AG Options History — March 2021

In March 2021, AG traded between $14.88 and $17.61. ATM implied volatility averaged 67.2%, placing in the 19.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 19.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.8% (HV 20d: 68.0%). Max pain ranged from $13.00 to $17.00. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.36.

Notable Days

  • 2021-03-01: Highest Volume — 38,839 contracts
  • 2021-03-19: Largest IV drop — 6.8% change
  • 2021-03-04: Highest IV Rank — 27.3%
  • 2021-03-05: Largest Expected Move — 22.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$16.36$14.88$17.61$16.89$15.62
Max Pain$13.48$13.00$17.00$16.00$13.00
ATM IV67.2%54.4%78.4%77.8%54.4%
Expected Move19.1%15.4%22.4%21.9%15.8%
HV 20d68.0%44.7%141.0%141.0%46.6%
HV 60d103.5%101.6%105.2%103.9%101.8%
IV Rank19.5%10.6%27.3%26.9%10.6%
IV Percentile35.8%0.8%75.0%73.4%0.8%
Term Structure0.4%-5.3%3.5%0.5%-1.3%
VWIV72.8%56.3%95.6%86.9%56.3%
Skew 25d-7.7%-17.5%-0.6%-12.3%-3.9%
Skew 10d-19.3%-64.0%-1.0%-30.4%-11.1%
Call IV 25d74.8%60.5%93.0%88.4%61.7%
Put IV 25d67.1%55.7%77.1%76.1%57.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.402.766.993.404.01
Gamma HHI0.120.090.330.100.11
Net GEX3.5M2.5M6.5M3.2M3.2M
Net DEX-243.4M-310.0M-164.7M-276.3M-204.3M
Net VEX-1.1M-1.2M-962.6K-1.2M-991.0K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.360.140.800.250.46
Total Volume21,298.6099,35138,83938,83920,212
Total OI431,744.826384,739459,308439,041405,894

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2021-03-01$16.89$16.0077.8%21.9%141.0%26.9%86.9%-12.3%0.5%3.2M-276.3M-1.2M0.253.4031,1217,718352,49686,545
2021-03-02$17.61$17.0077.7%21.6%118.7%26.8%84.7%-17.5%0.8%3.8M-310.0M-1.2M0.145.1722,5493,208358,45991,364
2021-03-03$16.81$17.0076.9%21.7%65.9%26.2%86.0%-11.4%-0.1%3.3M-268.8M-1.2M0.193.3219,2643,744361,38193,422
2021-03-04$16.09$13.0078.4%22.1%67.6%27.3%83.4%-16.0%-5.3%2.9M-229.3M-1.1M0.365.3623,5858,424360,23394,838
2021-03-05$15.99$13.0077.3%22.4%67.4%26.5%83.0%-10.2%-2.4%3.0M-221.6M-1.1M0.515.5322,61011,420360,92195,917
2021-03-08$15.47$13.0076.3%21.2%67.9%25.9%81.0%-9.1%-1.8%2.6M-202.7M-1.1M0.305.3214,4544,319344,77792,845
2021-03-09$16.22$13.0075.5%21.8%68.5%25.3%95.6%-9.3%3.5%3.2M-242.8M-1.1M0.234.1221,9925,062348,76894,452
2021-03-10$16.37$13.0073.9%20.9%68.6%24.1%81.3%-8.5%-1.4%3.3M-249.4M-1.1M0.316.359,9493,035355,96395,625
2021-03-11$16.46$13.0072.4%20.3%68.3%23.1%81.1%-6.4%-1.8%3.6M-257.3M-1.1M0.193.6216,0583,001360,66798,601
2021-03-12$16.79$13.0071.0%20.5%68.6%22.1%75.5%-8.1%1.1%3.5M-272.0M-1.1M0.394.3115,9666,250361,19698,112
2021-03-15$17.30$13.0069.7%20.2%68.9%21.2%74.7%-9.0%1.0%3.9M-295.1M-1.1M0.374.8617,4286,450350,32992,140
2021-03-16$17.06$13.0066.6%19.1%69.0%19.1%77.8%-7.7%1.5%3.9M-282.7M-1.1M0.375.5713,4995,041354,99394,126
2021-03-17$17.52$13.0068.0%19.5%69.7%20.0%72.5%-7.9%0.5%4.3M-307.6M-1.1M0.185.0913,0582,333355,71196,155
2021-03-18$17.05$13.0066.2%18.9%70.3%18.8%74.0%-6.4%1.6%4.2M-280.9M-1.1M0.476.9913,7536,476357,43396,670
2021-03-19$17.07$13.0061.7%17.5%70.3%15.6%65.0%-7.2%1.6%6.5M-279.8M-1.1M0.564.5616,6239,271358,81098,496
2021-03-22$16.80$13.0059.0%16.6%56.0%13.8%62.4%-6.0%1.5%3.5M-256.3M-1.0M0.273.5414,5183,864302,71082,029
2021-03-23$15.86$13.0056.5%15.8%58.7%12.1%58.0%-4.2%1.3%3.3M-210.7M-1.0M0.293.3215,0304,292308,64183,058
2021-03-24$15.55$13.0055.5%15.4%55.5%11.3%57.5%-5.0%1.8%3.0M-195.0M-996.6K0.313.917,1142,237311,24484,984
2021-03-25$15.72$13.0056.8%16.3%53.4%12.2%58.7%-3.2%1.4%3.1M-201.2M-1.0M0.533.2610,3195,448312,48786,394
2021-03-26$15.81$13.0057.5%16.4%51.4%12.8%59.0%-1.9%3.0%3.1M-203.9M-1.0M0.803.757,1245,677315,56489,309
2021-03-29$15.36$13.0058.2%16.8%47.1%13.2%61.1%-0.6%2.8%2.7M-186.6M-976.4K0.482.9911,1685,399303,81385,427
2021-03-30$14.88$13.0058.2%16.4%44.7%13.2%58.9%-5.5%-1.0%2.5M-164.7M-962.6K0.392.7614,2315,574309,00988,123
2021-03-31$15.62$13.0054.4%15.8%46.6%10.6%56.3%-3.9%-1.3%3.2M-204.3M-991.0K0.464.0113,8376,375315,64690,248