TSM Options History — November 2008

In November 2008, TSM traded between $5.85 and $8.38. ATM implied volatility averaged 57.8%, placing in the 30.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 16.6%. IV traded below realized volatility by 47.5% (HV 20d: 105.3%). Max pain ranged from $7.50 to $7.50. Net GEX was positive for 13 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.60.

Notable Days

  • 2008-11-24: Highest Volume — 7,934 contracts
  • 2008-11-21: Largest IV drop — 40.2% change
  • 2008-11-20: Highest IV Rank — 51.9%
  • 2008-11-20: Largest Expected Move — 24.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$7.12$5.85$8.38$8.05$7.15
Max Pain$7.50$7.50$7.50$7.50$7.50
ATM IV57.8%45.8%84.0%56.3%49.5%
Expected Move16.6%13.1%24.1%16.1%14.2%
HV 20d105.3%84.1%115.9%113.5%84.1%
HV 60d83.1%77.4%89.2%77.4%88.7%
IV Rank30.9%21.4%51.9%29.8%24.3%
IV Percentile89.9%79.0%99.6%91.3%81.3%
Term Structure5.6%-5.2%18.9%-3.0%16.9%
VWIV58.5%49.6%83.4%56.0%49.6%
Skew 25d8.9%-12.7%49.1%10.9%49.1%
Skew 10d15.0%-7.6%69.4%19.7%69.4%
Call IV 25d53.5%36.4%77.1%46.2%48.2%
Put IV 25d62.4%46.5%97.2%57.1%97.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %21.3111.5537.2316.2518.02
Gamma HHI0.770.440.900.840.83
Net GEX152.8K-61.4K393.7K309.7K13.5K
Net DEX1.7M-16.2M14.2M-11.8M1.3M
Net VEX-33.1K-47.1K-16.8K-40.4K-32.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.600.007.751.400.00
Total Volume1,879.789107,93456310
Total OI56,412.63229,13069,27951,34737,273

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-11-03$8.05$7.5056.3%16.1%113.5%29.8%56.0%10.9%-3.0%309.7K-11.8M-40.4K1.4016.2523532833,27518,072
2008-11-04$8.38$7.5058.5%16.8%112.8%31.5%57.4%21.1%0.0%257.0K-16.2M-35.3K2.0915.2717536533,35618,140
2008-11-05$7.76$7.5057.9%16.6%115.9%31.0%58.0%18.2%2.4%311.5K-8.8M-41.5K1.5618.197311433,47318,484
2008-11-06$7.37$7.5061.8%17.7%113.5%34.2%61.9%7.2%-3.6%297.3K-2.7M-39.1K1.0720.583,7354,00033,47318,548
2008-11-07$7.78$7.5052.0%14.7%110.4%26.3%51.3%14.6%7.9%364.6K-9.2M-45.0K4.8018.801,0725,14636,98621,845
2008-11-10$7.66$7.5056.0%15.7%108.4%29.5%54.7%12.7%4.0%322.3K-6.0M-47.1K7.7514.51129337,36925,783
2008-11-11$7.40$7.5055.3%16.2%108.2%28.9%56.5%10.1%-1.6%328.9K-2.1M-44.6K0.7614.7215211537,37125,734
2008-11-12$7.10$7.5051.9%16.3%103.2%26.3%56.9%19.7%3.0%310.4K3.5M-39.4K0.8211.5526822137,44725,751
2008-11-13$7.50$7.5057.8%16.6%105.3%31.0%57.4%13.8%9.4%393.7K-3.6M-43.7K1.6322.162,4413,98937,49125,759
2008-11-14$6.96$7.5060.5%17.3%107.8%33.1%60.4%-2.9%7.5%207.0K9.9M-35.7K0.0216.237621439,27129,087
2008-11-17$6.72$7.5061.2%17.5%107.7%33.6%61.4%9.5%4.9%-61.4K13.5M-24.3K0.0317.761,2864239,27929,073
2008-11-18$6.50$7.5062.6%17.9%105.6%34.8%62.6%-11.6%7.3%-40.2K14.2M-21.0K0.2818.8737610740,14829,065
2008-11-19$6.13$7.5078.0%22.4%104.5%47.1%65.2%5.4%-5.2%-27.8K13.6M-19.1K0.1037.231811940,35928,806
2008-11-20$5.85$7.5084.0%24.1%105.4%51.9%83.4%3.7%0.9%-25.3K13.2M-16.8K0.6834.3134723740,35628,721
2008-11-21$6.51$7.5050.2%14.4%110.1%24.9%60.0%-12.7%14.5%-41.4K14.0M-20.6K7.0430.911561,09940,36628,913
2008-11-24$6.70$7.5046.6%13.4%110.4%22.0%53.5%-3.3%18.9%-54.0K5.5M-21.8K0.0033.317,9052913,53215,598
2008-11-25$6.65$7.5045.8%13.1%85.0%21.4%53.5%-7.0%13.0%19.7K3.7M-28.1K0.1830.59571021,18215,609
2008-11-26$7.19$7.5052.0%14.9%88.7%26.3%52.0%10.2%9.4%17.3K1.2M-32.9K0.1215.654856021,22615,619
2008-11-28$7.15$7.5049.5%14.2%84.1%24.3%49.6%49.1%16.9%13.5K1.3M-32.8K0.0018.0210021,59415,679