AMRN Options History — September 2012

In September 2012, AMRN traded between $11.99 and $14.78. ATM implied volatility averaged 88.0%, placing in the 17.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 26.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 31.2% (HV 20d: 56.8%). Max pain ranged from $12.00 to $14.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 17 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.41.

Notable Days

  • 2012-09-04: Highest Volume — 62,049 contracts
  • 2012-09-13: Largest IV spike — 41.3% change
  • 2012-09-10: Highest IV Rank — 31.2%
  • 2012-09-05: Largest Expected Move — 29.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$13.61$11.99$14.78$14.64$12.58
Max Pain$13.42$12.00$14.00$12.00$13.00
ATM IV88.0%62.8%109.4%76.4%73.7%
Expected Move26.4%25.1%29.0%27.4%28.7%
HV 20d56.8%47.4%65.4%63.8%60.8%
HV 60d64.7%63.4%65.8%63.4%64.8%
IV Rank17.8%2.2%31.2%10.6%9.0%
IV Percentile42.9%0.8%82.9%13.1%10.7%
Term Structure5.7%-1.8%15.3%2.7%6.3%
VWIV94.5%88.5%109.7%99.8%103.4%
Skew 25d-2.4%-11.0%9.7%9.7%-10.8%
Skew 10d-3.3%-36.7%22.5%22.5%-36.7%
Call IV 25d95.9%86.4%110.4%93.6%110.4%
Put IV 25d93.5%87.1%109.5%103.2%99.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %23.2811.7845.5937.7230.88
Gamma HHI0.120.100.150.120.10
Net GEX2.3M1.1M3.2M2.7M1.3M
Net DEX-126.4M-176.8M-54.9M-176.8M-74.1M
Net VEX-658.3K-748.5K-570.6K-748.5K-623.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.410.150.960.330.25
Total Volume18,491.1585,75662,04962,04913,430
Total OI389,135.053284,339447,065395,539317,213

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-09-04$14.64$12.0076.4%27.4%63.8%10.6%99.8%9.7%2.7%2.7M-176.8M-748.5K0.3337.7246,58415,465282,450113,089
2012-09-05$14.12$12.0080.2%29.0%65.4%13.0%109.7%6.6%0.1%2.6M-151.6M-716.9K0.4737.9617,6958,366275,445114,787
2012-09-06$14.62$12.0095.7%26.7%64.6%22.6%99.3%4.6%3.3%2.9M-168.5M-705.5K0.6535.687,8095,045278,248116,577
2012-09-07$14.78$14.0097.8%26.4%47.4%23.9%92.1%2.2%-1.4%2.9M-174.6M-719.1K0.9618.147,1276,872281,893118,689
2012-09-10$14.41$14.00109.4%26.7%48.7%31.2%92.5%3.4%-1.8%2.7M-159.2M-690.2K0.2126.5012,5352,597279,769123,150
2012-09-11$13.56$14.0076.2%25.7%53.3%10.5%91.2%5.2%3.8%2.4M-117.4M-643.0K0.7013.1817,91012,520284,635125,229
2012-09-12$13.32$14.0062.8%25.1%51.9%2.2%88.5%3.3%14.6%2.1M-105.5M-611.4K0.6914.7312,0718,355284,772126,226
2012-09-13$14.19$14.0088.8%25.4%55.9%18.3%89.3%1.0%5.0%3.0M-156.7M-684.6K0.3017.8623,9637,197290,449129,828
2012-09-14$14.16$14.0090.8%26.0%55.7%19.6%92.4%-6.0%5.4%3.2M-162.5M-705.0K0.4416.4419,9858,773301,300133,011
2012-09-17$13.99$14.0092.6%26.6%54.8%20.7%94.5%-2.3%5.6%3.1M-151.9M-693.5K0.3916.714,7171,840303,767137,266
2012-09-18$14.00$14.0091.8%26.3%54.8%20.2%92.4%-5.8%3.7%3.2M-149.7M-686.1K0.2016.084,792964305,887137,925
2012-09-19$14.02$14.0091.6%26.3%54.4%20.1%93.2%-7.9%5.4%3.0M-156.6M-669.9K0.1517.435,276794307,836138,619
2012-09-20$13.47$14.0091.8%26.3%57.1%20.2%94.4%-5.7%5.5%2.4M-125.6M-640.6K0.3913.697,5142,932308,264138,801
2012-09-21$13.37$14.0089.0%25.5%56.2%18.5%89.5%-5.9%7.9%2.1M-122.2M-623.5K0.4914.249,9594,929304,577136,072
2012-09-24$12.50$13.0093.7%26.9%57.5%21.4%94.5%-5.9%3.6%1.1M-62.6M-573.5K0.3213.6112,7864,100210,66373,676
2012-09-25$12.31$13.0090.2%25.9%57.6%19.2%94.4%-9.3%11.3%1.1M-59.6M-570.6K0.3045.5913,6664,046216,83876,740
2012-09-26$11.99$13.0090.8%26.0%58.2%19.6%93.1%-10.1%12.6%1.1M-54.9M-584.8K0.2844.165,8921,622227,81780,331
2012-09-27$12.59$13.0087.9%25.2%60.8%17.8%90.5%-11.0%15.3%1.3M-71.1M-618.2K0.3511.788,2752,929230,59081,137
2012-09-28$12.58$13.0073.7%28.7%60.8%9.0%103.4%-10.8%6.3%1.3M-74.1M-623.3K0.2530.8810,7742,656234,68982,524