AMRN Options History — October 2018

In October 2018, AMRN traded between $15.84 and $21.87. ATM implied volatility averaged 147.7%, placing in the 46.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 49.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 211.1% (HV 20d: 358.8%). Max pain ranged from $6.00 to $16.00. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.52.

Notable Days

  • 2018-10-01: Highest Volume — 147,554 contracts
  • 2018-10-23: Largest IV spike — 20.0% change
  • 2018-10-31: Highest IV Rank — 58.5%
  • 2018-10-31: Largest Expected Move — 68.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$19.62$15.84$21.87$15.93$20.77
Max Pain$13.04$6.00$16.00$6.00$16.00
ATM IV147.7%120.2%185.2%122.2%185.2%
Expected Move49.1%32.9%68.6%33.3%68.6%
HV 20d358.8%79.7%501.9%498.7%79.7%
HV 60d294.7%293.4%295.4%293.4%294.6%
IV Rank46.5%37.7%58.5%38.3%58.5%
IV Percentile84.1%78.6%91.7%81.0%91.7%
Term Structure3.4%-17.0%47.9%-4.1%-15.8%
VWIV171.1%119.2%240.8%123.2%240.8%
Skew 25d6.2%-10.6%17.6%-8.7%16.8%
Skew 10d14.3%-17.7%30.7%4.3%25.5%
Call IV 25d144.0%109.4%173.3%132.4%173.3%
Put IV 25d150.2%120.1%190.1%123.7%190.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %20.3812.4141.1021.0919.39
Gamma HHI0.140.090.500.130.09
Net GEX3.0M1.3M5.2M1.3M3.3M
Net DEX-513.8M-612.2M-375.0M-375.9M-519.6M
Net VEX-737.4K-963.3K-371.5K-371.5K-934.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.520.230.970.470.60
Total Volume63,908.60936,867147,554147,55445,226
Total OI523,449.478421,006594,899421,006555,873

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-10-01$15.93$6.00122.2%33.3%498.7%38.3%123.2%-8.7%-4.1%1.3M-375.9M-371.5K0.4721.09100,11647,438293,458127,548
2018-10-02$15.84$6.00126.6%32.9%499.5%39.8%119.2%-0.1%4.7%1.6M-375.0M-446.5K0.7126.6564,84146,119324,346141,102
2018-10-03$18.45$6.00120.2%33.6%499.0%37.7%122.6%-10.6%8.6%2.3M-502.1M-495.0K0.2914.4668,80320,265340,570153,785
2018-10-04$20.26$12.00128.7%48.9%497.3%40.4%169.5%-5.6%0.6%2.6M-612.2M-566.2K0.3319.2874,02024,690363,099158,206
2018-10-05$19.80$12.00132.7%48.3%497.9%41.7%166.4%-7.0%1.9%5.2M-598.7M-629.2K0.3023.1655,15516,794382,318169,984
2018-10-08$18.98$13.00132.4%49.4%499.2%41.6%170.0%1.0%39.2%2.2M-474.7M-629.9K0.5422.4833,90318,367335,212149,279
2018-10-09$17.65$13.00124.2%48.4%501.5%39.0%165.9%3.9%47.1%2.0M-411.6M-654.2K0.7317.2434,10024,906346,158158,388
2018-10-10$16.93$14.00121.6%47.8%501.9%38.1%163.5%5.3%47.1%1.8M-375.2M-648.8K0.7726.7726,88620,799352,711164,956
2018-10-11$19.33$14.00127.9%46.4%499.8%40.2%161.1%17.0%45.0%2.9M-506.0M-676.3K0.5430.0747,02625,469361,281172,068
2018-10-12$19.64$14.00138.9%48.2%499.0%43.7%170.3%5.6%47.9%4.6M-541.4M-721.2K0.3418.3861,78420,722380,330176,824
2018-10-15$19.13$14.00160.6%49.1%499.3%50.6%169.1%12.2%-13.0%2.7M-509.9M-750.1K0.9719.7030,19129,388374,975167,628
2018-10-16$20.05$14.00159.1%47.1%497.1%50.1%159.4%9.9%-11.0%3.4M-574.0M-816.7K0.7017.3221,63815,229392,284183,073
2018-10-17$20.60$14.00161.2%46.2%497.2%50.8%160.5%6.3%-8.3%3.8M-601.3M-815.4K0.6216.2025,67515,860395,015183,944
2018-10-18$20.00$14.00163.7%47.4%498.8%51.6%164.3%10.3%-9.3%4.8M-571.6M-812.3K0.3614.3130,25310,872401,450185,967
2018-10-19$19.90$14.00153.9%45.6%499.4%48.5%158.7%8.0%-17.0%2.2M-556.9M-791.4K0.3812.5932,12012,291407,021187,878
2018-10-22$19.84$14.00136.8%42.8%100.2%43.0%148.0%6.5%-14.0%2.6M-444.8M-743.6K0.5922.9227,18915,922334,828130,082
2018-10-23$21.41$14.00164.1%52.7%100.7%51.8%185.6%14.7%-14.4%3.1M-527.9M-824.1K0.3212.5251,81616,438344,109131,896
2018-10-24$21.23$14.00170.9%55.6%101.4%53.9%192.7%13.7%-9.0%3.6M-545.8M-886.7K0.5115.8927,99514,331368,112136,176
2018-10-25$21.87$15.00171.4%56.4%101.4%54.1%194.7%17.6%-13.4%4.2M-584.9M-926.8K0.4312.4132,38113,883377,938138,598
2018-10-26$21.76$15.00168.0%58.6%93.2%53.0%211.0%13.9%-13.1%2.7M-573.1M-963.3K0.9026.4028,89826,116384,793143,813
2018-10-29$20.98$16.00159.9%60.7%95.0%50.4%205.2%-3.5%-10.6%2.9M-527.2M-931.9K0.2341.1050,39511,600374,407151,197
2018-10-30$20.82$16.00168.2%61.4%95.1%53.0%213.5%14.1%-11.8%3.2M-507.8M-924.8K0.2818.4540,58811,400383,054153,604
2018-10-31$20.77$16.00185.2%68.6%79.7%58.5%240.8%16.8%-15.8%3.3M-519.6M-934.1K0.6019.3928,29216,934398,384157,489