OPEN Options History — March 2011

In March 2011, OPEN traded between $85.21 and $106.92. ATM implied volatility averaged 48.2%, placing in the 34.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 6.4% (HV 20d: 41.8%). Max pain ranged from $80.00 to $95.00. Net GEX was positive for 12 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 23 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.41.

Notable Days

  • 2011-03-25: Highest Volume — 20,149 contracts
  • 2011-03-25: Largest IV spike — 11.4% change
  • 2011-03-10: Highest IV Rank — 41.1%
  • 2011-03-09: Largest Expected Move — 15.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$92.97$85.21$106.92$85.21$106.35
Max Pain$85.00$80.00$95.00$90.00$95.00
ATM IV48.2%42.2%52.0%51.0%47.1%
Expected Move13.9%12.1%15.1%14.6%13.5%
HV 20d41.8%32.9%48.1%46.6%33.7%
HV 60d42.7%40.1%46.8%46.8%40.1%
IV Rank34.9%25.3%41.1%39.5%33.2%
IV Percentile44.9%18.7%64.3%60.3%37.3%
Term Structure3.7%0.3%8.9%2.6%7.5%
VWIV49.6%43.7%55.0%52.1%50.0%
Skew 25d5.2%1.3%7.0%1.3%6.7%
Skew 10d10.4%1.2%14.2%1.2%11.5%
Call IV 25d46.8%40.6%52.8%52.8%44.1%
Put IV 25d52.0%46.1%56.3%54.1%50.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %33.3222.0243.3226.2023.39
Gamma HHI0.150.110.470.120.15
Net GEX390.2K-1.1M3.5M-746.7K1.1M
Net DEX-78.2M-175.3M-17.1M-17.1M-165.0M
Net VEX-552.2K-661.3K-484.9K-566.5K-661.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.410.553.063.061.45
Total Volume7,129.6092,94820,14913,4858,746
Total OI72,850.73953,68982,45270,80277,737

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-03-01$85.21$90.0051.0%14.6%46.6%39.5%52.1%1.3%2.6%-746.7K-17.1M-566.5K3.0626.203,32110,16429,12541,677
2011-03-02$86.07$90.0051.3%14.7%45.0%39.9%52.0%2.1%2.0%-1.1M-17.5M-577.1K2.7035.451,0152,73629,99344,751
2011-03-03$89.11$90.0048.1%13.8%46.3%34.9%48.9%3.2%2.9%-489.7K-44.4M-570.8K2.0335.691,8923,84929,65344,057
2011-03-04$89.99$80.0048.4%14.4%45.4%35.3%53.2%4.7%2.1%-289.7K-53.9M-563.5K2.3334.609852,29530,13044,697
2011-03-07$86.58$80.0050.5%15.0%47.8%38.7%51.5%5.2%1.9%-1.1M-19.1M-535.7K2.5537.082,0035,11030,47845,103
2011-03-08$87.25$80.0049.9%14.9%47.8%37.7%50.3%5.9%2.3%-1.1M-24.3M-546.1K0.5837.103,4551,99630,81745,535
2011-03-09$87.50$80.0050.1%15.1%47.8%38.0%52.7%5.3%0.9%-716.6K-31.8M-556.4K1.1539.901,4681,69332,19345,869
2011-03-10$88.94$80.0052.0%14.9%48.1%41.1%55.0%6.1%0.3%-179.0K-48.4M-565.6K0.7538.562,1461,61832,71046,158
2011-03-11$91.53$80.0050.8%14.6%43.1%39.1%52.1%5.4%1.6%1.0M-88.4M-546.8K0.7937.713,8093,02133,34545,883
2011-03-14$88.62$80.0051.1%14.6%42.4%39.6%52.3%6.7%1.0%-196.6K-51.4M-535.7K1.1043.322,7062,97934,81546,290
2011-03-15$88.02$80.0048.9%14.0%42.2%36.1%50.5%7.0%2.3%-272.8K-48.1M-537.0K1.2241.211,3301,61835,33447,118
2011-03-16$88.46$80.0051.0%14.6%42.2%39.4%51.7%6.2%0.5%-118.7K-53.0M-531.2K1.6736.012,1463,58835,10446,800
2011-03-17$90.33$80.0050.4%14.5%43.0%38.5%51.1%6.2%0.8%867.4K-77.2M-511.0K1.6934.181,8623,15534,64045,886
2011-03-18$90.02$80.0048.4%13.9%43.0%35.3%49.0%5.0%1.9%3.5M-74.1M-501.5K0.9731.833,4643,34434,59546,725
2011-03-21$92.15$85.0044.9%12.9%42.3%29.6%45.1%5.1%6.2%458.3K-74.4M-484.9K0.5537.363,8612,12520,65833,031
2011-03-22$92.63$85.0042.2%12.1%38.9%25.3%43.7%5.1%7.3%811.3K-79.6M-491.5K1.1026.991,4231,56321,74633,956
2011-03-23$95.19$85.0046.0%13.2%38.3%31.4%46.9%7.0%4.4%920.6K-93.3M-509.3K0.7229.073,1682,28121,97234,631
2011-03-24$98.65$85.0042.3%12.1%35.8%25.5%44.6%6.4%8.9%1.3M-120.2M-526.7K0.7822.745,5674,35323,36336,164
2011-03-25$101.69$90.0047.1%13.5%36.9%33.2%47.1%3.9%6.7%1.4M-145.0M-541.4K0.8322.5610,9839,16624,83638,076
2011-03-28$104.29$90.0047.3%13.6%36.9%33.6%48.5%5.5%7.3%1.3M-158.4M-601.0K0.8533.906,8505,79028,58642,183
2011-03-29$102.92$95.0043.9%12.6%32.9%27.9%45.7%4.2%6.2%1.0M-139.4M-623.4K2.3039.632,9186,71829,90343,833
2011-03-30$106.92$95.0045.1%12.9%34.4%29.9%46.2%5.6%7.7%1.6M-175.3M-615.8K1.1622.024,4955,20629,99245,419
2011-03-31$106.35$95.0047.1%13.5%33.7%33.2%50.0%6.7%7.5%1.1M-165.0M-661.3K1.4523.393,5775,16930,72747,010