AGQ Options History — April 2012

In April 2012, AGQ traded between $48.97 and $56.78. ATM implied volatility averaged 59.4%, placing in the 6.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 16.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.5% (HV 20d: 55.9%). Max pain ranged from $47.00 to $55.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.60.

Notable Days

  • 2012-04-03: Highest Volume — 12,277 contracts
  • 2012-04-09: Largest IV spike — 28.2% change
  • 2012-04-04: Highest IV Rank — 19.1%
  • 2012-04-09: Largest Expected Move — 18.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$51.70$48.97$56.78$56.78$49.93
Max Pain$52.40$47.00$55.00$55.00$49.00
ATM IV59.4%47.4%73.3%62.3%55.5%
Expected Move16.5%14.6%18.4%16.0%14.6%
HV 20d55.9%50.9%59.9%57.2%51.3%
HV 60d64.0%61.1%66.7%64.6%61.1%
IV Rank6.8%0.0%19.1%8.8%7.3%
IV Percentile8.1%0.0%31.3%10.7%2.0%
Term Structure1.8%-0.7%4.9%3.6%2.5%
VWIV58.5%51.7%65.2%56.8%51.7%
Skew 25d3.4%2.2%4.4%2.2%3.9%
Skew 10d7.0%3.9%9.3%4.8%6.3%
Call IV 25d57.0%49.6%63.8%56.4%49.6%
Put IV 25d60.4%53.5%67.3%58.6%53.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %40.0223.8566.7957.4540.32
Gamma HHI0.070.050.140.100.07
Net GEX1.1M66.3K2.5M1.7M776.4K
Net DEX6.5M-21.7M20.4M-21.7M8.8M
Net VEX-391.9K-456.3K-326.5K-456.3K-357.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.600.231.150.270.47
Total Volume6,209.851,88912,2778,2175,303
Total OI73,897.354,14684,40267,73764,880

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-04-02$56.78$55.0062.3%16.0%57.2%8.8%56.8%2.2%3.6%1.7M-21.7M-456.3K0.2757.45N/AN/A6,4801,73744,85022,887
2012-04-03$55.28$55.0068.6%15.5%53.3%14.7%55.2%2.6%3.5%2.0M-14.1M-450.5K0.2366.79N/AN/A9,9462,33148,83323,144
2012-04-04$50.76$55.0073.3%17.5%59.9%19.1%61.9%3.3%2.0%788.1K15.7M-417.9K0.8459.83N/AN/A4,9814,18652,23124,122
2012-04-05$52.11$55.0052.8%16.1%59.9%0.0%57.4%3.3%4.9%1.2M11.1M-440.8K0.8565.03N/AN/A3,6493,08553,59926,828
2012-04-09$51.56$53.0067.7%18.4%58.9%14.0%65.2%3.5%-0.1%1.2M5.1M-427.2K0.4423.85N/AN/A3,0391,35152,51124,599
2012-04-10$52.33$53.0071.8%17.9%58.4%17.8%63.2%4.2%0.1%1.3M1.4M-428.8K0.3527.08N/AN/A4,7331,63953,09725,348
2012-04-11$51.83$53.0058.2%17.5%58.1%5.1%62.0%3.1%0.1%1.4M6.8M-417.5K0.3730.55N/AN/A1,39151454,21525,790
2012-04-12$54.35$52.0058.9%16.9%56.7%5.7%60.2%3.2%1.4%2.5M-18.3M-428.7K0.5731.51N/AN/A4,7762,74254,54625,886
2012-04-13$51.39$53.0061.6%17.7%59.6%8.3%63.2%2.3%1.4%1.1M13.7M-406.2K0.9330.42N/AN/A3,3393,12156,00126,878
2012-04-16$51.40$53.0063.5%18.2%59.6%10.0%63.4%4.4%-0.7%1.1M13.8M-388.0K0.6431.99N/AN/A2,1721,39354,48826,223
2012-04-17$52.17$52.0059.8%17.1%59.1%6.6%62.0%3.6%1.1%1.4M9.1M-389.4K0.4537.94N/AN/A2,2761,03055,34826,616
2012-04-18$51.64$52.0056.4%16.2%56.4%3.4%57.2%3.0%3.0%1.2M15.3M-376.8K0.3936.38N/AN/A1,35553456,23526,822
2012-04-19$52.17$52.0056.3%16.1%56.5%3.3%57.4%3.6%2.0%1.4M11.2M-375.5K1.0637.77N/AN/A2,0592,17556,34726,721
2012-04-20$51.92$52.0052.4%15.0%54.3%0.0%53.4%4.4%3.4%66.3K19.6M-361.4K0.4827.99N/AN/A4,2762,04056,46727,935
2012-04-23$49.34$53.0057.0%16.3%54.4%4.3%59.2%3.4%2.1%538.0K16.1M-329.6K1.1545.15N/AN/A2,4472,81635,36218,784
2012-04-24$49.17$52.0055.8%16.0%51.2%3.2%56.8%3.6%1.3%410.5K18.4M-333.3K0.5344.14N/AN/A1,78294836,33720,919
2012-04-25$48.97$52.0057.1%16.4%50.9%4.4%58.2%3.1%1.3%370.6K20.4M-326.5K0.6836.82N/AN/A6,8334,62736,98321,444
2012-04-26$50.08$50.0051.1%14.7%51.1%0.0%51.7%2.8%2.3%866.5K5.7M-357.1K0.6137.93N/AN/A4,7252,87641,17224,300
2012-04-27$50.74$47.0047.4%14.9%51.2%0.0%53.9%4.1%1.1%1.2M-7.3M-368.7K0.6531.43N/AN/A5,7543,73643,80225,396
2012-04-30$49.93$49.0055.5%14.6%51.3%7.3%51.7%3.9%2.5%776.4K8.8M-357.4K0.4740.32N/AN/A3,5971,70641,43223,448