AGQ Options History — August 2017

In August 2017, AGQ traded between $31.99 and $37.33. ATM implied volatility averaged 37.9%, placing in the 27.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.9%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.5% (HV 20d: 38.4%). Max pain ranged from $32.00 to $35.00. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 20 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.71.

Notable Days

  • 2017-08-17: Highest Volume — 3,619 contracts
  • 2017-08-30: Largest IV drop — 9.2% change
  • 2017-08-28: Highest IV Rank — 40.7%
  • 2017-08-28: Largest Expected Move — 12.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$34.70$31.99$37.33$33.98$37.33
Max Pain$33.87$32.00$35.00$32.00$35.00
ATM IV37.9%33.9%41.9%36.3%37.2%
Expected Move10.9%10.1%12.0%10.4%10.7%
HV 20d38.4%32.0%43.5%34.7%43.2%
HV 60d35.0%31.8%37.0%31.8%37.0%
IV Rank27.6%14.2%40.7%22.2%25.3%
IV Percentile27.5%3.6%49.2%16.3%25.8%
Term Structure1.8%-0.6%3.5%-0.6%2.9%
VWIV38.3%34.6%43.0%36.1%35.5%
Skew 25d-2.9%-6.4%-0.2%-1.5%-2.0%
Skew 10d-6.4%-9.6%-2.2%-3.1%-5.5%
Call IV 25d40.9%35.8%46.5%37.3%39.9%
Put IV 25d38.0%35.3%41.0%35.8%37.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %22.1315.0935.5917.9019.18
Gamma HHI0.150.090.380.140.11
Net GEX256.4K74.0K493.1K155.8K321.0K
Net DEX-3.7M-7.4M1.2M-1.8M-7.0M
Net VEX-31.0K-35.2K-24.4K-29.3K-35.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.710.380.940.650.72
Total Volume2,196.7391,5183,6191,9852,128
Total OI10,554.3049,41012,1029,41011,460

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-08-01$33.98$32.0036.3%10.4%34.7%22.2%36.1%-1.5%-0.6%155.8K-1.8M-29.3K0.6517.90N/AN/A1,2047815,7533,657
2017-08-02$33.34$32.0036.2%10.4%35.0%22.0%34.6%-1.4%-0.5%139.5K-1.2M-28.1K0.5724.90N/AN/A1,1826795,8003,673
2017-08-03$33.68$35.0034.7%10.3%35.0%17.0%35.9%-1.7%2.9%140.5K-1.1M-28.3K0.8922.69N/AN/A8027165,8223,756
2017-08-04$32.09$35.0033.9%10.1%32.4%14.2%36.5%-1.3%1.7%84.9K1.0M-26.1K0.8121.03N/AN/A8727095,8603,776
2017-08-07$31.99$35.0034.4%10.1%32.2%16.0%35.3%-0.5%2.0%74.0K1.2M-24.4K0.7515.09N/AN/A1,0437845,9403,796
2017-08-08$32.54$35.0035.6%10.1%32.0%20.0%35.3%-0.2%2.2%112.5K373.0K-24.9K0.8216.20N/AN/A8747176,0983,852
2017-08-09$34.55$35.0036.3%10.4%37.7%22.3%36.4%-1.5%1.7%230.7K-3.2M-28.6K0.7419.76N/AN/A9647166,2243,911
2017-08-10$35.30$35.0038.0%10.9%35.6%27.8%39.7%-2.1%1.8%257.5K-4.9M-30.1K0.8924.03N/AN/A1,1211,0016,3363,937
2017-08-11$35.35$35.0037.5%10.8%34.5%26.4%38.0%-4.2%2.7%251.1K-5.0M-32.4K0.6433.48N/AN/A1,5019646,6234,302
2017-08-14$35.16$35.0036.4%10.4%34.4%22.6%34.9%-3.7%1.9%244.0K-4.2M-29.9K0.3835.59N/AN/A2,5859756,4564,354
2017-08-15$33.57$34.0037.6%10.8%38.4%26.8%38.8%-4.4%1.8%411.9K-3.5M-29.2K0.8919.67N/AN/A1,1501,0237,5364,399
2017-08-16$35.22$34.0040.1%11.5%41.7%34.9%43.0%-4.1%-0.6%402.1K-7.3M-30.9K0.5028.17N/AN/A2,0371,0217,6454,410
2017-08-17$35.03$33.0040.3%11.6%41.9%35.7%40.4%-3.6%1.3%370.5K-7.4M-32.2K0.3922.60N/AN/A2,5951,0247,6764,426
2017-08-18$35.00$33.0040.7%11.7%41.0%37.0%41.3%-3.9%1.8%493.1K-4.9M-32.4K0.4933.96N/AN/A2,2801,1177,0224,463
2017-08-21$34.82$33.0040.4%11.6%41.0%35.9%42.1%-4.9%3.0%207.7K-3.0M-32.5K0.6319.46N/AN/A1,1457236,0583,594
2017-08-22$34.84$33.0039.1%11.2%41.0%31.7%40.8%-1.2%2.2%255.8K-3.4M-33.4K0.6719.89N/AN/A1,1327606,4723,657
2017-08-23$35.18$33.0039.1%11.2%40.6%31.5%40.6%-3.1%2.6%265.0K-4.1M-33.5K0.8617.95N/AN/A8687476,5373,706
2017-08-24$34.62$33.0039.4%11.3%40.9%32.4%39.5%-5.0%1.8%262.5K-3.3M-33.5K0.9418.24N/AN/A8197676,6293,759
2017-08-25$35.11$33.0038.7%11.1%40.8%30.3%40.4%-2.2%3.2%290.4K-3.9M-33.5K0.9225.07N/AN/A9128406,6853,793
2017-08-28$36.74$33.0041.9%12.0%43.5%40.7%39.0%-4.2%0.1%320.3K-6.9M-33.9K0.7515.99N/AN/A1,4791,1166,7953,900
2017-08-29$36.25$34.0040.9%11.7%43.5%37.4%38.6%-6.4%1.1%285.9K-5.5M-35.2K0.6522.22N/AN/A1,4139176,8724,144
2017-08-30$36.44$34.0037.1%10.6%42.7%24.9%38.9%-2.7%3.5%321.0K-5.8M-35.1K0.7316.03N/AN/A1,3449786,9954,190
2017-08-31$37.33$35.0037.2%10.7%43.2%25.3%35.5%-2.0%2.9%321.0K-7.0M-35.2K0.7219.18N/AN/A1,2398897,0684,392