SCCO Options History — September 2012

In September 2012, SCCO traded between $31.66 and $36.54. ATM implied volatility averaged 24.4%, placing in the 9.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.0%. IV traded below realized volatility by 2.7% (HV 20d: 27.2%). Max pain ranged from $31.67 to $33.65. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.45.

Notable Days

  • 2012-09-07: Highest Volume — 9,232 contracts
  • 2012-09-06: Largest IV drop — 12.3% change
  • 2012-09-17: Highest IV Rank — 12.8%
  • 2012-09-17: Largest Expected Move — 7.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$34.11$31.66$36.54$31.74$34.01
Max Pain$33.02$31.67$33.65$31.67$33.65
ATM IV24.4%21.9%26.2%25.0%24.5%
Expected Move7.0%6.3%7.5%7.2%7.0%
HV 20d27.2%15.3%33.5%15.9%32.7%
HV 60d23.7%21.6%24.8%22.1%24.1%
IV Rank9.8%5.5%12.8%10.9%10.0%
IV Percentile10.5%2.4%16.3%10.3%12.3%
Term Structure2.0%1.1%3.1%1.3%3.1%
VWIV24.8%22.7%27.8%24.3%24.0%
Skew 25d3.8%2.1%5.3%3.6%3.3%
Skew 10d7.5%-1.9%11.2%0.1%9.7%
Call IV 25d23.1%21.0%25.0%23.9%21.7%
Put IV 25d27.0%25.0%28.7%27.5%25.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %23.0915.5133.1417.0420.93
Gamma HHI0.180.150.280.180.15
Net GEX4.3M2.6M5.8M3.3M2.8M
Net DEX-60.6M-133.5M-6.0M-9.5M-31.2M
Net VEX-423.9K-461.3K-368.0K-381.2K-433.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.450.130.990.420.66
Total Volume2,663.2633909,232390856
Total OI93,200.36872,187106,52991,51977,024

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-09-04$31.74$31.6725.0%7.2%15.9%10.9%24.3%3.6%1.3%3.3M-9.5M-381.2K0.4217.0427511556,09035,429
2012-09-05$31.66$31.6724.9%7.1%15.3%10.7%25.5%3.5%1.3%3.1M-6.0M-368.0K0.9916.3430730456,16635,503
2012-09-06$32.25$31.6721.9%6.3%16.9%5.5%22.7%3.1%2.4%4.0M-18.4M-383.0K0.4315.511,12548256,18535,706
2012-09-07$33.98$31.6723.1%6.9%25.3%7.6%23.8%3.9%2.0%4.9M-58.4M-410.5K0.7924.495,1684,06456,52136,086
2012-09-10$33.90$32.6625.0%7.1%25.2%10.8%25.1%5.3%1.3%5.2M-60.8M-431.4K0.3218.791,17738159,23639,462
2012-09-11$34.02$32.6624.0%7.1%24.1%9.1%24.4%4.1%2.3%5.4M-65.0M-421.3K0.3830.0555820959,81237,730
2012-09-12$34.15$32.6622.8%6.7%23.4%7.0%27.1%3.8%2.6%5.4M-68.4M-419.9K0.1723.604,67278660,10437,860
2012-09-13$35.32$32.6623.1%6.6%25.6%7.6%23.7%5.0%1.8%5.5M-105.1M-439.4K0.1630.652,59241663,99137,850
2012-09-14$36.54$33.6525.0%7.2%27.6%10.9%25.4%4.5%1.1%4.3M-133.5M-440.7K0.3133.145,1201,58064,20837,984
2012-09-17$35.80$33.6526.2%7.5%28.9%12.8%27.8%4.1%1.4%4.9M-120.4M-461.3K0.8325.861,2921,06767,08038,899
2012-09-18$35.46$33.6525.9%7.4%29.2%12.3%25.7%3.8%1.3%5.2M-110.6M-456.7K0.2820.831,56443967,08739,330
2012-09-19$35.35$33.6524.8%7.1%29.4%10.4%25.1%4.1%2.3%5.2M-107.2M-455.6K0.1823.731,35624167,02539,342
2012-09-20$34.57$33.6525.6%7.3%30.8%11.8%26.3%2.1%1.5%5.8M-85.4M-442.0K0.3127.501,62850067,04939,480
2012-09-21$33.62$33.6525.1%7.2%32.7%11.0%24.5%3.2%1.8%5.4M-54.9M-424.8K0.1321.824,49059466,40238,285
2012-09-24$34.25$33.6523.5%6.7%33.1%8.2%24.6%3.9%2.3%2.7M-33.2M-419.9K0.4923.211,76587346,75925,428
2012-09-25$33.69$33.6524.2%6.9%33.5%9.5%23.9%4.1%2.8%2.6M-27.2M-417.8K0.4825.111,19557847,95426,131
2012-09-26$33.78$33.6525.0%7.2%33.3%10.9%24.4%3.7%2.2%2.6M-26.5M-419.5K0.7220.551,17184048,54926,625
2012-09-27$34.04$33.6524.4%7.0%33.0%9.8%23.2%3.8%2.8%2.8M-30.2M-428.2K0.5619.5252629649,22327,212
2012-09-28$34.01$33.6524.5%7.0%32.7%10.0%24.0%3.3%3.1%2.8M-31.2M-433.1K0.6620.9351733949,56327,461