MU Options History — July 2016

In July 2016, MU traded between $11.75 and $14.64. ATM implied volatility averaged 42.7%, placing in the 10.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 28.6% (HV 20d: 71.3%). Max pain ranged from $12.00 to $12.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.43.

Notable Days

  • 2016-07-01: Highest Volume — 146,737 contracts
  • 2016-07-08: Largest IV drop — 5.2% change
  • 2016-07-06: Highest IV Rank — 27.5%
  • 2016-07-07: Largest Expected Move — 13.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$13.17$11.75$14.64$12.46$13.74
Max Pain$12.00$12.00$12.00$12.00$12.00
ATM IV42.7%38.0%49.8%47.7%42.3%
Expected Move12.1%10.9%13.9%13.1%11.9%
HV 20d71.3%58.7%76.8%72.4%58.7%
HV 60d57.1%54.7%59.1%58.4%54.7%
IV Rank10.7%0.0%27.5%26.9%9.5%
IV Percentile7.0%0.0%26.6%15.5%6.0%
Term Structure0.4%-1.1%1.8%0.8%0.3%
VWIV42.5%38.1%49.3%45.5%41.8%
Skew 25d3.9%1.5%6.0%4.7%3.1%
Skew 10d7.6%-1.9%20.3%8.1%6.6%
Call IV 25d41.5%36.5%47.9%45.8%41.0%
Put IV 25d45.4%40.0%53.8%50.5%44.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %13.137.3123.6215.4416.40
Gamma HHI0.140.100.170.120.10
Net GEX9.2M5.1M13.8M7.3M9.4M
Net DEX-234.7M-446.5M-30.0M-113.2M-291.9M
Net VEX-3.1M-3.6M-2.8M-3.1M-3.5M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.430.190.830.820.55
Total Volume74,725.733,538146,737146,73733,538
Total OI1,561,345.251,293,6551,780,9421,780,9421,530,618

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-07-01$12.46$12.0047.7%13.1%72.4%26.9%45.5%4.7%0.8%7.3M-113.2M-3.1M0.8215.44N/AN/A80,53166,2061,107,221673,721
2016-07-05$11.91$12.0048.8%13.8%74.0%25.4%47.2%6.0%1.1%5.1M-51.6M-2.9M0.3122.24N/AN/A63,43119,8031,060,092625,102
2016-07-06$11.75$12.0049.8%13.8%73.7%27.5%49.3%6.0%0.5%5.3M-30.0M-2.8M0.529.00N/AN/A30,65115,8741,077,786627,008
2016-07-07$12.19$12.0048.5%13.9%74.4%24.7%48.0%4.8%0.1%7.0M-115.2M-2.9M0.3723.62N/AN/A49,16118,2531,074,890630,289
2016-07-08$12.63$12.0046.0%12.6%75.5%19.3%44.5%5.2%-0.3%8.5M-207.2M-3.0M0.299.92N/AN/A47,72413,7981,090,025632,482
2016-07-11$12.63$12.0043.6%12.2%74.4%14.2%42.9%5.0%-1.1%9.0M-201.9M-2.9M0.3410.23N/AN/A33,06111,2121,085,670623,236
2016-07-12$13.25$12.0041.4%11.7%76.1%9.6%40.9%3.3%-0.6%11.5M-343.1M-3.0M0.2712.35N/AN/A77,37521,0071,087,254624,618
2016-07-13$13.31$12.0040.5%12.0%75.9%2.2%41.8%4.4%1.4%11.6M-355.2M-3.0M0.468.03N/AN/A25,87311,9181,075,195629,970
2016-07-14$13.31$12.0039.4%11.5%75.9%0.0%40.1%3.6%1.5%10.5M-356.2M-3.0M0.379.06N/AN/A30,05211,0351,079,339631,382
2016-07-15$13.14$12.0039.2%11.1%76.1%0.0%38.6%4.8%-0.8%6.6M-342.4M-2.9M0.838.34N/AN/A79,69066,0101,084,058637,274
2016-07-18$13.35$12.0038.0%10.9%76.0%0.0%38.2%3.9%0.4%7.7M-165.4M-3.0M0.387.34N/AN/A29,60311,278827,542466,113
2016-07-19$13.22$12.0038.6%11.0%76.1%1.3%38.1%3.6%1.8%8.2M-151.0M-3.0M0.697.31N/AN/A39,24227,137841,901470,259
2016-07-20$13.61$12.0038.9%11.2%75.8%2.0%38.6%3.0%0.6%9.4M-227.7M-3.2M0.3913.92N/AN/A97,56537,642869,006477,248
2016-07-21$13.19$12.0039.6%11.3%76.8%3.6%38.8%3.5%0.7%8.7M-156.9M-3.1M0.2812.12N/AN/A34,4389,709911,658485,652
2016-07-22$13.12$12.0039.5%11.3%67.0%3.3%39.5%2.7%0.7%8.0M-152.2M-3.1M0.3613.21N/AN/A29,84610,646917,426490,226
2016-07-25$13.90$12.0041.6%12.0%68.0%7.8%42.5%1.5%0.1%11.0M-298.5M-3.2M0.1917.04N/AN/A86,67116,757902,339475,981
2016-07-26$14.64$12.0042.7%12.6%60.7%10.3%44.2%3.3%0.5%11.6M-446.5M-3.5M0.3718.46N/AN/A101,54737,708925,905479,733
2016-07-27$14.18$12.0044.3%12.8%59.3%13.8%44.8%1.5%-0.6%13.5M-382.0M-3.6M0.2911.58N/AN/A46,42113,302983,495506,023
2016-07-28$13.82$12.0043.6%12.4%60.1%12.3%44.0%3.6%0.5%13.8M-307.0M-3.5M0.4917.05N/AN/A39,56519,234999,670509,498
2016-07-29$13.74$12.0042.3%11.9%58.7%9.5%41.8%3.1%0.3%9.4M-291.9M-3.5M0.5516.40N/AN/A21,59911,9391,014,951515,667