OPEN Options History — August 2012

In August 2012, OPEN traded between $34.15 and $44.86. ATM implied volatility averaged 45.1%, placing in the 10.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.2%. IV traded below realized volatility by 13.4% (HV 20d: 58.5%). Max pain ranged from $37.50 to $42.50. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 21 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.92.

Notable Days

  • 2012-08-02: Highest Volume — 22,130 contracts
  • 2012-08-03: Largest IV drop — 54.9% change
  • 2012-08-02: Highest IV Rank — 90.7%
  • 2012-08-02: Largest Expected Move — 29.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$42.35$34.15$44.86$35.93$42.45
Max Pain$40.98$37.50$42.50$40.00$42.50
ATM IV45.1%36.6%102.4%89.9%41.3%
Expected Move13.2%10.5%29.3%25.8%11.8%
HV 20d58.5%26.8%64.4%30.1%26.8%
HV 60d49.7%41.7%52.6%41.7%49.0%
IV Rank10.4%0.0%90.7%71.7%6.6%
IV Percentile10.7%0.0%99.2%98.8%5.6%
Term Structure-0.3%-31.6%3.8%-22.0%2.4%
VWIV47.3%37.3%101.0%87.6%44.6%
Skew 25d6.7%3.2%11.2%11.2%7.3%
Skew 10d14.5%6.1%29.0%22.6%14.9%
Call IV 25d43.2%35.2%92.3%84.1%39.1%
Put IV 25d49.9%40.5%103.6%95.3%46.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %13.818.8117.7517.5616.96
Gamma HHI0.180.110.410.110.18
Net GEX764.7K-164.4K3.1M-56.6K187.5K
Net DEX206.9K-28.7M40.8M33.6M12.6M
Net VEX-288.9K-322.3K-209.2K-243.0K-278.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.920.2533.921.106.00
Total Volume3,121.73922222,1303,413357
Total OI63,992.73951,62074,12659,29556,451

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-08-01$35.93$40.0089.9%25.8%30.1%71.7%87.6%11.2%-22.0%-56.6K33.6M-243.0K1.1017.561,6251,78834,95524,340
2012-08-02$34.15$40.00102.4%29.3%34.0%90.7%101.0%11.2%-31.6%-161.2K40.8M-209.2K1.3617.759,37112,75935,26325,281
2012-08-03$39.55$37.5046.2%13.2%62.9%5.3%48.3%9.5%1.7%384.7K12.2M-279.0K0.8610.257,5456,45639,71330,864
2012-08-06$40.29$40.0046.7%13.4%63.2%6.1%45.8%7.6%0.9%465.8K8.3M-293.3K0.9115.6255250540,65132,366
2012-08-07$41.47$40.0041.6%12.6%63.0%0.0%46.0%6.7%1.2%753.6K-1.1M-295.4K0.6010.031,7271,03940,73432,275
2012-08-08$42.32$40.0041.1%12.5%63.1%0.0%45.1%6.6%0.6%1.2M-13.8M-310.4K0.6314.721,12870941,78532,341
2012-08-09$44.03$40.0036.8%11.8%64.1%0.0%43.3%6.8%1.7%1.7M-28.7M-322.3K0.2510.964,3901,09841,29532,423
2012-08-10$43.57$40.0039.6%12.4%64.4%3.9%44.2%6.0%1.1%1.6M-25.1M-317.9K2.2710.099421341,23132,884
2012-08-13$43.60$40.0042.4%12.5%64.4%7.7%46.6%6.3%0.5%1.8M-19.4M-309.6K0.9414.3640337839,99032,896
2012-08-14$43.20$40.0040.5%12.4%63.5%5.2%42.8%6.2%1.5%1.4M-12.8M-294.9K0.5417.2421011439,70733,167
2012-08-15$43.08$40.0038.2%11.9%63.4%2.0%42.3%6.0%2.5%1.1M-11.6M-290.3K1.2613.658061,01439,73533,250
2012-08-16$43.41$40.0040.9%11.7%63.4%5.6%43.5%6.4%2.5%862.1K-10.0M-286.2K1.1317.709351,05839,54033,090
2012-08-17$44.57$40.0037.3%10.7%63.7%0.6%37.3%5.5%2.8%3.1M-18.4M-295.6K0.9115.461,4471,31439,86333,800
2012-08-20$44.15$42.5037.4%10.7%63.2%0.8%38.8%5.7%3.5%515.4K-215.4K-290.5K0.6417.4772746831,05320,567
2012-08-21$44.86$42.5036.6%10.5%63.3%0.0%37.3%5.3%3.4%619.3K-4.4M-293.9K2.3813.956421,53131,39520,834
2012-08-22$44.27$42.5037.2%10.7%63.6%0.8%41.9%5.5%3.6%471.0K2.1M-287.8K3.9715.047630231,78321,887
2012-08-23$43.76$42.5037.7%10.8%63.5%1.5%41.5%5.0%3.8%356.7K3.5M-287.7K0.358.811,21742431,82821,870
2012-08-24$43.52$42.5040.2%11.5%63.0%5.0%39.9%5.5%3.1%430.9K2.7M-299.0K1.9211.0626150232,80421,733
2012-08-27$42.98$42.5039.4%11.3%61.1%3.9%38.9%4.9%2.8%279.2K7.2M-285.2K1.4313.026971,00032,92122,041
2012-08-28$43.16$42.5039.1%11.2%60.7%3.4%39.0%3.2%2.8%287.5K6.0M-288.4K1.0913.6710611633,48222,572
2012-08-29$43.40$42.5042.4%12.2%60.2%8.1%46.8%7.6%2.1%407.5K5.4M-297.0K33.9212.491073,62933,55022,572
2012-08-30$42.31$42.5043.3%12.4%57.5%9.3%46.1%7.9%1.4%-164.4K15.9M-290.3K2.769.7125570533,53125,520
2012-08-31$42.45$42.5041.3%11.8%26.8%6.6%44.6%7.3%2.4%187.5K12.6M-278.8K6.0016.965130633,50822,943