MU Options History — November 2016

In November 2016, MU traded between $16.60 and $20.13. ATM implied volatility averaged 41.0%, placing in the 8.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 13.1% (HV 20d: 27.9%). Max pain ranged from $16.00 to $17.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.54.

Notable Days

  • 2016-11-17: Highest Volume — 176,973 contracts
  • 2016-11-07: Largest IV drop — 9.5% change
  • 2016-11-29: Highest IV Rank — 13.9%
  • 2016-11-01: Largest Expected Move — 12.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$18.30$16.60$20.13$17.00$19.59
Max Pain$16.36$16.00$17.00$16.00$17.00
ATM IV41.0%38.4%43.5%41.0%42.5%
Expected Move11.3%9.7%12.4%12.4%10.3%
HV 20d27.9%23.8%32.0%23.8%30.7%
HV 60d31.9%30.8%32.9%32.6%31.3%
IV Rank8.7%3.1%13.9%8.7%11.9%
IV Percentile16.2%4.4%30.2%13.5%27.8%
Term Structure1.4%-1.3%6.3%0.5%-0.8%
VWIV39.5%34.5%43.3%43.1%38.3%
Skew 25d3.3%1.0%5.0%3.4%3.1%
Skew 10d6.4%-2.8%14.3%6.2%8.3%
Call IV 25d40.0%36.8%43.3%39.8%42.0%
Put IV 25d43.3%38.9%45.8%43.2%45.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %14.435.6926.1821.4022.50
Gamma HHI0.240.130.370.160.31
Net GEX16.1M5.2M24.3M8.8M21.0M
Net DEX-644.4M-1.02B-262.3M-369.9M-808.7M
Net VEX-3.4M-3.5M-3.2M-3.5M-3.3M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.540.160.990.790.43
Total Volume71,837.95230,551176,97351,34755,407
Total OI1,623,685.0951,492,3801,718,9211,624,9681,633,933

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-11-01$17.00$16.0041.0%12.4%23.8%8.7%43.1%3.4%0.5%8.8M-369.9M-3.5M0.7921.40N/AN/A28,72722,620981,492643,476
2016-11-02$16.70$16.5041.1%12.4%24.4%8.9%42.4%4.3%1.1%5.9M-290.9M-3.4M0.4426.05N/AN/A21,2179,334985,184655,546
2016-11-03$16.60$16.0042.2%12.3%24.4%11.2%43.3%3.7%0.2%5.2M-262.3M-3.5M0.387.58N/AN/A32,47712,234991,457658,084
2016-11-04$16.67$16.0042.5%12.4%24.5%11.7%43.1%4.1%0.2%6.2M-289.6M-3.4M0.439.78N/AN/A38,83116,6371,001,850659,215
2016-11-07$17.34$16.0038.4%11.8%28.7%3.1%40.5%3.6%2.3%11.7M-448.9M-3.5M0.5813.38N/AN/A29,38917,064983,820652,097
2016-11-08$17.43$16.0038.5%11.8%24.5%3.4%39.9%4.3%2.6%13.3M-482.4M-3.4M0.8512.21N/AN/A20,83917,662991,090656,827
2016-11-09$17.18$16.0041.0%11.8%25.1%8.6%40.4%4.5%0.0%11.6M-405.0M-3.4M0.6511.89N/AN/A40,70726,414995,522661,286
2016-11-10$17.04$16.0042.3%12.3%25.2%11.3%42.0%4.5%0.9%11.6M-390.7M-3.3M0.5115.87N/AN/A51,12525,9221,009,553661,383
2016-11-11$17.64$16.0041.0%11.8%27.7%8.6%41.6%3.4%-0.2%14.5M-560.2M-3.4M0.3917.00N/AN/A55,72121,9031,018,458664,245
2016-11-14$17.70$16.0042.1%12.1%27.5%11.0%41.8%3.5%4.4%17.0M-545.5M-3.4M0.476.93N/AN/A35,89016,912991,002646,595
2016-11-15$18.17$16.0038.8%11.1%27.8%3.9%40.3%3.8%6.3%21.9M-660.4M-3.3M0.165.69N/AN/A70,53411,040996,892653,104
2016-11-16$18.25$16.0040.4%11.6%27.4%7.4%39.5%5.0%4.9%24.1M-703.6M-3.3M0.1812.44N/AN/A73,94413,3721,006,723655,493
2016-11-17$19.18$16.0040.1%11.2%32.0%6.7%39.4%2.6%5.2%24.3M-967.3M-3.4M0.2513.83N/AN/A142,13634,8371,041,134656,652
2016-11-18$19.24$16.0039.6%10.8%31.0%5.6%38.6%1.0%5.2%18.5M-978.6M-3.4M0.5011.98N/AN/A56,62928,4711,046,299672,622
2016-11-21$19.46$17.0039.9%10.1%31.1%6.2%36.3%2.2%-0.4%20.2M-836.2M-3.3M0.4211.70N/AN/A38,80516,356927,384564,996
2016-11-22$19.68$17.0040.6%10.1%30.2%7.7%35.6%2.2%-0.5%21.0M-888.8M-3.2M0.5717.84N/AN/A42,90324,513936,710572,477
2016-11-23$19.90$17.0040.9%9.7%30.2%8.4%34.5%2.7%-0.4%22.3M-945.1M-3.3M0.9415.40N/AN/A43,83641,221951,072586,265
2016-11-25$20.13$17.0042.5%10.0%29.9%11.8%35.5%2.2%-1.3%19.0M-1.02B-3.3M0.9913.74N/AN/A36,06735,751963,584608,507
2016-11-28$19.96$17.0042.8%10.3%29.0%12.4%36.6%2.1%-0.8%20.3M-922.1M-3.2M0.909.67N/AN/A32,17429,039945,238602,789
2016-11-29$19.40$17.0043.5%10.8%31.6%13.9%37.5%2.5%-0.8%19.0M-760.2M-3.2M0.4626.18N/AN/A95,67244,265953,176614,155
2016-11-30$19.59$17.0042.5%10.3%30.7%11.9%38.3%3.1%-0.8%21.0M-808.7M-3.3M0.4322.50N/AN/A38,81216,595995,941637,992