AG Options History — March 2008

In March 2008, AG traded between $54.35 and $66.68. ATM implied volatility averaged 51.7%, placing in the 48.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 14.9%. IV traded below realized volatility by 2.6% (HV 20d: 54.3%). Max pain ranged from $60.00 to $65.00. Net GEX was positive for 9 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 20 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.02.

Notable Days

  • 2008-03-20: Highest Volume — 2,065 contracts
  • 2008-03-10: Largest IV spike — 9.5% change
  • 2008-03-20: Highest IV Rank — 60.6%
  • 2008-03-20: Largest Expected Move — 16.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$60.81$54.35$66.68$66.68$59.88
Max Pain$64.00$60.00$65.00$60.00$65.00
ATM IV51.7%45.8%58.7%47.0%53.3%
Expected Move14.9%13.1%16.8%13.5%15.3%
HV 20d54.3%39.7%68.3%48.6%68.3%
HV 60d54.8%50.9%60.0%50.9%59.9%
IV Rank48.0%38.4%60.6%40.6%50.4%
IV Percentile85.5%73.0%93.3%77.8%88.1%
Term Structure2.9%0.6%4.8%0.6%3.3%
VWIV51.2%45.0%58.5%45.4%52.7%
Skew 25d5.4%2.0%7.5%7.2%5.9%
Skew 10d9.2%-2.1%16.8%13.9%13.8%
Call IV 25d49.4%41.7%57.3%42.2%50.7%
Put IV 25d54.8%49.2%60.5%49.5%56.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %19.624.7442.8315.4642.83
Gamma HHI0.180.140.240.230.16
Net GEX8.2K-404.0K460.6K460.6K73.7K
Net DEX2.2M-14.8M21.5M-14.8M2.9M
Net VEX-187.7K-218.1K-152.4K-212.1K-179.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.020.102.712.581.46
Total Volume622.251222,065977347
Total OI18,805.2515,61820,20218,61517,909

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-03-03$66.68$60.0047.0%13.5%48.6%40.6%45.4%7.2%0.6%460.6K-14.8M-212.1K2.5815.4627370410,0428,573
2008-03-04$64.54$60.0046.1%13.2%49.2%38.8%45.7%6.3%2.0%244.9K-6.7M-213.4K1.0318.971471529,9829,190
2008-03-05$66.27$60.0045.8%13.1%45.5%38.4%45.0%7.5%2.2%401.3K-12.3M-218.1K0.6414.8720713210,0069,162
2008-03-06$64.92$60.0046.3%13.3%46.5%39.2%45.3%5.3%1.8%293.4K-8.3M-212.4K0.5215.011628410,1069,184
2008-03-07$62.48$65.0049.8%15.0%46.3%45.6%51.5%6.1%2.5%105.9K-1.8M-204.2K1.138.7222925910,2499,196
2008-03-10$59.03$65.0054.5%15.5%51.0%54.3%53.4%5.7%3.6%-125.7K7.1M-187.6K0.8911.6737533310,2989,319
2008-03-11$61.15$65.0051.7%14.9%50.2%47.3%50.9%6.2%3.3%-23.7K2.4M-192.2K0.5810.7935320410,2829,215
2008-03-12$60.03$65.0049.9%14.7%45.0%43.9%50.8%4.3%3.9%-55.4K3.8M-189.6K1.004.74616110,4909,243
2008-03-13$60.14$65.0050.8%14.6%41.0%45.7%50.4%3.5%3.7%-111.9K4.9M-185.8K0.4610.751637510,4929,229
2008-03-14$59.63$65.0054.4%15.6%39.7%52.4%53.5%4.6%2.8%-88.6K4.8M-185.4K2.0311.8510721710,5429,247
2008-03-17$57.37$65.0057.2%16.4%41.4%57.7%56.7%4.7%3.0%-242.8K11.3M-171.7K2.3214.4425960110,5699,280
2008-03-18$62.24$65.0052.9%15.2%51.6%49.5%54.4%5.1%3.0%-87.0K-337.8K-186.1K0.5814.3537321810,6499,308
2008-03-19$56.48$65.0057.5%16.5%61.2%58.3%57.3%2.0%1.3%-287.0K12.8M-164.2K2.7115.9125468910,6329,393
2008-03-20$54.35$65.0058.7%16.8%61.9%60.6%58.5%3.2%0.8%-404.0K21.5M-152.4K1.2828.309051,16010,6909,512
2008-03-24$57.37$65.0054.8%15.7%65.8%53.2%53.0%5.1%2.7%-156.0K9.8M-162.4K0.2629.19347917,7727,846
2008-03-25$60.68$65.0050.9%14.6%67.4%45.7%49.8%6.7%4.8%-92.7K3.7M-175.3K0.1227.761,7011977,9097,853
2008-03-26$62.04$65.0050.8%14.6%68.1%45.6%47.9%7.3%4.5%77.3K-458.4K-190.4K0.1027.21581589,3247,924
2008-03-27$60.67$65.0051.6%14.8%68.3%47.2%50.7%5.3%3.5%98.0K1.1M-186.9K0.4229.17148629,7007,971
2008-03-28$60.28$65.0050.6%14.5%68.3%45.3%50.3%5.6%3.9%84.3K2.2M-184.9K0.2540.37125319,8178,000
2008-03-31$59.88$65.0053.3%15.3%68.3%50.4%52.7%5.9%3.3%73.7K2.9M-179.4K1.4642.831412069,8898,020