MU Options History — March 2022

In March 2022, MU traded between $69.40 and $93.52. ATM implied volatility averaged 57.1%, placing in the 77.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 15.7%. IV traded below realized volatility by 13.3% (HV 20d: 70.4%). Max pain ranged from $75.00 to $85.00. Net GEX was positive for 9 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 2 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.72.

Notable Days

  • 2022-03-30: Highest Volume — 576,955 contracts
  • 2022-03-30: Largest IV drop — 13.4% change
  • 2022-03-01: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2022-03-07: Largest Expected Move — 20.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$79.12$69.40$93.52$85.85$78.33
Max Pain$80.98$75.00$85.00$85.00$80.00
ATM IV57.1%43.1%67.7%59.0%43.1%
Expected Move15.7%12.7%20.2%16.4%12.7%
HV 20d70.4%47.1%77.3%47.1%68.9%
HV 60d54.6%45.1%59.5%45.1%56.2%
IV Rank77.6%41.3%100.0%100.0%41.3%
IV Percentile94.9%75.8%100.0%100.0%75.8%
Term Structure-1.8%-3.1%0.4%-2.3%0.4%
VWIV55.3%45.1%71.6%58.4%45.1%
Skew 25d7.4%1.5%12.1%9.3%2.0%
Skew 10d14.7%3.4%22.9%19.7%4.2%
Call IV 25d54.5%42.9%61.9%55.5%42.9%
Put IV 25d62.0%44.8%74.0%64.8%44.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.131.652.712.092.22
Gamma HHI0.060.040.090.050.04
Net GEX-7.9M-32.2M34.0M-2.3M2.2M
Net DEX434.7M-1.75B1.95B-302.5M362.4M
Net VEX-17.6M-19.2M-15.6M-19.0M-17.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.720.371.301.040.54
Total Volume188,151.17488,995576,95588,995311,386
Total OI1,450,485.871,230,9191,590,6561,420,4551,590,656

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2022-03-01$85.85$85.0059.0%16.4%47.1%100.0%58.4%9.3%-2.3%-2.3M-302.5M-19.0M1.042.09N/AN/A43,60845,387621,079799,376
2022-03-02$93.52$85.0056.0%14.9%55.5%91.0%55.2%8.0%-1.9%34.0M-1.75B-19.1M0.621.65N/AN/A122,85175,889626,454810,983
2022-03-03$88.65$85.0058.6%15.9%58.2%98.7%56.3%9.2%-2.2%7.1M-751.7M-19.2M0.531.88N/AN/A121,91764,534643,506827,932
2022-03-04$81.28$85.0064.5%17.7%65.7%100.0%60.1%11.1%-2.6%-25.8M563.5M-18.6M0.622.22N/AN/A135,48483,435657,252829,380
2022-03-07$75.80$85.0067.7%20.2%70.1%100.0%71.6%12.1%-1.3%-25.3M1.21B-17.5M0.772.02N/AN/A93,81072,641630,276809,805
2022-03-08$77.58$85.0065.2%19.4%70.8%93.9%69.5%11.5%-1.3%-20.7M948.6M-17.9M0.831.95N/AN/A79,24165,995661,114815,182
2022-03-09$79.93$85.0060.8%17.6%70.4%83.5%62.2%10.4%-1.7%-15.4M595.1M-18.1M0.642.07N/AN/A66,61342,546672,938823,297
2022-03-10$75.50$85.0062.4%17.7%69.6%87.2%62.6%10.7%-1.7%-28.8M1.34B-17.3M0.812.04N/AN/A78,94163,944687,513831,554
2022-03-11$72.95$85.0061.9%17.6%69.3%86.0%62.7%10.1%-0.3%-28.6M1.69B-16.6M0.881.94N/AN/A63,15155,466708,621842,584
2022-03-14$69.40$82.5066.1%17.0%70.7%96.0%58.4%11.3%-2.9%-32.2M1.95B-15.6M1.042.08N/AN/A59,17161,708671,671818,532
2022-03-15$73.12$82.5062.7%16.4%74.2%88.0%55.8%10.2%-3.1%-25.0M1.49B-16.6M0.792.37N/AN/A68,09953,628684,650824,246
2022-03-16$78.68$77.5058.2%15.3%74.3%77.1%53.0%7.1%-3.1%-12.4M576.1M-17.7M0.692.49N/AN/A110,63876,665693,682829,307
2022-03-17$80.52$77.5054.6%14.6%75.2%68.7%55.2%6.8%-2.9%-9.8M292.7M-17.7M0.832.71N/AN/A73,13460,439702,738845,733
2022-03-18$79.54$77.5053.4%14.2%75.1%65.8%48.9%6.7%-2.9%-21.9M536.9M-17.4M0.702.67N/AN/A99,91770,336713,748863,821
2022-03-21$77.23$77.5054.9%14.4%75.0%69.4%51.2%7.1%-1.5%-9.3M468.2M-17.0M0.682.08N/AN/A105,70272,166533,935696,984
2022-03-22$79.37$75.0051.9%13.7%76.1%62.2%49.6%5.2%-1.4%2.8M99.9M-17.6M1.302.14N/AN/A53,60569,563572,521718,812
2022-03-23$76.23$77.5054.6%14.6%76.0%68.6%51.0%5.9%-1.6%-12.2M625.5M-17.0M0.742.10N/AN/A105,22477,777576,380737,209
2022-03-24$78.10$77.5054.2%14.4%76.5%67.6%50.0%4.9%-1.8%4.6M219.7M-17.6M0.371.99N/AN/A138,83152,054612,222758,796
2022-03-25$77.68$77.5053.6%14.3%76.1%66.2%50.7%4.5%-2.1%11.5M294.9M-17.5M0.652.27N/AN/A109,50470,756630,665766,199
2022-03-28$79.64$77.5054.9%14.5%76.8%69.4%51.5%3.4%-1.8%1.6M-36.7M-17.6M0.492.01N/AN/A120,48859,410590,637744,703
2022-03-29$82.06$77.5051.2%13.7%77.3%60.4%48.9%2.0%-1.4%16.1M-539.4M-17.8M0.532.11N/AN/A192,272102,596630,637766,908
2022-03-30$78.88$80.0044.3%12.8%70.9%44.1%45.3%1.5%0.1%8.1M125.5M-17.4M0.461.99N/AN/A395,538181,417680,952805,985
2022-03-31$78.33$80.0043.1%12.7%68.9%41.3%45.1%2.0%0.4%2.2M362.4M-17.4M0.542.22N/AN/A202,591108,795754,552836,104