AGQ Options History — May 2011

In May 2011, AGQ traded between $158.70 and $296.50. ATM implied volatility averaged 107.5%, placing in the 59.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 30.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 52.2% (HV 20d: 159.6%). Max pain ranged from $200.00 to $325.00. Net GEX was positive for 10 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.70.

Notable Days

  • 2011-05-05: Highest Volume — 23,167 contracts
  • 2011-05-05: Largest IV spike — 38.8% change
  • 2011-05-02: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2011-05-05: Largest Expected Move — 45.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$196.29$158.70$296.50$296.50$207.20
Max Pain$237.86$200.00$325.00$325.00$240.00
ATM IV107.5%81.2%159.4%117.1%86.5%
Expected Move30.1%23.3%45.7%33.6%24.8%
HV 20d159.6%102.0%175.6%102.0%158.7%
HV 60d107.1%76.0%115.6%76.0%113.3%
IV Rank59.4%31.9%100.0%100.0%36.5%
IV Percentile94.0%81.7%100.0%100.0%88.9%
Term Structure-10.6%-28.7%2.2%-9.6%0.1%
VWIV106.7%82.8%161.8%121.3%85.9%
Skew 25d4.1%-8.6%12.5%-8.6%6.3%
Skew 10d10.3%-1.8%43.3%-1.8%8.7%
Call IV 25d105.0%77.7%161.3%125.1%81.9%
Put IV 25d109.1%83.1%159.0%116.5%88.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %57.4228.7270.4744.7770.38
Gamma HHI0.040.020.080.030.03
Net GEX392.9K-1.8M3.0M67.4K1.2M
Net DEX83.6M-213.9M258.3M-213.9M-54.2M
Net VEX-1.5M-1.9M-1.2M-1.9M-1.2M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.700.271.130.970.50
Total Volume8,371.8572,63023,16713,9923,863
Total OI72,605.90547,01493,13457,52347,014

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-05-02$296.50$325.00117.1%33.6%102.0%100.0%121.3%-8.6%-9.6%67.4K-213.9M-1.9M0.9744.77N/AN/A7,1146,87830,24527,278
2011-05-03$264.97$320.00123.4%35.4%110.8%100.0%125.1%4.3%-10.1%-1.1M-51.3M-1.9M0.9628.72N/AN/A8,3938,09832,68129,853
2011-05-04$234.20$320.00114.9%32.9%119.1%89.1%118.0%4.7%-7.9%-1.8M77.6M-1.7M0.7041.18N/AN/A9,5616,73834,61631,335
2011-05-05$179.34$315.00159.4%45.7%151.5%100.0%161.8%-2.4%-28.7%-806.7K195.3M-1.5M1.1046.14N/AN/A11,01712,15038,17532,087
2011-05-06$186.56$250.00137.0%33.8%152.6%80.5%119.5%1.0%-15.5%-855.8K179.6M-1.6M0.6241.89N/AN/A8,7475,42840,54433,630
2011-05-09$214.34$235.00125.3%31.9%160.3%70.3%115.2%7.3%-12.8%-472.0K78.7M-1.8M0.6949.22N/AN/A4,6053,15543,38334,677
2011-05-10$220.40$230.00105.0%29.6%160.5%52.6%106.5%1.9%-9.2%-331.7K48.8M-1.8M0.8151.26N/AN/A3,2042,60944,33635,505
2011-05-11$182.60$230.00124.6%31.6%172.9%69.8%109.8%4.3%-16.2%-545.5K200.9M-1.5M0.6261.04N/AN/A6,3373,91845,16036,790
2011-05-12$165.54$230.00116.8%33.5%174.6%62.9%116.1%2.8%-18.5%-668.9K242.5M-1.3M0.7560.73N/AN/A5,9914,51245,81337,789
2011-05-13$174.74$220.00111.2%31.9%173.3%58.0%112.4%8.3%-17.1%-358.5K223.7M-1.4M0.3761.72N/AN/A5,3581,99047,94138,598
2011-05-16$158.70$220.00121.2%34.7%173.6%66.8%125.5%6.3%-26.1%-322.1K244.6M-1.3M0.8563.05N/AN/A2,6622,26849,73739,136
2011-05-17$161.46$220.00110.1%31.6%173.3%57.1%111.8%8.1%-19.3%-170.2K258.3M-1.3M1.1354.17N/AN/A2,5092,83050,64639,113
2011-05-18$172.85$220.00101.3%29.0%175.6%49.4%102.4%7.9%-14.6%612.1K226.5M-1.3M0.8958.73N/AN/A3,4663,07451,23839,158
2011-05-19$172.99$210.0094.8%27.2%173.6%43.8%96.3%5.6%-10.9%1.2M231.6M-1.3M0.5168.79N/AN/A2,1701,09952,62940,006
2011-05-20$171.94$205.0085.1%24.4%170.5%35.3%86.5%5.1%-3.8%1.5M240.8M-1.3M0.7469.66N/AN/A3,1412,30953,16139,973
2011-05-23$172.73$205.0083.1%23.8%170.3%33.6%83.7%8.0%0.3%1.1M6.1M-1.2M0.4965.12N/AN/A1,94696233,18620,389
2011-05-24$188.12$200.0084.2%24.1%174.5%34.5%84.2%12.5%-1.3%1.7M-41.5M-1.3M0.4068.16N/AN/A3,5591,42433,84920,768
2011-05-25$200.18$200.0089.6%25.7%168.3%39.2%90.9%3.5%-3.5%2.5M-109.1M-1.5M0.2763.09N/AN/A5,5911,49635,34821,266
2011-05-26$195.70$200.0085.1%24.4%167.7%35.3%84.8%-3.9%0.3%2.8M-105.9M-1.5M0.7770.47N/AN/A1,6951,31237,18221,185
2011-05-27$201.00$200.0081.2%23.3%168.9%31.9%82.8%3.5%2.2%3.0M-124.3M-1.6M0.5167.61N/AN/A1,74188937,49521,809
2011-05-31$207.20$240.0086.5%24.8%158.7%36.5%85.9%6.3%0.1%1.2M-54.2M-1.2M0.5070.38N/AN/A2,5771,28627,75419,260