10$13.0037.0%11.7%31.6%8.9%44.8%-0.5%0.6%35.6M-2.80B-7.6M0.193.44N/AN/A208,68539,8361,957,5401,144,105