AMRN Options History — August 2018

In August 2018, AMRN traded between $2.69 and $3.23. ATM implied volatility averaged 160.0%, placing in the 70.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 59.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 98.0% (HV 20d: 62.0%). Max pain ranged from $3.00 to $3.50. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.49.

Notable Days

  • 2018-08-29: Highest Volume — 21,687 contracts
  • 2018-08-30: Largest IV spike — 7465.0% change
  • 2018-08-22: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2018-08-29: Largest Expected Move — 72.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$2.92$2.69$3.23$2.77$3.16
Max Pain$3.09$3.00$3.50$3.00$3.00
ATM IV160.0%2.2%288.6%88.3%66.0%
Expected Move59.5%24.2%72.1%36.7%70.5%
HV 20d62.0%52.4%72.6%66.1%53.4%
HV 60d55.9%53.0%58.7%53.2%58.7%
IV Rank70.7%0.0%100.0%40.5%22.3%
IV Percentile88.4%0.0%100.0%76.6%57.9%
Term Structure-13.2%-219.8%145.3%-37.8%-67.1%
VWIV213.4%86.3%297.2%123.9%297.2%
Skew 25d-23.9%-139.4%38.6%-10.5%-65.7%
Skew 10d-28.1%-65.6%29.2%-24.5%-45.1%
Call IV 25d177.7%41.2%309.4%159.8%66.7%
Put IV 25d153.9%0.8%237.0%149.2%1.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %39.4315.57161.61160.3049.71
Gamma HHI0.120.110.130.110.12
Net GEX175.7K110.5K210.4K149.4K210.4K
Net DEX-22.9M-31.3M-17.9M-23.0M-31.3M
Net VEX-121.7K-131.4K-115.5K-117.4K-131.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.490.270.710.400.27
Total Volume13,138.3918,90821,68717,96316,962
Total OI241,112.565212,735269,201244,313269,201

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-08-01$2.77$3.0088.3%36.7%66.1%40.5%123.9%-10.5%-37.8%149.4K-23.0M-117.4K0.40160.3012,8175,146198,74645,567
2018-08-02$2.70$3.0092.5%27.9%66.1%42.5%101.3%-139.4%-178.8%110.5K-18.3M-117.2K0.61161.619,1945,572200,19346,367
2018-08-03$2.69$3.00136.1%24.2%65.7%64.1%86.3%-3.3%36.6%120.9K-17.9M-117.2K0.6145.297,0744,300201,35046,489
2018-08-06$2.89$3.50145.9%66.1%71.1%69.0%201.8%38.6%-22.9%167.0K-23.3M-125.1K0.5041.816,9643,472190,18545,402
2018-08-07$2.98$3.50138.0%61.2%70.8%65.1%208.7%12.1%13.5%188.8K-23.7M-129.7K0.5830.645,9273,435193,18445,666
2018-08-08$2.85$3.50122.3%58.1%72.6%57.3%209.5%11.9%14.3%151.9K-21.2M-122.7K0.4119.037,5803,086194,53545,728
2018-08-09$2.89$3.50142.3%59.7%71.2%67.1%199.7%23.8%24.6%184.1K-22.4M-125.2K0.4222.217,3813,094196,27445,856
2018-08-10$2.86$3.00149.1%62.0%71.0%70.5%207.1%4.9%86.7%149.3K-21.6M-120.3K0.5532.125,7423,166197,18445,924
2018-08-13$2.87$3.00148.6%59.5%63.4%70.3%207.7%4.0%54.8%169.4K-20.9M-119.3K0.5829.175,9063,402190,49445,650
2018-08-14$2.95$3.00139.3%60.1%60.0%65.7%207.2%35.0%72.8%190.0K-22.3M-122.3K0.5123.996,3643,221191,25046,026
2018-08-15$2.96$3.00146.0%59.9%58.1%69.0%211.0%-7.6%65.9%186.2K-22.3M-120.7K0.4533.027,2643,281193,30946,189
2018-08-16$3.03$3.00173.8%62.6%57.6%82.7%212.9%7.7%52.1%202.5K-24.5M-124.7K0.5318.817,0343,738194,20346,542
2018-08-17$2.95$3.00185.7%64.9%58.7%88.6%224.7%-1.2%67.6%174.8K-22.1M-121.9K0.4122.526,9762,888196,63847,562
2018-08-20$2.90$3.00207.7%62.8%59.0%99.5%216.8%-38.7%-119.1%178.5K-22.0M-118.5K0.7120.499,6916,856179,10433,631
2018-08-21$2.87$3.00201.6%59.0%58.1%96.5%232.5%-38.0%4.5%176.2K-21.3M-117.8K0.4417.6310,4584,593183,56137,642
2018-08-22$2.93$3.00221.6%63.5%58.5%100.0%232.2%-47.2%-219.8%190.3K-22.5M-121.0K0.4926.249,5234,710187,40139,319
2018-08-23$2.75$3.00216.1%61.6%63.0%97.5%237.3%-54.6%9.3%164.0K-20.3M-115.8K0.5115.5710,5925,437190,83940,535
2018-08-24$2.78$3.00236.6%65.6%61.5%100.0%237.1%-59.0%33.7%167.6K-20.8M-115.5K0.4317.208,0893,447196,75042,567
2018-08-27$2.88$3.00264.8%67.3%56.7%100.0%252.1%-46.4%-174.5%186.1K-22.6M-120.2K0.3226.1814,4724,680197,32842,108
2018-08-28$3.02$3.00288.6%71.2%57.6%100.0%258.6%-72.4%-170.4%207.5K-26.5M-123.7K0.6319.939,2555,818206,11042,975
2018-08-29$3.20$3.002.2%72.1%53.9%0.0%259.8%-62.1%145.3%208.1K-27.8M-125.3K0.3839.3215,7155,972209,87745,358
2018-08-30$3.23$3.00166.4%71.5%52.4%57.3%284.1%-40.5%6.3%207.7K-28.7M-126.8K0.5534.187,6564,233217,10147,669
2018-08-31$3.16$3.0066.0%70.5%53.4%22.3%297.2%-65.7%-67.1%210.4K-31.3M-131.4K0.2749.7113,3503,612221,07148,130