AG Options History — November 2014

In November 2014, AG traded between $4.07 and $5.46. ATM implied volatility averaged 62.1%, placing in the 80.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 16.3%. IV traded below realized volatility by 33.8% (HV 20d: 95.9%). Max pain ranged from $7.50 to $7.50. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 3 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.61.

Notable Days

  • 2014-11-07: Highest Volume — 6,052 contracts
  • 2014-11-12: Largest IV drop — 20.2% change
  • 2014-11-10: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2014-11-24: Largest Expected Move — 17.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$5.00$4.07$5.46$5.37$4.07
Max Pain$7.50$7.50$7.50$7.50$7.50
ATM IV62.1%55.1%72.7%67.7%57.6%
Expected Move16.3%15.4%17.1%15.5%17.1%
HV 20d95.9%73.9%113.2%77.0%113.2%
HV 60d65.8%53.6%78.2%53.6%78.2%
IV Rank80.5%65.1%100.0%93.5%70.0%
IV Percentile96.7%92.5%100.0%99.2%92.5%
Term Structure-1.4%-10.1%20.2%-10.1%20.2%
VWIV57.3%43.9%71.5%53.8%63.1%
Skew 25d15.2%-6.4%22.4%17.5%18.0%
Skew 10d25.0%-8.2%42.1%42.1%20.9%
Call IV 25d55.3%42.5%67.3%57.1%55.3%
Put IV 25d70.5%59.0%89.3%74.6%73.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %12.638.7524.619.6817.44
Gamma HHI0.290.210.360.220.30
Net GEX33.1K18.4K44.6K23.6K22.7K
Net DEX2.8M1.1M4.5M4.5M2.2M
Net VEX-34.7K-41.5K-25.2K-31.1K-31.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.610.161.760.330.47
Total Volume3,206.9477656,0523,7581,685
Total OI62,250.36856,07165,58756,07163,801

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-11-03$5.37$7.5067.7%15.5%77.0%93.5%53.8%17.5%-10.1%23.6K4.5M-31.1K0.339.682,83592340,68815,383
2014-11-04$5.01$7.5064.8%15.4%79.0%87.5%55.3%20.9%-6.5%21.8K4.1M-30.8K0.2410.282,14952041,47315,495
2014-11-05$4.62$7.5065.5%16.3%73.9%93.0%58.2%20.1%-2.2%18.4K4.4M-25.2K0.2611.792,41961741,69015,515
2014-11-06$4.85$7.5065.2%16.2%77.8%92.3%59.0%22.4%-7.2%25.3K3.9M-29.6K0.168.752,84145842,79015,615
2014-11-07$5.35$7.5063.0%16.0%88.3%87.5%66.2%20.1%-1.5%32.9K3.4M-34.4K1.109.922,8873,16543,93215,679
2014-11-10$4.91$7.5072.7%16.0%91.2%100.0%71.5%13.7%-2.2%31.8K3.4M-33.5K1.358.822,2032,96544,75517,964
2014-11-11$5.14$7.5069.1%16.2%93.9%92.8%49.0%18.1%-2.4%36.1K3.4M-34.1K1.7614.451,9103,35643,86817,375
2014-11-12$4.89$7.5055.1%15.9%94.4%65.1%47.8%13.8%-2.1%30.8K3.6M-32.7K1.5710.481,9393,04245,61518,327
2014-11-13$4.77$7.5059.0%16.0%92.6%72.9%43.9%12.2%-2.0%29.6K3.2M-33.4K1.1124.612,0662,28945,98917,988
2014-11-14$5.28$7.5061.8%16.0%101.5%78.3%56.1%20.2%-3.3%35.9K2.6M-36.7K0.4812.8087541846,46017,725
2014-11-17$5.12$7.5059.2%16.3%100.7%73.2%50.3%17.7%-3.3%35.9K2.7M-37.2K0.8213.112,3321,92146,75218,054
2014-11-18$5.46$7.5059.0%16.7%104.7%72.7%56.2%16.9%2.6%42.6K1.9M-41.5K0.2810.802,44468147,23918,101
2014-11-19$5.07$7.5059.7%16.5%105.6%74.2%63.6%17.3%-0.8%35.8K2.8M-35.9K0.3211.0094630047,30118,286
2014-11-20$5.20$7.5058.5%16.6%106.3%71.7%55.8%-6.4%-0.6%40.7K1.8M-39.3K0.2713.522,11656847,85617,228
2014-11-21$5.25$7.5058.2%16.3%106.1%71.3%59.8%-5.7%1.2%41.7K1.6M-39.6K0.2011.052,64652647,90917,087
2014-11-24$4.92$7.5061.1%17.1%106.7%77.0%54.8%16.8%-2.1%36.6K1.9M-35.6K0.2420.521,52136146,41816,023
2014-11-25$5.00$7.5062.3%16.7%105.4%79.4%66.2%18.2%-1.3%44.6K1.1M-39.5K0.2910.781,74449947,54115,593
2014-11-26$4.81$7.5060.7%16.8%104.4%76.1%58.1%16.8%-2.1%42.8K1.2M-38.8K0.4210.1153822747,72915,513
2014-11-28$4.07$7.5057.6%17.1%113.2%70.0%63.1%18.0%20.2%22.7K2.2M-31.1K0.4717.441,14753848,14015,661