PL Options History — November 2009

In November 2009, PL traded between $15.80 and $19.88. ATM implied volatility averaged 63.1%, placing in the 12.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 18.0%. IV traded below realized volatility by 22.5% (HV 20d: 85.6%). Max pain ranged from $17.50 to $22.50. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.51.

Notable Days

  • 2009-11-05: Highest Volume — 4,441 contracts
  • 2009-11-05: Largest IV spike — 18.9% change
  • 2009-11-05: Highest IV Rank — 22.7%
  • 2009-11-05: Largest Expected Move — 23.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$17.50$15.80$19.88$19.14$16.54
Max Pain$18.50$17.50$22.50$22.50$17.50
ATM IV63.1%50.0%82.7%66.3%50.0%
Expected Move18.0%14.3%23.7%19.0%14.3%
HV 20d85.6%52.9%95.2%52.9%85.3%
HV 60d72.1%61.8%75.8%62.3%71.8%
IV Rank12.0%4.9%22.7%13.8%4.9%
IV Percentile21.3%1.2%44.4%27.4%1.2%
Term Structure-1.7%-23.9%6.6%-5.4%6.6%
VWIV63.0%51.8%78.0%66.3%53.9%
Skew 25d8.4%1.4%14.2%5.8%13.1%
Skew 10d19.1%-3.3%35.9%4.9%12.4%
Call IV 25d59.3%46.0%73.8%66.9%46.0%
Put IV 25d67.7%58.1%80.8%72.7%59.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %34.0814.8459.4249.2314.84
Gamma HHI0.260.230.370.250.24
Net GEX113.2K31.6K230.9K51.6K59.2K
Net DEX424.3K-1.8M4.6M-13.8K1.4M
Net VEX-35.9K-44.5K-27.4K-43.7K-27.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.510.092.480.550.55
Total Volume557.45714,441231368
Total OI18,821.4515,55320,96517,19416,443

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2009-11-02$19.14$22.5066.3%19.0%52.9%13.8%66.3%5.8%-5.4%51.6K-13.8K-43.7K0.5549.23N/AN/A1498210,1427,052
2009-11-03$19.88$22.5071.1%20.4%54.8%16.4%69.8%14.2%-7.9%56.2K-776.7K-44.3K0.0947.47N/AN/A3152810,1417,098
2009-11-04$19.45$22.5069.6%20.0%55.0%15.6%67.3%6.3%-6.6%64.4K-1.3M-44.5K0.3759.42N/AN/A1445310,2867,097
2009-11-05$15.80$22.5082.7%23.7%90.3%22.7%78.0%5.0%-23.9%31.6K4.6M-30.0K0.2344.88N/AN/A3,60184010,2507,144
2009-11-06$16.48$17.5067.6%19.0%92.3%14.5%67.3%5.7%-1.1%90.9K2.8M-35.8K0.8243.23N/AN/A34628412,6327,561
2009-11-09$17.37$17.5076.8%20.3%95.2%19.5%68.5%1.4%-4.9%108.7K1.2M-39.3K0.1540.00N/AN/A65910112,7567,742
2009-11-10$17.50$17.5068.0%19.4%94.8%14.7%65.0%14.1%-3.2%125.8K601.7K-39.0K0.1152.24N/AN/A4054512,9097,837
2009-11-11$17.68$17.5061.1%18.8%92.0%10.9%64.8%9.3%-1.0%147.9K-123.6K-39.5K0.1658.76N/AN/A1482313,0857,822
2009-11-12$17.46$17.5063.7%18.3%91.8%12.4%65.4%7.8%-0.5%153.6K190.3K-39.1K0.3321.98N/AN/A2167213,1337,832
2009-11-13$17.49$17.5065.1%18.7%91.9%13.1%64.6%6.1%-1.2%158.2K-211.5K-38.5K0.3737.14N/AN/A521913,0387,507
2009-11-16$17.87$17.5062.7%18.0%91.9%11.8%62.7%10.7%0.6%188.4K-1.2M-37.4K0.5545.28N/AN/A1598713,0597,506
2009-11-17$17.98$17.5062.7%18.0%91.7%11.8%62.6%8.7%-1.2%200.8K-1.8M-37.1K0.6926.86N/AN/A1107613,0667,380
2009-11-18$17.60$17.5060.6%17.4%91.7%10.7%58.7%7.4%0.7%214.1K-769.4K-35.7K0.7323.83N/AN/A23217013,1597,421
2009-11-19$17.22$17.5059.5%17.1%90.5%10.1%59.5%9.0%0.8%230.9K680.7K-33.6K0.3524.47N/AN/A29310213,2897,459
2009-11-20$16.70$17.5058.7%16.8%90.4%9.6%56.7%4.1%2.9%69.6K2.4M-31.8K0.1619.92N/AN/A3285413,3007,556
2009-11-23$17.10$17.5056.1%16.1%91.0%8.2%56.0%9.9%2.6%75.2K226.4K-30.1K0.6920.05N/AN/A34323510,0575,496
2009-11-24$17.27$17.5054.2%15.5%91.0%7.2%57.5%9.1%2.9%85.3K-227.2K-31.8K0.7919.28N/AN/A24219010,1845,589
2009-11-25$17.22$17.5051.7%14.8%90.2%5.8%51.8%7.5%2.9%86.0K-277.9K-31.8K0.1015.99N/AN/A2032010,3785,749
2009-11-27$16.33$17.5053.5%15.4%87.7%6.8%53.9%13.0%2.2%66.4K1.1M-28.4K2.4816.71N/AN/A10225310,5075,767
2009-11-30$16.54$17.5050.0%14.3%85.3%4.9%0.0%13.1%6.6%59.2K1.4M-27.4K0.5514.84N/AN/A23813010,5145,929