AGQ Options History — October 2011

In October 2011, AGQ traded between $53.72 and $123.16. ATM implied volatility averaged 107.3%, placing in the 51.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 31.0%. IV traded below realized volatility by 133.7% (HV 20d: 241.1%). Max pain ranged from $60.00 to $155.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.63.

Notable Days

  • 2011-10-27: Highest Volume — 9,752 contracts
  • 2011-10-21: Largest IV drop — 12.7% change
  • 2011-10-04: Highest IV Rank — 86.9%
  • 2011-10-04: Largest Expected Move — 41.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$81.54$53.72$123.16$107.75$67.37
Max Pain$89.52$60.00$155.00$155.00$62.50
ATM IV107.3%87.4%145.4%140.3%92.2%
Expected Move31.0%25.1%41.7%40.2%26.4%
HV 20d241.1%152.9%303.6%152.9%281.3%
HV 60d164.7%119.0%194.1%120.1%192.1%
IV Rank51.1%32.3%86.9%82.1%36.8%
IV Percentile87.0%72.2%99.2%98.0%76.6%
Term Structure-2.5%-18.3%3.5%-18.3%-1.2%
VWIV108.1%91.8%140.0%134.2%95.1%
Skew 25d13.2%2.3%29.2%22.2%4.1%
Skew 10d28.1%7.6%57.1%40.2%7.6%
Call IV 25d103.5%89.5%132.2%129.4%91.9%
Put IV 25d116.7%91.8%161.4%151.5%96.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %50.0025.4169.5059.2854.97
Gamma HHI0.030.030.040.030.04
Net GEX487.7K-90.8K1.4M214.8K1.2M
Net DEX60.0M-7.9M98.9M70.9M12.5M
Net VEX-684.9K-816.0K-320.5K-720.4K-721.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.630.241.160.510.67
Total Volume3,946.2381,8219,7522,6412,764
Total OI89,608.57156,949125,11556,949105,214

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-10-03$107.75$155.00140.3%40.2%152.9%82.1%134.2%22.2%-18.3%214.8K70.9M-720.4K0.5159.28N/AN/A1,74489734,16022,789
2011-10-04$105.66$150.00145.4%41.7%153.0%86.9%140.0%29.2%-14.2%157.2K78.9M-682.2K0.5168.31N/AN/A2,0571,05234,63822,939
2011-10-05$108.48$150.00132.4%38.0%154.7%74.7%131.2%20.3%-9.3%189.7K75.5M-706.8K1.1660.64N/AN/A1,0911,27034,61623,047
2011-10-06$119.27$150.00120.8%34.6%159.9%63.7%120.1%21.3%-3.0%425.1K54.7M-815.5K0.2464.56N/AN/A2,73266434,86423,660
2011-10-07$112.01$120.00118.8%33.8%160.3%61.9%117.7%7.3%-3.0%308.4K68.4M-741.3K0.5530.32N/AN/A1,48882535,97023,680
2011-10-10$119.56$120.00110.9%32.0%163.5%54.4%111.7%10.8%-1.5%492.4K60.3M-771.5K0.7925.41N/AN/A1,6381,29336,14923,773
2011-10-11$120.41$120.00103.6%31.5%162.4%47.6%110.0%10.7%-3.1%451.7K65.0M-737.1K0.5338.65N/AN/A1,54882335,92823,977
2011-10-12$123.16$120.0095.3%29.7%163.4%39.8%105.9%9.1%-0.6%611.2K55.9M-772.3K0.8540.17N/AN/A1,2881,09636,10323,968
2011-10-13$58.40$70.00106.3%30.5%303.0%50.1%105.3%7.9%-2.1%-90.8K98.9M-320.5K0.4969.50N/AN/A1,22459735,52733,270
2011-10-14$59.84$60.0093.9%26.9%302.9%38.5%94.4%10.1%2.7%451.8K78.3M-665.4K0.7251.66N/AN/A1,7361,25472,83848,498
2011-10-17$58.76$60.0097.2%27.9%303.1%41.6%100.3%12.1%1.9%377.2K82.0M-641.1K0.9446.43N/AN/A1,5501,45673,08148,687
2011-10-18$59.80$60.0098.9%28.4%303.6%43.2%99.7%11.3%0.8%444.4K80.4M-650.3K0.8553.63N/AN/A2,6032,21773,28348,968
2011-10-19$55.37$60.00105.9%30.4%303.1%49.8%105.8%13.0%-3.0%160.9K92.7M-609.7K0.8945.36N/AN/A1,9361,71673,70148,995
2011-10-20$53.72$60.00116.3%33.3%298.8%59.5%118.5%15.6%-4.9%-31.8K96.5M-598.5K0.6144.12N/AN/A3,6402,21773,81549,487
2011-10-21$56.39$60.00101.5%29.1%282.5%45.6%98.4%16.7%2.8%250.5K87.5M-616.9K0.4540.10N/AN/A3,6491,64575,10350,012
2011-10-24$57.66$60.0096.0%27.5%283.2%40.5%96.0%16.8%3.5%374.2K55.1M-595.6K0.3558.82N/AN/A3,1401,10859,56337,555
2011-10-25$63.65$60.0097.3%27.9%285.0%41.6%96.6%14.2%0.7%719.3K32.8M-686.9K0.3849.09N/AN/A4,6131,76060,48538,201
2011-10-26$63.92$60.0095.8%27.5%281.3%40.2%97.0%15.2%1.4%848.1K27.6M-707.6K0.6949.81N/AN/A3,3032,28461,67438,172
2011-10-27$70.26$60.0097.7%28.0%282.4%42.1%99.9%7.0%-1.6%1.2M-6.5M-816.0K0.3145.92N/AN/A7,4442,30862,50538,793
2011-10-28$70.80$62.5087.4%25.1%282.0%32.3%91.8%2.3%-0.1%1.4M-7.9M-805.5K0.7053.33N/AN/A3,0532,14864,92939,163
2011-10-31$67.37$62.5092.2%26.4%281.3%36.8%95.1%4.1%-1.2%1.2M12.5M-721.9K0.6754.97N/AN/A1,6531,11165,63239,582