AGQ Options History — October 2018

In October 2018, AGQ traded between $22.75 and $24.35. ATM implied volatility averaged 36.7%, placing in the 25.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 6.3% (HV 20d: 30.4%). Max pain ranged from $23.00 to $24.00. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.54.

Notable Days

  • 2018-10-17: Highest Volume — 3,454 contracts
  • 2018-10-19: Largest IV drop — 6.0% change
  • 2018-10-12: Highest IV Rank — 34.7%
  • 2018-10-12: Largest Expected Move — 11.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$23.78$22.75$24.35$23.66$22.75
Max Pain$23.43$23.00$24.00$23.00$23.00
ATM IV36.7%34.4%39.6%35.0%36.9%
Expected Move10.5%9.9%11.4%10.0%10.6%
HV 20d30.4%26.4%33.1%32.2%29.0%
HV 60d35.2%34.6%36.1%35.3%35.7%
IV Rank25.5%18.6%34.7%20.4%26.3%
IV Percentile81.4%56.0%96.4%66.3%83.3%
Term Structure-0.6%-5.5%1.3%1.3%-0.3%
VWIV38.0%35.1%41.7%36.1%39.9%
Skew 25d-1.2%-3.3%3.0%-1.3%0.2%
Skew 10d-3.9%-11.9%0.7%-2.4%-9.5%
Call IV 25d39.0%35.8%48.1%36.6%37.5%
Put IV 25d37.7%35.3%51.1%35.3%37.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %37.9914.8977.8926.2017.14
Gamma HHI0.270.130.660.330.14
Net GEX330.5K88.8K839.2K297.1K88.8K
Net DEX-2.6M-4.4M606.3K-2.2M606.3K
Net VEX-27.8K-33.4K-20.6K-31.0K-20.6K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.540.280.940.680.44
Total Volume2,226.3481,3703,4541,6912,018
Total OI14,851.52211,16718,19814,98811,820

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-10-01$23.66$23.0035.0%10.0%32.2%20.4%36.1%-1.3%1.3%297.1K-2.2M-31.0K0.6826.20N/AN/A1,00968211,2173,771
2018-10-02$24.18$23.0035.8%10.2%26.6%22.7%35.9%-0.4%-0.8%389.3K-4.1M-32.7K0.5031.91N/AN/A1,30564811,5843,843
2018-10-03$24.09$23.0036.6%10.5%26.7%25.5%37.4%-1.4%-3.8%393.3K-3.9M-33.4K0.4337.39N/AN/A1,35958912,0203,854
2018-10-04$23.87$24.0036.0%10.3%27.0%23.6%36.3%-2.6%0.3%378.4K-3.3M-32.1K0.2820.80N/AN/A2,19060912,1003,863
2018-10-05$24.09$24.0035.1%10.3%27.0%20.6%36.3%-2.4%0.2%404.3K-3.7M-32.5K0.3831.04N/AN/A1,63862312,1243,913
2018-10-08$23.21$24.0037.0%10.7%30.6%26.4%37.9%-1.6%-0.7%294.7K-1.3M-28.7K0.4342.73N/AN/A1,61770012,3993,974
2018-10-09$23.22$24.0036.7%10.9%30.5%25.6%37.3%-1.2%-0.6%306.9K-1.4M-28.5K0.4331.14N/AN/A1,34057612,6174,050
2018-10-10$22.93$24.0037.7%10.8%30.3%28.6%38.9%-0.4%-0.8%268.5K-678.8K-27.5K0.5447.02N/AN/A1,24466812,6184,041
2018-10-11$23.85$24.0038.3%11.0%33.1%30.5%41.6%-2.7%-0.3%418.1K-3.6M-30.4K0.5569.24N/AN/A1,56285312,7344,126
2018-10-12$23.97$24.0039.6%11.4%32.4%34.7%41.7%3.0%-5.5%445.4K-3.9M-31.1K0.7077.89N/AN/A1,6351,15112,8114,211
2018-10-15$24.16$24.0038.0%10.9%32.2%29.7%39.6%-2.1%-0.8%523.5K-4.4M-28.1K0.9442.70N/AN/A1,3011,22812,7484,014
2018-10-16$24.08$24.0036.1%10.4%32.2%23.8%41.1%-3.3%0.6%501.2K-3.8M-27.0K0.4843.65N/AN/A2,1941,05412,8254,104
2018-10-17$23.96$24.0035.5%10.2%32.1%21.9%38.4%-1.4%0.2%482.2K-3.3M-27.1K0.4357.14N/AN/A2,4141,04013,7094,103
2018-10-18$23.78$23.0036.6%10.5%32.2%25.4%36.9%-1.0%-0.4%442.6K-3.8M-27.2K0.3626.26N/AN/A2,37885514,0484,014
2018-10-19$24.00$23.0034.4%9.9%32.3%18.6%35.8%0.3%1.2%839.2K-3.9M-26.6K0.5627.40N/AN/A1,41880014,0924,106
2018-10-22$23.78$23.0035.4%10.2%32.5%21.7%35.1%-1.0%-0.3%149.2K-1.4M-24.9K0.4630.12N/AN/A1,1885487,9493,218
2018-10-23$24.35$23.0036.2%10.4%32.4%24.1%36.3%-2.6%-0.9%182.4K-2.7M-26.4K0.5014.89N/AN/A1,2566227,9983,251
2018-10-24$24.06$23.0037.2%10.7%32.3%27.3%38.2%-0.4%-0.7%169.0K-2.1M-25.8K0.5923.44N/AN/A1,2117178,1273,339
2018-10-25$23.98$23.0037.2%10.7%31.8%27.3%37.3%-2.8%-1.0%170.9K-2.1M-25.6K0.5744.51N/AN/A1,1496548,1983,251
2018-10-26$24.20$23.0036.1%10.4%26.4%23.8%38.2%-2.6%-0.2%183.7K-2.5M-26.0K0.8641.21N/AN/A7356358,2183,263
2018-10-29$23.34$23.0038.1%10.9%28.7%30.0%39.5%-1.4%-0.3%138.9K-1.0M-23.6K0.6270.19N/AN/A1,2887998,2123,319
2018-10-30$23.40$23.0037.7%10.8%27.5%28.8%37.3%0.4%-1.2%134.1K-749.9K-23.1K0.7019.70N/AN/A1,0017058,4143,375
2018-10-31$22.75$23.0036.9%10.6%29.0%26.3%39.9%0.2%-0.3%88.8K606.3K-20.6K0.4417.14N/AN/A1,3986208,4183,402