AGQ Options History — March 2016

In March 2016, AGQ traded between $30.81 and $35.42. ATM implied volatility averaged 51.9%, placing in the 40.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 14.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.4% (HV 20d: 48.5%). Max pain ranged from $30.00 to $33.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.81.

Notable Days

  • 2016-03-24: Highest Volume — 4,735 contracts
  • 2016-03-04: Largest IV spike — 17.1% change
  • 2016-03-04: Highest IV Rank — 66.8%
  • 2016-03-04: Largest Expected Move — 16.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$33.02$30.81$35.42$30.81$32.92
Max Pain$32.14$30.00$33.00$32.00$32.50
ATM IV51.9%46.8%59.9%51.0%47.9%
Expected Move14.5%12.8%16.1%13.8%13.2%
HV 20d48.5%42.0%55.1%49.2%51.6%
HV 60d46.9%44.8%48.6%48.6%47.2%
IV Rank40.1%23.1%66.8%37.0%26.6%
IV Percentile53.0%15.9%90.9%45.6%23.4%
Term Structure-0.4%-6.6%2.9%1.9%-0.0%
VWIV50.8%45.3%56.4%53.6%47.6%
Skew 25d-3.4%-6.9%11.6%-6.5%-6.7%
Skew 10d-8.9%-15.8%2.3%-12.3%-15.8%
Call IV 25d53.2%46.1%58.7%56.2%52.7%
Put IV 25d49.7%41.8%60.8%49.7%46.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %80.0059.76100.8694.7386.66
Gamma HHI0.120.070.230.090.13
Net GEX240.2K98.1K462.5K201.5K378.2K
Net DEX-5.0M-12.4M-864.3K-864.3K-3.7M
Net VEX-67.4K-75.4K-54.2K-63.9K-70.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.810.421.121.100.83
Total Volume3,540.3642,9394,7353,2313,455
Total OI15,35411,50417,72815,79914,077

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-03-01$30.81$32.0051.0%13.8%49.2%37.0%53.6%-6.5%1.9%201.5K-864.3K-63.9K1.1094.73N/AN/A1,5401,69110,5315,268
2016-03-02$31.20$32.0052.0%15.3%49.2%40.2%53.0%-6.9%-1.0%199.4K-1.4M-66.2K1.0894.00N/AN/A1,5731,70410,6505,450
2016-03-03$32.37$30.0051.2%14.6%47.7%37.6%51.7%-4.5%-1.8%275.1K-3.6M-64.6K1.1281.98N/AN/A1,4581,62810,7315,454
2016-03-04$33.45$30.0059.9%16.1%48.1%66.8%56.4%-3.0%0.2%294.7K-7.0M-72.1K0.8976.04N/AN/A1,8091,61010,8525,497
2016-03-07$34.06$31.0055.2%15.4%48.0%51.1%52.6%-2.0%0.4%291.1K-8.4M-75.4K0.9469.10N/AN/A1,5541,46110,7975,421
2016-03-08$32.70$32.0059.5%14.6%48.7%65.3%50.7%11.6%2.7%274.8K-6.4M-64.7K0.9377.00N/AN/A1,5211,41810,9805,501
2016-03-09$32.40$32.0055.9%14.6%48.7%53.3%52.2%4.9%-3.9%266.8K-4.4M-67.1K1.0176.56N/AN/A1,4721,48111,0345,542
2016-03-10$33.65$32.0053.4%15.1%50.5%44.9%50.4%-5.6%0.9%309.2K-7.1M-71.7K0.9370.83N/AN/A1,5751,46111,0825,581
2016-03-11$33.26$32.0051.7%14.5%47.1%39.3%51.7%-4.7%-3.2%236.3K-7.7M-68.0K0.7466.35N/AN/A1,9801,47311,1615,602
2016-03-14$33.29$32.0051.1%14.6%47.0%37.4%50.8%-5.3%2.6%244.4K-7.3M-70.2K0.8362.79N/AN/A1,7261,43810,8895,480
2016-03-15$32.41$32.0050.5%14.5%42.0%35.4%50.8%-6.3%-2.1%194.2K-3.7M-68.3K0.9859.76N/AN/A1,7831,74111,0115,922
2016-03-16$33.88$32.0052.3%15.0%44.8%41.3%49.7%-3.5%1.9%199.1K-6.0M-54.2K0.97100.86N/AN/A1,7011,65211,2686,133
2016-03-17$35.42$32.0054.2%15.6%46.5%47.6%54.8%-5.0%-2.5%462.5K-12.4M-66.3K0.9175.50N/AN/A1,8311,67111,3666,171
2016-03-18$34.67$33.0052.3%14.9%46.6%41.4%51.3%-5.2%2.9%166.0K-10.5M-71.4K0.6778.18N/AN/A2,2461,49711,5426,186
2016-03-21$34.69$33.0052.5%15.1%45.3%42.1%51.5%-3.0%-0.5%186.7K-5.1M-66.2K0.4272.80N/AN/A2,9811,2647,7853,719
2016-03-22$34.96$33.0051.2%14.3%45.1%37.7%50.0%-4.8%2.2%403.1K-6.0M-70.4K0.4380.41N/AN/A3,0401,3028,8124,185
2016-03-23$32.10$33.0046.8%13.1%55.1%23.1%45.3%-1.0%-6.6%124.4K-1.7M-63.6K0.4278.84N/AN/A3,3251,3828,8784,285
2016-03-24$31.88$33.0048.1%12.8%55.1%27.2%46.5%-4.4%1.2%98.1K-1.5M-68.4K0.4882.86N/AN/A3,2091,5269,1904,463
2016-03-28$31.93$33.0048.5%14.0%50.5%28.6%48.1%-5.0%-4.6%98.6K-1.4M-65.9K0.9288.63N/AN/A1,5721,4488,1174,448
2016-03-29$32.51$33.0048.5%14.3%50.2%28.6%50.2%-4.2%2.7%129.4K-1.5M-65.6K0.5793.75N/AN/A2,4941,4208,3204,508
2016-03-30$31.91$32.5048.6%14.6%50.7%29.0%49.4%-4.7%-3.3%251.3K-2.2M-67.5K0.6292.36N/AN/A2,3281,4479,3374,562
2016-03-31$32.92$32.5047.9%13.2%51.6%26.6%47.6%-6.7%-0.0%378.2K-3.7M-70.3K0.8386.66N/AN/A1,8921,5639,4124,665