PYPL Options History — February 2017

In February 2017, PYPL traded between $39.22 and $42.99. ATM implied volatility averaged 18.1%, placing in the 1.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.0% (HV 20d: 17.0%). Max pain ranged from $40.00 to $41.00. Net GEX was positive for 17 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.87.

Notable Days

  • 2017-02-14: Highest Volume — 19,700 contracts
  • 2017-02-21: Largest IV spike — 6.0% change
  • 2017-02-28: Highest IV Rank — 6.8%
  • 2017-02-02: Largest Expected Move — 5.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$41.29$39.22$42.99$39.22$42.09
Max Pain$40.89$40.00$41.00$41.00$41.00
ATM IV18.1%17.1%20.1%20.1%18.9%
Expected Move5.1%4.8%5.6%5.6%5.1%
HV 20d17.0%14.2%19.0%16.0%15.7%
HV 60d16.6%15.9%17.6%17.3%16.3%
IV Rank1.9%0.0%6.8%3.4%6.8%
IV Percentile1.9%0.0%6.3%2.4%6.3%
Term Structure0.2%-0.5%1.2%0.0%0.4%
VWIV18.1%17.2%20.1%19.2%18.1%
Skew 25d1.5%0.9%2.0%1.9%2.0%
Skew 10d3.7%2.1%6.2%3.5%2.1%
Call IV 25d17.6%16.7%19.3%19.3%18.1%
Put IV 25d19.1%18.2%21.2%21.2%20.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %10.175.7417.2614.1210.42
Gamma HHI0.170.100.490.100.13
Net GEX8.5M-1.1M27.6M-916.5K10.4M
Net DEX-89.4M-192.4M59.7M59.7M-122.1M
Net VEX-1.4M-1.6M-1.2M-1.2M-1.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.870.401.530.401.27
Total Volume15,078.4218,04919,70018,13814,881
Total OI218,967.684190,251245,359214,857201,907

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-02-01$39.22$41.0020.1%5.6%16.0%3.4%19.2%1.9%0.0%-916.5K59.7M-1.2M0.4014.1212,9885,150125,04889,809
2017-02-02$39.63$41.0019.3%5.6%14.7%0.3%20.1%1.8%0.7%585.5K30.0M-1.3M0.565.7410,9686,115127,59490,516
2017-02-03$39.63$41.0018.3%5.4%14.6%0.0%19.1%1.7%1.2%-1.1M32.4M-1.3M0.668.179,9596,528130,82092,866
2017-02-06$39.73$41.0018.4%5.3%14.2%0.7%18.8%2.0%-0.4%637.2K23.6M-1.3M0.706.6710,4497,290127,21091,078
2017-02-07$39.92$41.0017.8%5.1%14.4%0.0%17.7%1.8%-0.0%1.6M9.1M-1.4M1.038.178,1238,353132,85295,061
2017-02-08$40.94$41.0017.7%5.1%17.2%0.0%18.0%1.5%0.4%6.6M-71.0M-1.4M0.6011.739,2975,559132,24596,386
2017-02-09$40.85$41.0017.3%4.9%17.2%0.0%17.6%1.4%0.1%6.2M-63.8M-1.4M0.7511.965,5884,178134,98397,334
2017-02-10$40.60$40.0017.2%4.8%17.1%0.0%17.2%1.4%-0.5%3.7M-47.8M-1.4M0.909.947,5666,840137,14797,233
2017-02-13$41.27$40.0017.4%5.1%18.2%0.9%17.7%1.1%0.0%9.2M-103.1M-1.4M0.588.5710,3115,960134,25095,259
2017-02-14$41.57$41.0017.4%5.0%18.3%0.7%17.9%1.3%0.2%10.4M-125.2M-1.4M1.058.119,62510,075135,18096,837
2017-02-15$41.86$41.0017.6%5.0%18.4%1.6%18.3%1.5%-0.1%14.1M-156.5M-1.5M0.928.628,8538,151138,81199,790
2017-02-16$42.09$41.0017.4%5.0%18.4%1.0%17.4%1.6%0.5%18.6M-180.6M-1.5M0.887.968,6827,616140,547101,487
2017-02-17$41.94$41.0017.1%4.9%18.3%0.0%17.2%1.5%0.3%27.6M-159.8M-1.5M0.6812.549,3226,362140,732104,627
2017-02-21$42.55$41.0018.2%5.0%19.0%4.0%17.9%1.4%0.4%9.5M-157.7M-1.5M0.949.955,8265,499107,25782,994
2017-02-22$42.44$41.0018.0%5.0%18.9%3.3%17.7%1.1%0.2%9.8M-155.0M-1.5M1.539.663,1844,865109,04783,802
2017-02-23$42.47$41.0018.1%5.1%18.7%3.6%18.0%1.4%0.7%10.0M-158.3M-1.5M0.998.455,7045,644109,39584,254
2017-02-24$42.99$41.0018.1%4.9%18.7%3.9%17.6%0.9%0.1%12.9M-192.4M-1.5M1.2317.267,1298,751111,62085,278
2017-02-27$42.63$41.0018.6%5.1%15.3%5.8%17.6%2.0%-0.1%11.7M-160.5M-1.6M0.9315.207,8407,259111,65587,475
2017-02-28$42.09$41.0018.9%5.1%15.7%6.8%18.1%2.0%0.4%10.4M-122.1M-1.6M1.2710.426,5658,316113,60988,298