PL Options History — February 2013

In February 2013, PL traded between $31.25 and $33.52. ATM implied volatility averaged 24.6%, placing in the 17.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 7.5% (HV 20d: 17.1%). Max pain ranged from $30.00 to $30.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.45.

Notable Days

  • 2013-02-19: Highest Volume — 202 contracts
  • 2013-02-19: Largest IV spike — 103.1% change
  • 2013-02-06: Highest IV Rank — 48.9%
  • 2013-02-06: Largest Expected Move — 8.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$32.09$31.25$33.52$31.75$31.92
Max Pain$30.00$30.00$30.00$30.00$30.00
ATM IV24.6%13.2%43.7%35.7%21.7%
Expected Move6.4%3.8%8.6%7.7%6.2%
HV 20d17.1%10.8%26.1%15.3%26.1%
HV 60d21.3%19.2%25.7%25.6%22.7%
IV Rank17.7%0.0%48.9%35.2%14.2%
IV Percentile23.9%0.0%85.3%63.5%12.3%
Term Structure1.7%-5.4%9.2%-1.4%-3.4%
VWIV20.9%11.3%30.1%27.7%14.5%
Skew 25d4.2%-7.3%14.6%9.4%0.1%
Skew 10d5.9%-6.0%13.1%10.5%-1.8%
Call IV 25d17.0%12.1%22.0%17.1%20.0%
Put IV 25d21.1%11.5%31.9%26.5%20.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %42.9412.3769.9439.4244.24
Gamma HHI0.640.450.910.450.67
Net GEX35.2K13.3K59.5K32.9K45.1K
Net DEX-729.3K-1.0M-560.9K-674.3K-631.4K
Net VEX-4.0K-4.6K-3.5K-3.6K-4.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.450.003.330.000.00
Total Volume40.684020204
Total OI1,008.5797651,1907651,190

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-02-01$31.75$30.0035.7%7.7%15.3%35.2%0.0%9.4%-1.4%32.9K-674.3K-3.6K0.0039.42N/AN/A00520245
2013-02-04$31.29$30.0038.0%8.0%11.4%39.2%0.0%8.1%-1.9%32.6K-595.6K-3.5K0.0016.89N/AN/A600520245
2013-02-05$31.54$30.0040.9%7.9%10.8%44.1%27.7%9.3%-1.4%36.3K-666.2K-3.8K0.3016.10N/AN/A206564245
2013-02-06$31.30$30.0043.7%8.6%11.4%48.9%30.1%8.9%-2.9%34.9K-649.8K-3.9K0.0024.36N/AN/A0196584251
2013-02-07$31.90$30.0022.6%6.5%12.9%12.8%22.4%9.3%1.7%13.3K-638.9K-4.1K0.2227.08N/AN/A235584437
2013-02-08$31.85$30.0022.4%6.4%12.7%12.6%22.5%8.7%0.1%17.0K-715.1K-4.0K0.0025.00N/AN/A021606442
2013-02-11$31.82$30.0022.3%6.4%12.6%12.4%0.0%7.5%0.9%20.2K-748.9K-3.8K0.0012.37N/AN/A00606441
2013-02-12$32.18$30.0023.1%6.6%12.6%13.6%0.0%10.3%-0.7%22.7K-801.9K-4.0K0.0036.38N/AN/A02606441
2013-02-13$33.01$30.0023.5%6.7%14.9%14.4%0.0%3.6%6.8%37.1K-1.0M-3.7K0.3967.52N/AN/A187606443
2013-02-14$33.14$30.0022.5%6.5%14.9%12.7%0.0%3.1%7.3%25.7K-805.5K-4.0K0.0038.75N/AN/A00534448
2013-02-15$32.95$30.0013.2%3.8%15.0%0.0%11.3%-7.3%7.2%37.6K-863.2K-3.9K0.0269.94N/AN/A1002534448
2013-02-19$33.52$30.0026.7%7.7%15.8%22.4%17.9%-3.5%-5.4%59.5K-1.0M-3.7K0.1166.82N/AN/A18220634260
2013-02-20$32.38$30.0017.9%5.1%20.4%7.9%0.0%-4.0%-2.2%50.2K-788.7K-4.6K0.0064.54N/AN/A110815280
2013-02-21$31.90$30.0016.6%4.8%21.1%5.7%14.5%2.2%5.3%38.3K-653.1K-4.3K1.0061.28N/AN/A1010826280
2013-02-22$32.36$30.0017.2%4.9%21.6%6.7%0.0%5.1%5.6%48.7K-757.4K-4.6K0.0038.98N/AN/A00836280
2013-02-25$31.25$30.0016.4%4.7%25.0%5.4%0.0%-0.4%9.2%35.4K-562.5K-4.2K3.3358.31N/AN/A310836280
2013-02-26$31.50$30.0021.1%6.1%25.1%13.2%0.0%-5.7%-1.3%35.3K-560.9K-4.3K0.0058.43N/AN/A400838290
2013-02-27$32.11$30.0022.5%6.5%26.0%15.5%0.0%14.6%8.1%46.4K-674.2K-4.6K0.0049.43N/AN/A230878290
2013-02-28$31.92$30.0021.7%6.2%26.1%14.2%0.0%0.1%-3.4%45.1K-631.4K-4.4K0.0044.24N/AN/A40900290