MU Options History — July 2018

In July 2018, MU traded between $51.48 and $57.50. ATM implied volatility averaged 41.3%, placing in the 21.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.8%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.5% (HV 20d: 41.8%). Max pain ranged from $55.00 to $60.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.54.

Notable Days

  • 2018-07-13: Highest Volume — 318,967 contracts
  • 2018-07-03: Largest IV spike — 10.8% change
  • 2018-07-03: Highest IV Rank — 45.5%
  • 2018-07-03: Largest Expected Move — 13.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$54.51$51.48$57.50$54.38$53.01
Max Pain$56.79$55.00$60.00$55.00$57.50
ATM IV41.3%39.3%47.9%43.2%40.1%
Expected Move11.8%11.2%13.8%11.8%11.6%
HV 20d41.8%33.7%46.5%37.7%33.7%
HV 60d46.8%43.5%49.6%48.2%43.5%
IV Rank21.0%13.2%45.5%28.4%16.3%
IV Percentile29.5%15.5%66.3%42.5%22.2%
Term Structure0.1%-0.5%0.9%-0.1%-0.5%
VWIV41.2%39.2%47.1%40.8%40.3%
Skew 25d2.0%1.0%3.0%2.0%1.8%
Skew 10d4.0%2.2%8.9%3.8%3.3%
Call IV 25d40.7%38.8%46.5%42.6%39.5%
Put IV 25d42.7%40.5%49.5%44.6%41.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.531.697.761.993.19
Gamma HHI0.080.060.180.080.07
Net GEX33.2M-15.6M79.6M25.5M4.2M
Net DEX-1.08B-2.55B44.4M-1.03B-250.9M
Net VEX-17.0M-17.8M-16.1M-17.0M-17.3M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.540.340.820.340.35
Total Volume211,378.952117,726318,967233,658150,482
Total OI2,646,965.5712,114,3423,118,4572,666,5342,293,575

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-07-02$54.38$55.0043.2%11.8%37.7%28.4%40.8%2.0%-0.1%25.5M-1.03B-17.0M0.341.99N/AN/A175,01058,6481,412,8701,253,664
2018-07-03$51.48$55.0047.9%13.8%41.7%45.5%47.1%3.0%0.9%5.7M44.4M-16.5M0.627.76N/AN/A162,561100,8491,447,2291,266,526
2018-07-05$52.62$57.5044.5%12.6%42.8%33.0%44.0%2.9%-0.4%20.0M-390.6M-16.4M0.822.23N/AN/A137,163113,1121,484,5941,281,913
2018-07-06$53.25$57.5042.5%12.2%43.2%25.8%42.2%2.5%0.3%27.0M-661.1M-16.3M0.572.27N/AN/A111,90463,7081,506,7901,301,064
2018-07-09$54.35$55.0041.6%11.8%42.2%22.5%41.7%2.2%-0.4%30.0M-1.06B-16.1M0.541.96N/AN/A116,24262,7061,424,1111,260,729
2018-07-10$55.77$55.0040.4%11.7%43.6%18.2%40.7%2.3%0.2%47.1M-1.74B-16.3M0.441.69N/AN/A161,40671,3741,446,8521,279,497
2018-07-11$54.24$55.0042.5%12.1%44.3%25.7%41.9%3.0%-0.4%37.8M-1.04B-16.5M0.442.02N/AN/A170,53275,2951,493,1271,294,109
2018-07-12$55.42$55.0040.8%11.7%45.3%19.7%41.0%2.2%-0.1%60.9M-1.67B-16.8M0.412.03N/AN/A118,32648,3381,551,8121,317,537
2018-07-13$56.34$55.0039.9%11.6%45.6%16.3%40.1%2.2%0.6%79.6M-2.20B-17.0M0.571.95N/AN/A202,851116,1161,570,5951,324,702
2018-07-16$56.14$57.5041.0%11.8%45.3%20.2%41.1%2.1%-0.4%45.3M-1.72B-16.8M0.451.92N/AN/A111,43849,9971,544,2471,330,655
2018-07-17$57.05$57.5039.7%11.4%45.6%14.8%39.6%2.1%0.3%59.4M-2.20B-16.9M0.732.20N/AN/A136,60199,7781,570,6641,348,559
2018-07-18$57.50$60.0040.5%11.6%45.6%17.6%40.5%1.6%0.2%70.8M-2.55B-17.2M0.621.84N/AN/A148,17891,7191,594,5361,367,474
2018-07-19$56.30$57.5041.4%11.8%46.1%21.2%41.7%1.0%0.5%44.2M-1.74B-17.3M0.531.90N/AN/A170,92890,9851,627,0661,401,110
2018-07-20$55.14$57.5040.4%11.5%46.5%17.3%40.3%1.2%0.6%-15.6M-1.14B-17.4M0.601.90N/AN/A160,95996,4961,678,2471,440,210
2018-07-23$54.27$57.5040.1%11.3%45.0%16.2%39.9%1.1%-0.0%20.3M-734.3M-17.2M0.542.35N/AN/A151,69382,5491,132,265982,077
2018-07-24$53.08$57.5040.3%11.5%38.5%16.9%40.2%1.6%0.2%14.4M-364.8M-17.3M0.432.36N/AN/A123,34153,2411,178,1431,016,241
2018-07-25$53.25$57.5040.0%11.5%37.7%16.0%40.2%1.6%0.6%19.8M-426.9M-17.5M0.473.48N/AN/A136,82164,9051,227,0521,035,679
2018-07-26$53.92$57.5039.3%11.2%35.7%13.2%39.2%1.6%0.6%34.2M-702.7M-17.8M0.472.28N/AN/A80,10537,6211,261,3811,061,918
2018-07-27$54.00$57.5039.5%11.3%35.6%14.2%39.4%1.8%0.6%56.1M-694.2M-17.7M0.602.80N/AN/A109,21165,4191,273,4241,073,215
2018-07-30$53.18$57.5041.5%12.3%35.8%21.6%42.6%2.0%-0.2%9.8M-374.9M-17.3M0.793.02N/AN/A89,34871,0021,183,7851,047,033
2018-07-31$53.01$57.5040.1%11.6%33.7%16.3%40.3%1.8%-0.5%4.2M-250.9M-17.3M0.353.19N/AN/A111,18539,2971,210,3621,083,213