AG Options History — August 2016

In August 2016, AG traded between $12.05 and $18.43. ATM implied volatility averaged 64.0%, placing in the 27.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 18.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.0% (HV 20d: 60.0%). Max pain ranged from $15.00 to $18.00. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 21 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.86.

Notable Days

  • 2016-08-31: Highest Volume — 37,378 contracts
  • 2016-08-31: Largest IV spike — 14.4% change
  • 2016-08-31: Highest IV Rank — 40.6%
  • 2016-08-31: Largest Expected Move — 21.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$16.10$12.05$18.43$17.86$12.05
Max Pain$16.48$15.00$18.00$15.00$15.00
ATM IV64.0%58.9%73.4%67.6%73.4%
Expected Move18.4%16.9%21.0%19.4%21.0%
HV 20d60.0%46.5%76.7%76.7%50.7%
HV 60d67.2%64.6%72.1%72.1%66.4%
IV Rank27.9%18.7%40.6%36.0%40.6%
IV Percentile12.2%2.8%55.6%21.0%55.6%
Term Structure1.8%-4.8%5.5%-1.9%-4.8%
VWIV64.8%57.9%81.6%68.3%81.6%
Skew 25d1.9%-2.3%9.1%0.4%9.1%
Skew 10d2.1%-24.7%27.9%4.9%1.3%
Call IV 25d63.9%59.9%72.7%67.9%72.7%
Put IV 25d65.8%59.4%81.8%68.3%81.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %39.9420.5778.7720.8641.99
Gamma HHI0.100.070.130.110.07
Net GEX559.4K306.6K838.4K605.4K363.4K
Net DEX-76.0M-106.8M-32.1M-96.3M-32.1M
Net VEX-289.7K-310.8K-259.0K-273.9K-259.0K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.860.328.130.468.13
Total Volume8,727.3043,99737,3786,31337,378
Total OI114,254.783100,534127,113100,534127,113

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-08-01$17.86$15.0067.6%19.4%76.7%36.0%68.3%0.4%-1.9%605.4K-96.3M-273.9K0.4620.864,3221,99174,17026,364
2016-08-02$18.04$15.0067.6%19.4%76.7%36.1%68.8%4.1%1.1%609.1K-98.5M-278.8K0.4326.656,0882,62775,06226,894
2016-08-03$18.19$16.0067.7%19.4%76.5%36.1%68.2%3.8%1.3%621.9K-100.2M-292.4K0.3221.665,0931,61776,57227,762
2016-08-04$18.29$16.0065.1%19.2%75.0%32.4%69.1%0.8%1.0%674.1K-102.5M-299.5K0.4846.303,0551,46178,46328,203
2016-08-05$17.79$16.0065.0%18.6%72.2%32.4%67.6%3.2%2.0%660.9K-96.9M-301.0K0.4230.165,9262,50679,17028,376
2016-08-08$18.17$16.0067.5%19.0%71.9%35.9%67.3%0.9%1.7%722.0K-103.3M-298.9K0.3335.857,6852,51580,48928,883
2016-08-09$18.43$17.0065.0%19.0%67.0%32.4%65.2%1.1%0.5%780.6K-106.8M-307.4K0.5125.763,8781,99381,60429,669
2016-08-10$18.22$17.0064.6%18.5%59.5%31.7%65.1%-1.4%1.8%794.2K-103.5M-310.8K0.6144.874,5012,76282,32230,227
2016-08-11$18.35$17.0062.9%18.0%59.5%24.7%62.3%1.9%3.6%838.4K-106.5M-310.3K0.6239.284,7232,91783,26230,957
2016-08-12$18.11$17.0061.7%17.7%59.6%22.9%61.2%2.9%3.3%777.9K-102.0M-305.4K0.5443.874,3322,33883,86031,998
2016-08-15$17.48$18.0061.3%17.6%61.2%22.2%61.1%-0.4%2.2%691.4K-92.9M-300.8K0.5933.864,2282,49484,17732,661
2016-08-16$17.02$18.0059.5%17.0%61.9%19.5%60.0%1.0%3.7%616.6K-85.9M-300.6K0.7733.344,3503,35784,29433,284
2016-08-17$16.45$17.0062.0%17.8%50.3%23.3%61.0%0.4%2.2%527.6K-75.1M-296.3K0.8172.134,6223,73384,62634,375
2016-08-18$16.34$17.0060.0%17.2%46.5%20.3%60.3%0.1%3.9%582.6K-74.2M-300.6K0.7554.642,2821,71586,45635,297
2016-08-19$15.13$17.0060.0%17.2%53.8%20.3%60.4%2.6%2.4%391.4K-57.2M-290.5K0.4623.298,5083,88287,30236,037
2016-08-22$14.60$17.0061.4%17.6%52.6%22.5%61.9%1.1%2.1%372.6K-54.5M-281.8K0.6227.044,8282,97279,82728,793
2016-08-23$14.39$17.0058.9%16.9%49.0%18.7%57.9%-0.5%3.1%370.8K-53.3M-283.0K0.5323.273,7491,97581,47729,729
2016-08-24$13.12$17.0065.7%18.8%53.5%28.9%65.4%4.5%0.2%306.6K-39.5M-262.8K0.3520.578,8523,10282,60330,283
2016-08-25$13.46$16.0065.3%18.7%54.9%28.3%64.8%5.8%0.9%378.1K-43.8M-283.3K0.4462.324,3811,92486,78931,115
2016-08-26$13.22$16.0063.3%18.2%50.4%25.4%64.9%4.5%5.5%385.3K-43.3M-279.5K0.3378.775,2121,72988,28431,243
2016-08-29$13.29$16.0062.3%17.9%48.5%23.8%61.3%0.9%2.9%431.4K-44.5M-282.4K0.7674.862,8542,15791,44231,615
2016-08-30$12.36$16.0064.1%18.4%51.6%26.6%66.3%-2.3%2.6%363.5K-34.7M-263.2K0.5837.315,1342,98092,13232,599
2016-08-31$12.05$15.0073.4%21.0%50.7%40.6%81.6%9.1%-4.8%363.4K-32.1M-259.0K8.1341.994,09433,28493,96433,149