AGQ Options History — December 2010

In December 2010, AGQ traded between $134.91 and $158.59. ATM implied volatility averaged 77.7%, placing in the 59.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 21.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.8% (HV 20d: 75.9%). Max pain ranged from $95.00 to $123.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.74.

Notable Days

  • 2010-12-08: Highest Volume — 3,445 contracts
  • 2010-12-13: Largest IV spike — 17.3% change
  • 2010-12-13: Highest IV Rank — 87.2%
  • 2010-12-01: Largest Expected Move — 23.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$144.07$134.91$158.59$136.84$158.59
Max Pain$107.55$95.00$123.00$110.00$123.00
ATM IV77.7%66.9%97.0%83.3%67.9%
Expected Move21.7%19.2%23.9%23.9%19.5%
HV 20d75.9%61.7%93.0%92.1%62.2%
HV 60d72.9%68.0%75.0%68.0%73.9%
IV Rank59.5%43.8%87.2%67.5%45.3%
IV Percentile88.9%75.4%99.2%96.0%76.6%
Term Structure1.4%-2.8%6.4%-2.4%4.2%
VWIV76.6%67.6%83.9%83.8%70.5%
Skew 25d-1.0%-4.9%2.0%1.8%2.0%
Skew 10d-0.9%-7.1%3.7%2.3%3.6%
Call IV 25d77.7%68.4%86.4%84.3%68.6%
Put IV 25d76.7%67.3%86.0%86.0%70.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %74.1463.7684.8480.7878.02
Gamma HHI0.070.050.170.060.06
Net GEX707.3K514.5K1.0M877.7K817.6K
Net DEX-79.3M-122.4M-54.1M-88.4M-88.6M
Net VEX-212.9K-227.3K-186.9K-216.5K-226.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.740.271.530.571.11
Total Volume1,660.56183,4451,4561,261
Total OI21,936.36413,74628,43723,68217,478

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-12-01$136.84$110.0083.3%23.9%92.1%67.5%83.8%1.8%-2.4%877.7K-88.4M-216.5K0.5780.78N/AN/A92553112,81610,866
2010-12-02$137.97$115.0080.0%22.9%91.9%62.7%82.0%-0.5%-0.3%878.0K-92.6M-224.2K0.8882.02N/AN/A92381513,13611,123
2010-12-03$144.57$120.0076.2%21.8%85.5%57.2%78.8%0.5%3.0%902.2K-107.0M-220.3K0.3484.84N/AN/A2,12673213,20811,462
2010-12-06$153.40$95.0083.9%23.0%86.6%68.3%80.6%0.3%-0.6%1.0M-122.4M-209.5K0.9070.19N/AN/A1,5281,38212,72911,700
2010-12-07$138.04$97.0086.9%22.9%93.0%72.6%80.5%-1.3%-2.1%597.3K-74.8M-218.4K0.5773.53N/AN/A1,9331,11112,60412,403
2010-12-08$134.91$99.0086.0%23.3%88.8%71.4%81.6%-2.3%-1.6%584.6K-63.3M-227.1K1.2065.38N/AN/A1,5671,87813,16912,693
2010-12-09$137.53$99.0085.9%23.3%87.9%71.2%82.4%-4.9%-0.6%608.7K-73.6M-226.7K0.4663.80N/AN/A65330113,32512,659
2010-12-10$137.58$100.0082.7%23.4%87.5%66.6%83.0%-0.9%-0.7%620.6K-73.6M-227.3K1.1363.76N/AN/A68477513,53112,862
2010-12-13$146.31$100.0097.0%23.8%76.4%87.2%83.9%-3.2%-1.7%791.9K-98.7M-212.5K1.1968.94N/AN/A1,5061,78513,69413,311
2010-12-14$145.41$103.0092.0%23.7%73.6%80.0%83.3%-3.3%-2.8%970.0K-98.1M-214.2K0.5974.40N/AN/A56433314,43613,488
2010-12-15$138.37$103.0078.7%22.6%76.8%60.9%79.8%-2.8%-2.2%533.7K-70.4M-202.9K0.8969.19N/AN/A70962914,52513,529
2010-12-16$139.72$104.0077.8%22.3%76.8%59.5%78.5%-0.2%1.4%580.2K-73.3M-198.2K0.8166.72N/AN/A89572314,64613,685
2010-12-17$142.07$104.0076.5%21.9%69.0%57.7%76.9%1.4%1.5%514.5K-81.4M-193.7K0.4967.18N/AN/A1,11454314,61313,824
2010-12-20$144.36$104.0071.8%20.6%68.6%50.8%72.2%-1.9%3.5%550.6K-54.6M-186.9K0.4473.91N/AN/A9244087,7356,011
2010-12-21$143.53$110.0070.6%20.2%68.0%49.1%71.1%-2.4%5.5%546.1K-54.1M-190.7K0.4172.34N/AN/A1,0894517,9356,285
2010-12-22$142.78$110.0067.6%19.4%67.2%44.8%67.6%-1.7%5.7%550.0K-61.0M-209.0K0.5079.81N/AN/A4132058,7346,683
2010-12-23$142.83$110.0066.9%19.2%67.2%43.8%67.6%-0.0%6.4%590.3K-61.7M-212.5K0.2778.23N/AN/A5891588,9716,739
2010-12-27$142.75$110.0072.0%20.6%62.3%51.2%70.7%-0.6%2.5%633.3K-63.2M-207.6K0.3781.52N/AN/A5251959,2466,802
2010-12-28$152.30$110.0069.5%19.9%65.0%47.7%70.1%-0.9%4.5%764.0K-79.4M-213.3K0.7881.03N/AN/A7305729,3746,902
2010-12-29$155.42$120.0068.9%19.7%61.9%46.7%70.8%1.0%4.0%812.5K-82.7M-219.4K0.8077.50N/AN/A7986389,4057,132
2010-12-30$154.27$120.0068.3%19.6%61.7%45.9%69.5%-2.4%3.2%820.4K-82.2M-225.5K1.5377.95N/AN/A3595519,7297,402
2010-12-31$158.59$123.0067.9%19.5%62.2%45.3%70.5%2.0%4.2%817.6K-88.6M-226.8K1.1178.02N/AN/A5996629,8127,666