S Options History — March 2022

In March 2022, S traded between $29.67 and $42.95. ATM implied volatility averaged 94.2%, placing in the 44.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 28.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 8.9% (HV 20d: 103.1%). Max pain ranged from $30.00 to $45.00. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 2 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.46.

Notable Days

  • 2022-03-09: Highest Volume — 26,530 contracts
  • 2022-03-08: Largest IV drop — 26.3% change
  • 2022-03-07: Highest IV Rank — 73.7%
  • 2022-03-11: Largest Expected Move — 42.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$37.77$29.67$42.95$42.32$39.06
Max Pain$39.35$30.00$45.00$45.00$40.00
ATM IV94.2%66.1%141.8%111.5%66.5%
Expected Move28.1%19.2%42.4%32.0%19.4%
HV 20d103.1%89.1%119.6%90.9%102.0%
HV 60d84.5%77.5%90.1%80.2%89.4%
IV Rank44.1%26.6%73.7%54.9%26.8%
IV Percentile67.7%32.9%96.8%90.5%33.3%
Term Structure-7.2%-18.1%1.1%-15.1%0.9%
VWIV97.3%67.1%151.2%109.4%67.1%
Skew 25d6.9%3.5%11.6%9.6%3.9%
Skew 10d13.1%4.6%19.0%18.8%4.6%
Call IV 25d87.9%64.6%118.2%106.7%67.1%
Put IV 25d94.9%71.0%124.8%116.4%71.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %36.4910.6651.2041.8938.17
Gamma HHI0.280.190.660.230.26
Net GEX1.6M381.4K6.9M786.0K2.0M
Net DEX-30.6M-75.6M16.7M-16.0M-53.2M
Net VEX-291.7K-368.3K-198.5K-302.2K-341.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.460.072.570.412.57
Total Volume9,065.0431,92126,5303,3853,417
Total OI65,358.34850,47893,12354,95864,990

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2022-03-01$42.32$45.00111.5%32.0%90.9%54.9%109.4%9.6%-15.1%786.0K-16.0M-302.2K0.4141.89N/AN/A2,39798838,10616,852
2022-03-02$42.95$45.00106.2%30.5%89.5%51.6%106.1%8.8%-10.0%864.2K-19.3M-311.1K0.2837.20N/AN/A2,83378038,80416,884
2022-03-03$40.63$45.00111.9%32.1%89.1%55.1%109.3%6.4%-10.4%803.3K-9.2M-287.4K0.7341.15N/AN/A1,10981239,58816,896
2022-03-04$36.40$45.00118.7%34.0%94.3%59.4%116.5%5.2%-11.5%511.4K7.5M-241.5K0.1544.86N/AN/A6,9491,06239,68117,001
2022-03-07$34.19$45.00141.8%40.6%94.1%73.7%142.7%6.8%-18.1%435.7K12.3M-215.1K0.4046.43N/AN/A4,2781,71541,22316,962
2022-03-08$32.41$45.00104.5%39.5%94.7%50.5%137.2%5.0%-13.2%381.4K16.7M-198.5K0.4338.31N/AN/A4,9872,16242,75417,166
2022-03-09$34.55$45.00110.0%40.8%98.7%54.0%143.6%3.5%-16.6%621.2K6.9M-229.2K0.0843.15N/AN/A24,6381,89244,87517,345
2022-03-10$35.26$40.00109.4%41.7%95.2%53.5%147.8%5.9%-7.8%1.1M-14.8M-269.8K0.3151.20N/AN/A3,6631,12053,77418,049
2022-03-11$33.16$40.00110.0%42.4%96.7%54.0%151.2%6.1%-11.6%933.1K-4.3M-247.5K0.1448.03N/AN/A9,9701,39654,75018,229
2022-03-14$29.67$30.00118.7%30.2%102.4%59.4%104.4%6.6%-14.2%705.1K8.0M-213.6K0.2711.16N/AN/A12,1383,25060,75618,450
2022-03-15$30.90$30.00120.7%29.7%104.6%60.6%102.6%7.0%-17.8%1.0M-5.4M-234.9K0.4710.66N/AN/A14,5736,90065,27518,839
2022-03-16$34.86$30.0091.2%24.9%114.5%42.2%84.9%11.6%-5.1%2.5M-26.2M-262.3K0.3414.55N/AN/A17,5125,95670,81522,308
2022-03-17$37.91$35.0082.6%23.2%119.6%36.9%79.4%8.9%-2.1%2.2M-52.0M-303.2K0.1830.96N/AN/A10,3771,83768,63620,964
2022-03-18$40.09$35.0074.9%21.1%117.9%32.0%72.9%5.9%-1.0%6.9M-75.6M-325.1K0.1841.04N/AN/A13,5372,41768,58220,456
2022-03-21$38.42$35.0079.3%21.4%116.9%34.8%74.6%5.3%-4.6%1.3M-41.6M-304.5K0.6438.70N/AN/A2,0511,30740,5459,933
2022-03-22$41.52$35.0075.1%21.0%119.4%32.2%70.3%7.2%-2.8%1.7M-65.6M-337.6K0.2433.89N/AN/A5,0891,24642,30010,056
2022-03-23$41.76$40.0075.9%21.2%113.4%32.7%70.9%6.9%-2.1%1.7M-67.2M-343.5K0.5142.14N/AN/A2,2801,17243,06010,433
2022-03-24$42.29$40.0075.6%21.6%103.7%32.5%71.6%8.5%-0.2%1.8M-70.8M-351.3K0.4942.44N/AN/A2,3251,13443,92110,994
2022-03-25$40.41$40.0075.1%21.3%105.1%32.2%72.8%7.9%-0.9%1.7M-56.4M-336.6K0.0741.42N/AN/A14,11798544,38611,411
2022-03-28$40.32$40.0071.8%20.2%102.9%30.1%68.3%7.7%-1.6%1.8M-60.0M-345.0K0.2636.01N/AN/A4,8521,27947,07911,484
2022-03-29$40.75$40.0069.5%19.5%102.6%28.7%67.9%9.3%-1.7%2.2M-68.1M-368.3K0.5640.65N/AN/A2,6011,44451,95312,057
2022-03-30$38.80$40.0066.1%19.2%103.7%26.6%67.2%5.0%1.1%2.0M-50.4M-338.9K0.8125.19N/AN/A1,07487552,21612,404
2022-03-31$39.06$40.0066.5%19.4%102.0%26.8%67.1%3.9%0.9%2.0M-53.2M-341.4K2.5738.17N/AN/A9572,46052,41812,572