AGQ Options History — August 2012

In August 2012, AGQ traded between $36.73 and $50.04. ATM implied volatility averaged 49.7%, placing in the 9.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 14.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 13.7% (HV 20d: 36.0%). Max pain ranged from $39.00 to $44.00. Net GEX was positive for 18 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 23 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.72.

Notable Days

  • 2012-08-23: Highest Volume — 12,997 contracts
  • 2012-08-16: Largest IV spike — 37.7% change
  • 2012-08-01: Highest IV Rank — 31.8%
  • 2012-08-01: Largest Expected Move — 16.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$41.84$36.73$50.04$37.38$50.04
Max Pain$41.26$39.00$44.00$39.00$43.00
ATM IV49.7%34.5%80.4%80.4%56.0%
Expected Move14.6%13.1%16.4%16.4%16.3%
HV 20d36.0%31.8%43.5%37.4%43.5%
HV 60d47.9%45.8%50.8%50.2%47.9%
IV Rank9.6%0.0%31.8%31.8%18.4%
IV Percentile7.4%0.0%66.3%66.3%17.9%
Term Structure6.2%0.9%11.6%2.7%0.9%
VWIV52.4%46.4%61.6%59.1%58.6%
Skew 25d2.0%-1.0%4.1%3.8%-0.8%
Skew 10d3.4%-3.1%8.8%7.1%-1.3%
Call IV 25d51.5%45.2%59.7%56.1%59.7%
Put IV 25d53.5%49.2%60.0%60.0%58.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %39.0623.5154.6345.7934.90
Gamma HHI0.110.050.380.110.38
Net GEX680.4K-746.9K3.2M-364.6K3.2M
Net DEX-1.5M-66.2M39.5M32.2M-66.2M
Net VEX-320.9K-393.7K-276.9K-288.9K-387.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.720.261.730.940.33
Total Volume6,410.3912,28412,9975,02910,459
Total OI73,399.8764,77282,22869,10582,228

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-08-01$37.38$39.0080.4%16.4%37.4%31.8%59.1%3.8%2.7%-364.6K32.2M-288.9K0.9445.79N/AN/A2,5932,43638,19030,915
2012-08-02$36.73$39.0054.9%15.0%34.7%7.2%52.5%2.1%6.3%-746.9K39.5M-276.9K0.4454.63N/AN/A3,5251,56838,99032,305
2012-08-03$38.54$39.0048.1%13.6%35.4%0.7%48.6%3.4%6.4%-88.7K25.0M-292.4K1.1444.40N/AN/A3,4433,93040,43932,709
2012-08-06$38.92$44.0050.5%15.4%35.1%3.0%54.1%3.2%7.8%-66.5K21.8M-291.6K0.3637.83N/AN/A2,20779437,15130,175
2012-08-07$39.45$44.0050.3%15.1%32.0%2.8%52.2%3.7%8.1%430.8K15.7M-293.9K0.5036.57N/AN/A1,86092938,56930,439
2012-08-08$39.24$44.0046.8%14.9%31.8%0.0%52.2%3.9%8.7%654.0K17.1M-286.6K0.2638.86N/AN/A4,5971,17739,01730,554
2012-08-09$39.45$42.0043.1%13.9%31.8%0.0%49.6%3.3%10.7%1.1M11.4M-300.1K0.3940.72N/AN/A1,89074541,87331,157
2012-08-10$39.42$41.0040.4%13.9%31.8%0.0%49.4%4.1%9.5%234.4K11.1M-296.5K1.4037.06N/AN/A3,0914,33842,87431,474
2012-08-13$38.53$41.0041.3%13.8%33.1%0.9%49.0%4.0%10.4%2.8K23.2M-282.5K1.4050.39N/AN/A2,2193,10541,15231,069
2012-08-14$38.56$40.0036.2%13.7%33.0%0.0%48.9%2.1%10.0%122.6K22.8M-284.3K1.1340.14N/AN/A1,0711,21342,05231,617
2012-08-15$38.60$40.0034.5%13.5%33.0%0.0%48.4%2.8%10.8%-97.0K23.2M-283.1K1.3444.86N/AN/A1,0481,40942,26932,286
2012-08-16$39.68$40.0047.5%13.6%34.2%11.1%48.7%3.1%9.8%595.9K12.3M-285.2K0.3243.45N/AN/A4,1801,35642,22731,959
2012-08-17$39.36$40.0045.8%13.1%34.4%9.6%46.4%4.0%11.6%679.6K15.1M-282.8K1.7345.10N/AN/A2,3554,08044,19232,436
2012-08-20$41.42$40.0047.5%13.6%37.2%11.1%48.5%2.1%5.1%600.1K4.6M-296.4K0.3041.46N/AN/A7,5882,24737,89926,873
2012-08-21$42.74$40.0048.9%14.0%38.2%12.3%49.8%0.4%3.4%1.2M-12.8M-318.8K0.4737.46N/AN/A6,7453,15741,28827,998
2012-08-22$44.39$41.0050.0%14.3%39.2%13.3%51.4%0.6%4.0%1.2M-25.5M-348.5K0.5236.26N/AN/A4,5822,36443,48329,485
2012-08-23$46.40$41.0055.3%15.9%41.2%17.8%57.1%-0.3%1.4%1.1M-44.0M-370.6K0.4523.51N/AN/A8,9804,01744,59430,121
2012-08-24$46.83$42.0051.7%14.8%41.1%14.8%53.5%0.5%3.5%1.5M-44.0M-373.1K0.3433.47N/AN/A5,6181,89346,22131,543
2012-08-27$46.78$42.0054.0%15.5%40.6%16.6%55.8%0.9%3.8%1.1M-32.5M-382.4K0.3432.39N/AN/A6,7232,25945,63527,406
2012-08-28$47.35$42.0054.7%15.7%39.4%17.3%61.6%-1.0%2.2%1.3M-36.7M-393.7K0.7633.87N/AN/A5,2353,96247,97328,502
2012-08-29$46.77$42.0053.5%15.3%34.9%16.3%56.1%0.2%2.9%1.1M-29.4M-386.0K1.0132.02N/AN/A2,5132,54847,32831,271
2012-08-30$45.73$43.0052.1%14.9%35.4%15.1%53.8%0.6%3.4%723.0K-19.3M-379.0K0.7033.17N/AN/A3,1622,22848,10832,151
2012-08-31$50.04$43.0056.0%16.3%43.5%18.4%58.6%-0.8%0.9%3.2M-66.2M-387.3K0.3334.90N/AN/A7,8452,61449,19633,032