PL Options History — September 2007

In September 2007, PL traded between $40.24 and $43.41. ATM implied volatility averaged 30.8%, placing in the 43.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.4% (HV 20d: 27.5%). Max pain ranged from $40.00 to $45.00. Net GEX was positive for 18 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.68.

Notable Days

  • 2007-09-24: Highest Volume — 155 contracts
  • 2007-09-13: Largest IV spike — 14.7% change
  • 2007-09-18: Highest IV Rank — 53.5%
  • 2007-09-18: Largest Expected Move — 10.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$41.51$40.24$43.41$42.26$42.44
Max Pain$44.21$40.00$45.00$45.00$45.00
ATM IV30.8%28.7%35.5%29.4%29.5%
Expected Move9.1%8.4%10.2%8.4%8.5%
HV 20d27.5%22.8%33.4%32.6%23.9%
HV 60d26.6%25.4%27.7%25.6%27.7%
IV Rank43.4%38.7%53.5%40.4%40.5%
IV Percentile80.3%69.8%92.7%75.0%71.5%
Term Structure-1.3%-7.1%3.7%3.7%3.7%
VWIV31.7%22.4%36.9%31.8%30.3%
Skew 25d-2.3%-9.2%4.8%-2.0%-0.7%
Skew 10d-2.9%-11.4%7.1%-1.9%-0.4%
Call IV 25d32.7%24.3%36.2%31.8%30.2%
Put IV 25d30.4%25.0%33.7%29.8%29.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %42.3920.0260.1145.8945.08
Gamma HHI0.330.280.450.300.45
Net GEX50.6K-2.2K135.6K89.0K71.2K
Net DEX1.5M253.6K2.0M850.0K1.6M
Net VEX-9.6K-14.0K-6.6K-14.0K-7.7K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.680.007.007.000.00
Total Volume37.78901552410
Total OI3,145.8952,9103,3083,2272,931

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2007-09-04$42.26$45.0029.4%8.4%32.6%40.4%31.8%-2.0%3.7%89.0K850.0K-14.0K7.0045.89N/AN/A3212,1291,098
2007-09-05$41.38$45.0029.9%8.6%32.8%41.4%0.0%-0.9%2.7%58.8K1.2M-12.4K0.0033.91N/AN/A2702,1321,077
2007-09-06$40.89$45.0030.5%8.7%33.1%42.6%0.0%4.8%2.1%39.3K1.6M-11.1K0.0039.17N/AN/A042,1471,077
2007-09-07$40.30$45.0028.7%9.3%33.4%38.8%0.0%-1.7%-3.6%19.6K1.9M-10.3K0.0031.91N/AN/A8502,1471,076
2007-09-10$40.45$45.0029.0%9.4%33.4%39.4%22.4%-1.4%-3.9%19.1K1.8M-10.2K0.0043.66N/AN/A8502,2321,076
2007-09-11$40.58$45.0029.3%9.4%32.1%40.2%0.0%-9.2%-3.7%-2.2K2.0M-8.6K0.0056.09N/AN/A1002,1471,063
2007-09-12$40.29$45.0028.7%9.4%26.0%38.7%36.9%-3.5%-3.8%7.5K1.9M-9.3K0.0050.09N/AN/A3002,1471,063
2007-09-13$40.24$45.0032.9%9.4%25.9%47.8%32.9%-2.9%-4.3%3.4K1.9M-8.9K1.0050.78N/AN/A15152,1421,049
2007-09-14$40.96$40.0032.4%9.3%26.0%46.9%36.2%-2.4%-3.7%17.1K1.6M-9.7K0.0055.90N/AN/A3902,1571,049
2007-09-17$41.75$40.0033.3%9.6%22.8%48.8%0.0%-5.8%-4.6%40.6K1.5M-9.0K0.0056.45N/AN/A002,1521,049
2007-09-18$43.41$40.0035.5%10.2%25.2%53.5%35.6%-2.0%-7.1%135.6K253.6K-11.8K0.8228.46N/AN/A61502,1521,049
2007-09-19$42.86$45.0032.5%9.3%25.4%47.1%32.4%-1.4%-4.8%105.7K692.5K-11.2K0.0033.41N/AN/A7702,1531,099
2007-09-20$42.61$45.0032.1%9.2%24.4%46.1%0.0%-0.2%-4.3%97.4K878.8K-10.7K0.0031.55N/AN/A002,1501,099
2007-09-21$41.89$45.0032.8%9.4%25.1%47.7%0.0%-2.4%-4.9%61.2K1.5M-8.3K0.0041.08N/AN/A002,1501,089
2007-09-24$41.28$45.0029.2%8.4%25.4%39.9%28.9%-3.9%3.1%36.3K1.9M-6.7K0.0060.11N/AN/A01551,981929
2007-09-25$41.21$45.0029.7%8.5%25.4%41.1%30.9%-2.8%2.3%32.3K2.0M-6.6K0.0047.18N/AN/A3001,981939
2007-09-26$41.67$45.0030.7%8.8%24.2%43.1%30.8%-2.7%2.4%46.1K1.8M-7.4K0.0020.02N/AN/A101,991939
2007-09-27$42.21$45.0029.4%8.4%24.6%40.3%0.0%-2.0%3.7%84.3K1.2M-8.6K0.0034.67N/AN/A001,992939
2007-09-28$42.44$45.0029.5%8.5%23.9%40.5%30.3%-0.7%3.7%71.2K1.6M-7.7K0.0045.08N/AN/A1001,992939