AG Options History — February 2015

In February 2015, AG traded between $5.40 and $6.34. ATM implied volatility averaged 66.7%, placing in the 65.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 19.2%. IV traded below realized volatility by 2.1% (HV 20d: 68.8%). Max pain ranged from $5.00 to $6.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 3 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.71.

Notable Days

  • 2015-02-05: Highest Volume — 5,025 contracts
  • 2015-02-09: Largest IV spike — 7.0% change
  • 2015-02-09: Highest IV Rank — 70.6%
  • 2015-02-04: Largest Expected Move — 20.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$6.02$5.40$6.34$6.34$6.18
Max Pain$5.26$5.00$6.00$5.00$6.00
ATM IV66.7%61.1%70.6%70.2%61.1%
Expected Move19.2%17.5%20.1%20.1%17.5%
HV 20d68.8%53.5%96.6%96.6%53.5%
HV 60d91.1%81.5%99.0%99.0%81.5%
IV Rank65.0%56.6%70.6%70.0%56.6%
IV Percentile82.0%73.8%88.9%88.5%73.8%
Term Structure-1.6%-3.9%2.2%0.6%-1.1%
VWIV65.6%52.0%72.7%71.3%58.1%
Skew 25d1.7%-13.0%15.2%-7.2%15.2%
Skew 10d0.8%-24.8%34.3%-8.5%34.3%
Call IV 25d68.2%54.3%75.5%73.0%54.3%
Put IV 25d69.9%60.1%79.9%65.8%69.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %10.926.4417.2014.337.91
Gamma HHI0.230.190.270.250.24
Net GEX73.8K46.0K102.3K100.2K62.0K
Net DEX-4.8M-8.2M-2.3M-8.2M-4.4M
Net VEX-54.7K-61.5K-46.1K-61.2K-53.6K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.710.081.170.080.65
Total Volume2,167.5263225,0253222,307
Total OI45,976.89543,02249,37249,08444,428

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-02-02$6.34$5.0070.2%20.1%96.6%70.0%71.3%-7.2%0.6%100.2K-8.2M-61.2K0.0814.332972536,25912,825
2015-02-03$6.20$5.0069.7%20.0%95.0%69.3%52.0%3.3%1.8%101.2K-7.8M-61.5K0.466.442,4171,12236,36412,847
2015-02-04$6.27$5.0070.3%20.1%81.2%70.1%52.8%4.4%2.2%102.3K-7.8M-60.6K0.538.002,2861,22036,47612,896
2015-02-05$6.30$5.0065.9%19.6%80.6%63.8%67.9%1.8%-3.7%92.4K-7.0M-60.2K0.3011.293,8621,16335,06512,981
2015-02-06$6.07$5.0066.0%19.7%79.5%63.9%70.5%4.4%-1.7%73.8K-4.7M-56.8K1.0114.9896697632,51313,024
2015-02-09$6.22$5.0070.6%20.0%76.9%70.6%68.9%0.9%-1.9%76.1K-5.0M-57.7K1.1711.0378391632,39313,215
2015-02-10$6.16$5.0069.4%20.1%70.6%68.8%70.4%3.9%-2.4%74.4K-4.7M-57.1K0.9417.2092086432,53013,191
2015-02-11$5.99$5.0069.1%19.8%69.8%68.4%70.6%-1.0%-2.4%71.5K-4.5M-55.2K0.9511.061,1601,09732,75913,205
2015-02-12$5.90$5.0068.7%19.7%60.5%67.8%70.9%3.9%-2.5%64.4K-4.0M-54.2K0.919.3088580232,45713,382
2015-02-13$6.06$5.0068.8%19.7%61.2%67.9%69.3%2.5%-2.6%75.0K-4.6M-55.0K0.9910.7880279632,74713,398
2015-02-17$5.91$5.0068.5%19.6%58.7%67.5%72.7%-0.8%-0.9%71.1K-3.9M-51.1K1.0812.1371777132,78713,414
2015-02-18$6.11$5.0068.5%19.6%59.0%67.5%68.4%6.5%-3.9%87.5K-4.7M-54.4K0.669.441,20379732,80213,252
2015-02-19$5.86$5.0067.0%19.2%60.6%65.3%67.2%-0.7%-0.8%74.2K-3.8M-52.0K0.359.5575826632,62113,206
2015-02-20$5.57$5.0064.6%18.5%62.6%61.8%65.0%-0.8%-1.8%49.4K-2.9M-49.6K0.547.5780943333,10113,334
2015-02-23$5.40$6.0064.5%18.5%61.0%61.7%66.4%-13.0%-2.9%46.0K-2.3M-46.1K0.958.941,2121,15030,32712,695
2015-02-24$5.73$6.0062.0%17.8%63.8%58.0%62.3%-3.4%-2.1%53.4K-3.0M-48.7K0.6714.851,36591530,69712,770
2015-02-25$6.02$6.0062.2%17.8%61.9%58.4%61.6%0.6%-2.9%63.4K-4.3M-53.7K0.4815.231,68781430,82712,865
2015-02-26$6.09$6.0061.1%17.5%55.4%56.7%60.6%11.1%-1.1%64.0K-4.1M-51.3K0.807.521,4561,16430,96512,943
2015-02-27$6.18$6.0061.1%17.5%53.5%56.6%58.1%15.2%-1.1%62.0K-4.4M-53.6K0.657.911,40090731,13313,295