AGQ Options History — August 2018

In August 2018, AGQ traded between $23.60 and $27.10. ATM implied volatility averaged 33.4%, placing in the 15.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.5%. IV traded below realized volatility by 2.6% (HV 20d: 36.0%). Max pain ranged from $26.00 to $28.00. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.45.

Notable Days

  • 2018-08-15: Highest Volume — 3,561 contracts
  • 2018-08-13: Largest IV spike — 24.8% change
  • 2018-08-13: Highest IV Rank — 29.8%
  • 2018-08-15: Largest Expected Move — 10.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$25.37$23.60$27.10$26.95$23.79
Max Pain$26.96$26.00$28.00$28.00$26.00
ATM IV33.4%29.4%38.1%29.8%32.0%
Expected Move9.5%8.4%10.6%8.5%9.2%
HV 20d36.0%25.5%44.9%28.1%44.4%
HV 60d32.9%28.8%36.5%29.9%36.3%
IV Rank15.3%3.2%29.8%4.3%11.3%
IV Percentile38.3%1.2%86.5%1.6%19.0%
Term Structure0.6%-2.6%1.7%-2.6%1.5%
VWIV34.2%30.0%38.1%30.0%33.1%
Skew 25d-0.4%-2.9%1.6%1.3%0.3%
Skew 10d-2.2%-7.7%2.7%-7.6%-2.0%
Call IV 25d34.2%29.3%38.6%30.4%32.6%
Put IV 25d33.8%28.7%37.9%31.7%32.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %27.3713.6866.7666.7623.06
Gamma HHI0.200.140.260.140.15
Net GEX234.5K76.7K360.8K90.2K181.4K
Net DEX-283.3K-3.7M3.9M448.2K1.9M
Net VEX-34.9K-40.7K-24.7K-24.7K-31.6K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.450.200.700.320.63
Total Volume2,431.2611,8103,5612,3702,203
Total OI15,626.1310,47418,50310,47418,420

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-08-01$26.95$28.0029.8%8.5%28.1%4.3%30.0%1.3%-2.6%90.2K448.2K-24.7K0.3266.76N/AN/A1,7925786,6623,812
2018-08-02$26.74$28.0031.3%9.0%27.8%8.8%31.6%0.0%1.0%156.1K53.6K-30.0K0.3747.88N/AN/A1,9297157,6813,815
2018-08-03$27.07$28.0029.4%8.4%28.4%3.2%30.2%-0.6%1.7%238.0K-1.5M-34.7K0.3033.12N/AN/A1,9475918,8163,955
2018-08-06$26.61$28.0031.2%9.2%28.2%8.7%32.9%-1.5%0.2%205.6K-703.9K-33.3K0.3124.31N/AN/A1,9235969,0293,980
2018-08-07$26.76$28.0032.0%9.1%28.5%11.0%33.4%-2.9%1.5%229.0K-1.3M-34.2K0.4317.09N/AN/A1,4526199,2564,003
2018-08-08$27.06$28.0031.6%9.3%26.7%10.0%34.5%-1.8%1.2%270.6K-2.5M-35.9K0.2244.00N/AN/A2,5715569,6654,050
2018-08-09$27.10$28.0030.3%9.1%25.5%5.9%34.4%-2.3%1.6%360.8K-3.7M-40.7K0.2027.77N/AN/A2,52750910,7624,072
2018-08-10$26.63$28.0030.5%9.3%25.6%6.5%35.1%-1.7%0.8%292.8K-2.4M-38.5K0.3823.09N/AN/A1,33750910,7614,076
2018-08-13$25.63$28.0038.1%9.5%28.4%29.8%35.0%-2.1%0.7%181.2K201.4K-34.4K0.3121.73N/AN/A2,39174710,8484,085
2018-08-14$25.77$28.0036.1%9.4%27.3%23.8%33.5%-0.4%0.7%256.8K-440.4K-37.8K0.6220.91N/AN/A1,32581911,8864,289
2018-08-15$23.60$28.0036.9%10.6%40.5%26.3%38.1%-0.8%0.9%76.7K3.9M-29.9K0.4322.46N/AN/A2,4871,07411,9434,620
2018-08-16$24.33$26.0036.3%10.4%41.8%24.5%36.9%-0.8%0.1%207.1K1.5M-35.8K0.7018.30N/AN/A1,39497713,3394,653
2018-08-17$24.82$26.0035.7%10.2%41.6%22.5%36.1%1.1%-0.4%264.4K606.0K-38.5K0.6234.84N/AN/A1,52994713,6044,899
2018-08-20$24.70$26.0034.7%10.0%41.5%19.5%35.5%-0.7%0.5%259.6K-587.6K-37.8K0.4619.02N/AN/A1,35561711,8404,196
2018-08-21$24.70$26.0034.4%9.9%41.1%18.5%34.5%-0.1%1.5%265.3K-347.1K-36.6K0.5119.45N/AN/A1,27965012,0114,233
2018-08-22$24.65$26.0034.9%10.0%40.3%20.1%34.9%0.4%1.7%270.9K-455.7K-35.9K0.4330.68N/AN/A1,26454612,1354,225
2018-08-23$23.82$26.0034.3%9.8%40.9%18.2%35.5%1.3%0.1%181.2K1.3M-32.2K0.3730.86N/AN/A1,45753512,1874,304
2018-08-24$24.79$26.0034.4%9.9%43.8%18.6%35.1%-0.0%0.6%312.9K-1.3M-38.2K0.4713.68N/AN/A1,74181212,5184,342
2018-08-27$25.05$26.0034.4%9.9%44.0%18.5%34.9%1.6%-0.3%346.6K-1.9M-38.5K0.6219.53N/AN/A1,47591712,7584,551
2018-08-28$24.43$26.0033.3%9.6%44.3%15.2%34.5%0.7%-2.4%256.6K-226.6K-34.9K0.6837.21N/AN/A1,18781112,7374,569
2018-08-29$24.63$26.0032.7%9.4%44.2%13.3%33.9%0.2%1.0%281.3K-390.7K-34.8K0.4216.07N/AN/A2,04285912,8314,658
2018-08-30$23.98$26.0032.9%9.4%44.9%14.0%32.6%-0.7%1.4%209.4K1.3M-33.3K0.6517.74N/AN/A1,41391513,5454,780
2018-08-31$23.79$26.0032.0%9.2%44.4%11.3%33.1%0.3%1.5%181.4K1.9M-31.6K0.6323.06N/AN/A1,35484913,5964,824