TSM Options History — March 2020

In March 2020, TSM traded between $43.76 and $56.85. ATM implied volatility averaged 55.2%, placing in the 78.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 15.9%. IV traded below realized volatility by 4.0% (HV 20d: 59.3%). Max pain ranged from $50.00 to $55.00. Net GEX was positive for 14 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.88.

Notable Days

  • 2020-03-06: Highest Volume — 19,017 contracts
  • 2020-03-16: Largest IV spike — 33.6% change
  • 2020-03-09: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2020-03-18: Largest Expected Move — 22.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$50.03$43.76$56.85$55.35$48.09
Max Pain$50.68$50.00$55.00$55.00$50.00
ATM IV55.2%34.4%78.1%40.2%52.9%
Expected Move15.9%10.0%22.4%11.9%14.8%
HV 20d59.3%37.1%79.8%39.9%78.0%
HV 60d43.6%33.0%53.7%33.0%52.9%
IV Rank78.3%51.7%100.0%67.7%59.5%
IV Percentile98.4%94.8%100.0%99.2%94.8%
Term Structure-1.7%-9.6%3.8%3.8%-4.6%
VWIV52.5%34.6%81.7%42.6%51.6%
Skew 25d12.8%-1.5%21.1%7.8%9.9%
Skew 10d32.7%13.8%62.6%14.7%42.8%
Call IV 25d48.7%31.2%70.2%39.9%45.1%
Put IV 25d61.5%38.0%90.7%47.7%55.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %46.5721.6278.9321.6247.83
Gamma HHI0.130.100.270.150.10
Net GEX1.5M-2.3M7.9M6.5M224.9K
Net DEX56.7M-239.4M246.1M-147.8M117.8M
Net VEX-1.7M-2.0M-1.3M-1.9M-1.3M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.880.172.510.681.79
Total Volume7,942.1363,10919,01717,9513,837
Total OI243,616.318210,060266,195241,263212,671

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2020-03-02$55.35$55.0040.2%11.9%39.9%67.7%42.6%7.8%3.8%6.5M-147.8M-1.9M0.6821.6210,7077,244143,66097,603
2020-03-03$55.09$55.0039.6%12.0%39.3%66.0%42.3%6.3%-0.3%4.9M-129.4M-1.9M0.7438.796,4264,737146,425102,229
2020-03-04$56.85$55.0034.4%10.0%37.1%51.7%34.6%6.9%0.2%7.9M-239.4M-1.9M0.5832.877,0834,086149,262104,640
2020-03-05$55.66$50.0040.9%11.6%37.7%69.5%38.4%7.4%-1.5%5.8M-159.4M-2.0M2.5140.591,5863,987151,824108,219
2020-03-06$54.84$50.0045.1%12.8%37.9%81.1%42.2%10.2%-1.3%6.7M-106.0M-2.0M0.8046.9710,5378,480151,911110,854
2020-03-09$52.45$50.0052.5%15.4%39.6%100.0%49.2%12.8%2.2%1.1M25.4M-1.9M0.7254.073,0702,216147,804110,684
2020-03-10$54.45$50.0053.1%12.7%41.8%100.0%47.3%15.5%-9.6%2.6M-67.5M-2.0M0.8378.933,4642,865149,626113,679
2020-03-11$52.34$50.0049.0%14.5%42.1%89.0%46.4%13.9%0.9%489.9K34.3M-1.9M0.9668.961,7211,657150,750115,445
2020-03-12$49.31$50.0060.8%17.0%45.3%100.0%54.6%14.7%-3.4%-837.8K151.1M-1.8M1.1345.024,6525,265150,432115,491
2020-03-13$51.41$50.0053.2%15.1%48.8%83.1%50.7%12.8%-5.5%-583.3K89.0M-1.8M0.7370.252,3141,691150,801114,504
2020-03-16$45.75$50.0071.0%20.1%62.4%100.0%62.1%19.1%-2.7%-517.1K210.8M-1.5M0.9133.503,3383,022146,751109,606
2020-03-17$48.36$50.0063.2%18.0%66.0%85.8%58.6%17.2%-0.5%-681.9K176.8M-1.6M0.6635.931,9871,320146,130110,147
2020-03-18$43.76$50.0078.1%22.4%72.1%100.0%81.7%20.5%-5.4%-632.8K246.1M-1.3M1.2131.473,9584,777147,972109,967
2020-03-19$44.50$50.0072.5%21.0%72.8%91.0%58.5%-1.5%-5.1%-351.7K227.6M-1.4M1.0169.639,0299,120148,161109,865
2020-03-20$45.11$50.0062.7%18.1%73.4%75.2%63.3%15.2%-0.3%-2.3M226.3M-1.3M0.7536.757,6425,730146,570106,717
2020-03-23$44.89$50.0062.1%18.1%73.2%74.3%59.2%16.3%-0.5%-726.8K162.9M-1.3M0.4943.543,2981,601119,51090,550
2020-03-24$48.56$50.0051.8%15.3%79.6%57.8%51.4%11.7%0.4%573.7K90.7M-1.5M0.7742.253,9043,024121,30290,635
2020-03-25$49.52$50.0059.0%17.6%79.7%69.4%54.8%17.0%-0.4%1.1M59.3M-1.6M0.1751.833,897648121,28392,705
2020-03-26$49.10$50.0058.6%16.8%79.2%68.6%53.1%21.1%-2.4%1.3M63.8M-1.6M0.2748.913,208855124,84393,056
2020-03-27$47.53$50.0060.7%18.2%79.8%72.1%59.5%14.6%-3.4%426.5K104.1M-1.4M0.3340.762,340769122,94391,703
2020-03-30$47.80$50.0053.1%16.0%77.9%59.9%51.8%13.0%1.4%163.7K110.4M-1.4M1.3743.961,5312,104119,87990,750
2020-03-31$48.09$50.0052.9%14.8%78.0%59.5%51.6%9.9%-4.6%224.9K117.8M-1.3M1.7947.831,3752,462120,63092,041