AGQ Options History — March 2017

In March 2017, AGQ traded between $35.53 and $42.45. ATM implied volatility averaged 38.9%, placing in the 7.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.7% (HV 20d: 38.2%). Max pain ranged from $38.00 to $40.00. Net GEX was positive for 16 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.47.

Notable Days

  • 2017-03-09: Highest Volume — 3,700 contracts
  • 2017-03-15: Largest IV spike — 32.8% change
  • 2017-03-15: Highest IV Rank — 51.6%
  • 2017-03-02: Largest Expected Move — 12.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$38.71$35.53$42.45$42.45$41.27
Max Pain$38.22$38.00$40.00$39.00$38.00
ATM IV38.9%34.5%54.9%38.1%35.8%
Expected Move10.6%9.5%12.2%10.7%9.7%
HV 20d38.2%20.8%43.6%20.8%34.0%
HV 60d36.7%32.9%40.5%37.1%32.9%
IV Rank7.7%0.0%51.6%1.7%3.4%
IV Percentile7.0%0.0%81.0%1.6%2.0%
Term Structure-1.2%-28.6%2.9%0.1%-1.0%
VWIV38.4%33.9%48.2%38.7%35.3%
Skew 25d-0.4%-6.7%2.8%-0.6%0.1%
Skew 10d0.2%-12.9%52.5%-3.9%-3.9%
Call IV 25d41.2%35.2%68.4%40.7%36.9%
Put IV 25d40.7%34.7%61.7%40.1%37.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %78.4461.60113.0178.9085.97
Gamma HHI0.100.070.140.090.12
Net GEX72.2K-162.0K272.9K271.7K272.9K
Net DEX187.9K-6.0M6.6M-6.0M-4.8M
Net VEX-30.3K-35.0K-26.3K-35.0K-33.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.471.081.871.081.38
Total Volume2,820.872,2333,7002,5942,666
Total OI9,012.6526,51110,9719,5298,408

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-03-01$42.45$39.0038.1%10.7%20.8%1.7%38.7%-0.6%0.1%271.7K-6.0M-35.0K1.0878.90N/AN/A1,2481,3465,3714,158
2017-03-02$39.45$39.0041.4%12.2%34.6%11.5%43.0%0.2%-0.3%141.9K-778.7K-33.2K1.6470.57N/AN/A1,0801,7695,5594,173
2017-03-03$40.24$39.0039.5%11.3%35.0%5.8%41.7%1.9%0.0%45.0K-763.8K-33.6K1.8571.15N/AN/A1,1632,1465,7154,619
2017-03-06$39.54$40.0039.0%11.0%35.6%4.5%38.8%-0.1%-0.1%98.2K-499.1K-32.0K1.2361.60N/AN/A1,3211,6315,1084,223
2017-03-07$38.27$38.0037.7%10.8%35.9%0.7%39.1%-0.4%-0.2%37.9K1.8M-30.9K1.3967.08N/AN/A1,1291,5725,2344,306
2017-03-08$37.13$38.0039.6%11.3%37.3%6.3%40.0%0.4%-0.3%5.8K3.4M-29.5K1.4368.69N/AN/A1,1691,6725,4034,430
2017-03-09$35.88$38.0043.0%11.9%38.7%16.2%40.7%2.8%-0.8%-15.6K4.6M-28.7K1.7566.40N/AN/A1,3472,3535,4904,592
2017-03-10$36.16$38.0041.4%11.1%38.9%11.7%41.7%-0.6%-1.1%-89.7K6.6M-28.5K1.4775.63N/AN/A1,3201,9445,6375,334
2017-03-13$35.92$38.0043.8%11.7%36.5%18.6%43.2%1.4%-3.4%-142.7K5.2M-28.0K1.5874.80N/AN/A1,1511,8165,2475,096
2017-03-14$35.53$38.0041.3%11.7%36.4%11.2%41.5%-0.4%-0.8%-162.0K5.1M-27.0K1.8775.81N/AN/A9771,8295,3625,016
2017-03-15$37.39$38.0054.9%9.5%41.3%51.6%48.2%-6.7%-28.6%-36.3K2.7M-28.8K1.55113.01N/AN/A1,0841,6785,3805,027
2017-03-16$37.34$38.0038.3%10.6%41.2%2.5%39.3%-0.6%-1.1%125.8K1.9M-27.9K1.3584.49N/AN/A1,2241,6505,5145,162
2017-03-17$37.64$38.0036.7%10.4%41.0%0.0%38.2%0.1%-1.3%2.3K1.5M-26.8K1.3888.94N/AN/A1,2641,7485,5555,203
2017-03-20$37.77$38.0035.4%10.1%41.1%0.0%35.6%0.4%0.1%-37.0K1.4M-26.3K1.8071.58N/AN/A7981,4353,1423,369
2017-03-21$38.30$38.0034.5%9.9%41.6%0.0%34.6%-0.2%1.7%-1.9K771.6K-27.2K1.4578.50N/AN/A1,1161,6133,2943,488
2017-03-22$38.31$38.0035.5%10.2%41.5%2.7%36.1%0.9%2.9%56.0K100.3K-29.6K1.4176.67N/AN/A1,1241,5833,7393,625
2017-03-23$38.64$38.0035.0%9.9%41.2%1.2%34.6%-2.5%1.9%90.6K-483.7K-30.0K1.5479.38N/AN/A9981,5403,8203,632
2017-03-24$39.25$38.0034.6%9.7%41.0%0.2%35.0%-1.9%1.3%106.3K-1.3M-30.1K1.7580.36N/AN/A8861,5533,9203,671
2017-03-27$40.82$38.0038.2%10.3%43.6%10.1%36.5%-2.9%1.0%166.2K-3.3M-31.5K1.3775.70N/AN/A1,1031,5073,8143,468
2017-03-28$40.89$38.0037.1%10.0%43.5%7.2%34.0%-2.8%1.9%187.3K-3.9M-32.9K1.1782.50N/AN/A1,2751,4984,1263,592
2017-03-29$41.31$38.0036.0%9.5%43.5%4.1%33.9%0.3%1.6%269.4K-4.4M-32.5K1.2889.18N/AN/A1,1991,5314,3683,661
2017-03-30$40.87$38.0036.8%10.0%34.5%6.2%34.5%1.6%0.2%268.3K-4.6M-34.1K1.2187.32N/AN/A1,2771,5474,5283,712
2017-03-31$41.27$38.0035.8%9.7%34.0%3.4%35.3%0.1%-1.0%272.9K-4.8M-33.1K1.3885.97N/AN/A1,1221,5444,6783,730