AMRN Options History — December 2016

In December 2016, AMRN traded between $3.01 and $3.29. ATM implied volatility averaged 73.5%, placing in the 29.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 19.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 37.2% (HV 20d: 36.4%). Max pain ranged from $2.50 to $3.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.46.

Notable Days

  • 2016-12-12: Highest Volume — 5,571 contracts
  • 2016-12-05: Largest IV spike — 39.5% change
  • 2016-12-14: Highest IV Rank — 43.4%
  • 2016-12-14: Largest Expected Move — 26.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$3.15$3.01$3.29$3.07$3.08
Max Pain$2.95$2.50$3.00$2.50$3.00
ATM IV73.5%48.5%103.3%77.8%65.0%
Expected Move19.7%13.9%26.0%23.0%18.7%
HV 20d36.4%26.2%62.3%62.3%26.2%
HV 60d47.9%43.9%55.3%55.3%44.2%
IV Rank29.0%16.9%43.4%31.1%24.9%
IV Percentile10.1%2.0%46.0%7.1%6.3%
Term Structure8.4%-24.5%62.0%17.4%19.5%
VWIV71.4%52.8%88.6%76.6%71.6%
Skew 25d7.4%-141.3%54.5%54.5%-30.4%
Skew 10d12.6%-142.9%132.7%132.7%-90.4%
Call IV 25d80.3%49.2%182.2%88.1%82.6%
Put IV 25d87.8%40.9%142.7%142.7%52.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %81.0131.70130.2493.7165.39
Gamma HHI0.340.290.460.310.39
Net GEX138.0K114.5K157.6K116.7K149.1K
Net DEX-4.6M-5.8M-3.0M-5.1M-4.0M
Net VEX-29.2K-33.4K-23.4K-32.8K-25.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.460.230.730.440.28
Total Volume3,988.0482,5135,5713,7324,346
Total OI80,541.04876,47184,35181,70877,353

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-12-01$3.07$2.5077.8%23.0%62.3%31.1%76.6%54.5%17.4%116.7K-5.1M-32.8K0.4493.712,5921,14059,66722,041
2016-12-02$3.17$2.5058.0%22.3%44.9%21.5%71.8%25.8%39.8%118.6K-4.9M-33.4K0.5681.151,9441,09759,62022,044
2016-12-05$3.24$3.0080.9%23.8%45.2%32.6%80.1%53.0%4.0%128.2K-5.3M-33.0K0.4695.152,3561,09158,06322,045
2016-12-06$3.29$3.0080.8%21.0%42.7%32.5%73.8%11.8%4.2%131.8K-5.8M-33.4K0.4687.142,6111,19159,21622,065
2016-12-07$3.24$3.0078.0%22.8%43.2%31.1%76.9%4.0%-11.2%142.6K-5.2M-32.6K0.3876.873,2881,25159,35122,327
2016-12-08$3.24$3.0093.5%22.2%38.7%38.7%82.7%49.9%-0.9%134.4K-5.4M-32.5K0.7378.063,2102,35060,29822,450
2016-12-09$3.23$3.0078.3%21.4%38.4%31.3%87.8%10.5%7.7%136.5K-5.5M-32.7K0.6986.253,2442,22560,43222,485
2016-12-12$3.24$3.0083.0%20.6%36.4%33.6%69.0%23.1%-9.1%143.8K-5.5M-31.4K0.6281.563,4382,13359,23622,485
2016-12-13$3.24$3.0084.8%20.5%35.0%34.4%68.7%2.5%-10.3%151.9K-5.4M-31.0K0.7035.993,0452,12759,92422,533
2016-12-14$3.21$3.00103.3%26.0%33.8%43.4%88.6%-10.8%-24.5%134.0K-5.1M-32.1K0.35120.053,3291,15860,10922,548
2016-12-15$3.16$3.0083.3%19.8%31.1%33.7%72.5%41.8%3.1%114.5K-5.0M-29.3K0.3483.803,4091,16961,48822,691
2016-12-16$3.19$3.0073.3%18.5%31.5%28.9%64.2%31.5%9.1%125.0K-5.0M-28.8K0.3298.923,7361,18461,60022,751
2016-12-19$3.18$3.0080.2%17.5%31.5%32.2%61.4%5.5%62.0%145.5K-4.6M-27.1K0.2372.704,24196255,71421,171
2016-12-20$3.10$3.0059.9%16.8%31.4%22.4%58.6%14.3%-1.0%157.6K-3.7M-26.9K0.3855.722,13680858,39621,293
2016-12-21$3.04$3.0048.5%13.9%31.1%16.9%52.8%6.6%11.0%150.3K-3.6M-25.6K0.5455.321,63688258,68221,347
2016-12-22$3.01$3.0059.8%16.5%30.2%22.4%67.6%6.8%10.2%139.9K-3.0M-25.9K0.5131.701,66884558,77421,311
2016-12-23$3.10$3.0059.6%17.1%32.8%22.2%77.8%8.8%6.2%140.9K-3.8M-25.6K0.4989.891,77287258,67821,343
2016-12-27$3.12$3.0059.3%16.6%32.3%22.1%63.8%-141.3%11.8%151.7K-4.0M-24.3K0.48109.861,77084755,23021,241
2016-12-28$3.07$3.0066.3%19.4%32.5%25.5%70.5%24.5%17.2%136.8K-3.5M-25.0K0.37130.242,50793955,47021,134
2016-12-29$3.03$3.0070.7%15.5%32.4%27.6%62.5%-36.0%9.8%147.8K-3.8M-23.4K0.4271.672,24695455,52221,234
2016-12-30$3.08$3.0065.0%18.7%26.2%24.9%71.6%-30.4%19.5%149.1K-4.0M-25.3K0.2865.393,39295456,11921,234