MU Options History — October 2016

In October 2016, MU traded between $16.79 and $17.84. ATM implied volatility averaged 39.5%, placing in the 4.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 8.6% (HV 20d: 31.0%). Max pain ranged from $13.00 to $16.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.57.

Notable Days

  • 2016-10-05: Highest Volume — 285,789 contracts
  • 2016-10-05: Largest IV drop — 19.1% change
  • 2016-10-03: Highest IV Rank — 21.0%
  • 2016-10-04: Largest Expected Move — 15.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$17.32$16.79$17.84$17.70$17.25
Max Pain$15.57$13.00$16.00$13.00$16.00
ATM IV39.5%37.0%47.6%47.6%38.6%
Expected Move11.5%10.4%15.3%15.0%11.4%
HV 20d31.0%23.4%38.2%38.2%23.6%
HV 60d36.0%32.5%38.5%38.5%32.5%
IV Rank4.9%0.0%21.0%21.0%3.4%
IV Percentile6.0%0.0%30.6%30.6%4.4%
Term Structure0.3%-1.1%2.5%-0.8%0.4%
VWIV40.4%36.8%53.4%52.3%39.2%
Skew 25d3.0%0.7%4.3%3.1%4.3%
Skew 10d6.1%-0.4%16.8%6.9%0.2%
Call IV 25d38.6%35.2%46.8%46.0%37.5%
Put IV 25d41.6%38.6%49.1%49.1%41.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %10.954.8821.175.5214.69
Gamma HHI0.170.150.220.190.18
Net GEX12.8M7.3M16.8M13.5M10.4M
Net DEX-612.0M-812.4M-392.6M-769.8M-424.7M
Net VEX-3.7M-4.0M-3.5M-3.8M-3.5M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.570.350.990.570.49
Total Volume82,444.71440,426285,789101,91247,921
Total OI1,808,026.9051,590,0141,952,0701,724,3851,611,816

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-10-03$17.70$13.0047.6%15.0%38.2%21.0%52.3%3.1%-0.8%13.5M-769.8M-3.8M0.575.52N/AN/A64,87237,0401,083,551640,834
2016-10-04$17.84$13.0046.5%15.3%37.6%18.7%53.4%2.0%0.6%14.1M-812.4M-3.9M0.5910.89N/AN/A155,06791,6581,110,002663,494
2016-10-05$17.72$13.0037.6%10.4%37.6%0.0%36.8%0.7%1.1%16.8M-769.5M-3.9M0.358.72N/AN/A211,88773,9021,181,546729,672
2016-10-06$17.72$16.0037.8%11.0%36.9%0.4%38.8%2.6%1.5%15.6M-773.2M-4.0M0.545.88N/AN/A28,75915,4831,202,333741,796
2016-10-07$17.63$16.0037.9%10.9%33.8%0.7%38.9%3.9%2.5%13.4M-752.5M-3.9M0.456.63N/AN/A38,64617,4571,208,124741,522
2016-10-10$17.54$16.0037.2%10.8%33.2%0.0%39.3%2.4%0.7%13.2M-715.7M-3.8M0.935.13N/AN/A21,16619,7341,137,901688,572
2016-10-11$16.84$16.0040.4%11.6%34.8%6.8%40.7%4.2%-0.3%9.5M-530.1M-3.7M0.4110.02N/AN/A82,53934,0991,141,369694,053
2016-10-12$16.79$16.0041.3%11.7%34.4%8.8%41.2%3.0%-0.6%10.3M-531.8M-3.7M0.769.38N/AN/A27,26420,7101,170,736704,824
2016-10-13$16.90$16.0042.2%12.1%32.8%10.6%42.9%4.2%0.2%11.1M-561.8M-3.8M0.5110.38N/AN/A58,53429,7491,180,569711,266
2016-10-14$17.13$16.0040.6%11.7%33.1%7.3%40.9%3.6%0.2%12.3M-639.6M-3.9M0.577.87N/AN/A39,41422,5171,206,402722,033
2016-10-17$17.01$16.0040.7%11.6%31.3%7.4%40.4%3.6%-0.4%12.3M-605.6M-3.8M0.664.88N/AN/A24,36716,0591,172,088714,656
2016-10-18$17.41$16.0040.5%11.6%32.3%7.0%40.1%2.9%-1.1%15.0M-721.7M-3.8M0.519.45N/AN/A47,24024,0281,183,042721,019
2016-10-19$17.23$16.0039.2%11.2%28.1%4.1%38.7%2.3%-0.1%14.5M-670.1M-3.7M0.4915.82N/AN/A39,14219,2431,193,602727,667
2016-10-20$17.20$16.0038.0%10.9%28.0%1.5%38.5%1.3%-0.0%15.3M-666.6M-3.7M0.6812.75N/AN/A39,05826,7521,200,017731,202
2016-10-21$16.93$16.0037.2%10.7%28.4%0.0%37.7%2.3%-0.4%7.3M-537.9M-3.6M0.456.34N/AN/A58,53326,2501,207,619744,451
2016-10-24$17.05$16.0037.2%10.7%28.5%0.1%37.4%4.3%1.1%9.5M-392.6M-3.6M0.6311.93N/AN/A31,86020,184963,060626,954
2016-10-25$17.52$16.0037.0%10.6%26.9%0.0%37.0%3.4%-0.0%13.5M-503.7M-3.7M0.5119.65N/AN/A44,16222,398971,754633,501
2016-10-26$17.65$16.0037.3%10.9%23.6%0.6%37.8%2.4%0.8%14.8M-541.3M-3.7M0.4314.02N/AN/A36,91315,761979,817640,932
2016-10-27$17.53$16.0037.0%10.7%23.4%0.0%37.6%4.1%1.2%15.7M-511.2M-3.6M0.9918.87N/AN/A24,13323,982989,576644,418
2016-10-28$17.21$16.0038.7%11.4%23.6%3.7%39.7%2.7%0.7%9.6M-420.6M-3.6M0.4121.17N/AN/A37,40015,456995,375655,400
2016-10-31$17.25$16.0038.6%11.4%23.6%3.4%39.2%4.3%0.4%10.4M-424.7M-3.5M0.4914.69N/AN/A32,10215,819971,970639,846