AG Options History — February 2014

In February 2014, AG traded between $10.26 and $12.36. ATM implied volatility averaged 47.2%, placing in the 42.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 15.9%. IV traded below realized volatility by 3.4% (HV 20d: 50.5%). Max pain ranged from $10.00 to $10.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.27.

Notable Days

  • 2014-02-14: Highest Volume — 3,388 contracts
  • 2014-02-13: Largest IV spike — 63.7% change
  • 2014-02-19: Highest IV Rank — 54.9%
  • 2014-02-04: Largest Expected Move — 16.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$11.32$10.26$12.36$10.35$11.01
Max Pain$10.00$10.00$10.00$10.00$10.00
ATM IV47.2%29.2%52.1%50.0%48.0%
Expected Move15.9%15.3%16.4%16.3%15.7%
HV 20d50.5%45.9%55.2%50.0%51.9%
HV 60d51.3%49.4%53.3%49.6%50.3%
IV Rank42.5%0.0%54.9%48.5%45.2%
IV Percentile25.1%0.0%37.3%34.5%19.8%
Term Structure0.6%-2.2%4.1%1.8%3.8%
VWIV55.6%51.3%62.4%57.0%54.2%
Skew 25d11.0%-2.2%56.1%9.6%-1.3%
Skew 10d30.5%2.6%112.5%12.0%2.6%
Call IV 25d44.7%34.6%50.7%39.3%50.3%
Put IV 25d55.7%47.5%93.6%48.9%49.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %11.987.5017.4913.5415.24
Gamma HHI0.330.250.570.260.36
Net GEX197.2K133.3K336.6K147.7K158.4K
Net DEX-12.9M-19.9M-7.4M-8.2M-9.5M
Net VEX-124.3K-133.0K-118.3K-124.7K-118.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.270.070.930.930.35
Total Volume1,458.7371973,388656504
Total OI52,36548,57353,89653,38151,030

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-02-03$10.35$10.0050.0%16.3%50.0%48.5%57.0%9.6%1.8%147.7K-8.2M-124.7K0.9313.5434031635,79417,587
2014-02-04$10.47$10.0049.4%16.4%50.1%46.9%62.4%14.6%3.4%145.4K-8.7M-125.5K0.1212.705476435,72717,782
2014-02-05$10.26$10.0047.3%16.3%49.2%41.8%56.7%56.1%4.1%133.3K-7.4M-122.0K0.3212.3246214735,73617,808
2014-02-06$10.37$10.0047.0%16.2%49.4%41.1%56.0%48.0%4.1%135.7K-8.0M-123.2K0.4312.781385935,86217,889
2014-02-07$10.72$10.0045.5%16.3%48.0%37.4%56.0%-2.2%0.5%156.0K-10.2M-124.5K0.0714.104653235,91617,894
2014-02-10$11.05$10.0040.4%16.2%45.9%24.7%56.1%0.2%-1.0%177.2K-12.5M-126.1K0.1713.341,64627835,95217,902
2014-02-11$11.61$10.0042.7%16.0%48.4%30.5%56.6%10.0%0.7%211.5K-15.9M-128.0K0.2013.232,61952635,73117,963
2014-02-12$11.17$10.0029.2%16.1%47.2%0.0%55.2%2.5%-2.2%174.1K-13.3M-125.7K0.1114.711,95721636,12717,769
2014-02-13$11.68$10.0047.8%16.0%48.7%44.7%57.0%10.2%0.5%231.8K-15.9M-128.7K0.2013.391,37127436,09717,675
2014-02-14$12.19$10.0047.6%16.0%50.5%44.2%55.5%3.0%1.0%303.4K-19.0M-133.0K0.167.572,91847035,96717,762
2014-02-18$12.36$10.0050.0%15.8%49.2%49.9%55.3%6.3%-1.4%336.6K-19.9M-131.2K0.217.501,28727435,78017,648
2014-02-19$11.64$10.0052.1%16.0%54.3%54.9%56.9%7.2%-2.2%200.9K-15.3M-126.1K0.567.7195253735,75817,602
2014-02-20$12.24$10.0050.7%15.7%55.2%51.7%54.4%4.1%-1.4%333.8K-16.7M-123.8K0.138.421,65321033,56017,855
2014-02-21$12.09$10.0049.3%15.9%54.5%48.2%55.8%14.4%-0.5%268.1K-15.9M-123.7K0.258.1669917533,68717,853
2014-02-24$12.05$10.0049.8%15.7%52.6%49.3%53.7%14.0%0.2%164.4K-15.3M-121.9K0.218.6872715132,08316,490
2014-02-25$11.68$10.0049.8%15.3%50.2%49.3%52.8%9.1%-0.7%161.1K-13.2M-118.9K0.1612.731,99132532,32416,514
2014-02-26$11.24$10.0050.3%15.6%52.4%50.8%51.3%1.7%0.8%158.4K-10.7M-118.3K0.3017.491,57646632,85816,628
2014-02-27$10.97$10.0049.1%15.5%52.3%47.8%53.1%0.8%0.3%149.6K-9.0M-118.3K0.3414.081,00234233,48816,837
2014-02-28$11.01$10.0048.0%15.7%51.9%45.2%54.2%-1.3%3.8%158.4K-9.5M-118.4K0.3515.2437213233,99217,038