AGQ Options History — August 2011

In August 2011, AGQ traded between $184.68 and $252.32. ATM implied volatility averaged 91.6%, placing in the 40.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 25.8%. IV traded below realized volatility by 4.6% (HV 20d: 96.2%). Max pain ranged from $190.00 to $205.00. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.71.

Notable Days

  • 2011-08-19: Highest Volume — 8,110 contracts
  • 2011-08-04: Largest IV spike — 30.0% change
  • 2011-08-09: Highest IV Rank — 59.4%
  • 2011-08-09: Largest Expected Move — 29.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$215.03$184.68$252.32$206.30$224.79
Max Pain$197.61$190.00$205.00$190.00$205.00
ATM IV91.6%77.0%112.7%79.8%86.1%
Expected Move25.8%22.1%29.1%22.9%24.7%
HV 20d96.2%72.0%109.4%74.4%105.6%
HV 60d84.9%81.2%92.4%89.9%85.5%
IV Rank40.4%28.3%59.4%30.7%32.8%
IV Percentile84.2%66.7%96.4%74.6%81.3%
Term Structure0.5%-8.2%6.1%1.1%4.4%
VWIV91.6%80.2%102.9%81.5%87.1%
Skew 25d5.1%-0.7%10.2%5.1%-0.4%
Skew 10d8.7%-2.1%15.7%8.8%-2.1%
Call IV 25d89.0%75.2%100.8%79.8%87.1%
Put IV 25d94.1%81.3%106.8%84.9%86.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %52.6029.0473.0429.0470.07
Gamma HHI0.040.030.090.030.04
Net GEX2.6M1.1M5.7M2.5M2.8M
Net DEX-176.9M-355.6M-49.7M-153.2M-191.1M
Net VEX-1.5M-1.7M-1.4M-1.5M-1.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.710.382.030.980.39
Total Volume3,515.5221,7848,1101,7842,063
Total OI54,825.30447,72459,51752,16054,693

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-08-01$206.30$190.0079.8%22.9%74.4%30.7%81.5%5.1%1.1%2.5M-153.2M-1.5M0.9829.04N/AN/A90388132,34319,817
2011-08-02$222.80$195.0077.7%22.3%72.0%28.8%80.2%7.0%0.8%3.1M-221.6M-1.6M0.5832.93N/AN/A1,8841,08532,39720,258
2011-08-03$231.44$200.0077.0%22.1%72.4%28.3%80.2%6.1%6.1%3.6M-271.6M-1.6M0.8929.93N/AN/A2,8022,50032,63220,499
2011-08-04$197.63$200.00100.1%28.7%94.4%48.4%101.3%-0.7%-5.2%1.8M-116.8M-1.5M0.5237.48N/AN/A5,0252,60733,11221,013
2011-08-05$195.03$195.0099.4%26.9%94.5%47.7%93.5%3.2%-5.2%1.7M-98.0M-1.5M0.6650.72N/AN/A1,8651,22633,92721,531
2011-08-08$201.73$195.00111.6%28.6%93.2%58.4%99.9%7.6%-7.8%2.0M-131.2M-1.5M0.5044.40N/AN/A1,98799633,87821,859
2011-08-09$184.68$195.00112.7%29.1%99.1%59.4%102.9%6.7%-8.2%1.1M-49.7M-1.4M0.8858.12N/AN/A1,3911,22034,13821,955
2011-08-10$206.17$195.00109.5%28.6%99.5%56.6%100.6%10.2%-6.9%2.3M-150.9M-1.5M0.3845.49N/AN/A1,92873734,39622,179
2011-08-11$199.47$195.0098.4%28.2%100.3%46.9%100.0%10.2%-4.4%2.0M-122.4M-1.5M0.6246.91N/AN/A1,37585734,71122,444
2011-08-12$202.70$195.0088.5%25.4%99.2%38.3%90.1%6.9%1.2%2.1M-127.2M-1.5M0.9348.99N/AN/A96689734,89122,660
2011-08-15$208.25$195.0083.1%23.8%97.1%33.6%83.7%3.7%4.8%2.6M-158.6M-1.4M0.7653.44N/AN/A1,5431,16535,10322,856
2011-08-16$212.25$195.0082.7%23.7%93.2%33.3%84.4%7.5%3.1%2.9M-177.9M-1.4M2.0348.35N/AN/A1,2142,47035,18122,994
2011-08-17$215.62$195.0078.1%22.4%91.4%29.2%82.1%6.4%5.9%3.1M-191.7M-1.4M0.5546.76N/AN/A1,28670235,20423,657
2011-08-18$219.25$195.0082.7%23.7%90.3%33.2%84.5%3.4%2.9%3.4M-216.5M-1.4M0.9854.96N/AN/A1,1681,14035,14823,869
2011-08-19$241.57$195.0090.4%25.9%95.6%39.9%91.7%7.1%3.1%5.7M-355.6M-1.6M0.6355.80N/AN/A4,9773,13335,13324,384
2011-08-22$252.32$200.0096.7%27.7%96.6%45.4%98.9%3.5%-1.2%2.7M-284.2M-1.7M0.5357.30N/AN/A4,4422,34729,00418,720
2011-08-23$229.49$200.0096.7%27.7%102.7%45.2%97.7%2.6%-0.5%2.4M-202.6M-1.7M0.6363.35N/AN/A3,3032,08730,14919,384
2011-08-24$208.50$200.0098.4%28.2%107.6%46.7%99.8%4.4%2.4%1.8M-126.7M-1.6M0.5561.81N/AN/A3,7802,08430,91520,050
2011-08-25$220.27$200.0096.3%27.6%109.2%43.3%97.2%5.5%0.2%2.3M-174.8M-1.7M0.4862.42N/AN/A1,73082631,97020,554
2011-08-26$224.30$200.0086.6%24.8%109.4%34.5%89.8%7.8%5.7%2.6M-189.6M-1.7M0.5868.97N/AN/A1,48486432,57320,617
2011-08-29$217.00$205.0088.7%25.4%109.4%35.8%90.3%0.8%5.4%2.4M-159.4M-1.6M0.4169.62N/AN/A1,38857132,83020,907
2011-08-30$224.22$205.0086.7%24.9%106.5%33.4%88.8%1.5%4.1%2.8M-196.7M-1.7M0.9373.04N/AN/A1,01694233,31821,129
2011-08-31$224.79$205.0086.1%24.7%105.6%32.8%87.1%-0.4%4.4%2.8M-191.1M-1.6M0.3970.07N/AN/A1,48358033,22721,466