AMRN Options History — August 2016

In August 2016, AMRN traded between $2.78 and $3.35. ATM implied volatility averaged 109.4%, placing in the 46.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 31.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 47.7% (HV 20d: 61.7%). Max pain ranged from $2.00 to $3.00. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.60.

Notable Days

  • 2016-08-04: Highest Volume — 13,367 contracts
  • 2016-08-30: Largest IV drop — 25.6% change
  • 2016-08-29: Highest IV Rank — 66.0%
  • 2016-08-02: Largest Expected Move — 41.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$3.12$2.78$3.35$2.89$2.78
Max Pain$2.54$2.00$3.00$2.00$3.00
ATM IV109.4%82.6%149.9%112.9%119.3%
Expected Move31.2%23.7%41.2%31.6%37.4%
HV 20d61.7%47.3%71.6%47.4%47.3%
HV 60d52.9%48.5%55.6%53.5%51.2%
IV Rank46.4%33.4%66.0%48.1%51.2%
IV Percentile57.8%18.3%91.7%63.9%69.4%
Term Structure3.6%-48.2%41.3%19.0%-8.4%
VWIV111.2%91.1%138.8%111.7%138.8%
Skew 25d-4.8%-127.4%35.7%35.7%-1.4%
Skew 10d4.1%-68.3%75.4%31.2%-64.8%
Call IV 25d119.8%80.4%189.2%95.8%136.9%
Put IV 25d115.0%14.8%147.6%131.5%135.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %79.4633.54141.21110.66131.34
Gamma HHI0.370.220.550.470.22
Net GEX137.7K74.1K244.5K95.8K74.6K
Net DEX-8.9M-11.7M-5.4M-7.5M-5.4M
Net VEX-49.4K-54.8K-42.6K-42.8K-43.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.600.062.790.150.31
Total Volume7,689.39199113,3677,5814,841
Total OI97,588.60979,453107,79979,45399,411

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-08-01$2.89$2.00112.9%31.6%47.4%48.1%111.7%35.7%19.0%95.8K-7.5M-42.8K0.15110.666,58299959,26820,185
2016-08-02$3.16$2.00122.5%41.2%53.7%52.7%109.0%18.9%-2.0%101.4K-9.4M-46.2K0.1667.4310,5671,72061,91220,511
2016-08-03$3.31$2.00116.4%31.7%53.5%49.7%113.7%-12.4%-11.0%130.5K-11.7M-50.7K0.4148.336,1832,54068,28021,214
2016-08-04$3.27$2.00114.9%34.5%54.7%49.0%91.1%5.7%-11.3%147.3K-10.5M-49.9K0.9095.047,0506,31768,94421,897
2016-08-05$3.33$2.50108.3%28.2%54.5%45.8%95.0%5.4%-14.3%142.3K-11.2M-54.8K1.1635.035,4066,25171,70726,061
2016-08-08$3.21$2.50111.1%33.1%57.9%47.2%96.9%-3.6%0.4%154.0K-10.0M-53.3K1.0562.405,9786,28271,63525,781
2016-08-09$3.35$2.5095.6%31.6%58.5%39.7%94.4%5.8%6.7%176.2K-11.0M-53.3K1.5633.934,0096,23772,16125,922
2016-08-10$3.32$2.5092.3%31.5%59.1%38.1%99.8%-29.3%32.7%158.7K-11.5M-54.0K1.2033.543,3203,98472,57125,922
2016-08-11$3.08$2.5082.6%29.4%68.0%33.4%114.6%0.9%26.0%187.4K-8.6M-50.5K0.2648.339,0542,35072,76025,991
2016-08-12$3.07$2.5091.7%32.6%68.3%37.8%121.0%9.7%35.2%234.3K-9.7M-52.8K0.3136.427,9512,46578,82126,389
2016-08-15$3.16$2.50108.6%33.0%68.5%46.0%110.7%2.5%-8.6%218.7K-10.3M-53.2K0.3153.687,4642,32179,95926,206
2016-08-16$3.11$2.5097.6%28.8%68.7%40.7%121.7%-3.6%-1.5%244.5K-10.2M-51.9K0.3956.176,7722,63680,33426,366
2016-08-17$3.07$2.50108.3%31.1%69.4%45.9%113.2%19.5%41.3%203.7K-9.3M-50.9K0.0656.289355681,36226,155
2016-08-18$3.09$2.50109.6%30.5%69.4%46.5%127.5%9.6%6.7%205.1K-10.1M-49.5K0.1875.3898218080,83126,180
2016-08-19$3.17$2.50122.7%31.3%69.4%52.8%121.2%24.9%34.8%93.6K-10.9M-50.5K0.3077.006,6551,99181,59726,202
2016-08-22$3.15$2.50106.5%29.0%69.8%45.0%103.7%-5.5%-29.0%90.7K-7.5M-49.5K0.3685.874,9331,79669,21923,874
2016-08-23$3.18$2.50110.5%31.6%69.3%46.9%117.0%17.2%19.2%98.6K-8.0M-48.2K0.34141.214,7061,59569,56424,088
2016-08-24$3.07$3.00101.5%27.2%71.5%42.5%113.9%4.8%10.0%91.0K-7.3M-46.7K2.79137.318242,29969,81624,283
2016-08-25$3.07$3.00101.4%26.4%71.6%42.5%111.3%-25.1%-48.2%82.0K-7.0M-47.8K0.31112.594,7281,47170,56226,502
2016-08-26$3.06$3.00119.8%23.7%62.4%51.4%105.4%-127.4%-15.8%82.5K-5.8M-46.6K0.41134.343,7181,50871,15726,557
2016-08-29$3.00$3.00149.9%30.0%55.4%66.0%113.9%-65.8%-16.7%81.1K-6.2M-46.5K0.4296.453,3011,40271,33626,606
2016-08-30$2.79$3.00111.5%33.0%51.2%47.4%111.8%2.2%17.3%74.1K-5.5M-42.6K0.3898.763,2661,23171,81426,625
2016-08-31$2.78$3.00119.3%37.4%47.3%51.2%138.8%-1.4%-8.4%74.6K-5.4M-43.9K0.31131.343,6861,15572,71426,697