S Options History — January 2008

In January 2008, S traded between $8.70 and $13.01. ATM implied volatility averaged 46.6%, placing in the 61.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.3%. IV traded below realized volatility by 16.3% (HV 20d: 62.9%). Max pain ranged from $11.00 to $17.50. Net GEX was positive for 8 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 9.15.

Notable Days

  • 2008-01-08: Highest Volume — 187,805 contracts
  • 2008-01-18: Largest IV spike — 51.8% change
  • 2008-01-18: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2008-01-18: Largest Expected Move — 18.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$11.25$8.70$13.01$13.01$10.53
Max Pain$13.86$11.00$17.50$17.50$11.00
ATM IV46.6%35.0%65.0%37.9%52.6%
Expected Move13.3%10.3%18.6%10.9%15.1%
HV 20d62.9%25.0%116.0%27.6%116.0%
HV 60d45.2%26.7%70.5%27.1%70.1%
IV Rank61.7%36.2%100.0%44.1%71.6%
IV Percentile91.8%65.5%100.0%85.7%96.8%
Term Structure0.4%-9.8%4.8%-1.2%-2.2%
VWIV46.5%24.8%64.7%38.2%52.8%
Skew 25d1.1%-7.0%5.6%-1.2%-2.7%
Skew 10d2.9%-26.8%34.1%4.1%13.7%
Call IV 25d47.2%36.4%64.9%38.3%59.2%
Put IV 25d48.3%36.1%65.5%37.0%56.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %11.307.3116.309.899.43
Gamma HHI0.190.120.290.260.23
Net GEX-447.0K-1.5M358.6K-1.5M358.6K
Net DEX166.2M41.2M253.4M253.4M43.7M
Net VEX-647.3K-769.1K-373.1K-769.1K-717.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio9.150.1957.6012.083.92
Total Volume36,505.195,025187,80542,38913,455
Total OI538,616.286315,099664,743664,742408,453

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-01-02$13.01$17.5037.9%10.9%27.6%44.1%38.2%-1.2%-1.2%-1.5M253.4M-769.1K12.089.89N/AN/A3,24039,149398,092266,650
2008-01-03$12.97$17.5037.6%10.8%27.0%43.1%24.8%-4.4%-2.1%-1.3M247.1M-767.5K48.489.49N/AN/A2,218107,538399,144259,674
2008-01-04$12.83$15.0037.3%10.3%26.9%42.3%36.0%2.3%4.3%-1.1M247.8M-749.2K9.1012.33N/AN/A2,28520,793400,471259,667
2008-01-07$12.95$15.0035.0%10.9%25.0%36.2%38.2%2.0%2.6%-962.6K251.9M-724.9K1.7710.59N/AN/A2,1263,765400,927260,086
2008-01-08$12.55$15.0041.7%10.8%26.1%54.3%38.5%-0.5%3.4%-845.0K252.4M-672.0K57.6016.30N/AN/A3,205184,600401,938260,249
2008-01-09$12.34$14.0040.2%11.2%25.6%50.3%39.4%3.7%3.9%-804.4K241.3M-643.8K5.8710.72N/AN/A3,54620,804402,873251,675
2008-01-10$12.82$14.0037.9%10.9%27.9%44.1%40.8%-0.5%4.3%-940.9K228.6M-756.4K1.9712.15N/AN/A3,7877,456403,354249,998
2008-01-11$12.25$14.0042.0%12.0%30.7%55.1%40.8%2.9%1.6%-826.6K227.5M-706.8K1.0012.58N/AN/A2,5172,508405,588247,074
2008-01-14$12.36$14.0039.7%11.4%30.6%48.9%42.5%4.4%2.1%-910.0K233.4M-652.2K0.9710.17N/AN/A6,4076,246407,103246,526
2008-01-15$12.33$14.0040.3%11.6%30.6%50.6%39.7%3.9%2.0%-842.4K228.3M-714.9K35.6612.46N/AN/A2,45887,643412,874249,547
2008-01-16$11.83$14.0040.4%11.6%32.8%50.7%42.5%4.6%2.4%-563.8K225.8M-700.2K0.878.95N/AN/A5,9465,159413,994250,749
2008-01-17$11.57$14.0042.8%12.3%33.1%57.3%42.9%0.5%0.8%-170.9K220.1M-617.7K6.5216.14N/AN/A8615,612416,867242,788
2008-01-18$8.70$14.0065.0%18.6%103.7%100.0%64.7%0.6%-9.8%-123.1K184.3M-373.1K0.587.31N/AN/A39,40322,744415,259243,084
2008-01-22$8.80$13.0064.1%18.4%102.9%97.8%64.0%1.1%-4.7%46.6K73.0M-494.4K0.5513.35N/AN/A6,6993,655182,977135,438
2008-01-23$8.72$13.0062.5%17.9%102.8%94.1%62.8%5.6%-4.5%93.5K63.4M-512.6K3.0814.50N/AN/A2,3027,096187,180127,919
2008-01-24$9.09$13.0055.0%15.8%105.2%77.0%56.5%3.7%1.4%117.1K58.9M-546.8K0.5611.27N/AN/A10,6765,952187,570129,211
2008-01-25$9.38$13.0052.8%15.1%106.4%71.8%51.5%3.2%1.4%148.9K59.3M-540.8K0.217.63N/AN/A9,2811,911191,592131,278
2008-01-28$9.97$13.0046.7%13.4%110.0%58.0%49.6%4.8%3.9%192.7K58.7M-557.8K0.1911.93N/AN/A17,5823,280194,708131,054
2008-01-29$10.80$12.0056.4%16.2%115.0%80.1%57.7%-7.0%-5.5%354.3K41.2M-686.1K1.008.81N/AN/A36,24736,289207,869131,145
2008-01-30$10.36$11.0051.6%14.8%115.5%69.1%53.0%-3.1%4.8%266.2K50.0M-688.6K0.2911.32N/AN/A15,6654,503233,642164,655
2008-01-31$10.53$11.0052.6%15.1%116.0%71.6%52.8%-2.7%-2.2%358.6K43.7M-717.4K3.929.43N/AN/A2,73610,719243,901164,552