AGQ Options History — September 2011

In September 2011, AGQ traded between $103.60 and $243.90. ATM implied volatility averaged 97.9%, placing in the 43.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 28.8%. IV traded below realized volatility by 4.9% (HV 20d: 102.9%). Max pain ranged from $155.00 to $230.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.66.

Notable Days

  • 2011-09-23: Highest Volume — 13,189 contracts
  • 2011-09-23: Largest IV spike — 47.8% change
  • 2011-09-28: Highest IV Rank — 92.4%
  • 2011-09-28: Largest Expected Move — 43.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$185.33$103.60$243.90$225.38$103.68
Max Pain$205.95$155.00$230.00$205.00$155.00
ATM IV97.9%62.5%151.3%81.1%136.3%
Expected Move28.8%21.3%43.4%23.3%39.1%
HV 20d102.9%69.1%156.5%88.0%156.4%
HV 60d94.8%83.8%119.8%85.5%119.8%
IV Rank43.2%10.5%92.4%28.3%78.3%
IV Percentile74.1%16.3%99.6%70.6%97.6%
Term Structure-0.4%-15.0%9.8%6.9%-9.6%
VWIV101.4%76.7%151.4%83.8%135.8%
Skew 25d3.3%-3.1%19.7%0.3%12.7%
Skew 10d5.3%-8.4%36.4%-4.1%30.1%
Call IV 25d100.7%75.8%147.4%84.7%130.9%
Put IV 25d103.9%76.0%157.7%85.1%143.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %36.1116.4074.5870.3964.15
Gamma HHI0.040.030.220.040.03
Net GEX1.5M-931.3K3.7M3.0M171.2K
Net DEX-80.3M-277.0M74.0M-195.7M74.0M
Net VEX-1.3M-1.7M-694.4K-1.6M-694.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.660.261.210.450.63
Total Volume4,105.42970013,1897003,594
Total OI52,957.90539,20260,66755,76256,052

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-09-01$225.38$205.0081.1%23.3%88.0%28.3%83.8%0.3%6.9%3.0M-195.7M-1.6M0.4570.39N/AN/A48321734,00921,753
2011-09-02$243.90$205.0077.6%22.2%91.2%24.4%78.5%2.2%9.8%3.7M-277.0M-1.7M0.8974.58N/AN/A1,8981,69634,14621,808
2011-09-06$231.08$230.0087.9%26.1%93.6%34.0%91.6%1.0%-0.7%3.0M-206.2M-1.6M0.7528.68N/AN/A1,9531,46234,13822,443
2011-09-07$225.39$230.0085.6%26.1%87.6%31.8%90.6%2.4%-0.3%3.0M-186.4M-1.6M0.2823.00N/AN/A1,79550134,41822,357
2011-09-08$232.80$225.0080.4%24.9%79.8%27.0%88.1%0.3%3.9%3.5M-227.3M-1.6M0.2617.07N/AN/A2,51564535,07122,507
2011-09-09$225.08$225.0082.6%25.4%79.9%29.0%89.7%0.8%2.7%3.0M-186.0M-1.6M0.6719.59N/AN/A1,27885034,94122,677
2011-09-12$209.99$225.0091.0%26.5%84.1%36.8%92.0%-2.8%0.8%2.2M-105.9M-1.4M1.0016.40N/AN/A1,5561,56134,64322,997
2011-09-13$217.40$225.0078.3%25.5%84.5%25.1%89.9%-1.1%1.3%2.4M-141.9M-1.4M0.5320.78N/AN/A1,26867834,90323,303
2011-09-14$214.39$225.0062.5%22.9%84.4%10.5%82.3%-1.4%5.1%2.2M-118.3M-1.4M1.2123.39N/AN/A1,7952,16435,13223,347
2011-09-15$205.72$220.0080.9%23.2%85.5%27.5%82.0%-1.3%2.4%541.9K-66.6M-1.3M0.7427.80N/AN/A2,1431,57635,59524,247
2011-09-16$211.60$220.0074.3%21.3%85.9%21.4%77.2%-2.3%7.0%-931.3K-103.1M-1.4M0.6725.85N/AN/A2,3001,54435,91524,752
2011-09-19$204.50$220.0077.3%22.2%78.2%24.1%80.5%-0.5%4.9%1.5M-81.8M-1.3M0.7623.36N/AN/A1,8231,39023,95215,250
2011-09-20$205.22$215.0075.4%21.6%75.9%22.4%76.7%0.4%8.0%1.6M-91.4M-1.3M0.7124.59N/AN/A1,5921,13824,58615,949
2011-09-21$202.39$215.0076.3%21.9%69.1%23.3%77.0%0.2%5.7%1.7M-84.3M-1.3M0.4349.59N/AN/A1,30455725,55916,618
2011-09-22$165.10$215.0097.0%27.8%93.8%42.4%98.2%3.1%-1.7%761.1K3.9M-1.1M0.5934.61N/AN/A4,1482,44826,08716,758
2011-09-23$118.64$200.00143.3%41.1%143.9%85.2%145.8%-3.1%-12.3%227.9K54.8M-788.3K0.6336.06N/AN/A8,0675,12227,12217,416
2011-09-26$113.36$180.00145.3%41.7%142.8%86.8%148.8%9.2%-9.6%249.5K61.6M-771.2K0.5136.80N/AN/A6,6383,36830,53119,320
2011-09-27$121.23$170.00128.5%36.8%147.2%71.0%128.7%17.5%-8.1%369.4K54.7M-833.8K0.5846.36N/AN/A4,1972,43031,58519,951
2011-09-28$103.60$160.00151.3%43.4%152.0%92.4%151.4%11.6%-15.0%200.4K69.8M-698.4K0.9545.56N/AN/A2,2332,12033,38921,016
2011-09-29$111.43$160.00143.4%41.1%156.5%85.0%141.5%19.7%-9.3%264.1K65.8M-763.8K0.5349.68N/AN/A1,42174633,82022,053
2011-09-30$103.68$155.00136.3%39.1%156.4%78.3%135.8%12.7%-9.6%171.2K74.0M-694.4K0.6364.15N/AN/A2,2041,39033,85622,196