AGQ Options History — December 2014

In December 2014, AGQ traded between $37.68 and $45.34. ATM implied volatility averaged 62.5%, placing in the 70.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 16.9%. IV traded below realized volatility by 19.3% (HV 20d: 81.8%). Max pain ranged from $39.00 to $50.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.08.

Notable Days

  • 2014-12-09: Highest Volume — 7,582 contracts
  • 2014-12-16: Largest IV spike — 18.0% change
  • 2014-12-16: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2014-12-17: Largest Expected Move — 19.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$40.86$37.68$45.34$42.23$38.05
Max Pain$43.29$39.00$50.00$50.00$39.00
ATM IV62.5%53.5%78.0%72.0%65.5%
Expected Move16.9%14.2%19.0%17.8%18.2%
HV 20d81.8%63.1%88.8%86.3%67.6%
HV 60d62.1%58.3%65.9%58.5%65.9%
IV Rank70.2%48.0%100.0%95.0%73.4%
IV Percentile92.3%70.6%100.0%99.6%96.4%
Term Structure-1.5%-7.6%5.3%1.1%-3.5%
VWIV58.6%52.8%66.6%53.4%61.5%
Skew 25d6.8%-0.9%13.7%11.9%10.2%
Skew 10d12.0%3.9%26.7%19.4%4.0%
Call IV 25d59.5%52.2%67.6%60.9%61.2%
Put IV 25d66.3%60.3%74.8%72.8%71.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %55.5233.8289.0768.9062.56
Gamma HHI0.060.040.160.040.06
Net GEX200.5K-84.0K685.1K160.2K-84.0K
Net DEX-12.8M-31.1M16.5M-18.0M12.3M
Net VEX-95.4K-121.1K-66.6K-111.4K-66.6K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.080.224.430.880.61
Total Volume5,2334757,5827,3071,435
Total OI32,197.27318,40537,87934,89919,254

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-12-01$42.23$50.0072.0%17.8%86.3%95.0%53.4%11.9%1.1%160.2K-18.0M-111.4K0.8868.90N/AN/A3,8823,42522,46412,435
2014-12-02$41.92$50.0065.5%17.2%86.3%80.0%60.1%8.7%-2.0%336.2K-20.3M-113.1K0.9444.71N/AN/A3,6323,40523,60512,755
2014-12-03$41.86$50.0063.1%16.8%86.1%74.6%52.8%6.4%-5.8%427.4K-20.0M-107.2K0.9746.73N/AN/A3,5143,42523,87412,870
2014-12-04$42.04$50.0062.8%16.8%78.2%73.8%58.2%6.3%3.2%492.4K6.0M-96.7K0.8844.16N/AN/A25222317,1858,741
2014-12-05$41.29$50.0059.5%16.7%78.4%66.2%60.5%2.5%5.3%183.2K-17.0M-105.3K1.0848.36N/AN/A3,0543,28523,95013,025
2014-12-08$41.65$50.0059.4%16.6%77.3%66.0%61.1%4.1%-0.1%210.1K-17.0M-101.4K0.9751.64N/AN/A3,1023,01522,51012,424
2014-12-09$45.04$50.0062.4%16.1%80.5%72.8%53.8%10.4%-7.6%382.5K-28.0M-115.4K0.8050.39N/AN/A4,2233,35923,20412,746
2014-12-10$45.34$0.0060.2%16.6%80.2%67.9%59.5%0.2%-4.7%648.8K-31.1M-121.1K0.9686.23N/AN/A3,4943,34724,47313,112
2014-12-11$45.16$40.0060.2%16.1%80.1%67.8%58.1%13.7%-2.3%685.1K-30.5M-116.3K1.0033.82N/AN/A3,5913,59224,45813,239
2014-12-12$45.00$40.0057.7%16.6%79.9%62.1%60.2%9.7%-0.2%216.2K-28.8M-114.6K0.9339.31N/AN/A3,7803,52724,38113,498
2014-12-15$40.56$40.0066.2%17.7%84.0%81.6%58.1%10.5%-3.5%99.1K-15.2M-103.3K1.0648.32N/AN/A3,0163,19222,69112,516
2014-12-16$38.32$40.0078.0%17.9%86.2%100.0%64.4%-0.9%-7.4%-3.7K-7.6M-97.0K0.8160.68N/AN/A3,4342,77622,97113,112
2014-12-17$38.45$40.0069.5%19.0%86.1%81.9%66.6%9.6%-2.6%-5.5K-8.0M-92.1K0.9458.49N/AN/A3,1162,94323,07813,133
2014-12-18$39.14$40.0067.1%16.4%86.4%76.8%59.8%7.1%-4.3%49.6K-9.6M-86.5K1.0653.20N/AN/A2,8503,02823,25213,240
2014-12-19$39.80$40.0058.6%16.0%86.6%58.8%55.5%6.8%1.2%189.4K16.5M-72.4K4.4334.36N/AN/A2421,07216,4468,976
2014-12-22$37.68$40.0059.9%17.9%88.1%61.6%60.0%6.5%-0.3%34.0K-13.4M-77.8K1.1370.87N/AN/A2,3662,66217,96310,683
2014-12-23$38.05$40.0060.0%16.8%88.2%61.8%60.0%1.9%2.2%53.3K-13.4M-80.6K0.8655.10N/AN/A2,5812,23218,29911,041
2014-12-24$38.25$40.0055.7%16.0%87.5%52.8%57.6%7.5%1.1%164.8K-13.8M-82.2K0.9649.98N/AN/A2,3582,25418,78511,108
2014-12-26$39.73$40.0053.5%14.2%88.8%48.0%55.9%9.4%-5.5%89.4K-17.6M-82.4K1.0189.07N/AN/A2,3662,40018,92611,171
2014-12-29$38.54$40.0060.4%17.3%74.6%62.7%58.2%0.7%1.6%12.1K-15.3M-81.3K1.2259.27N/AN/A2,0452,48617,83610,505
2014-12-30$40.82$40.0058.1%16.7%63.1%57.7%54.3%5.7%0.9%71.2K9.2M-73.7K0.2265.22N/AN/A93920611,2457,160
2014-12-31$38.05$39.0065.5%18.2%67.6%73.4%61.5%10.2%-3.5%-84.0K12.3M-66.6K0.6162.56N/AN/A89054511,9777,277