ACTU Options History — November 2008

In November 2008, ACTU traded between $2.40 and $3.27. ATM implied volatility averaged 110.8%, placing in the 47.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 25.9%. IV traded below realized volatility by 4.4% (HV 20d: 115.2%). Max pain ranged from $2.50 to $2.50. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.00.

Notable Days

  • 2008-11-25: Highest Volume — 152 contracts
  • 2008-11-21: Largest IV drop — 57.5% change
  • 2008-11-19: Highest IV Rank — 88.1%
  • 2008-11-14: Largest Expected Move — 38.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$3.00$2.40$3.27$3.10$2.63
Max Pain$2.50$2.50$2.50$2.50$2.50
ATM IV110.8%65.4%176.5%80.3%69.7%
Expected Move25.9%18.7%38.9%23.0%20.0%
HV 20d115.2%87.0%144.7%144.7%90.9%
HV 60d96.6%94.8%104.2%95.0%104.2%
IV Rank47.9%20.2%88.1%29.3%22.8%
IV Percentile88.0%65.1%99.2%84.9%69.8%
Term Structure-32.7%-98.4%6.5%-31.5%-5.9%
VWIV100.0%76.8%115.6%107.6%76.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %95.7969.32132.2296.75132.22
Gamma HHI0.560.500.820.500.51
Net GEX246811.1K19493
Net DEX-6.6K-22.5K-972-9.7K-1.4K
Net VEX-34-134-21-25-29
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.000.000.010.000.01
Total Volume19.6320152100
Total OI861.105776925910803

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-11-03$3.10$2.5080.3%23.0%144.7%29.3%0.0%0.0%-31.5%194-9.7K-250.0096.75N/AN/A10089812
2008-11-04$3.17$2.5089.8%25.8%144.2%35.1%0.0%0.0%-44.8%260-10.7K-280.0098.66N/AN/A5089812
2008-11-05$3.14$2.5094.5%27.1%140.2%38.0%0.0%0.0%-50.4%287-11.8K-350.00100.56N/AN/A10090312
2008-11-06$3.16$2.5096.0%27.5%138.1%38.9%107.6%0.0%-7.0%1.1K-22.5K-1340.0069.32N/AN/A20091312
2008-11-07$3.27$2.5097.3%27.9%134.0%39.7%0.0%0.0%-42.8%472-14.3K-470.0071.99N/AN/A1091312
2008-11-10$3.24$0.00111.5%32.0%128.8%48.4%0.0%0.0%-76.4%237-6.1K-250.0074.80N/AN/A0089212
2008-11-11$3.19$0.00120.8%34.6%128.1%54.1%0.0%0.0%-88.2%213-5.6K-250.0074.18N/AN/A0089212
2008-11-12$3.16$0.00121.4%34.8%117.7%54.4%0.0%0.0%-83.2%214-5.6K-260.0072.71N/AN/A0089212
2008-11-13$3.19$0.00125.1%35.9%113.7%56.7%0.0%0.0%-85.2%209-5.7K-220.0072.71N/AN/A0089212
2008-11-14$3.16$0.00135.7%38.9%113.0%63.2%0.0%0.0%-98.4%212-5.6K-250.0075.70N/AN/A0089212
2008-11-17$3.09$2.50168.9%21.1%109.7%83.5%115.6%0.0%5.6%153-4.8K-230.0093.20N/AN/A150089212
2008-11-18$3.12$2.50172.2%21.0%101.5%85.5%0.0%0.0%-6.6%188-5.2K-210.00114.95N/AN/A0076412
2008-11-19$3.02$2.50176.5%21.1%102.1%88.1%0.0%0.0%-12.0%160-4.6K-210.00104.81N/AN/A15076412
2008-11-20$2.75$2.50165.2%22.1%107.4%81.2%0.0%0.0%-6.1%222-3.7K-320.00117.74N/AN/A01077912
2008-11-21$2.85$2.5070.1%20.1%101.2%23.1%0.0%0.0%-2.5%120-2.7K-300.00123.76N/AN/A0077922
2008-11-24$2.87$2.5071.5%20.5%96.8%23.9%0.0%0.0%2.5%97-2.9K-290.0098.46N/AN/A0077922
2008-11-25$2.40$2.5065.4%18.7%87.0%20.2%76.8%0.0%6.5%81-972-260.01113.57N/AN/A150277922
2008-11-26$2.55$2.5072.9%20.9%90.2%24.8%0.0%0.0%5.7%176-2.0K-400.00113.82N/AN/A0077924
2008-11-28$2.63$2.5069.7%20.0%90.9%22.8%0.0%0.0%-5.9%93-1.4K-290.00132.22N/AN/A0077924