PL Options History — November 2014

In November 2014, PL traded between $69.66 and $69.97. ATM implied volatility averaged 3.5%, placing in the 3.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 0.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.4% (HV 20d: 2.1%). Max pain ranged from $65.00 to $70.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 2 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.84.

Notable Days

  • 2014-11-12: Highest Volume — 2,511 contracts
  • 2014-11-18: Largest IV spike — 1316.2% change
  • 2014-11-20: Highest IV Rank — 23.3%
  • 2014-11-07: Largest Expected Move — 0.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$69.76$69.66$69.97$69.76$69.71
Max Pain$67.89$65.00$70.00$65.00$70.00
ATM IV3.5%1.1%15.4%2.5%1.8%
Expected Move0.3%0.2%0.5%0.4%0.2%
HV 20d2.1%1.8%2.3%2.2%1.8%
HV 60d1.8%1.6%1.9%1.9%1.8%
IV Rank3.7%0.0%23.3%1.7%1.2%
IV Percentile11.3%0.0%41.3%12.7%4.4%
Term Structure-0.3%-1.0%0.6%0.6%-0.4%
VWIV7.1%1.7%10.7%9.1%6.8%
Skew 25d-1.4%-23.8%41.5%1.5%-5.3%
Skew 10d-18.2%-62.2%35.5%-26.9%-24.1%
Call IV 25d12.3%3.3%30.4%7.6%12.9%
Put IV 25d10.9%5.3%48.7%9.0%7.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %73.2457.7088.5872.4377.80
Gamma HHI0.870.830.920.880.84
Net GEX4.2M3.1M4.6M3.9M4.3M
Net DEX-29.4M-32.8M-26.6M-30.5M-27.4M
Net VEX-139.8K-148.4K-131.3K-145.3K-131.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.840.003.880.590.00
Total Volume540.42102,5114591
Total OI16,469.31615,71617,30915,71616,778

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-11-03$69.76$65.002.5%0.4%2.2%1.7%9.1%1.5%0.6%3.9M-30.5M-145.3K0.5972.43N/AN/A2891709,5586,158
2014-11-04$69.80$65.002.4%0.3%2.2%1.6%9.7%-1.3%0.4%4.1M-31.2M-144.2K0.4670.53N/AN/A3311519,5896,148
2014-11-05$69.81$65.002.2%0.4%2.2%1.4%10.1%-11.5%-0.6%4.2M-31.6M-142.9K0.5487.71N/AN/A3792039,6516,217
2014-11-06$69.82$65.001.8%0.4%2.1%0.7%10.3%41.5%-0.6%4.3M-31.5M-142.5K0.5882.15N/AN/A3792199,6516,237
2014-11-07$69.71$65.002.1%0.5%2.2%1.2%10.7%8.1%-0.3%4.0M-30.0M-146.4K0.5879.46N/AN/A3792199,6516,237
2014-11-10$69.71$65.002.3%0.4%2.2%1.6%10.5%8.3%-0.3%4.0M-30.1M-141.3K0.5378.52N/AN/A3792009,6516,237
2014-11-11$69.84$65.003.4%0.4%2.3%3.3%6.3%8.2%-0.2%4.0M-31.6M-137.0K0.4770.19N/AN/A4051919,5836,146
2014-11-12$69.97$65.002.2%0.2%2.0%1.4%7.8%5.6%-0.5%4.6M-32.8M-138.6K3.8888.58N/AN/A5151,9969,7296,248
2014-11-13$69.88$70.005.7%0.5%2.0%7.1%1.7%3.7%-0.2%3.1M-30.0M-134.2K0.4663.71N/AN/A5222419,6997,610
2014-11-14$69.70$70.001.4%0.2%2.3%0.0%2.3%-6.6%-0.2%4.5M-26.6M-148.4K0.8657.70N/AN/A36319,2567,663
2014-11-17$69.66$70.001.1%0.2%2.3%0.0%5.4%-4.7%-0.3%4.5M-27.5M-144.9K0.5966.94N/AN/A4302529,4747,646
2014-11-18$69.71$70.0014.9%0.2%2.2%22.5%5.5%10.0%-0.3%4.6M-28.6M-140.9K0.5675.28N/AN/A3932229,4647,575
2014-11-19$69.72$70.001.2%0.2%2.0%0.2%8.2%-21.4%-0.3%4.4M-27.6M-140.0K2.3366.79N/AN/A15359,3017,537
2014-11-20$69.75$70.0015.4%0.2%2.0%23.3%4.5%11.3%-0.2%4.5M-29.5M-136.4K0.5470.04N/AN/A3962159,4227,530
2014-11-21$69.71$70.001.9%0.2%1.9%1.4%4.8%-9.3%-1.0%4.6M-28.5M-137.9K0.5469.84N/AN/A3962159,4227,530
2014-11-24$69.75$70.001.3%0.2%1.9%0.5%0.0%-23.8%-0.3%4.3M-28.1M-134.7K0.5072.34N/AN/A219,2127,503
2014-11-25$69.70$70.001.3%0.2%1.9%0.4%6.8%-17.6%-0.3%4.4M-27.9M-136.3K1.1267.33N/AN/A2172439,3217,505
2014-11-26$69.75$70.001.4%0.2%1.9%0.6%0.0%-23.1%-0.3%4.3M-28.1M-133.6K0.0074.26N/AN/A009,2257,553
2014-11-28$69.71$70.001.8%0.2%1.8%1.2%0.0%-5.3%-0.4%4.3M-27.4M-131.3K0.0077.80N/AN/A109,2257,553