AMRN Options History — January 2011

In January 2011, AMRN traded between $7.70 and $9.33. ATM implied volatility averaged 75.1%. The 30-day expected move averaged 22.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.6% (HV 20d: 73.5%). Max pain ranged from $7.50 to $7.50. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.43.

Notable Days

  • 2011-01-06: Highest Volume — 12,906 contracts
  • 2011-01-28: Largest IV spike — 50.9% change
  • 2011-01-03: Largest Expected Move — 26.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$8.63$7.70$9.33$8.33$8.88
Max Pain$7.50$7.50$7.50$7.50$7.50
ATM IV75.1%52.9%92.2%92.2%80.8%
Expected Move22.2%15.2%26.4%26.4%23.2%
HV 20d73.5%68.1%80.2%68.1%69.4%
HV 60d123.9%119.9%130.4%129.8%120.0%
Term Structure8.8%-1.6%37.6%2.4%-1.6%
VWIV78.7%69.5%93.4%91.9%79.9%
Skew 25d-4.6%-15.0%8.5%0.5%-14.0%
Skew 10d7.0%-20.8%56.7%13.2%-4.3%
Call IV 25d82.3%72.5%94.6%94.6%81.3%
Put IV 25d77.7%62.5%99.6%95.1%67.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %38.0812.1869.0646.2412.18
Gamma HHI0.680.530.850.550.69
Net GEX112.5K54.5K175.0K94.4K145.8K
Net DEX-12.6M-15.8M-8.3M-9.9M-13.7M
Net VEX-47.3K-57.9K-30.9K-31.2K-55.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.430.031.650.040.83
Total Volume3,224.9539112,9066926,735
Total OI39,389.2524,49650,34824,49642,784

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-01-03$8.33$7.5092.2%26.4%68.1%0.0%91.9%0.5%2.4%94.4K-9.9M-31.2K0.0446.246682419,1525,344
2011-01-04$7.70$7.5092.1%26.4%73.8%0.0%93.4%0.9%0.8%86.8K-8.3M-30.9K0.1117.551,46815519,3835,350
2011-01-05$7.73$7.5090.2%25.9%73.2%0.0%93.1%7.2%8.6%90.9K-8.8M-31.3K0.0518.561,0114720,0655,436
2011-01-06$8.59$7.5069.1%19.8%80.2%0.0%69.5%2.7%13.8%114.3K-11.2M-32.2K1.0327.686,3506,55620,4725,449
2011-01-07$8.59$7.5067.8%21.8%79.0%0.0%77.6%8.5%8.6%74.1K-11.0M-38.5K0.0969.068827723,23811,276
2011-01-10$8.81$7.5058.6%22.7%75.6%0.0%78.4%-4.7%7.1%94.5K-12.5M-36.2K0.1653.383,79861223,26811,253
2011-01-11$9.33$7.5071.3%22.6%76.4%0.0%78.6%-7.5%2.4%145.9K-15.1M-38.8K0.1935.036,7151,29024,77111,807
2011-01-12$9.15$7.5071.4%22.5%78.0%0.0%78.7%-4.1%9.7%168.0K-15.8M-46.6K0.2644.702,85273128,75912,587
2011-01-13$9.10$7.5081.6%23.4%77.1%0.0%80.9%-1.4%3.1%175.0K-15.7M-48.0K1.6544.982,5754,25429,81613,313
2011-01-14$8.86$7.5079.1%22.7%78.7%0.0%79.3%-2.2%5.8%127.2K-14.7M-57.9K0.4327.501,46563431,87817,372
2011-01-18$8.75$7.5076.1%21.8%69.1%0.0%75.7%-4.0%11.0%110.1K-14.1M-56.2K0.0861.097856632,17317,427
2011-01-19$8.13$7.5077.6%22.2%68.5%0.0%75.5%-6.0%5.7%54.5K-11.3M-54.6K1.4960.641,6202,42032,38717,478
2011-01-20$8.23$7.5075.5%21.7%68.4%0.0%76.3%-9.4%5.4%64.8K-11.8M-55.2K0.1624.271,49424532,61917,729
2011-01-21$8.87$7.5076.7%22.0%73.0%0.0%77.4%-1.1%9.5%96.3K-14.5M-55.1K0.0526.832,1019832,28116,533
2011-01-24$9.03$7.5076.5%21.9%73.1%0.0%79.0%-7.4%4.2%118.6K-13.8M-54.9K0.0932.561,89117927,33712,188
2011-01-25$8.69$7.5069.8%20.0%74.8%0.0%74.8%-10.8%18.7%115.8K-12.6M-55.0K0.0324.481,8976528,11712,232
2011-01-26$8.56$7.5063.4%18.2%75.0%0.0%71.7%-9.1%20.3%119.7K-12.3M-55.0K0.8321.0298782028,86312,297
2011-01-27$8.58$7.5052.9%15.2%69.7%0.0%70.7%-14.3%37.6%122.9K-12.4M-56.8K0.4167.2427811329,60313,101
2011-01-28$8.79$7.5079.8%22.9%69.6%0.0%71.8%-15.0%3.5%130.0K-13.1M-56.8K0.5646.7234719429,56113,086
2011-01-31$8.88$7.5080.8%23.2%69.4%0.0%79.9%-14.0%-1.6%145.8K-13.7M-55.4K0.8312.183,6723,06329,68813,096