AMRN Options History — August 2017

In August 2017, AMRN traded between $3.02 and $3.74. ATM implied volatility averaged 76.7%, placing in the 40.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 21.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 33.1% (HV 20d: 43.6%). Max pain ranged from $3.50 to $3.50. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.98.

Notable Days

  • 2017-08-14: Highest Volume — 14,166 contracts
  • 2017-08-31: Largest IV spike — 38.4% change
  • 2017-08-08: Highest IV Rank — 71.1%
  • 2017-08-09: Largest Expected Move — 34.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$3.28$3.02$3.74$3.61$3.39
Max Pain$3.50$3.50$3.50$3.50$3.50
ATM IV76.7%42.3%124.9%108.8%58.6%
Expected Move21.9%11.1%34.4%33.6%13.2%
HV 20d43.6%33.8%50.5%44.6%37.9%
HV 60d40.6%38.1%42.5%38.2%42.5%
IV Rank40.2%18.2%71.1%60.8%28.6%
IV Percentile39.5%0.4%93.7%80.2%19.8%
Term Structure5.5%-22.0%37.4%24.0%0.2%
VWIV88.8%40.4%160.4%127.0%45.8%
Skew 25d1.3%-17.2%28.6%-11.4%-7.8%
Skew 10d-2.2%-101.0%85.8%-1.6%12.2%
Call IV 25d77.6%36.4%127.5%106.1%44.5%
Put IV 25d78.9%36.7%132.8%94.6%36.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %41.1610.2490.8258.2790.82
Gamma HHI0.240.180.310.200.31
Net GEX145.3K60.0K229.4K223.0K183.5K
Net DEX-6.3M-13.0M-2.5M-12.4M-5.5M
Net VEX-49.3K-70.3K-37.1K-66.8K-44.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.980.212.450.211.31
Total Volume9,472.2616,47114,1666,4717,838
Total OI139,650.522117,743163,671134,403120,392

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-08-01$3.61$3.50108.8%33.6%44.6%60.8%127.0%-11.4%24.0%223.0K-12.4M-66.8K0.2158.275,3631,108122,01612,387
2017-08-02$3.66$3.50114.1%31.3%45.0%64.2%133.2%3.2%9.9%226.4K-12.7M-66.4K0.4360.997,3673,185123,68712,567
2017-08-03$3.74$3.50122.8%30.8%46.1%69.7%139.8%-17.2%-22.0%228.4K-13.0M-70.3K0.3957.988,3223,263127,89714,726
2017-08-04$3.68$3.50109.0%31.1%45.8%60.9%120.4%-12.1%-2.8%229.4K-12.4M-68.7K0.5344.946,3433,334131,09014,831
2017-08-07$3.65$3.50116.5%30.2%45.6%65.7%146.6%-13.8%-21.8%225.1K-12.0M-67.3K0.3837.548,7383,340131,46614,264
2017-08-08$3.52$3.50124.9%34.2%46.5%71.1%146.3%-12.4%5.5%202.6K-11.0M-64.0K0.6732.254,8153,247137,23014,423
2017-08-09$3.36$3.50106.5%34.4%48.6%59.3%160.4%-11.6%18.9%174.9K-9.1M-59.9K0.4859.137,1043,403138,86814,515
2017-08-10$3.20$3.50109.6%32.8%50.5%61.3%157.4%10.4%37.4%151.6K-8.1M-57.4K0.5241.138,5274,397142,49414,807
2017-08-11$3.23$3.50113.0%32.9%47.2%63.5%150.8%-10.4%0.6%153.2K-8.0M-58.2K0.5256.936,9363,578143,80915,987
2017-08-14$3.17$3.5074.5%20.3%44.9%38.8%69.4%23.4%5.2%116.1K-4.3M-44.1K0.4855.099,5864,580144,45715,867
2017-08-15$3.11$3.5061.6%16.6%44.7%30.6%62.6%6.0%14.2%90.5K-2.8M-40.4K0.7926.686,5835,198146,63417,037
2017-08-16$3.03$3.5049.6%14.2%43.9%22.9%58.6%3.6%17.9%60.0K-3.1M-42.4K1.0542.765,0455,279146,65316,663
2017-08-17$3.04$3.5060.4%17.0%42.9%29.8%72.1%5.8%6.5%60.7K-2.5M-38.7K1.0359.315,2405,378146,59016,558
2017-08-18$3.02$3.5063.7%17.5%42.8%31.9%74.3%21.6%9.5%109.7K-2.7M-38.3K1.0547.894,4024,642146,62416,838
2017-08-21$3.03$3.5045.6%11.1%43.3%20.3%40.4%-2.6%1.1%100.0K-2.7M-37.1K2.4519.182,8436,958104,97912,764
2017-08-22$3.04$3.5045.0%14.8%43.8%19.9%51.8%1.1%2.7%95.3K-2.7M-38.6K1.3717.953,2964,522105,05313,682
2017-08-23$3.06$3.5048.0%15.6%43.9%21.9%50.1%9.7%2.0%101.2K-2.9M-38.0K1.3711.353,2724,485105,09813,859
2017-08-24$3.15$3.5045.6%14.2%45.6%20.3%50.7%-3.1%9.7%119.8K-3.6M-40.7K1.4919.042,9234,351105,37213,852
2017-08-25$3.12$3.5047.5%14.6%45.6%21.5%41.1%-7.0%-0.8%113.2K-3.4M-38.3K1.6514.402,6014,301105,57813,817
2017-08-28$3.15$3.5050.9%14.7%34.2%23.7%45.6%28.6%15.8%113.7K-3.2M-38.0K1.5510.242,7354,244104,82813,718
2017-08-29$3.16$3.5045.7%14.5%33.8%20.4%45.9%9.4%-10.7%114.3K-3.1M-37.1K1.6955.772,5544,314105,27913,774
2017-08-30$3.27$3.5042.3%14.4%36.1%18.2%53.4%15.3%4.6%149.1K-4.3M-39.9K1.0727.094,0134,309105,23013,702
2017-08-31$3.39$3.5058.6%13.2%37.9%28.6%45.8%-7.8%0.2%183.5K-5.5M-44.1K1.3190.823,3964,442106,61313,779