ACTU Options History — May 2008

In May 2008, ACTU traded between $4.10 and $5.00. ATM implied volatility averaged 63.8%, placing in the 28.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 35.9% (HV 20d: 27.9%). Max pain ranged from $2.50 to $2.50. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.03.

Notable Days

  • 2008-05-21: Highest Volume — 101 contracts
  • 2008-05-15: Largest IV drop — 39.7% change
  • 2008-05-12: Highest IV Rank — 67.8%
  • 2008-05-01: Largest Expected Move — 17.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$4.47$4.10$5.00$4.17$4.96
Max Pain$2.50$2.50$2.50$2.50$2.50
ATM IV63.8%32.4%109.8%60.1%32.4%
Expected Move13.4%9.3%17.2%17.2%9.3%
HV 20d27.9%22.4%31.8%29.1%31.5%
HV 60d44.4%43.7%45.4%45.1%44.2%
IV Rank28.8%1.0%67.8%26.2%1.0%
IV Percentile58.5%0.8%99.2%82.1%0.8%
Term Structure6.6%-8.7%19.7%-7.7%19.7%
VWIV51.0%48.5%53.5%48.5%53.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %98.1973.61113.2392.7791.82
Gamma HHI0.760.690.920.710.92
Net GEX2.9K2.1K7.0K2.3K7.0K
Net DEX-177.1K-381.0K-141.2K-141.2K-381.0K
Net VEX-704-1.4K-625-674-1.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.030.000.330.000.00
Total Volume11.050101100
Total OI1,035.39741,5461,0081,546

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-05-01$4.17$2.5060.1%17.2%29.1%26.2%0.0%0.0%-7.7%2.3K-141.2K-6740.0092.77N/AN/A100908100
2008-05-02$4.19$2.5054.3%15.6%29.0%21.3%0.0%0.0%-8.7%2.3K-148.8K-6940.0092.82N/AN/A00918100
2008-05-05$4.24$2.5067.3%11.9%26.6%32.3%0.0%0.0%19.7%2.2K-155.9K-6890.00109.64N/AN/A10918100
2008-05-06$4.22$2.5089.3%13.2%23.6%50.6%0.0%0.0%16.5%2.3K-143.7K-6660.00113.23N/AN/A50919100
2008-05-07$4.19$2.5082.4%12.6%22.4%44.8%0.0%0.0%12.2%2.3K-148.1K-6830.00112.50N/AN/A20921100
2008-05-08$4.10$2.5094.0%13.0%23.7%54.6%0.0%0.0%11.2%2.1K-146.3K-6590.00112.83N/AN/A00921100
2008-05-09$4.29$2.5096.2%13.2%26.5%56.4%0.0%0.0%13.8%2.4K-148.3K-6580.00112.07N/AN/A00921100
2008-05-12$4.33$2.50109.8%12.5%26.4%67.8%0.0%0.0%16.2%2.5K-158.7K-6830.00111.53N/AN/A50921100
2008-05-13$4.44$2.5088.5%15.0%27.1%50.0%0.0%0.0%-6.0%2.7K-164.4K-6760.00100.25N/AN/A00926100
2008-05-14$4.49$2.5080.3%14.6%27.2%43.1%0.0%0.0%-0.5%2.7K-175.9K-6990.00102.60N/AN/A025926100
2008-05-15$4.55$2.5048.4%13.9%26.1%16.4%0.0%0.0%-0.4%2.9K-178.1K-6880.00101.50N/AN/A130921100
2008-05-16$4.45$2.5050.0%14.3%27.9%17.7%0.0%0.0%1.5%2.7K-169.2K-6820.00100.73N/AN/A20934100
2008-05-19$4.39$2.5041.3%11.8%28.4%9.9%0.0%0.0%9.9%2.8K-154.8K-6520.0094.09N/AN/A100906100
2008-05-20$4.41$2.5044.8%12.9%26.4%12.8%0.0%0.0%11.7%2.7K-151.0K-6500.0094.79N/AN/A150896100
2008-05-21$4.65$2.5048.3%13.8%31.1%15.7%0.0%0.0%0.1%2.9K-175.4K-6610.3382.83N/AN/A7625890100
2008-05-22$4.72$2.5043.8%12.6%31.0%11.8%48.5%0.0%6.2%3.1K-188.8K-6420.0085.10N/AN/A6089480
2008-05-23$4.77$2.5046.8%13.4%31.0%13.3%0.0%0.0%2.8%3.3K-193.1K-6310.0087.87N/AN/A0090180
2008-05-27$4.86$2.5044.3%12.7%31.1%11.2%0.0%0.0%11.5%3.5K-200.6K-6250.0091.24N/AN/A9090180
2008-05-28$5.00$2.5053.5%15.3%31.8%19.1%53.5%0.0%1.3%3.7K-219.5K-6270.0073.61N/AN/A17089880
2008-05-30$4.96$2.5032.4%9.3%31.5%1.0%0.0%0.0%19.7%7.0K-381.0K-1.4K0.0091.82N/AN/A001,46680