OPEN Options History — April 2010

In April 2010, OPEN traded between $36.23 and $40.00. ATM implied volatility averaged 39.2%. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 9.2% (HV 20d: 30.1%). Max pain ranged from $30.00 to $40.00. Net GEX was positive for 6 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 3.30.

Notable Days

  • 2010-04-30: Highest Volume — 564 contracts
  • 2010-04-15: Largest IV spike — 34.8% change
  • 2010-04-28: Largest Expected Move — 13.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$38.38$36.23$40.00$36.23$38.86
Max Pain$36.43$30.00$40.00$30.00$40.00
ATM IV39.2%28.6%45.8%38.7%44.8%
Expected Move11.3%9.8%13.0%11.1%12.8%
HV 20d30.1%27.3%35.2%27.3%29.4%
HV 60d54.2%51.6%58.0%58.0%52.0%
Term Structure-0.9%-3.9%2.7%2.7%0.6%
VWIV42.4%36.0%49.4%42.8%45.7%
Skew 25d7.3%-1.5%15.6%8.9%7.5%
Skew 10d14.4%1.5%31.8%9.8%15.4%
Call IV 25d36.2%28.1%47.8%28.9%45.4%
Put IV 25d43.5%34.6%52.9%37.8%52.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %68.7649.9188.3260.2655.51
Gamma HHI0.390.280.500.460.33
Net GEX-14.3K-63.3K32.4K-23.4K-55.1K
Net DEX-1.2M-2.2M50.2K-797.6K-323.5K
Net VEX-24.4K-28.2K-22.0K-24.0K-27.6K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio3.300.0035.000.420.83
Total Volume131.0484564336564
Total OI4,188.3813,9054,7673,9054,767

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-04-01$36.23$30.0038.7%11.1%27.3%0.0%42.8%8.9%2.7%-23.4K-797.6K-24.0K0.4260.262361001,4052,500
2010-04-05$37.46$35.0040.2%11.8%28.1%0.0%43.5%10.4%0.5%-3.3K-1.3M-24.1K35.0085.831351,5372,504
2010-04-06$36.60$35.0044.6%11.5%29.3%0.0%36.0%-1.5%2.3%-10.1K-1.0M-23.9K1.3380.7515201,5382,534
2010-04-07$36.51$35.0045.8%11.7%27.8%0.0%0.0%6.7%-3.7%-13.9K-951.8K-23.5K0.0073.371001,5232,522
2010-04-08$36.92$35.0040.1%11.8%28.1%0.0%0.0%6.8%-2.2%-18.8K-1.0M-23.0K0.0064.110181,5232,522
2010-04-09$38.30$35.0031.5%9.8%30.7%0.0%0.0%15.6%0.1%7.9K-1.7M-22.0K0.0085.254001,5332,535
2010-04-12$38.49$35.0036.4%10.8%29.6%0.0%43.5%6.8%-3.8%14.8K-1.8M-22.8K0.5851.4876441,5252,535
2010-04-13$38.53$35.0039.1%11.1%29.6%0.0%0.0%14.9%-3.1%21.2K-2.0M-23.3K0.1268.324251,5862,532
2010-04-14$38.70$35.0028.6%10.9%29.5%0.0%0.0%6.6%-3.0%28.1K-2.2M-22.7K2.0067.3718361,5942,532
2010-04-15$38.95$35.0038.5%11.1%29.5%0.0%0.0%7.0%-3.9%32.4K-2.1M-22.4K0.0067.16401,6042,632
2010-04-16$38.85$35.0037.1%10.6%29.6%0.0%41.4%4.2%-2.2%14.2K-1.8M-24.4K1.2067.1155661,6082,864
2010-04-19$38.14$35.0037.4%10.7%30.2%0.0%0.0%4.6%1.5%-33.4K-631.4K-24.6K0.0088.323001,2092,740
2010-04-20$38.96$35.0037.0%10.6%30.2%0.0%42.1%4.2%1.0%-24.1K-960.5K-24.8K0.2169.2647101,2292,740
2010-04-21$39.30$35.0036.6%10.5%30.3%0.0%36.5%14.2%1.1%-20.4K-1.2M-23.8K0.6682.741911261,2612,750
2010-04-22$39.98$40.0037.8%10.8%30.8%0.0%0.0%12.0%0.2%-21.1K-1.4M-23.8K1.8578.2813241,3072,841
2010-04-23$40.00$40.0037.0%10.6%30.7%0.0%37.2%4.7%0.9%-19.2K-1.5M-24.6K1.7758.5556991,3062,863
2010-04-26$39.60$40.0040.3%11.5%30.7%0.0%40.3%4.2%-1.2%-19.9K-1.3M-25.5K9.6262.42131251,3542,896
2010-04-27$39.28$40.0041.8%12.0%30.9%0.0%43.4%6.3%-2.6%-40.4K-768.4K-26.2K0.1160.25194221,3573,014
2010-04-28$37.73$40.0045.4%13.0%34.2%0.0%49.4%4.1%-3.6%-51.9K50.2K-26.8K9.1767.64292661,4293,034
2010-04-29$38.63$40.0045.2%13.0%35.2%0.0%49.4%5.1%-1.6%-63.3K-41.9K-28.2K1.1449.9157651,4163,255
2010-04-30$38.86$40.0044.8%12.8%29.4%0.0%45.7%7.5%0.6%-55.1K-323.5K-27.6K0.8355.513082561,4623,305