OTEX Options History — February 2007

In February 2007, OTEX traded between $4.72 and $5.95. ATM implied volatility averaged 46.4%. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.4%. IV traded below realized volatility by 1.7% (HV 20d: 48.1%). Max pain ranged from $5.00 to $5.63. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 6.80.

Notable Days

  • 2007-02-09: Highest Volume — 55,880 contracts
  • 2007-02-09: Largest IV drop — 42.9% change
  • 2007-02-01: Largest Expected Move — 21.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$5.45$4.72$5.95$4.74$5.46
Max Pain$5.10$5.00$5.63$5.00$5.63
ATM IV46.4%31.0%79.1%74.5%35.9%
Expected Move12.4%8.9%21.3%21.3%10.3%
HV 20d48.1%23.1%60.3%26.3%60.3%
Term Structure1.6%-15.5%10.0%-15.5%1.1%
VWIV43.6%31.0%75.0%75.0%35.9%
Skew 25d6.0%3.2%13.7%8.2%3.8%
Skew 10d12.8%7.3%26.3%17.1%9.6%
Call IV 25d48.5%39.1%85.4%68.6%40.7%
Put IV 25d54.5%43.4%96.4%76.8%44.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %32.0617.0061.9830.6520.42
Gamma HHI0.630.440.830.780.56
Net GEX-447.7K-834.9K-268.0K-594.6K-459.1K
Net DEX3.7M-7.9M17.8M15.1M5.0M
Net VEX-62.5K-68.4K-44.5K-56.8K-67.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio6.800.1263.6316.397.07
Total Volume6,266.73751255,8801,2527,232
Total OI109,619.78986,152145,57696,57688,816

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2007-02-01$4.74$5.0074.5%21.3%26.3%0.0%75.0%8.2%-15.5%-594.6K15.1M-56.8K16.3930.65N/AN/A721,18018,28078,296
2007-02-02$4.74$5.0071.7%17.3%26.1%0.0%60.9%0.0%-5.4%-617.3K15.5M-55.8K63.6325.04N/AN/A1408,90818,30078,336
2007-02-05$4.72$5.0078.6%17.8%23.1%0.0%61.4%11.8%-5.6%-658.7K17.8M-57.4K0.1924.29N/AN/A4969218,36085,268
2007-02-06$4.78$5.0079.1%18.2%23.1%0.0%63.8%0.0%-5.9%-711.2K16.7M-57.3K12.3323.86N/AN/A1,10813,66418,78085,340
2007-02-07$4.90$5.0075.8%17.7%23.5%0.0%61.7%13.7%-4.9%-834.9K16.9M-65.5K0.4417.88N/AN/A4,1761,83618,60093,420
2007-02-08$4.88$5.0060.6%17.4%23.5%0.0%61.0%11.0%-5.4%-778.1K16.7M-66.5K0.5817.00N/AN/A4,8042,79621,39294,224
2007-02-09$5.70$5.0034.6%9.9%58.7%0.0%36.9%9.5%10.0%-380.3K-6.6M-44.5K2.8240.18N/AN/A14,62441,25624,18094,468
2007-02-12$5.83$5.0036.6%10.5%58.8%0.0%35.9%4.3%6.0%-275.3K-5.7M-65.4K1.0442.46N/AN/A2,2602,35628,636114,364
2007-02-13$5.82$5.0036.1%10.4%58.8%0.0%36.1%3.9%7.0%-323.9K-5.2M-68.4K2.9237.81N/AN/A4601,34429,824114,664
2007-02-14$5.81$5.0035.3%10.1%58.8%0.0%33.9%4.7%8.0%-268.0K-5.4M-67.7K0.2538.48N/AN/A76018829,912114,988
2007-02-15$5.95$5.0031.7%9.1%59.0%0.0%32.4%4.4%8.0%-276.3K-7.8M-62.8K0.5219.29N/AN/A1,58082829,900114,880
2007-02-16$5.94$5.0033.1%9.5%58.2%0.0%33.4%4.2%6.3%-281.4K-7.9M-63.8K0.6524.37N/AN/A1,03266830,856114,720
2007-02-20$5.91$5.0037.7%10.8%58.4%0.0%34.7%3.6%1.5%-295.5K-861.8K-63.8K3.7928.88N/AN/A3201,21220,55265,600
2007-02-21$5.74$5.0033.4%9.6%60.1%0.0%33.0%3.6%4.3%-318.8K506.4K-65.0K1.9740.10N/AN/A23245620,67266,068
2007-02-22$5.73$5.0032.5%9.3%59.7%0.0%32.5%4.0%5.7%-316.6K544.9K-64.6K4.6938.23N/AN/A20495620,77266,184
2007-02-23$5.69$5.0031.0%8.9%58.6%0.0%31.0%4.3%6.0%-330.9K748.8K-64.7K1.6746.21N/AN/A19232020,90066,584
2007-02-26$5.70$5.6332.0%9.2%58.2%0.0%32.0%4.0%5.0%-337.0K955.1K-62.7K0.1232.11N/AN/A6928021,05266,904
2007-02-27$5.48$5.6331.6%9.1%60.2%0.0%37.6%3.2%5.0%-448.5K4.2M-67.1K8.0761.98N/AN/A6048421,74066,944
2007-02-28$5.46$5.6335.9%10.3%60.3%0.0%35.9%3.8%1.1%-459.1K5.0M-67.3K7.0720.42N/AN/A8966,33621,77667,040