ACTU Options History — December 2008

In December 2008, ACTU traded between $2.27 and $3.39. ATM implied volatility averaged 95.3%, placing in the 38.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 27.3%. IV traded below realized volatility by 29.9% (HV 20d: 125.2%). Max pain ranged from $2.50 to $5.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 1 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.19.

Notable Days

  • 2008-12-29: Highest Volume — 269 contracts
  • 2008-12-26: Largest IV spike — 31.8% change
  • 2008-12-26: Highest IV Rank — 56.7%
  • 2008-12-26: Largest Expected Move — 35.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$2.93$2.27$3.39$2.38$2.96
Max Pain$3.41$2.50$5.00$2.50$5.00
ATM IV95.3%73.5%125.2%73.5%122.9%
Expected Move27.3%21.1%35.9%21.1%35.2%
HV 20d125.2%88.1%138.3%94.2%127.5%
HV 60d115.9%105.5%121.3%105.9%121.3%
IV Rank38.5%25.2%56.7%25.2%55.3%
IV Percentile84.4%76.6%94.8%76.6%93.7%
Term Structure-20.3%-47.6%25.3%-3.0%-28.5%
VWIV101.9%56.1%158.7%66.7%158.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %115.4595.45133.24119.02121.69
Gamma HHI0.660.491.000.581.00
Net GEX1431779691
Net DEX-3.7K-11.2K-724-724-4.4K
Net VEX-27-60-2-26-2
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.190.001.670.000.00
Total Volume22.182026900
Total OI774.182529803803529

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-12-01$2.38$2.5073.5%21.1%94.2%25.2%0.0%0.0%-3.0%69-724-260.00119.02N/AN/A0077924
2008-12-02$2.47$2.5078.8%22.6%88.9%28.4%0.0%0.0%-14.3%172-1.6K-380.00125.08N/AN/A5077924
2008-12-03$2.41$2.5079.7%22.8%88.1%28.9%0.0%0.0%-29.1%300-3.8K-540.00131.14N/AN/A0077424
2008-12-04$2.27$2.5079.3%22.7%89.5%28.7%0.0%0.0%-40.2%182-1.1K-390.00127.42N/AN/A0077424
2008-12-05$2.95$2.5081.3%23.3%133.4%29.9%66.7%0.0%25.3%121-3.8K-340.00117.69N/AN/A2077424
2008-12-08$3.06$5.0084.2%24.1%133.5%31.7%64.3%0.0%-12.0%86-3.7K-210.00119.19N/AN/A1077324
2008-12-09$2.94$2.5085.7%24.6%134.1%32.6%0.0%0.0%-10.7%74-3.1K-230.00102.26N/AN/A0077424
2008-12-10$3.04$2.5087.2%25.0%134.7%33.5%0.0%0.0%-14.3%88-3.9K-220.00117.80N/AN/A0077424
2008-12-11$2.93$2.5088.3%25.3%135.2%34.2%74.1%0.0%-10.8%82-3.0K-240.00117.20N/AN/A1077424
2008-12-12$3.05$2.5085.0%24.4%136.1%32.2%0.0%0.0%-6.6%100-4.4K-290.00116.88N/AN/A0077524
2008-12-15$2.90$2.5090.4%25.9%137.1%35.5%140.2%0.0%-18.6%71-3.1K-210.00104.92N/AN/A200077524
2008-12-16$2.95$2.5094.2%27.0%137.1%37.8%0.0%0.0%-25.0%75-3.5K-210.00113.31N/AN/A0077524
2008-12-17$2.94$2.5096.1%27.6%137.1%39.0%0.0%0.0%-17.2%82-3.4K-220.00112.87N/AN/A0077524
2008-12-18$3.12$2.5091.0%26.1%138.3%35.9%56.1%0.0%-1.2%224-5.3K-270.00105.96N/AN/A1077524
2008-12-19$3.39$2.50115.6%33.1%136.4%50.9%123.6%0.0%-28.7%779-11.2K-601.6795.45N/AN/A3577424
2008-12-22$3.39$5.00110.7%31.7%136.1%47.9%0.0%0.0%-22.2%235-5.5K-240.00113.77N/AN/A0077127
2008-12-23$3.23$5.00117.4%33.7%137.6%52.0%0.0%0.0%-37.6%138-4.3K-210.00116.78N/AN/A0077127
2008-12-24$3.32$5.0095.0%27.2%119.1%38.3%131.1%0.0%-36.8%63-4.5K-170.0098.54N/AN/A1077127
2008-12-26$3.23$5.00125.2%35.9%118.9%56.7%0.0%0.0%-47.6%131-4.3K-200.00117.70N/AN/A0077127
2008-12-29$2.76$5.00108.6%31.1%132.8%46.6%158.7%0.0%-31.7%41-1.1K-200.00133.24N/AN/A269077127
2008-12-30$2.88$5.00106.4%30.5%127.8%45.2%0.0%0.0%-36.1%40-2.1K-180.00111.91N/AN/A0050227
2008-12-31$2.96$5.00122.9%35.2%127.5%55.3%0.0%0.0%-28.5%1-4.4K-20.00121.69N/AN/A0050227