AMRN Options History — July 2014

In July 2014, AMRN traded between $1.49 and $1.80. ATM implied volatility averaged 114.6%, placing in the 23.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 25.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 75.3% (HV 20d: 39.3%). Max pain ranged from $2.00 to $2.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.15.

Notable Days

  • 2014-07-31: Highest Volume — 27,136 contracts
  • 2014-07-25: Largest IV spike — 63.5% change
  • 2014-07-01: Highest IV Rank — 43.2%
  • 2014-07-31: Largest Expected Move — 28.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$1.60$1.49$1.80$1.70$1.80
Max Pain$2.00$2.00$2.00$2.00$2.00
ATM IV114.6%72.3%172.1%172.1%134.2%
Expected Move25.2%22.5%28.4%26.9%28.4%
HV 20d39.3%34.1%57.4%36.1%57.4%
HV 60d46.0%44.2%51.1%47.7%51.1%
IV Rank23.7%9.4%43.2%43.2%30.4%
IV Percentile66.8%21.4%96.0%96.0%82.5%
Term Structure-17.2%-91.8%37.0%-62.8%21.0%
VWIV92.3%81.5%106.6%81.5%100.9%
Skew 25d33.9%-34.4%127.7%-34.4%50.2%
Skew 10d28.5%-17.6%125.8%10.6%57.6%
Call IV 25d76.1%45.4%118.9%84.0%107.3%
Put IV 25d110.0%49.6%196.5%49.6%157.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %84.5866.47121.3766.4782.43
Gamma HHI0.310.280.350.290.29
Net GEX51.4K40.2K60.2K60.0K55.2K
Net DEX-1.5M-3.4M-701.4K-2.4M-3.4M
Net VEX-16.9K-23.6K-12.7K-22.5K-23.6K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.150.000.570.250.01
Total Volume1,716.1826327,13657427,136
Total OI81,813.81879,17883,40981,53182,681

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-07-01$1.70$2.00172.1%26.9%36.1%43.2%81.5%-34.4%-62.8%60.0K-2.4M-22.5K0.2566.4745811671,02210,509
2014-07-02$1.73$2.00129.3%26.8%34.1%28.7%88.3%2.5%7.5%58.3K-1.9M-17.7K0.0582.905922871,32910,434
2014-07-03$1.70$2.00139.6%25.8%35.5%32.2%0.0%-14.0%7.5%60.2K-2.3M-21.7K0.1787.663065371,64810,444
2014-07-07$1.66$2.00121.2%26.3%37.2%26.0%89.1%37.9%-40.7%56.0K-2.3M-21.5K0.2571.682606571,93410,487
2014-07-08$1.60$2.00170.5%26.8%39.3%42.7%86.3%16.0%-91.8%55.5K-1.8M-18.2K0.3480.131204172,13310,532
2014-07-09$1.62$2.00143.5%23.6%39.4%33.5%95.9%3.9%-73.2%52.9K-1.4M-15.9K0.5781.24402372,24810,564
2014-07-10$1.61$2.0092.0%23.7%38.6%16.1%87.0%4.8%-15.2%54.4K-1.5M-16.2K0.0088.82573072,27810,564
2014-07-11$1.59$2.00114.0%25.8%38.9%23.6%90.9%41.3%-85.6%54.6K-1.4M-15.5K0.1474.443805272,58010,562
2014-07-14$1.60$2.00100.9%25.4%38.9%19.1%106.6%29.3%6.9%56.4K-1.8M-18.9K0.0277.90177372,68310,569
2014-07-15$1.55$2.0096.7%25.5%40.7%17.7%94.0%16.9%21.4%53.6K-1.7M-18.5K0.0078.62227072,81610,569
2014-07-16$1.51$2.0084.0%24.7%41.5%13.4%93.3%-0.9%24.1%54.1K-1.4M-16.9K0.1476.623404672,84010,569
2014-07-17$1.49$2.00112.1%25.5%41.1%22.9%93.5%26.3%11.1%59.6K-1.5M-18.6K0.1381.551582072,71410,517
2014-07-18$1.51$2.0072.3%24.5%39.5%9.4%0.0%64.9%37.0%41.2K-940.3K-14.7K0.0497.103191472,71010,526
2014-07-21$1.52$0.00112.7%22.5%39.7%23.1%0.0%61.1%-32.3%40.2K-723.7K-12.9K0.28121.3736310068,70310,475
2014-07-22$1.58$0.00101.6%26.2%41.3%19.3%0.0%32.2%-7.9%43.1K-841.6K-13.4K0.1586.103405069,01110,575
2014-07-23$1.58$0.00118.2%24.5%38.9%25.0%0.0%114.8%-11.8%44.9K-955.7K-13.8K0.03100.663331069,27110,607
2014-07-24$1.57$0.0082.8%25.0%35.3%13.0%0.0%15.7%-0.5%45.6K-918.9K-13.2K0.0793.861501069,40910,570
2014-07-25$1.50$0.00135.4%24.4%38.3%30.8%0.0%40.1%-79.3%44.3K-940.1K-14.0K0.1688.681,04116469,50610,580
2014-07-28$1.54$0.00106.0%24.1%39.5%20.8%0.0%127.7%6.6%43.7K-701.4K-12.7K0.4991.64814069,80410,734
2014-07-29$1.57$0.0084.8%24.3%36.9%13.6%0.0%95.2%-15.3%47.3K-1.1M-15.5K0.0570.791,91910069,82510,754
2014-07-30$1.59$0.0097.0%24.5%35.7%17.8%0.0%14.2%-5.4%50.2K-1.3M-16.2K0.0080.111,503570,76410,854
2014-07-31$1.80$0.00134.2%28.4%57.4%30.4%100.9%50.2%21.0%55.2K-3.4M-23.6K0.0182.4326,96417271,82710,854