AG Options History — February 2019

In February 2019, AG traded between $5.88 and $7.02. ATM implied volatility averaged 50.1%, placing in the 54.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 14.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 8.2% (HV 20d: 41.9%). Max pain ranged from $6.00 to $6.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.39.

Notable Days

  • 2019-02-19: Highest Volume — 13,448 contracts
  • 2019-02-25: Largest IV drop — 11.5% change
  • 2019-02-01: Highest IV Rank — 64.3%
  • 2019-02-20: Largest Expected Move — 15.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$6.31$5.88$7.02$5.99$6.77
Max Pain$6.00$6.00$6.00$6.00$6.00
ATM IV50.1%43.4%53.3%53.3%43.4%
Expected Move14.4%12.4%15.6%15.0%12.4%
HV 20d41.9%31.3%50.8%50.2%38.3%
HV 60d51.4%47.5%55.5%55.5%47.8%
IV Rank54.1%30.6%64.3%64.3%30.6%
IV Percentile47.3%15.5%68.3%66.7%15.5%
Term Structure-1.0%-6.6%2.1%2.1%1.2%
VWIV49.5%41.0%54.1%54.1%41.0%
Skew 25d-1.2%-13.1%3.6%1.7%1.1%
Skew 10d0.8%-13.5%20.1%20.1%6.7%
Call IV 25d48.8%41.7%53.4%53.4%43.7%
Put IV 25d47.6%38.6%55.7%55.1%44.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %8.535.0315.8415.848.12
Gamma HHI0.210.200.250.200.24
Net GEX465.1K371.1K561.8K395.2K561.8K
Net DEX-23.8M-34.6M-16.5M-19.5M-29.9M
Net VEX-185.7K-202.3K-171.9K-178.9K-190.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.390.130.870.330.87
Total Volume4,999.8951,62813,4484,2624,111
Total OI132,557.789129,264135,048132,120133,468

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-02-01$5.99$6.0053.3%15.0%50.2%64.3%54.1%1.7%2.1%395.2K-19.5M-178.9K0.3315.843,2081,054100,03132,089
2019-02-04$6.04$6.0051.7%14.6%50.1%58.6%51.5%1.6%-0.4%416.7K-20.0M-182.7K0.408.171,62365499,00131,342
2019-02-05$6.10$6.0052.9%14.6%49.5%62.9%50.2%3.1%-1.2%435.4K-21.0M-184.3K0.339.302,40080299,63931,757
2019-02-06$6.04$6.0052.5%15.0%49.4%61.4%52.5%0.2%-1.2%447.2K-20.6M-185.1K0.398.222,509972100,33132,256
2019-02-07$5.88$6.0051.7%14.4%50.0%58.5%50.3%-0.9%-2.1%418.1K-16.6M-175.6K0.275.962,954800100,56832,829
2019-02-08$6.04$6.0052.3%14.9%50.8%61.0%53.3%0.4%1.0%413.2K-20.6M-185.0K0.2214.862,850618102,00133,047
2019-02-11$5.99$6.0053.2%15.2%50.2%64.0%52.3%-9.9%-2.8%404.1K-18.6M-180.7K0.826.8089473499,50932,037
2019-02-12$5.91$6.0052.3%15.0%50.4%63.3%50.2%2.5%-2.3%371.1K-16.5M-171.9K0.237.693,90489999,77832,740
2019-02-13$5.93$6.0051.2%14.7%33.1%59.3%48.7%-13.1%-1.5%397.5K-17.2M-172.6K0.215.031,840392101,03232,832
2019-02-14$6.05$6.0051.0%14.8%31.3%58.7%50.8%-12.1%-4.5%426.5K-19.9M-180.3K0.335.631,799596101,46832,072
2019-02-15$6.16$6.0048.3%13.5%31.3%48.5%47.6%-6.2%1.9%429.1K-22.4M-182.3K0.235.884,6931,081102,11832,203
2019-02-19$6.60$6.0052.2%14.3%36.8%62.8%52.5%1.9%-6.6%497.8K-28.1M-190.3K0.139.6011,8741,57499,57029,694
2019-02-20$6.63$6.0049.1%15.6%36.7%51.6%50.5%-0.8%1.0%524.3K-29.4M-194.4K0.3412.576,6182,225101,53630,628
2019-02-21$6.53$6.0050.7%15.1%37.7%57.6%51.1%-0.1%-1.8%514.9K-27.4M-192.1K0.358.517,3222,544102,46030,870
2019-02-22$6.61$6.0051.0%15.3%37.6%58.5%49.4%1.8%-1.4%510.5K-27.9M-193.1K0.638.253,4122,144101,90831,473
2019-02-25$6.87$6.0045.1%13.2%36.2%36.9%44.4%3.6%0.2%560.3K-31.9M-190.0K0.387.733,2681,236100,86430,415
2019-02-26$7.02$6.0044.6%13.1%36.4%35.0%44.0%1.3%-1.8%554.6K-34.6M-202.3K0.325.475,0851,618101,45430,559
2019-02-27$6.76$6.0044.6%13.6%39.5%34.7%45.1%0.9%0.8%557.9K-31.0M-196.4K0.658.392,8411,850102,38530,634
2019-02-28$6.77$6.0043.4%12.4%38.3%30.6%41.0%1.1%1.2%561.8K-29.9M-190.9K0.878.122,1931,918102,47930,989