AMRN Options History — February 2011

In February 2011, AMRN traded between $7.73 and $8.86. ATM implied volatility averaged 70.6%. The 30-day expected move averaged 20.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 24.7% (HV 20d: 45.9%). Max pain ranged from $7.50 to $7.50. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.33.

Notable Days

  • 2011-02-03: Highest Volume — 17,289 contracts
  • 2011-02-07: Largest IV drop — 33.3% change
  • 2011-02-17: Largest Expected Move — 22.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$8.46$7.73$8.86$8.84$7.73
Max Pain$7.50$7.50$7.50$7.50$7.50
ATM IV70.6%48.1%79.7%70.9%73.3%
Expected Move20.7%17.9%22.8%20.3%21.0%
HV 20d45.9%31.6%69.3%69.3%37.7%
HV 60d109.9%61.8%119.9%119.8%61.8%
Term Structure31.4%1.3%48.6%4.5%39.2%
VWIV74.3%66.9%81.5%67.0%78.3%
Skew 25d-5.9%-10.1%0.5%-0.8%-0.8%
Skew 10d-13.9%-31.2%12.2%12.2%11.4%
Call IV 25d77.6%68.0%85.3%71.9%85.3%
Put IV 25d71.7%63.1%84.5%71.1%84.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %24.6615.1836.9227.1722.85
Gamma HHI0.470.290.720.710.29
Net GEX137.6K90.2K166.9K134.0K144.1K
Net DEX-14.5M-17.9M-12.1M-13.1M-15.2M
Net VEX-78.2K-108.1K-54.9K-57.5K-108.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.330.021.080.020.30
Total Volume3,802.47440317,2891,8143,608
Total OI62,56145,02885,44045,25185,440

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-02-01$8.84$7.5070.9%20.3%69.3%0.0%67.0%-0.8%4.5%134.0K-13.1M-57.5K0.0227.171,7872730,25514,996
2011-02-02$8.77$7.5074.8%21.4%62.5%0.0%73.8%-6.1%1.3%134.3K-12.9M-55.8K0.0518.445012530,04915,000
2011-02-03$8.71$7.5062.6%17.9%62.7%0.0%69.2%-2.0%12.9%123.0K-12.2M-54.9K0.4929.5511,6135,67630,00815,020
2011-02-04$8.63$7.5072.2%19.2%50.6%0.0%71.2%-9.3%47.2%151.4K-14.5M-79.5K0.1624.193485539,99120,327
2011-02-07$8.59$7.5048.1%19.4%50.6%0.0%67.7%-5.7%42.8%138.5K-14.0M-77.0K0.0915.181,90316840,11420,863
2011-02-08$8.60$7.5049.9%18.4%49.7%0.0%67.4%-10.1%48.6%143.9K-14.4M-75.8K0.7226.191,32595640,58320,447
2011-02-09$8.42$7.5061.9%18.9%45.1%0.0%69.8%-8.9%44.5%133.6K-13.4M-77.0K0.7924.9738230341,06020,534
2011-02-10$8.20$7.5069.7%20.0%45.4%0.0%71.5%-4.3%39.3%100.8K-12.1M-75.5K0.4126.842,4901,02041,19520,746
2011-02-11$8.18$7.5064.6%18.5%45.4%0.0%66.9%-8.5%44.7%90.2K-12.4M-76.8K0.1526.051,56324242,26621,695
2011-02-14$8.57$7.5079.0%22.6%48.2%0.0%81.5%-7.5%34.7%137.2K-15.1M-79.8K0.2122.473,42071642,73021,832
2011-02-15$8.44$7.5077.0%22.1%48.3%0.0%80.2%-5.7%35.0%140.1K-15.0M-81.8K0.2222.771,12924744,34421,869
2011-02-16$8.56$7.5079.2%22.7%40.4%0.0%80.1%-8.2%32.2%150.4K-15.9M-82.2K0.0636.928044744,86721,969
2011-02-17$8.80$7.5079.7%22.8%41.3%0.0%76.6%-1.6%30.1%163.7K-17.5M-83.2K0.0923.848037545,12921,971
2011-02-18$8.86$7.5075.8%21.7%31.6%0.0%76.7%-9.3%36.2%166.9K-17.9M-83.2K0.8623.2652845545,16022,028
2011-02-22$8.47$7.5076.4%21.9%34.6%0.0%79.6%0.5%21.5%147.8K-15.5M-80.1K0.0930.673,79632941,77019,992
2011-02-23$8.07$7.5074.5%21.4%36.1%0.0%76.6%-6.1%22.5%134.4K-14.3M-80.9K0.1624.053,43455743,99720,301
2011-02-24$8.16$7.5074.8%21.5%36.2%0.0%77.9%-8.5%29.3%144.1K-14.6M-85.6K1.0820.413,1123,37246,60020,831
2011-02-25$8.09$7.5077.2%22.1%36.2%0.0%79.5%-9.2%29.8%136.1K-14.7M-91.6K0.3422.7311,5493,88248,65524,025
2011-02-28$7.73$7.5073.3%21.0%37.7%0.0%78.3%-0.8%39.2%144.1K-15.2M-108.1K0.3022.852,77683258,63826,802