OUSA Options History — December 2018

In December 2018, OUSA traded between $28.59 and $32.83. ATM implied volatility averaged 25.0%, placing in the 17.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 9.1% (HV 20d: 15.9%). Max pain ranged from $29.00 to $33.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 1 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.10.

Notable Days

  • 2018-12-24: Highest Volume — 87 contracts
  • 2018-12-19: Largest IV spike — 67.8% change
  • 2018-12-19: Highest IV Rank — 26.8%
  • 2018-12-19: Largest Expected Move — 10.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$30.90$28.59$32.83$32.83$29.97
Max Pain$29.71$29.00$33.00$33.00$29.00
ATM IV25.0%19.3%34.9%20.5%26.8%
Expected Move6.9%5.3%10.0%5.9%7.7%
HV 20d15.9%12.3%22.2%12.7%21.6%
HV 60d14.4%12.4%17.3%12.4%17.3%
IV Rank17.0%11.5%26.8%12.7%18.5%
IV Percentile80.7%55.6%96.8%67.5%88.9%
Term Structure-3.6%-8.1%2.7%-3.9%-5.6%
VWIV31.0%16.9%45.7%22.8%45.7%
Skew 25d0.8%-7.5%5.6%2.2%3.2%
Skew 10d0.6%-12.8%7.4%7.3%0.6%
Call IV 25d25.8%18.2%38.3%23.0%27.6%
Put IV 25d26.6%19.5%38.8%25.2%30.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %160.48148.08184.18167.47158.27
Gamma HHI0.430.250.770.270.59
Net GEX11.9K9.8K15.3K10.9K13.5K
Net DEX-186.7K-290.2K-103.7K-210.7K-162.8K
Net VEX-557-657-468-544-477
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.100.000.710.000.00
Total Volume26.2508700
Total OI131.75107147107137

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-12-03$32.83$0.0020.5%5.9%12.7%12.7%0.0%2.2%-3.9%10.9K-210.7K-5440.00167.47N/AN/A001016
2018-12-04$32.21$0.0023.4%6.7%14.2%15.6%0.0%0.1%-4.6%10.2K-193.2K-5200.00164.75N/AN/A001016
2018-12-05$32.23$0.0024.1%6.9%14.1%16.3%0.0%1.2%-5.2%10.1K-191.6K-5360.00163.75N/AN/A001016
2018-12-06$32.05$33.0024.2%6.0%12.9%16.4%0.0%4.5%-1.8%9.8K-173.8K-5710.00158.05N/AN/A001016
2018-12-07$31.95$33.0023.8%5.3%12.9%16.0%0.0%1.5%-3.0%10.1K-173.6K-5500.00156.90N/AN/A001016
2018-12-10$31.80$33.0023.6%5.7%12.9%15.8%22.8%3.2%-0.7%9.9K-160.4K-5690.00148.08N/AN/A8001016
2018-12-11$31.89$29.0025.4%5.4%12.5%17.6%16.9%1.8%-0.9%13.1K-283.1K-6060.00154.90N/AN/A8001416
2018-12-12$31.99$29.0019.7%5.6%12.3%11.8%31.8%2.3%-3.4%13.3K-290.2K-5780.00161.96N/AN/A8001416
2018-12-13$31.99$29.0019.3%5.5%12.3%11.5%32.3%2.5%-1.2%13.1K-273.6K-5880.00161.22N/AN/A8001366
2018-12-14$31.35$29.0020.7%5.9%14.2%12.8%32.0%0.1%-3.4%13.1K-244.8K-5970.00158.62N/AN/A8001366
2018-12-17$30.57$29.0020.4%5.8%16.0%12.3%0.0%1.3%-1.3%13.3K-217.8K-5690.00149.30N/AN/A051366
2018-12-18$30.61$29.0020.8%6.0%15.9%12.6%0.0%2.1%-1.3%12.5K-189.7K-6000.00152.89N/AN/A0513611
2018-12-19$30.15$29.0034.9%10.0%16.2%26.8%0.0%-0.1%-8.1%10.0K-173.4K-6570.00184.18N/AN/A0513611
2018-12-20$29.64$29.0022.2%6.4%17.0%14.0%0.0%-5.6%2.7%11.9K-140.1K-5930.00148.91N/AN/A0513611
2018-12-21$29.48$29.0029.6%8.5%17.0%21.5%0.0%-4.6%-7.9%12.5K-130.9K-5710.71163.40N/AN/A7513611
2018-12-24$28.59$29.0032.3%9.3%19.1%24.2%35.8%-7.5%-7.1%10.5K-103.7K-4890.00155.85N/AN/A8701316
2018-12-26$29.40$29.0031.5%9.0%22.2%23.3%0.0%5.6%-5.3%12.1K-137.8K-5230.00168.26N/AN/A001316
2018-12-27$29.58$29.0028.8%8.3%21.5%20.6%0.0%0.2%-3.6%15.3K-129.9K-4680.00164.41N/AN/A001316
2018-12-28$29.72$29.0027.9%8.0%21.5%19.6%45.7%1.9%-7.4%12.0K-153.2K-5240.00168.41N/AN/A061316
2018-12-31$29.97$29.0026.8%7.7%21.6%18.5%0.0%3.2%-5.6%13.5K-162.8K-4770.00158.27N/AN/A001316