AGQ Options History — January 2014

In January 2014, AGQ traded between $15.90 and $64.85. ATM implied volatility averaged 52.8%, placing in the 30.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 16.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 105.4% (HV 20d: 158.3%). Max pain ranged from $16.00 to $58.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.57.

Notable Days

  • 2014-01-17: Highest Volume — 19,493 contracts
  • 2014-01-27: Largest IV spike — 8.5% change
  • 2014-01-08: Highest IV Rank — 34.5%
  • 2014-01-07: Largest Expected Move — 16.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$28.18$15.90$64.85$16.58$60.84
Max Pain$23.63$16.00$58.00$16.00$35.00
ATM IV52.8%49.7%55.4%54.8%55.2%
Expected Move16.1%15.4%16.7%16.5%15.8%
HV 20d158.3%44.9%479.7%59.7%479.4%
HV 60d108.0%49.7%281.0%50.0%280.9%
IV Rank30.4%25.4%34.5%33.5%34.1%
IV Percentile28.6%20.2%37.7%35.7%37.7%
Term Structure-0.4%-2.7%3.2%-0.8%-2.5%
VWIV56.9%54.8%58.7%58.7%56.2%
Skew 25d3.1%-1.1%5.9%1.9%-1.1%
Skew 10d5.4%-6.4%11.3%1.3%6.6%
Call IV 25d52.9%49.4%56.3%56.1%56.3%
Put IV 25d56.0%51.0%58.9%58.1%55.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %13.088.4924.779.0511.35
Gamma HHI0.160.080.450.090.12
Net GEX884.3K02.0M955.6K218.4K
Net DEX-827.7K-16.2M12.7M2.7M-1.6M
Net VEX-177.0K-241.8K0-233.9K-27.0K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.570.152.500.242.50
Total Volume5,555.740219,4936,4151,076
Total OI94,257.30139,505125,7924,174

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-01-02$16.58$16.0054.8%16.5%59.7%33.5%58.7%1.9%-0.8%955.6K2.7M-233.9K0.249.05N/AN/A5,1841,23188,04637,746
2014-01-03$16.93$16.0050.6%16.6%56.1%26.8%58.5%3.9%1.9%1.4M-891.6K-239.5K0.2410.89N/AN/A4,8491,15989,90338,391
2014-01-06$16.93$16.0052.9%16.7%54.6%30.5%58.3%4.3%-0.2%1.0M354.3K-239.2K0.9011.22N/AN/A3,2072,88889,66135,764
2014-01-07$16.40$16.0054.3%16.7%55.9%32.6%58.3%4.6%0.7%895.2K6.5M-225.1K0.6411.15N/AN/A3,8042,42691,66337,130
2014-01-08$15.90$16.0055.4%16.6%55.3%34.5%58.0%3.0%-0.9%596.5K12.7M-213.7K0.6213.12N/AN/A3,4232,13793,09438,787
2014-01-09$15.90$16.0054.3%16.5%51.4%32.7%58.6%4.5%-2.1%639.3K12.2M-215.2K0.5610.76N/AN/A1,8701,04494,88439,738
2014-01-10$16.84$16.0051.9%16.1%55.8%28.9%56.8%2.4%-2.2%900.1K403.9K-237.6K0.2310.14N/AN/A7,1561,64396,13440,133
2014-01-13$17.36$16.0052.6%15.9%48.7%30.0%56.1%3.0%-0.4%1.1M-4.2M-241.8K0.3912.88N/AN/A8,6353,33692,88738,002
2014-01-14$16.91$16.0051.8%15.7%49.6%28.8%56.2%3.4%-1.3%1.3M-2.4M-235.7K0.9812.50N/AN/A3,2743,20497,70440,155
2014-01-15$16.86$16.0051.4%16.0%48.8%28.2%56.1%5.9%0.2%985.0K-341.6K-229.2K0.5110.52N/AN/A1,43673696,38141,255
2014-01-16$16.75$16.0051.8%16.0%48.8%28.8%56.1%4.0%-0.8%860.9K361.3K-227.5K0.6110.65N/AN/A2,3471,44297,10741,631
2014-01-17$17.04$16.0049.7%15.9%49.0%25.4%57.2%1.6%-1.4%1.6M-5.5M-238.0K0.1611.06N/AN/A16,8262,66797,32442,181
2014-01-21$16.43$16.0051.5%15.5%44.9%28.2%55.3%0.8%2.6%1.3M-8.7M-223.7K0.4016.81N/AN/A6,7142,69565,08323,142
2014-01-22$16.22$16.0051.8%16.1%45.0%28.8%57.5%4.2%0.7%1.6M-9.1M-231.1K0.2210.00N/AN/A2,28951069,68925,384
2014-01-23$16.61$16.0050.8%16.0%45.6%27.2%57.5%0.1%3.2%2.0M-16.2M-241.2K0.1514.69N/AN/A6,13090870,86725,699
2014-01-27$63.72$0.0055.1%16.0%478.5%34.0%56.9%3.9%-0.8%0000.448.49N/AN/A27912300
2014-01-28$63.51$58.0053.6%15.8%479.0%31.5%55.5%3.4%-0.3%25.1K-444.8K-3.9K0.6524.77N/AN/A1,012657257122
2014-01-29$64.85$58.0053.3%15.6%479.1%31.1%54.8%4.4%-2.7%99.3K-1.7M-15.2K0.4821.41N/AN/A1,0565051,194725
2014-01-30$61.04$58.0054.1%15.4%479.7%32.3%55.4%3.5%-1.8%151.8K-827.7K-21.0K0.4920.12N/AN/A8314052,0471,062
2014-01-31$60.84$35.0055.2%15.8%479.4%34.1%56.2%-1.1%-2.5%218.4K-1.6M-27.0K2.5011.35N/AN/A3077692,7411,433