AGQ Options History — April 2013

In April 2013, AGQ traded between $23.94 and $36.87. ATM implied volatility averaged 61.9%, placing in the 48.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 16.5%. IV traded below realized volatility by 16.8% (HV 20d: 78.8%). Max pain ranged from $26.00 to $41.00. Net GEX was positive for 13 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.88.

Notable Days

  • 2013-04-15: Highest Volume — 29,771 contracts
  • 2013-04-15: Largest IV spike — 76.1% change
  • 2013-04-15: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2013-04-15: Largest Expected Move — 27.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$29.59$23.94$36.87$36.87$26.72
Max Pain$32.73$26.00$41.00$41.00$26.00
ATM IV61.9%42.7%96.8%46.7%82.5%
Expected Move16.5%11.5%27.7%11.5%17.8%
HV 20d78.8%24.3%121.9%24.3%120.9%
HV 60d56.3%35.4%74.3%35.4%73.9%
IV Rank48.3%18.9%100.0%27.3%77.4%
IV Percentile67.5%13.1%100.0%28.6%99.2%
Term Structure-5.1%-20.4%0.8%0.8%-5.5%
VWIV58.4%40.8%93.6%40.8%67.9%
Skew 25d8.3%2.6%15.6%3.3%7.6%
Skew 10d15.4%5.4%30.2%7.2%15.3%
Call IV 25d55.0%39.7%89.4%40.4%60.9%
Put IV 25d63.3%42.9%104.4%43.7%68.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %20.2014.7033.8123.8617.41
Gamma HHI0.150.050.530.120.09
Net GEX89.5K-1.0M1.9M-711.2K566.9K
Net DEX47.8M19.7M68.6M45.7M26.2M
Net VEX-248.8K-336.4K-165.8K-302.6K-252.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.880.143.160.762.31
Total Volume9,994.3641,90529,7715,5054,475
Total OI87,879.72765,391112,64865,39197,448

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-04-01$36.87$41.0046.7%11.5%24.3%27.3%40.8%3.3%0.8%-711.2K45.7M-302.6K0.7623.86N/AN/A3,1252,38034,43830,953
2013-04-02$34.81$40.0051.1%12.1%31.3%36.6%43.0%5.4%0.4%-1.0M60.6M-269.6K0.4316.27N/AN/A6,5152,81836,12932,546
2013-04-03$34.11$40.0062.7%13.2%31.2%61.0%44.9%5.3%-0.2%-900.4K62.7M-267.4K0.7914.99N/AN/A3,2632,58238,91333,368
2013-04-04$33.87$40.0048.4%13.1%29.1%31.0%45.6%5.5%-0.3%-998.0K64.6M-267.5K0.2418.25N/AN/A6,1651,49740,50634,288
2013-04-05$34.91$35.0043.9%12.3%32.0%21.4%43.2%4.3%-0.4%888.9K52.1M-297.4K0.3718.46N/AN/A4,4251,62444,92334,973
2013-04-08$34.74$35.0043.5%11.6%31.7%20.8%41.0%4.9%0.1%-355.4K54.2M-290.8K0.7317.59N/AN/A2,0861,52944,48733,555
2013-04-09$36.59$35.0047.1%11.6%37.8%28.2%40.8%2.6%-0.2%302.1K32.9M-336.4K0.1416.16N/AN/A10,0541,38845,76234,241
2013-04-10$35.68$35.0044.0%12.3%38.1%21.6%43.2%3.5%0.1%822.6K36.3M-333.2K0.2329.10N/AN/A3,68186050,08234,816
2013-04-11$35.71$35.0042.7%12.2%37.9%18.9%43.6%3.7%-0.5%1.2M35.7M-328.6K0.4728.95N/AN/A1,29760851,73035,254
2013-04-12$31.91$35.0055.0%15.8%53.8%44.8%54.7%7.0%-3.6%-467.0K68.0M-260.5K0.5814.70N/AN/A13,8377,96952,31335,407
2013-04-15$23.98$34.0096.8%27.7%111.5%100.0%93.6%15.0%-20.4%-33.4K68.6M-165.8K0.9717.08N/AN/A15,13814,63352,85136,503
2013-04-16$25.00$30.0078.1%22.4%113.3%70.4%81.7%15.6%-12.2%101.6K63.7M-187.3K1.3322.09N/AN/A6,9129,21062,23737,814
2013-04-17$24.51$33.0068.3%19.6%113.1%54.9%74.6%11.0%-9.1%7.5K64.0M-200.4K1.9222.47N/AN/A4,4818,58965,50241,306
2013-04-18$24.43$33.0068.0%19.5%113.2%54.4%67.3%12.8%-8.6%-319.1K65.8M-187.5K2.0416.37N/AN/A3,7097,56467,16942,015
2013-04-19$24.43$32.0066.4%19.0%112.0%51.8%64.3%11.6%-9.0%-563.2K63.1M-199.7K3.1615.66N/AN/A4,40813,93268,81443,834
2013-04-22$24.86$28.0061.6%17.7%112.9%44.3%61.9%12.4%-5.6%88.0K38.2M-196.8K0.5416.28N/AN/A3,8842,11550,97330,831
2013-04-23$23.94$28.0068.0%19.5%112.5%54.3%70.9%14.0%-7.6%71.9K40.3M-188.1K0.6021.19N/AN/A2,7011,63353,25532,239
2013-04-24$24.45$27.0063.8%18.3%113.5%47.7%61.4%11.7%-6.9%230.6K38.5M-189.4K0.4316.35N/AN/A4,7252,02954,87633,177
2013-04-25$26.75$26.0061.2%17.5%120.3%43.6%61.9%8.5%-6.6%667.4K19.7M-244.5K0.3323.84N/AN/A9,6313,15157,42634,498
2013-04-26$25.91$26.0076.6%19.5%120.3%68.0%71.5%8.8%-8.8%1.9M24.8M-241.0K0.3533.81N/AN/A10,3193,57360,79636,246
2013-04-29$26.86$26.0086.4%19.1%121.9%83.5%66.9%7.8%-7.7%512.5K24.9M-266.5K0.5423.65N/AN/A3,4851,87660,94533,915
2013-04-30$26.72$26.0082.5%17.8%120.9%77.4%67.9%7.6%-5.5%566.9K26.2M-252.9K2.3117.41N/AN/A1,3513,12462,34935,099