AGQ Options History — August 2016

In August 2016, AGQ traded between $45.49 and $56.63. ATM implied volatility averaged 49.6%, placing in the 31.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.7% (HV 20d: 45.9%). Max pain ranged from $40.00 to $50.00. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.73.

Notable Days

  • 2016-08-11: Highest Volume — 6,186 contracts
  • 2016-08-31: Largest IV drop — 16.8% change
  • 2016-08-30: Highest IV Rank — 59.9%
  • 2016-08-02: Largest Expected Move — 16.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$50.56$45.49$56.63$55.64$45.91
Max Pain$43.91$40.00$50.00$50.00$45.00
ATM IV49.6%44.1%58.6%56.8%48.8%
Expected Move13.7%12.5%16.5%15.8%13.1%
HV 20d45.9%38.8%50.3%48.9%39.2%
HV 60d49.9%48.7%50.9%50.3%50.4%
IV Rank31.1%13.5%59.9%53.9%28.3%
IV Percentile34.6%2.4%84.5%80.2%32.9%
Term Structure0.2%-14.9%4.9%-1.0%1.2%
VWIV48.6%39.0%58.2%56.9%47.3%
Skew 25d-4.5%-9.4%2.7%-7.5%-1.9%
Skew 10d-11.5%-24.2%-2.1%-12.2%-10.6%
Call IV 25d54.4%47.9%70.8%62.2%52.8%
Put IV 25d49.9%43.0%73.5%54.6%50.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %84.0265.2897.6070.5984.33
Gamma HHI0.110.070.170.100.10
Net GEX558.9K248.6K844.9K581.9K248.6K
Net DEX-20.4M-34.6M-8.9M-31.6M-9.2M
Net VEX-107.0K-118.7K-91.7K-116.2K-92.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.730.301.170.721.04
Total Volume3,803.4784656,1864,5133,459
Total OI18,744.82616,09320,74916,09319,631

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-08-01$55.64$50.0056.8%15.8%48.9%53.9%56.9%-7.5%-1.0%581.9K-31.6M-116.2K0.7270.59N/AN/A2,6281,88511,2514,842
2016-08-02$56.63$50.0057.9%16.5%48.9%57.5%58.2%-5.0%-0.7%618.8K-34.6M-118.7K0.5565.28N/AN/A3,3951,88111,8575,407
2016-08-03$55.48$50.0055.6%15.0%49.4%50.2%53.3%-6.8%-1.2%724.0K-32.3M-118.7K0.6874.11N/AN/A2,9882,03512,9905,713
2016-08-04$55.10$40.0053.0%15.2%47.1%41.9%53.5%-7.0%-1.1%549.5K-29.5M-118.0K0.6287.73N/AN/A3,0531,88513,1666,126
2016-08-05$51.63$40.0049.8%14.0%49.4%31.7%52.3%-5.5%0.0%509.0K-15.6M-109.3K0.7287.59N/AN/A2,8972,09113,2526,397
2016-08-08$51.64$40.0048.4%13.7%49.2%27.3%49.9%-6.8%-0.8%497.1K-20.7M-111.9K0.6885.77N/AN/A2,1921,48012,2075,376
2016-08-09$52.34$40.0046.8%13.4%49.2%22.2%48.5%-5.7%-0.0%512.8K-22.2M-109.1K0.6488.63N/AN/A2,2081,41912,4495,501
2016-08-10$53.98$40.0048.4%14.5%49.4%27.2%50.1%-6.0%1.8%646.4K-28.0M-111.2K0.5488.54N/AN/A2,7471,47012,4975,554
2016-08-11$52.86$40.0047.9%14.4%49.7%25.7%50.4%-9.4%3.4%604.4K-25.2M-115.2K0.3390.10N/AN/A4,6351,55113,1125,621
2016-08-12$51.50$40.0045.4%13.0%50.1%17.7%45.4%-6.8%0.4%531.5K-22.7M-116.2K0.6093.87N/AN/A3,0601,82814,9655,784
2016-08-15$52.15$45.0044.8%12.9%50.3%15.7%46.9%-3.7%1.7%811.4K-27.6M-115.0K0.6491.88N/AN/A2,4071,53814,3465,303
2016-08-16$51.92$40.0045.6%13.1%49.9%18.3%39.0%-3.8%3.3%844.9K-27.3M-114.8K0.6692.10N/AN/A2,4771,64414,4545,339
2016-08-17$51.18$45.0045.1%12.9%46.2%16.7%46.3%-2.0%4.9%791.3K-22.7M-108.2K0.8197.60N/AN/A31125314,2615,369
2016-08-18$51.62$45.0044.1%12.5%43.0%13.5%44.7%-3.3%2.8%746.5K-24.4M-110.8K0.3092.31N/AN/A35910614,3185,507
2016-08-19$49.32$45.0045.7%12.7%45.2%18.7%47.7%-6.9%4.1%627.5K-16.1M-105.2K0.8390.09N/AN/A2,1671,80214,4975,580
2016-08-22$47.23$45.0048.9%13.4%47.4%28.7%50.4%-1.0%0.1%527.6K-13.7M-97.7K0.6271.86N/AN/A2,2871,42413,0924,683
2016-08-23$47.21$45.0049.6%13.5%46.9%31.0%47.2%-3.5%1.4%507.1K-14.0M-98.3K0.7072.31N/AN/A1,9411,36512,7084,921
2016-08-24$45.49$45.0050.7%13.5%39.4%34.5%44.4%-5.0%0.4%438.6K-10.4M-91.7K1.1776.25N/AN/A40647413,0134,967
2016-08-25$45.50$45.0049.8%13.7%39.5%31.5%47.5%-2.2%0.7%426.8K-9.7M-93.6K0.7078.09N/AN/A2,2171,55813,2415,211
2016-08-26$45.88$45.0048.6%13.0%38.8%27.9%46.3%2.7%-0.4%499.7K-11.5M-98.6K1.1289.55N/AN/A2,3362,62413,4095,210
2016-08-29$46.84$45.0050.5%13.0%40.0%34.1%45.8%-3.5%-0.3%306.8K-11.6M-97.7K0.9479.89N/AN/A1,7991,69812,7965,951
2016-08-30$45.73$45.0058.6%13.3%39.1%59.9%45.1%-2.5%-14.9%301.5K-8.9M-92.6K1.1484.11N/AN/A1,6371,86313,1646,093
2016-08-31$45.91$45.0048.8%13.1%39.2%28.3%47.3%-1.9%1.2%248.6K-9.2M-92.8K1.0484.33N/AN/A1,6961,76313,2756,356