OPEN Options History — August 2011

In August 2011, OPEN traded between $56.30 and $70.22. ATM implied volatility averaged 63.9%, placing in the 53.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 18.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.1% (HV 20d: 58.8%). Max pain ranged from $62.50 to $80.00. Net GEX was positive for 8 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.08.

Notable Days

  • 2011-08-05: Highest Volume — 21,401 contracts
  • 2011-08-03: Largest IV drop — 36.6% change
  • 2011-08-02: Highest IV Rank — 89.7%
  • 2011-08-02: Largest Expected Move — 23.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$62.25$56.30$70.22$70.22$61.01
Max Pain$66.85$62.50$80.00$80.00$62.50
ATM IV63.9%52.7%83.1%74.5%61.7%
Expected Move18.3%15.1%23.8%21.3%17.7%
HV 20d58.8%38.4%73.0%50.9%72.0%
HV 60d52.1%46.9%56.1%46.9%56.0%
IV Rank53.6%32.5%89.7%73.4%49.5%
IV Percentile83.8%68.7%99.2%98.0%80.2%
Term Structure-2.9%-15.3%3.0%-10.6%-2.6%
VWIV64.4%53.6%82.5%74.6%58.2%
Skew 25d11.0%5.8%15.4%6.9%13.7%
Skew 10d22.3%11.7%44.5%11.7%26.3%
Call IV 25d60.0%50.7%77.9%72.5%54.6%
Put IV 25d71.0%58.1%89.6%79.4%68.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %42.0721.8656.2936.8056.29
Gamma HHI0.120.080.280.100.10
Net GEX-288.3K-1.4M534.4K-578.0K181.0K
Net DEX47.4M-18.5M106.7M50.7M-2.5M
Net VEX-591.3K-779.5K-313.9K-424.9K-740.0K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.080.202.410.870.42
Total Volume6,196.6091,20721,4016,4417,532
Total OI68,649.08747,41483,35552,57761,092

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-08-01$70.22$80.0074.5%21.3%50.9%73.4%74.6%6.9%-10.6%-578.0K50.7M-424.9K0.8736.803,4413,00025,45127,126
2011-08-02$68.90$80.0083.1%23.8%38.4%89.7%82.5%11.7%-15.3%-636.7K55.4M-423.3K0.7421.8611,1858,24226,06828,106
2011-08-03$65.08$75.0052.7%15.1%41.4%32.5%53.6%7.4%2.2%-1.4M100.8M-364.2K0.9431.648,7928,26532,93433,115
2011-08-04$61.28$75.0058.7%16.8%44.2%43.8%58.3%7.2%0.5%-1.0M106.7M-313.9K1.9229.832,0303,90634,26131,487
2011-08-05$62.05$70.0057.9%16.9%45.1%42.3%58.3%10.9%3.0%-778.2K97.7M-319.0K0.8242.5311,7289,67334,35330,364
2011-08-08$57.67$70.0072.0%19.1%48.8%68.7%67.7%9.4%-0.7%-918.9K100.0M-568.3K0.5543.925,9903,30143,11035,926
2011-08-09$60.32$65.0057.5%18.5%53.7%41.5%65.4%8.0%-2.3%-640.4K83.5M-593.0K0.9055.011,6371,47044,54735,289
2011-08-10$64.66$65.0069.1%19.1%60.7%63.3%66.8%13.5%1.9%-126.5K42.8M-672.3K0.4840.294,1241,98145,06035,208
2011-08-11$65.48$65.0066.4%19.0%58.6%58.4%66.8%7.9%-5.2%13.6K40.5M-680.9K0.7439.451,20588846,85935,241
2011-08-12$64.90$65.0062.3%17.9%56.0%50.5%62.5%5.8%-1.9%-145.9K46.3M-662.0K1.7041.6753090146,90035,461
2011-08-15$66.75$65.0058.1%16.7%57.1%42.6%60.7%8.1%2.4%-18.8K34.4M-653.9K0.6636.001,39992346,82435,487
2011-08-16$65.14$65.0057.3%16.4%57.0%41.1%62.4%6.0%2.4%-291.3K47.0M-624.3K1.2235.0065479546,92235,207
2011-08-17$61.55$65.0060.9%17.5%59.1%47.9%59.0%10.7%-7.8%-601.5K72.5M-581.5K1.2043.921,9602,36046,93835,094
2011-08-18$56.56$65.0070.5%20.2%63.5%66.0%68.3%11.5%-5.2%-791.0K105.4M-511.5K0.8346.014,2873,54547,70735,648
2011-08-19$56.30$65.0069.4%19.9%62.9%64.0%67.0%13.6%-6.0%-422.4K104.6M-502.1K1.7451.161,0051,74447,54335,517
2011-08-22$56.94$65.0069.7%20.0%63.6%64.4%68.6%15.2%-6.1%-88.7K24.2M-499.7K0.4544.117,3173,29327,86719,547
2011-08-23$60.25$62.5065.3%18.7%67.8%56.3%67.9%15.4%-5.8%207.1K2.2M-725.7K2.4145.981,0742,59033,65722,357
2011-08-24$58.96$62.5062.1%17.8%67.5%50.1%64.4%14.5%-1.9%21.1K8.3M-716.9K1.6043.8249479233,94223,319
2011-08-25$58.09$62.5068.3%19.6%67.1%61.8%67.4%15.2%-0.5%54.0K5.7M-714.8K0.2049.222,48850534,19723,371
2011-08-26$61.93$62.5059.7%17.1%71.8%45.8%62.2%14.1%-5.3%331.6K-4.8M-751.3K2.1439.408821,88735,54823,471
2011-08-29$63.80$62.5056.7%16.2%73.0%40.0%61.0%14.7%-0.7%461.1K-13.7M-779.5K1.1639.6869380736,01424,480
2011-08-30$64.00$62.5056.2%16.1%72.8%39.2%57.0%11.5%-1.8%534.4K-18.5M-776.2K1.2253.9754366436,06524,249
2011-08-31$61.01$62.5061.7%17.7%72.0%49.5%58.2%13.7%-2.6%181.0K-2.5M-740.0K0.4256.295,3222,21036,33324,759