AMRN Options History — February 2014

In February 2014, AMRN traded between $1.73 and $1.94. ATM implied volatility averaged 90.8%, placing in the 15.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 29.3%. IV traded below realized volatility by 1.0% (HV 20d: 91.8%). Max pain ranged from $2.00 to $2.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.51.

Notable Days

  • 2014-02-25: Highest Volume — 7,657 contracts
  • 2014-02-25: Largest IV spike — 23.0% change
  • 2014-02-26: Highest IV Rank — 21.5%
  • 2014-02-03: Largest Expected Move — 31.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$1.81$1.73$1.94$1.81$1.74
Max Pain$2.00$2.00$2.00$2.00$2.00
ATM IV90.8%80.4%107.4%103.0%100.5%
Expected Move29.3%26.9%31.6%31.6%30.1%
HV 20d91.8%49.8%127.4%122.9%49.8%
HV 60d102.9%94.3%110.2%109.2%94.3%
IV Rank15.9%12.3%21.5%20.2%19.1%
IV Percentile61.1%53.2%71.4%70.6%66.7%
Term Structure-0.1%-34.3%17.1%1.9%-20.4%
VWIV105.1%98.4%128.1%101.8%110.3%
Skew 25d4.1%-20.6%42.3%8.9%19.8%
Skew 10d29.0%-23.4%70.4%20.5%60.9%
Call IV 25d86.5%71.2%100.1%75.8%75.3%
Put IV 25d90.6%60.3%142.5%84.7%95.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %43.5126.0258.8031.5433.93
Gamma HHI0.410.310.520.310.46
Net GEX57.0K43.2K76.7K54.4K60.6K
Net DEX-1.4M-2.6M-543.6K-1.9M-1.3M
Net VEX-32.5K-36.9K-29.7K-35.6K-30.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.510.022.530.320.14
Total Volume2,450.1584197,6571,1381,080
Total OI117,553.52694,926125,013120,929104,989

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-02-03$1.81$2.00103.0%31.6%122.9%20.2%101.8%8.9%1.9%54.4K-1.9M-35.6K0.3231.5486227692,77328,156
2014-02-04$1.93$2.0094.0%28.7%125.1%17.2%101.4%-9.7%7.6%66.7K-2.6M-36.9K0.3044.283,01590693,07328,082
2014-02-05$1.83$2.0091.9%30.6%126.4%16.2%0.0%6.2%4.7%58.4K-2.0M-35.3K0.1341.651,61020394,17328,258
2014-02-06$1.73$2.0096.5%31.4%127.4%17.8%0.0%42.3%16.9%49.7K-1.4M-32.5K2.5341.1434286694,48328,373
2014-02-07$1.75$2.0085.8%30.1%125.9%14.1%0.0%5.1%-34.3%49.6K-1.4M-33.4K1.4339.6264091394,65028,946
2014-02-10$1.76$2.0082.7%29.1%124.6%13.1%0.0%3.8%11.7%48.1K-1.1M-32.7K0.0848.137326095,08529,161
2014-02-11$1.78$2.0089.0%28.0%124.6%15.2%98.4%4.0%-1.7%49.8K-975.9K-31.4K0.0258.601,1642195,10829,122
2014-02-12$1.76$2.0087.3%29.1%124.0%14.6%111.6%-5.9%-1.3%49.0K-932.5K-31.1K0.1244.003744595,48129,121
2014-02-13$1.76$2.0081.8%29.8%109.6%12.8%104.3%-20.6%2.4%43.2K-543.6K-29.7K1.3343.9844258895,53829,149
2014-02-14$1.75$2.0080.7%31.1%108.4%12.4%128.1%-19.3%9.1%46.5K-622.6K-30.7K0.3546.601,00734895,70929,304
2014-02-18$1.83$2.0090.6%28.1%110.1%15.8%101.6%-0.4%-1.4%49.4K-767.3K-31.6K0.0339.461,0412795,31729,239
2014-02-19$1.88$2.0092.3%26.9%52.0%16.3%0.0%-0.5%-0.4%69.2K-1.6M-33.3K1.0751.642,1192,26695,56729,242
2014-02-20$1.94$2.0083.8%28.9%51.8%13.5%103.1%6.3%16.3%76.7K-1.9M-33.8K0.6858.801,06271891,77329,637
2014-02-21$1.86$2.0087.6%29.0%53.1%14.8%102.0%5.2%17.1%51.7K-796.4K-31.2K0.6956.933,2782,25691,99030,069
2014-02-24$1.89$2.0080.4%27.8%51.5%12.3%102.1%0.0%9.7%62.9K-1.8M-31.3K0.0441.745,59321371,05723,869
2014-02-25$1.84$2.0098.9%29.4%52.7%18.6%102.5%0.3%-13.0%71.5K-2.0M-32.5K0.0243.057,51514275,68523,874
2014-02-26$1.79$2.00107.4%28.8%52.5%21.5%99.5%16.5%-9.3%64.9K-1.9M-32.3K0.0726.022,81220779,72723,911
2014-02-27$1.78$2.0090.7%29.0%51.8%15.8%110.3%15.4%-18.1%60.7K-1.7M-31.4K0.4135.681,28652479,72324,103
2014-02-28$1.74$2.00100.5%30.1%49.8%19.1%0.0%19.8%-20.4%60.6K-1.3M-30.2K0.1433.9395112980,60624,383