AG Options History — January 2016

In January 2016, AG traded between $2.52 and $3.44. ATM implied volatility averaged 74.0%, placing in the 53.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 20.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.7% (HV 20d: 68.2%). Max pain ranged from $3.00 to $3.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.58.

Notable Days

  • 2016-01-21: Highest Volume — 1,958 contracts
  • 2016-01-08: Largest IV spike — 41.4% change
  • 2016-01-08: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2016-01-19: Largest Expected Move — 22.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$2.92$2.52$3.44$3.44$2.94
Max Pain$3.00$3.00$3.00$3.00$3.00
ATM IV74.0%52.5%112.5%90.1%64.8%
Expected Move20.2%17.1%22.2%22.0%18.6%
HV 20d68.2%60.0%75.2%74.0%61.3%
HV 60d68.1%66.1%70.0%70.0%67.4%
IV Rank53.2%26.8%100.0%91.0%37.0%
IV Percentile60.7%15.1%100.0%98.0%47.2%
Term Structure2.6%-7.3%12.8%-7.3%12.8%
VWIV69.7%54.0%82.6%70.2%64.8%
Skew 25d4.9%-17.8%57.3%14.8%57.3%
Skew 10d14.3%-35.6%88.4%23.2%88.4%
Call IV 25d69.5%59.6%85.3%60.8%59.6%
Put IV 25d74.4%55.9%116.9%75.5%116.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %17.4212.2828.9714.9817.15
Gamma HHI0.190.170.210.200.17
Net GEX18.4K12.2K22.6K21.3K21.9K
Net DEX-1.5M-2.0M-1.1M-1.8M-2.0M
Net VEX-21.3K-25.1K-17.7K-25.1K-22.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.580.301.090.950.47
Total Volume1,281.0539061,9581,2971,009
Total OI51,217.94725,96573,43472,11828,537

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-01-04$3.44$3.0090.1%22.0%74.0%91.0%70.2%14.8%-7.3%21.3K-1.8M-25.1K0.9514.9866463362,4029,716
2016-01-05$3.36$3.0060.7%20.7%72.2%40.9%71.3%2.5%-1.9%21.1K-1.7M-23.3K0.9615.3768765862,4469,672
2016-01-06$3.39$3.0052.5%21.5%69.1%26.8%65.8%15.4%-3.2%21.1K-1.8M-23.1K1.0928.9760165362,4829,700
2016-01-07$3.30$3.0070.8%21.5%69.1%58.0%75.3%3.9%1.0%20.8K-1.7M-24.1K0.4223.5197241362,5219,695
2016-01-08$3.18$3.00100.0%19.9%69.2%100.0%69.1%-0.7%2.9%20.7K-1.7M-23.3K0.7315.3671352163,0639,667
2016-01-11$2.95$3.0087.8%20.3%73.6%80.7%74.0%-12.9%2.2%18.1K-1.3M-20.7K0.9814.9665163563,1149,471
2016-01-12$2.80$3.00112.5%19.1%75.2%100.0%68.7%-17.8%11.3%12.2K-1.1M-20.7K0.7215.3896869463,3109,520
2016-01-13$2.81$3.0071.3%20.4%75.1%45.6%70.8%1.3%4.9%16.5K-1.2M-20.9K0.6214.8493057563,8409,594
2016-01-14$2.75$3.0071.0%20.4%74.9%45.2%70.6%-1.8%1.2%15.8K-1.3M-20.4K0.5917.5792955063,8059,376
2016-01-15$2.73$3.0072.1%20.7%69.6%46.6%69.4%-1.8%2.6%15.8K-1.3M-19.5K0.5219.0575939663,8709,123
2016-01-19$2.52$3.0077.4%22.2%66.2%53.7%78.1%6.2%-7.2%13.9K-1.1M-17.7K0.3721.1266024620,9185,047
2016-01-20$2.62$3.0062.3%17.9%67.3%33.7%54.0%-16.9%0.3%15.0K-1.2M-18.8K0.3212.2878725121,1525,164
2016-01-21$2.62$3.0075.1%21.5%65.4%50.6%69.5%-7.3%-2.0%15.2K-1.3M-19.5K0.3022.981,50445421,4675,196
2016-01-22$2.68$3.0059.6%17.1%66.1%30.1%64.7%-3.5%5.5%16.4K-1.5M-20.0K0.3513.351,15340621,9155,186
2016-01-25$2.70$3.0072.5%20.8%64.2%47.2%82.6%-1.6%3.5%19.2K-1.7M-20.3K0.5521.6678743122,5435,196
2016-01-26$2.85$3.0066.9%19.2%63.5%39.7%66.9%47.9%9.2%21.1K-1.8M-21.7K0.3215.2377624822,6675,226
2016-01-27$2.91$3.0071.1%20.4%60.0%45.3%71.3%10.0%5.9%22.6K-1.9M-21.5K0.3614.7268424723,0195,259
2016-01-28$2.84$3.0066.6%19.1%60.2%39.4%66.7%-2.7%7.6%21.3K-1.9M-22.0K0.4012.5778231322,9495,313
2016-01-29$2.94$3.0064.8%18.6%61.3%37.0%64.8%57.3%12.8%21.9K-2.0M-22.8K0.4717.1568632323,1085,429