AN Options History — December 2008

In December 2008, AN traded between $8.32 and $10.27. ATM implied volatility averaged 119.0%, placing in the 52.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 34.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 17.5% (HV 20d: 101.5%). Max pain ranged from $7.50 to $12.50. Net GEX was positive for 4 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 1 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.32.

Notable Days

  • 2008-12-12: Highest Volume — 35,358 contracts
  • 2008-12-30: Largest IV drop — 23.8% change
  • 2008-12-01: Highest IV Rank — 71.7%
  • 2008-12-01: Largest Expected Move — 44.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$9.27$8.32$10.27$8.55$9.88
Max Pain$10.23$7.50$12.50$7.50$10.00
ATM IV119.0%96.0%153.8%153.8%99.3%
Expected Move34.5%27.5%44.1%44.1%28.5%
HV 20d101.5%81.5%135.8%135.8%86.6%
HV 60d131.5%128.0%133.6%132.5%129.6%
IV Rank52.6%39.8%71.7%71.7%41.7%
IV Percentile83.7%75.4%92.5%92.5%76.2%
Term Structure-7.8%-17.5%2.3%-11.6%-1.7%
VWIV130.7%92.9%193.6%150.2%104.1%
Skew 25d48.8%22.3%68.8%55.4%22.3%
Skew 10d113.5%53.8%143.4%138.8%58.6%
Call IV 25d96.9%74.1%109.0%109.0%96.6%
Put IV 25d145.7%118.9%172.1%164.4%118.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %21.658.5338.0736.6014.34
Gamma HHI0.540.390.700.420.57
Net GEX-70.5K-269.0K343.2K-39.3K-269.0K
Net DEX-679.0K-7.3M6.8M-1.2M-1.9M
Net VEX-78.0K-97.2K-57.6K-74.8K-66.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.320.0121.141.830.51
Total Volume4,071.36422635,3585991,460
Total OI89,888.31872,170103,96986,78975,724

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-12-01$8.55$7.50153.8%44.1%135.8%71.7%150.2%55.4%-11.6%-39.3K-1.2M-74.8K1.8336.60N/AN/A21238741,17145,618
2008-12-02$9.17$7.50133.5%38.3%135.0%60.5%160.4%54.5%-16.6%-26.8K-4.2M-76.9K21.1438.07N/AN/A1,25826,58941,23745,807
2008-12-03$9.25$7.50127.5%36.6%133.5%57.2%146.7%56.7%-2.1%-120.4K331.8K-97.2K1.7633.86N/AN/A13623941,93759,362
2008-12-04$9.30$7.50128.1%36.7%121.5%57.6%138.8%54.3%-17.5%-126.0K53.5K-95.7K0.8334.28N/AN/A1,3271,09541,98759,000
2008-12-05$9.51$12.50121.0%36.2%118.2%53.7%124.5%47.5%-11.1%-105.6K-1.1M-95.8K0.4121.35N/AN/A46018942,30859,566
2008-12-08$10.16$12.50121.6%36.1%113.1%54.0%142.8%55.9%-13.5%-82.3K-6.2M-94.9K1.5724.93N/AN/A22034542,48159,656
2008-12-09$9.68$12.50119.9%37.0%111.8%53.0%136.5%55.7%-14.8%-85.3K-3.2M-94.7K0.7124.79N/AN/A40128642,20259,830
2008-12-10$10.27$12.50115.3%36.3%112.1%50.5%118.2%53.1%-3.6%-69.6K-7.3M-92.7K0.5322.96N/AN/A1,51180042,33859,727
2008-12-11$9.50$12.50126.9%36.4%116.5%56.9%144.3%46.0%-8.8%-119.3K-1.3M-90.9K6.3016.88N/AN/A10868042,02559,762
2008-12-12$8.88$12.50118.0%33.8%100.3%52.0%193.6%68.8%-4.9%-138.2K3.8M-78.7K0.0124.75N/AN/A34,92343541,99260,038
2008-12-15$8.77$10.00117.8%33.8%84.7%51.8%147.9%60.0%-4.3%-71.5K-6.8M-74.6K2.6524.81N/AN/A34491254,94849,021
2008-12-16$9.61$10.00111.9%32.1%86.8%48.6%108.6%62.0%-5.0%180.9K-4.1M-80.3K0.1922.56N/AN/A1,91236743,09647,688
2008-12-17$9.69$10.00108.1%31.0%86.5%46.5%157.5%52.4%-1.8%268.7K-5.4M-80.2K0.5715.03N/AN/A1,29874144,63647,768
2008-12-18$9.63$10.00100.6%28.8%86.9%42.4%112.2%43.2%-0.8%219.9K-4.3M-75.0K0.4115.41N/AN/A73229743,61548,326
2008-12-19$9.65$10.0099.3%28.5%87.1%41.7%126.1%39.4%-1.3%343.2K-2.0M-75.1K0.2619.29N/AN/A2,66069943,36648,305
2008-12-22$8.75$10.00122.7%35.2%96.8%54.6%122.3%29.3%-9.9%-202.2K5.0M-64.8K8.3725.27N/AN/A1561,30531,25040,920
2008-12-23$8.32$10.00122.8%35.2%83.1%54.6%122.7%36.9%-9.6%-190.3K6.8M-61.3K0.4412.80N/AN/A68430431,23741,765
2008-12-24$8.75$10.00122.8%35.2%84.4%54.7%92.9%46.8%-8.3%-221.6K5.0M-63.9K0.0713.37N/AN/A7565131,90841,991
2008-12-26$8.56$10.00125.8%36.1%82.8%56.3%117.6%43.0%-14.7%-208.8K5.7M-62.0K0.3513.03N/AN/A1675932,14742,041
2008-12-29$8.57$10.00126.1%36.1%81.5%56.4%112.2%40.4%-11.3%-221.2K5.9M-57.6K0.9713.39N/AN/A97694532,28042,088
2008-12-30$9.45$10.0096.0%27.5%88.6%39.8%96.5%49.5%2.3%-266.0K1.7M-62.6K1.198.53N/AN/A52262232,76142,618
2008-12-31$9.88$10.0099.3%28.5%86.6%41.7%104.1%22.3%-1.7%-269.0K-1.9M-66.2K0.5114.34N/AN/A96849233,07642,648