MU Options History — February 2016

In February 2016, MU traded between $9.71 and $11.50. ATM implied volatility averaged 69.3%, placing in the 74.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 19.8%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.2% (HV 20d: 69.4%). Max pain ranged from $10.00 to $12.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.63.

Notable Days

  • 2016-02-09: Highest Volume — 134,792 contracts
  • 2016-02-08: Largest IV spike — 24.0% change
  • 2016-02-08: Highest IV Rank — 98.5%
  • 2016-02-09: Largest Expected Move — 23.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$10.68$9.71$11.50$11.01$10.68
Max Pain$11.05$10.00$12.00$11.50$12.00
ATM IV69.3%62.8%82.9%62.8%65.7%
Expected Move19.8%18.2%23.1%18.6%18.3%
HV 20d69.4%57.4%75.3%72.1%57.4%
HV 60d54.7%51.0%57.6%51.6%56.6%
IV Rank74.2%62.6%98.5%62.6%67.7%
IV Percentile94.0%88.5%99.6%89.3%89.7%
Term Structure-0.3%-4.5%2.4%-1.5%-1.9%
VWIV68.8%62.8%82.4%64.9%62.8%
Skew 25d7.8%4.2%9.9%8.8%8.4%
Skew 10d14.8%6.4%20.5%16.3%20.2%
Call IV 25d65.4%58.6%79.3%58.6%62.5%
Put IV 25d73.2%67.3%85.0%67.3%70.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %11.318.9314.7714.7714.21
Gamma HHI0.150.100.220.110.15
Net GEX2.9M671.5K7.2M2.3M1.9M
Net DEX115.4M10.3M171.6M112.3M145.7M
Net VEX-2.2M-2.6M-2.0M-2.3M-2.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.630.091.421.420.77
Total Volume51,710.4525,720134,79248,44637,062
Total OI1,271,270.91,163,0371,378,0311,247,4021,163,037

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-02-01$11.01$11.5062.8%18.6%72.1%62.6%64.9%8.8%-1.5%2.3M112.3M-2.3M1.4214.77N/AN/A19,99428,452750,564496,838
2016-02-02$10.62$11.5065.1%19.4%72.1%66.8%68.9%9.0%-0.8%1.3M146.9M-2.2M0.7911.41N/AN/A20,48016,095743,521502,049
2016-02-03$10.75$11.5065.0%19.5%70.5%66.4%65.8%7.7%-1.5%1.9M134.3M-2.2M0.5112.22N/AN/A23,86412,064752,008502,264
2016-02-04$11.21$12.0063.3%18.2%72.5%63.5%63.0%8.8%-0.5%4.5M80.6M-2.4M0.379.71N/AN/A35,56313,118762,265505,223
2016-02-05$10.97$12.0066.9%19.1%72.1%69.8%68.1%8.9%-0.1%4.9M105.1M-2.4M0.4610.14N/AN/A42,14919,309756,726508,483
2016-02-08$10.22$12.0082.9%22.9%75.0%98.5%79.5%4.2%-4.5%1.5M147.5M-2.2M0.4214.57N/AN/A47,66620,107763,993484,575
2016-02-09$9.99$12.0081.8%23.1%73.0%96.6%78.6%5.8%-1.8%1.3M157.9M-2.1M0.0910.58N/AN/A123,87710,915790,556495,938
2016-02-10$9.88$10.0077.7%22.2%72.3%89.2%76.8%7.7%1.5%1.5M157.2M-2.1M0.628.93N/AN/A22,72513,991848,718498,069
2016-02-11$9.71$10.0080.2%23.1%70.4%93.6%82.4%7.2%0.3%671.5K171.6M-2.0M0.649.38N/AN/A24,36415,712860,741504,366
2016-02-12$10.01$10.0074.6%21.6%71.8%83.7%78.4%7.4%1.5%1.7M151.1M-2.1M0.7310.54N/AN/A18,64013,682866,133507,057
2016-02-16$10.80$10.0068.4%19.6%72.9%72.6%67.7%9.4%0.9%4.0M96.0M-2.3M0.2910.12N/AN/A49,15614,078836,114486,323
2016-02-17$11.45$10.0065.6%18.8%75.3%67.5%64.0%8.5%0.5%7.1M17.7M-2.5M0.699.73N/AN/A26,10417,926862,491488,539
2016-02-18$11.50$10.0068.4%19.7%70.0%72.6%66.3%8.3%-2.8%7.2M10.3M-2.6M0.5412.67N/AN/A38,24920,609859,868491,358
2016-02-19$11.21$10.0066.2%19.0%65.6%68.6%64.5%6.9%-0.3%3.6M40.9M-2.4M0.6110.42N/AN/A29,70718,224880,658497,373
2016-02-22$11.03$10.0064.7%18.2%65.7%66.0%63.6%8.3%1.2%3.7M80.5M-2.2M0.6911.17N/AN/A19,33813,250767,001438,345
2016-02-23$10.47$10.5065.5%19.0%65.7%67.5%66.3%7.8%2.4%2.8M121.1M-2.1M0.1611.81N/AN/A94,79715,399774,932443,657
2016-02-24$10.64$12.0068.2%19.3%65.9%72.2%64.8%7.3%0.9%1.9M143.5M-2.1M1.0913.81N/AN/A16,40517,855721,657447,411
2016-02-25$10.67$12.0066.8%19.0%65.6%69.6%65.9%5.8%1.7%1.8M146.2M-2.1M1.0710.34N/AN/A12,43113,289727,895452,049
2016-02-26$10.69$12.0066.1%18.3%62.9%68.4%63.2%9.9%-0.8%1.9M141.2M-2.1M0.569.70N/AN/A24,04013,523732,452454,171
2016-02-29$10.68$12.0065.7%18.3%57.4%67.7%62.8%8.4%-1.9%1.9M145.7M-2.1M0.7714.21N/AN/A20,88816,174716,508446,529