OPEN Options History — October 2012

In October 2012, OPEN traded between $42.70 and $46.98. ATM implied volatility averaged 56.6%, placing in the 27.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 17.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 18.9% (HV 20d: 37.7%). Max pain ranged from $42.50 to $47.50. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.33.

Notable Days

  • 2012-10-22: Highest Volume — 7,824 contracts
  • 2012-10-11: Largest IV spike — 42.3% change
  • 2012-10-31: Highest IV Rank — 53.9%
  • 2012-10-31: Largest Expected Move — 21.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$45.15$42.70$46.98$42.70$46.97
Max Pain$45.83$42.50$47.50$42.50$47.50
ATM IV56.6%41.1%75.3%45.7%75.3%
Expected Move17.2%12.2%21.6%13.1%21.6%
HV 20d37.7%30.2%48.1%47.8%30.2%
HV 60d46.8%35.6%48.6%47.4%35.6%
IV Rank27.8%6.3%53.9%12.6%53.9%
IV Percentile50.0%5.6%92.9%13.5%92.9%
Term Structure-5.4%-17.9%17.0%14.5%-17.9%
VWIV60.6%43.6%75.6%45.7%75.6%
Skew 25d4.9%2.4%6.1%2.4%3.4%
Skew 10d9.6%4.4%13.1%4.4%8.7%
Call IV 25d57.9%42.4%73.2%45.3%73.2%
Put IV 25d62.7%45.6%76.6%47.7%76.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %15.599.1521.0816.1818.59
Gamma HHI0.220.120.370.210.17
Net GEX868.9K-74.2K2.1M576.0K255.0K
Net DEX838.8K-10.5M12.4M11.7M-267.7K
Net VEX-223.7K-252.0K-188.8K-224.1K-218.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.330.136.731.556.73
Total Volume1,417.7623767,8241,3671,121
Total OI53,310.33338,31660,17056,46642,086

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-10-01$42.70$42.5045.7%13.1%47.8%12.6%45.7%2.4%14.5%576.0K11.7M-224.1K1.5516.1853683135,42521,041
2012-10-02$43.50$42.5044.5%12.8%48.0%11.0%43.7%2.6%15.3%842.9K5.2M-234.5K0.2516.5584120835,42120,886
2012-10-03$44.31$42.5042.4%12.2%48.1%8.2%43.6%3.2%15.8%1.1M-1.5M-243.7K0.1313.621,03212935,84820,910
2012-10-04$44.95$42.5042.9%12.3%42.9%8.7%46.3%4.9%17.0%1.3M-5.7M-252.0K3.1015.454261,32036,45520,986
2012-10-05$44.79$45.0041.1%16.7%42.9%6.3%61.5%5.6%-5.4%1.3M-4.8M-250.8K0.6812.4236925036,57421,735
2012-10-08$45.65$45.0042.1%17.1%43.2%7.6%61.7%5.3%-7.4%1.6M-10.5M-248.3K1.3614.047881,07436,73121,942
2012-10-09$45.00$45.0042.5%17.2%41.6%8.2%62.7%5.7%-7.5%1.4M-5.0M-243.6K0.4516.8376934737,12022,108
2012-10-10$44.20$45.0043.1%17.4%41.4%9.1%62.7%5.7%-8.1%1.1M763.7K-232.0K0.8315.7122318537,42322,251
2012-10-11$44.71$45.0061.4%17.6%39.0%34.5%60.1%5.7%-8.2%1.3M-1.0M-226.8K2.3515.8115335937,49022,309
2012-10-12$45.29$47.5061.0%17.5%37.7%34.0%61.0%6.1%-8.7%1.6M-5.3M-230.8K0.7421.0822016337,52222,558
2012-10-15$45.09$47.5062.1%17.8%32.3%35.4%62.8%5.8%-10.0%1.5M-2.3M-222.9K1.1019.3520222337,39022,602
2012-10-16$45.84$47.5060.9%17.5%32.7%33.9%60.7%5.1%-10.1%2.1M-7.2M-218.7K1.6516.9644473237,46922,701
2012-10-17$45.10$47.5062.1%17.8%33.1%35.5%62.5%5.3%-10.0%1.4M-142.8K-213.5K0.4613.9097744537,21022,742
2012-10-18$43.98$47.5062.5%17.9%32.7%36.1%63.4%5.2%-10.5%191.8K11.0M-192.8K0.8419.8564254037,47222,549
2012-10-19$43.59$47.5062.3%17.9%32.7%35.7%61.7%5.5%-10.4%-74.2K12.4M-188.8K0.3514.9869524136,98722,731
2012-10-22$46.36$45.0065.4%18.7%38.5%40.0%65.7%4.6%-11.5%118.1K5.1M-196.8K0.2314.106,3651,45923,15315,458
2012-10-23$46.30$47.5066.7%19.1%32.9%41.8%67.0%5.0%-12.2%134.8K4.4M-210.3K1.0415.0649851722,06516,251
2012-10-24$46.15$47.5067.3%19.3%31.4%42.7%66.0%5.3%-11.6%120.8K5.5M-209.9K1.7915.9113524122,37716,549
2012-10-25$46.61$47.5066.8%19.2%31.2%42.1%68.3%5.7%-11.9%152.6K3.3M-217.3K2.089.1536676222,45116,688
2012-10-26$46.98$47.5070.3%20.2%31.0%46.9%69.4%4.0%-14.6%168.7K2.0M-222.4K0.1811.902,48945622,69117,160
2012-10-31$46.97$47.5075.3%21.6%30.2%53.9%75.6%3.4%-17.9%255.0K-267.7K-218.8K6.7318.5914597624,58617,500