AMRN Options History — February 2015

In February 2015, AMRN traded between $1.02 and $1.53. ATM implied volatility averaged 107.9%, placing in the 45.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 24.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 60.5% (HV 20d: 47.4%). Max pain ranged from $1.00 to $1.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.75.

Notable Days

  • 2015-02-26: Highest Volume — 9,055 contracts
  • 2015-02-24: Largest IV spike — 53.9% change
  • 2015-02-24: Highest IV Rank — 68.3%
  • 2015-02-17: Largest Expected Move — 31.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$1.24$1.02$1.53$1.02$1.51
Max Pain$1.00$1.00$1.00$1.00$1.00
ATM IV107.9%82.8%160.8%120.3%98.2%
Expected Move24.9%18.0%31.8%22.5%27.4%
HV 20d47.4%25.9%75.1%47.0%75.1%
HV 60d77.0%64.0%85.2%85.2%73.5%
IV Rank45.3%34.4%68.3%50.7%41.1%
IV Percentile57.2%28.2%95.2%70.6%48.4%
Term Structure-9.2%-172.9%47.3%-8.8%2.7%
VWIV90.3%62.7%105.3%62.7%95.7%
Skew 25d-2.9%-27.7%39.4%39.4%-15.7%
Skew 10d7.0%-33.2%88.9%79.8%-33.2%
Call IV 25d97.6%67.3%113.4%73.3%109.7%
Put IV 25d94.6%73.5%114.6%112.6%94.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %40.7213.70146.2713.7020.87
Gamma HHI0.310.260.380.260.32
Net GEX10.1K5.4K20.9K5.4K20.9K
Net DEX-867.6K-1.8M-394.3K-649.5K-1.8M
Net VEX-7.7K-13.0K-5.7K-6.5K-13.0K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.750.191.590.450.37
Total Volume4,38909,05507,815
Total OI24,779.42121,99733,06624,06933,066

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-02-02$1.02$1.00120.3%22.5%47.0%50.7%0.0%39.4%0.0%5.4K-649.5K-6.5K0.0013.700019,2124,857
2015-02-03$1.04$1.00123.6%18.0%40.5%52.1%62.7%38.3%-8.8%5.5K-652.6K-6.6K0.4517.483,6191,61719,2124,857
2015-02-04$1.06$1.00107.3%24.4%36.9%45.1%85.0%10.5%30.5%5.9K-418.3K-5.7K0.3780.534,3401,61717,8994,857
2015-02-05$1.07$1.0091.4%23.1%35.6%38.2%79.7%-5.2%0.0%5.7K-423.9K-5.7K0.3916.134,2571,64717,1654,857
2015-02-06$1.07$1.0097.7%22.8%34.2%40.9%92.7%-13.6%0.0%5.8K-394.3K-5.7K0.4030.324,1511,64717,2144,897
2015-02-09$1.11$1.00108.9%19.7%36.5%45.7%65.4%7.4%-172.9%6.2K-500.6K-6.0K1.4919.151,0961,63417,1004,897
2015-02-10$1.17$1.0086.1%24.2%39.9%35.9%97.0%14.9%-101.9%7.5K-527.8K-6.1K1.3416.481,2221,63417,4164,924
2015-02-11$1.17$1.00127.4%25.6%36.5%53.8%95.5%-14.8%-13.8%7.1K-621.8K-6.3K1.3916.001,2071,67417,5364,924
2015-02-12$1.18$1.0096.2%23.0%31.4%40.3%84.1%4.1%-59.4%8.0K-733.1K-6.4K1.5043.341,1161,67517,8354,857
2015-02-13$1.19$1.00113.1%23.0%28.9%47.6%94.8%-13.8%-57.2%8.3K-579.0K-6.3K1.3914.951,2081,67518,0904,858
2015-02-17$1.19$1.00119.5%31.8%25.9%50.4%103.4%-18.9%47.3%8.1K-715.1K-6.5K1.5939.471,0391,65218,1714,858
2015-02-18$1.33$1.0082.8%23.7%44.8%34.4%89.7%-17.8%13.8%11.1K-937.6K-6.6K0.80113.201,9961,60518,2294,858
2015-02-19$1.45$1.00111.1%30.1%49.9%46.7%101.9%-21.9%25.5%13.8K-1.1M-7.7K0.1918.851,20122719,2124,878
2015-02-20$1.33$1.0099.2%21.4%62.3%41.5%82.6%-27.7%35.5%12.8K-1.1M-7.3K0.4026.133,6581,47820,0884,835
2015-02-23$1.43$1.00104.5%27.7%65.7%43.9%93.9%4.2%43.3%15.5K-1.3M-11.1K0.3919.574,0221,56522,2176,106
2015-02-24$1.38$1.00160.8%28.9%68.1%68.3%100.4%5.9%44.6%13.5K-1.1M-10.2K0.38146.274,0691,56522,5786,156
2015-02-25$1.38$1.0094.4%27.6%68.1%39.5%95.1%-15.7%-5.6%14.9K-1.3M-10.9K0.4114.863,8431,56522,8416,166
2015-02-26$1.53$1.00107.8%27.9%74.2%45.3%105.3%-15.5%29.0%16.6K-1.7M-11.8K0.22106.327,3941,66122,9006,186
2015-02-27$1.51$1.0098.2%27.4%75.1%41.1%95.7%-15.7%2.7%20.9K-1.8M-13.0K0.3720.875,6952,12026,7416,325