AMRN Options History — March 2012

In March 2012, AMRN traded between $7.15 and $11.94. ATM implied volatility averaged 86.1%, placing in the 24.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 24.7%. IV traded below realized volatility by 16.2% (HV 20d: 102.4%). Max pain ranged from $8.00 to $10.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.61.

Notable Days

  • 2012-03-16: Highest Volume — 49,567 contracts
  • 2012-03-14: Largest IV spike — 118.2% change
  • 2012-03-14: Highest IV Rank — 76.7%
  • 2012-03-16: Largest Expected Move — 34.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$9.58$7.15$11.94$8.77$11.32
Max Pain$9.23$8.00$10.00$8.00$10.00
ATM IV86.1%71.1%159.5%82.6%71.1%
Expected Move24.7%20.4%34.2%23.7%20.4%
HV 20d102.4%84.7%118.9%84.7%92.8%
HV 60d83.2%76.5%89.0%76.7%84.2%
IV Rank24.5%13.7%76.7%21.9%13.7%
IV Percentile36.7%13.9%95.6%34.5%13.9%
Term Structure7.3%-11.2%20.3%5.6%10.1%
VWIV86.7%69.8%118.3%84.9%69.8%
Skew 25d-3.5%-12.0%3.1%-5.9%-2.7%
Skew 10d-5.8%-31.9%18.5%-10.5%-7.9%
Call IV 25d89.2%72.9%122.8%94.1%72.9%
Put IV 25d85.7%70.1%113.0%88.2%70.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %38.8010.0178.5045.7410.01
Gamma HHI0.240.160.370.250.32
Net GEX323.1K12.2K697.8K309.0K490.1K
Net DEX-27.8M-64.8M-1.5M-18.6M-38.7M
Net VEX-165.0K-232.5K-107.9K-136.0K-181.0K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.610.111.550.740.62
Total Volume12,222.77367949,5674,70113,079
Total OI112,718.77394,134131,04894,134116,932

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-03-01$8.77$8.0082.6%23.7%84.7%21.9%84.9%-5.9%5.6%309.0K-18.6M-136.0K0.7445.742,7071,99465,96928,165
2012-03-02$7.92$8.0079.3%22.7%92.1%19.6%80.3%-5.3%7.8%190.7K-9.7M-121.9K0.5046.1317,3078,57566,41328,290
2012-03-05$7.55$9.0088.5%25.9%93.3%26.2%91.1%-6.2%14.9%152.8K-7.0M-124.7K0.5074.292,3881,19672,06032,570
2012-03-06$7.34$9.0078.7%25.9%91.0%19.2%91.3%-3.5%11.4%103.8K-4.9M-116.4K1.5571.781,7142,64970,74531,846
2012-03-07$7.52$9.0082.0%25.3%89.6%21.5%87.5%1.9%14.8%123.9K-5.9M-120.3K0.6178.5088954071,49832,143
2012-03-08$7.43$9.0081.7%25.4%89.6%21.3%87.3%3.1%12.7%103.1K-5.3M-118.2K0.2321.571,42332271,67032,292
2012-03-09$7.35$9.0071.1%23.7%89.6%13.8%78.9%-0.5%14.4%58.0K-3.5M-113.4K0.5636.451,14163671,93332,416
2012-03-12$7.27$9.0078.3%23.8%89.4%18.9%80.7%1.6%16.6%29.2K-2.8M-110.0K1.0029.2134033972,47732,722
2012-03-13$7.15$9.0073.1%21.3%85.8%15.2%74.2%-1.0%20.3%12.2K-1.5M-107.9K1.4442.071,3471,94372,57132,976
2012-03-14$8.02$9.00159.5%33.2%96.6%76.7%118.0%-12.0%-5.2%241.6K-14.4M-130.9K0.1143.8934,3923,64773,10534,322
2012-03-15$8.91$8.00103.8%29.7%104.2%37.0%104.6%-10.9%5.5%696.3K-32.2M-156.4K0.2139.4012,4162,56891,56135,692
2012-03-16$10.52$8.00119.4%34.2%118.0%48.2%118.3%-6.6%-11.2%697.8K-64.8M-174.3K0.5631.8431,73417,83395,07235,976
2012-03-19$10.66$9.00111.6%32.0%112.7%42.6%113.7%-9.6%-2.7%256.9K-37.4M-203.2K1.1233.257,7478,68869,13635,510
2012-03-20$11.94$10.0084.1%24.1%118.5%23.1%84.5%-2.5%-1.0%354.7K-48.7M-217.7K0.4630.6222,32610,20473,25143,027
2012-03-21$11.92$10.0082.8%23.7%118.4%22.1%83.7%-0.6%2.3%465.9K-52.3M-230.8K1.1620.865,7736,71080,87545,789
2012-03-22$11.91$10.0077.7%22.3%118.3%18.5%80.8%1.9%5.2%479.3K-51.1M-232.5K0.4119.414,8481,97281,65846,434
2012-03-23$11.73$10.0074.6%21.4%118.7%16.3%74.1%-5.9%9.0%489.3K-48.9M-228.5K0.1443.226,20283881,89441,215
2012-03-26$11.50$10.0074.2%21.3%118.9%16.0%74.1%-1.0%9.5%491.3K-43.7M-210.5K0.1835.772,47744379,04741,564
2012-03-27$11.55$10.0074.2%21.3%118.5%15.9%76.4%-2.6%6.5%469.7K-43.6M-205.0K0.6040.686,3403,78777,76541,630
2012-03-28$11.15$10.0073.7%21.1%109.4%15.6%73.5%-2.6%6.0%452.1K-39.4M-209.1K0.4643.699,3584,34481,38643,421
2012-03-29$11.31$10.0073.0%20.9%102.0%15.1%79.7%-5.5%9.0%441.0K-38.0M-181.3K0.2515.222,97674975,16239,633
2012-03-30$11.32$10.0071.1%20.4%92.8%13.7%69.8%-2.7%10.1%490.1K-38.7M-181.0K0.6210.018,0824,99777,33439,598