MU Options History — September 2016

In September 2016, MU traded between $16.61 and $17.99. ATM implied volatility averaged 47.1%, placing in the 19.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 10.7% (HV 20d: 36.4%). Max pain ranged from $12.00 to $14.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 0 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.47.

Notable Days

  • 2016-09-08: Highest Volume — 191,647 contracts
  • 2016-09-09: Largest IV spike — 6.6% change
  • 2016-09-29: Highest IV Rank — 27.5%
  • 2016-09-29: Largest Expected Move — 15.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$17.24$16.61$17.99$16.61$17.79
Max Pain$12.48$12.00$14.00$14.00$13.00
ATM IV47.1%44.9%50.6%48.8%47.7%
Expected Move13.2%11.1%15.0%12.2%14.3%
HV 20d36.4%32.8%40.9%35.4%38.0%
HV 60d48.9%38.9%54.2%53.5%38.9%
IV Rank19.9%15.1%27.5%23.6%21.1%
IV Percentile26.5%18.7%47.6%29.0%31.0%
Term Structure-1.0%-3.2%-0.1%-0.8%-0.4%
VWIV46.2%39.5%52.5%42.8%50.4%
Skew 25d3.1%1.8%5.2%4.3%1.8%
Skew 10d6.3%-12.6%29.8%14.3%3.8%
Call IV 25d46.2%44.3%50.1%46.6%47.6%
Put IV 25d49.2%46.8%52.8%50.9%49.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %7.514.1411.9311.938.00
Gamma HHI0.160.120.380.130.19
Net GEX16.6M11.9M31.7M18.4M13.4M
Net DEX-813.4M-999.1M-625.3M-782.2M-826.8M
Net VEX-3.9M-4.0M-3.7M-4.0M-3.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.470.240.700.340.63
Total Volume81,119.09544,588191,64747,03475,546
Total OI1,724,559.6191,634,8871,839,9721,711,6211,785,553

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-09-01$16.61$14.0048.8%12.2%35.4%23.6%42.8%4.3%-0.8%18.4M-782.2M-4.0M0.3411.93N/AN/A35,23011,8041,110,363601,258
2016-09-02$16.66$14.0047.3%11.1%34.2%20.4%39.8%2.2%-0.7%15.3M-798.0M-4.0M0.644.14N/AN/A27,10917,4791,113,733604,262
2016-09-06$17.03$12.0047.4%13.1%34.3%20.5%45.8%3.5%-0.6%15.8M-862.8M-3.9M0.574.86N/AN/A29,60416,8241,086,789600,541
2016-09-07$17.16$12.0047.3%13.1%34.2%20.4%46.7%3.6%-0.5%16.4M-895.1M-3.9M0.286.90N/AN/A62,88417,9001,095,154603,005
2016-09-08$17.52$12.0045.5%12.4%32.8%16.4%43.8%3.2%-1.4%18.1M-999.1M-3.9M0.247.20N/AN/A154,72836,9191,114,201606,952
2016-09-09$16.83$12.0048.5%13.3%37.2%23.0%46.2%2.8%-1.8%15.8M-804.6M-3.9M0.408.55N/AN/A75,29930,0841,140,083624,793
2016-09-12$17.16$12.0047.2%13.1%36.5%20.2%47.0%3.9%-1.1%16.6M-893.3M-3.9M0.4811.33N/AN/A48,24023,0461,133,673622,993
2016-09-13$16.66$12.0049.3%13.7%36.2%24.7%48.2%2.7%-1.2%16.1M-750.5M-4.0M0.346.02N/AN/A47,61816,3621,142,753632,276
2016-09-14$16.91$12.0048.5%13.5%36.3%23.1%39.5%3.8%-1.2%18.2M-844.1M-4.0M0.545.48N/AN/A40,50021,7391,166,233635,762
2016-09-15$17.40$12.0046.5%13.3%37.3%18.6%47.0%4.3%-0.3%19.9M-975.0M-3.9M0.297.67N/AN/A64,43218,9571,176,737648,014
2016-09-16$17.51$12.0046.3%12.8%37.1%18.2%44.9%5.2%-3.2%31.7M-997.5M-3.9M0.448.92N/AN/A58,53225,9591,182,345657,627
2016-09-19$16.97$12.0046.8%13.3%38.0%19.3%46.6%2.6%-0.7%12.2M-635.7M-3.8M0.4510.15N/AN/A58,80326,3501,036,781598,106
2016-09-20$16.91$12.0045.8%13.0%37.9%17.1%45.9%2.6%-0.3%12.5M-625.3M-3.8M0.654.62N/AN/A28,49218,4251,056,816611,281
2016-09-21$17.69$12.0045.9%13.2%40.9%17.3%46.4%2.5%-0.1%15.7M-819.8M-3.9M0.4710.62N/AN/A48,25022,8991,068,696617,080
2016-09-22$17.63$12.0045.2%13.0%36.9%15.7%45.7%2.1%-0.7%16.3M-802.6M-3.9M0.426.82N/AN/A39,48416,6031,072,050623,723
2016-09-23$17.49$13.0044.9%13.0%34.5%15.1%46.0%2.5%-1.4%22.6M-761.0M-3.9M0.617.01N/AN/A27,79117,0921,080,050628,803
2016-09-26$17.34$13.0045.9%13.4%34.3%17.3%47.2%2.5%-0.9%12.8M-718.0M-3.8M0.705.54N/AN/A71,80950,2171,050,880614,469
2016-09-27$17.99$13.0045.5%13.5%35.7%16.4%47.5%2.5%-0.4%13.3M-838.1M-3.7M0.627.81N/AN/A53,12333,0371,026,347613,086
2016-09-28$17.34$13.0048.3%14.6%38.1%22.6%51.1%3.5%-1.4%11.9M-695.4M-3.8M0.325.97N/AN/A100,65032,0491,052,486633,159
2016-09-29$17.53$13.0050.6%15.0%37.8%27.5%52.5%2.7%-2.1%14.8M-756.9M-3.9M0.538.18N/AN/A66,47435,1581,100,838646,001
2016-09-30$17.79$13.0047.7%14.3%38.0%21.1%50.4%1.8%-0.4%13.4M-826.8M-3.9M0.638.00N/AN/A46,27729,2691,123,164662,389