AMRN Options History — December 2017

In December 2017, AMRN traded between $3.07 and $4.10. ATM implied volatility averaged 39.3%, placing in the 24.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.6% (HV 20d: 38.7%). Max pain ranged from $3.00 to $3.50. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.28.

Notable Days

  • 2017-12-20: Highest Volume — 7,329 contracts
  • 2017-12-04: Largest IV spike — 129.7% change
  • 2017-12-04: Highest IV Rank — 60.8%
  • 2017-12-04: Largest Expected Move — 16.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$3.54$3.07$4.10$3.19$4.03
Max Pain$3.42$3.00$3.50$3.00$3.50
ATM IV39.3%29.4%89.8%39.1%33.9%
Expected Move11.6%10.0%16.2%13.8%10.7%
HV 20d38.7%30.6%46.3%31.5%45.0%
HV 60d33.3%31.4%36.1%31.8%35.7%
IV Rank24.0%16.8%60.8%23.8%20.0%
IV Percentile9.6%0.4%80.2%1.6%4.0%
Term Structure-1.7%-26.2%30.4%-20.1%5.6%
VWIV40.2%30.0%58.7%47.9%32.9%
Skew 25d4.6%-13.5%19.6%-13.5%-2.5%
Skew 10d18.4%-4.9%70.6%-4.9%-3.9%
Call IV 25d37.0%22.7%126.8%41.4%34.1%
Put IV 25d41.6%25.4%129.1%27.9%31.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %61.7817.03151.88103.8835.82
Gamma HHI0.370.250.580.430.26
Net GEX111.2K71.3K153.2K108.0K153.2K
Net DEX-6.4M-10.2M-3.4M-4.9M-10.2M
Net VEX-42.3K-54.0K-35.8K-38.1K-54.0K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.280.172.521.220.83
Total Volume5,104.73,4747,3295,3093,474
Total OI64,859.5537,42882,47982,15751,701

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-12-01$3.19$3.0039.1%13.8%31.5%23.8%47.9%-13.5%-20.1%108.0K-4.9M-38.1K1.22103.882,3952,91470,70311,454
2017-12-04$3.12$3.5089.8%16.2%31.7%60.8%58.7%2.3%-26.2%97.9K-4.1M-37.8K1.6563.741,7612,90869,70311,465
2017-12-05$3.07$3.5035.1%10.7%30.6%20.9%44.0%3.8%-8.1%82.5K-3.4M-36.3K1.6642.891,8493,06769,97411,550
2017-12-06$3.15$3.5031.4%12.5%31.8%18.2%39.0%11.6%30.4%96.1K-4.1M-38.0K1.7330.241,7342,99270,26611,375
2017-12-07$3.26$3.5051.2%13.6%34.8%32.7%48.2%5.9%-10.3%111.6K-4.8M-38.5K1.5717.512,1633,39470,40411,405
2017-12-08$3.25$3.5032.4%13.0%34.7%19.0%46.4%3.1%4.7%110.9K-4.8M-38.6K2.5238.581,4043,53369,73011,387
2017-12-11$3.33$3.5032.5%11.1%35.8%19.1%39.0%2.7%7.7%143.8K-5.9M-35.8K2.1726.831,6593,60269,66711,402
2017-12-12$3.23$3.5029.6%12.3%37.1%16.9%44.7%0.3%12.3%106.2K-4.6M-37.7K2.0617.031,7283,56769,79611,321
2017-12-13$3.29$3.5059.9%10.5%37.9%39.0%40.3%17.5%-15.8%120.9K-5.0M-38.1K2.28130.891,6153,67769,94611,326
2017-12-14$3.30$3.5029.4%10.0%37.9%16.8%35.9%4.0%13.2%71.3K-4.9M-37.7K1.4650.742,5253,67770,09411,330
2017-12-15$3.39$3.5038.5%11.6%39.0%23.4%40.0%5.5%14.4%78.2K-5.3M-39.1K1.3121.302,8373,72771,16311,316
2017-12-18$3.55$3.5036.4%10.4%36.2%21.9%36.5%4.2%2.6%97.1K-5.2M-40.8K1.3745.962,1883,00631,9355,493
2017-12-19$3.59$3.5037.4%10.7%35.9%22.6%39.1%19.6%-10.5%107.8K-5.7M-41.4K1.2056.762,5333,03733,2185,602
2017-12-20$3.91$3.5036.7%10.5%46.0%22.1%35.6%10.6%-9.5%102.0K-7.4M-44.8K0.5684.564,7102,61934,7565,642
2017-12-21$3.95$3.0033.7%10.1%46.0%19.9%35.3%4.5%-10.8%125.5K-8.5M-46.5K0.1789.083,57561737,1515,646
2017-12-22$4.10$3.0034.9%10.6%46.0%20.7%35.8%-4.7%-5.0%132.4K-9.6M-49.7K0.2937.173,22192139,0205,665
2017-12-26$4.10$3.5032.7%10.7%44.6%19.2%36.1%2.7%3.7%133.2K-9.9M-51.0K0.6241.572,4431,50440,6505,968
2017-12-27$4.00$3.5038.2%10.3%46.3%23.2%38.7%0.8%-4.7%128.8K-9.4M-50.7K0.52151.882,8981,49841,4696,724
2017-12-28$4.05$3.5033.1%12.5%45.0%19.5%30.0%13.5%-6.9%116.0K-10.1M-51.5K0.45149.073,5401,58242,9296,845
2017-12-29$4.03$3.5033.9%10.7%45.0%20.0%32.9%-2.5%5.6%153.2K-10.2M-54.0K0.8335.821,8971,57744,7566,945