ASHR Options History — March 2016

In March 2016, ASHR traded between $22.46 and $25.05. ATM implied volatility averaged 37.4%, placing in the 24.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.7%. IV traded below realized volatility by 1.1% (HV 20d: 38.5%). Max pain ranged from $23.00 to $24.90. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.89.

Notable Days

  • 2016-03-21: Highest Volume — 69,347 contracts
  • 2016-03-02: Largest IV drop — 9.2% change
  • 2016-03-01: Highest IV Rank — 29.0%
  • 2016-03-01: Largest Expected Move — 12.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$23.76$22.46$25.05$22.46$24.67
Max Pain$24.14$23.00$24.90$23.00$23.90
ATM IV37.4%33.9%43.2%43.2%34.5%
Expected Move10.7%9.4%12.8%12.8%9.9%
HV 20d38.5%27.8%45.2%43.9%28.2%
HV 60d55.1%41.4%67.7%66.9%41.4%
IV Rank24.6%22.0%29.0%29.0%22.4%
IV Percentile21.0%8.7%46.8%46.8%10.3%
Term Structure-0.2%-5.1%1.4%-0.2%0.2%
VWIV37.8%32.7%46.2%46.2%34.5%
Skew 25d5.4%1.7%8.1%8.1%4.9%
Skew 10d11.0%6.1%17.8%17.8%12.3%
Call IV 25d35.2%32.3%39.4%39.4%32.4%
Put IV 25d40.7%36.6%47.5%47.5%37.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %15.119.1326.5918.9826.03
Gamma HHI0.170.070.310.070.29
Net GEX3.0M-9058.2M50.9K7.8M
Net DEX-8.1M-67.7M40.1M40.1M-56.4M
Net VEX-392.3K-486.3K-331.9K-343.2K-464.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.890.161.470.910.82
Total Volume22,189.40915,42069,34720,33920,584
Total OI158,470.5130,590190,680130,590190,680

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-03-01$22.46$23.0043.2%12.8%43.9%29.0%46.2%8.1%-0.2%50.9K40.1M-343.2K0.9118.98N/AN/A10,6569,68362,67867,912
2016-03-02$23.08$23.0039.2%11.6%44.7%26.0%44.4%6.7%0.2%894.7K24.6M-361.2K1.4713.85N/AN/A7,47611,00764,79269,652
2016-03-03$23.24$24.9039.1%11.4%44.4%25.9%40.1%6.9%1.1%1.2M23.6M-372.6K1.1412.95N/AN/A8,5969,80264,77373,099
2016-03-04$23.87$24.9037.0%10.7%45.2%24.3%38.6%5.2%-0.9%440.9K3.3M-356.2K0.9313.09N/AN/A11,58510,80166,25773,397
2016-03-07$23.53$24.9038.8%10.8%43.9%25.7%38.7%6.3%-0.6%748.3K15.9M-348.3K1.0115.70N/AN/A8,0688,16865,33772,752
2016-03-08$23.13$24.9039.9%10.9%44.4%26.5%38.5%6.9%-2.0%619.5K24.1M-349.2K1.1215.41N/AN/A7,5318,41566,79972,684
2016-03-09$23.01$24.9037.5%11.0%44.4%24.7%37.2%5.6%0.8%579.9K28.6M-362.0K1.1711.83N/AN/A7,4838,78268,13373,988
2016-03-10$22.55$24.9039.0%11.0%45.2%25.8%39.4%5.8%-1.3%-90539.1M-331.9K0.8210.50N/AN/A11,6949,55668,55374,111
2016-03-11$23.10$24.9035.9%10.3%44.8%23.5%36.1%4.8%-0.2%873.7K20.3M-344.9K0.919.13N/AN/A10,2049,28273,13375,491
2016-03-14$23.35$23.9035.9%10.4%44.7%23.4%33.5%7.6%1.4%1.6M15.0M-344.3K0.9913.07N/AN/A7,7627,65871,78974,815
2016-03-15$23.26$23.9036.2%10.4%37.7%23.7%35.6%5.4%0.4%1.5M18.0M-339.4K0.5512.25N/AN/A14,7208,04571,66875,693
2016-03-16$23.78$23.9038.9%11.1%37.6%25.7%39.6%1.7%-5.1%3.6M-5.5M-338.9K0.3721.42N/AN/A24,8439,20777,79375,839
2016-03-17$24.11$23.9036.5%10.5%37.1%23.9%35.8%5.2%-0.1%5.6M-37.4M-394.7K1.0011.57N/AN/A8,4838,48295,16378,268
2016-03-18$24.67$23.9035.4%10.1%37.8%23.1%35.8%3.9%0.6%2.8M-59.2M-389.1K0.849.86N/AN/A12,45210,42795,16578,507
2016-03-21$25.05$23.9036.2%10.4%36.6%23.7%37.7%4.7%0.4%3.0M-36.5M-385.8K0.1614.84N/AN/A59,9489,39978,94667,199
2016-03-22$24.56$23.9037.7%10.9%35.8%24.9%38.0%5.1%0.1%5.7M-46.9M-486.3K0.8014.15N/AN/A11,8779,515110,65769,075
2016-03-23$24.46$23.9037.5%10.7%35.5%24.7%38.0%4.9%-0.4%5.7M-46.6M-484.2K0.6915.26N/AN/A12,0118,231114,04469,461
2016-03-24$23.92$23.9038.5%10.9%29.5%25.5%38.9%5.0%0.2%4.6M-21.0M-471.4K0.9114.13N/AN/A10,5839,591113,23370,199
2016-03-28$24.01$23.9036.9%10.5%29.5%24.2%37.2%5.6%0.2%5.5M-25.4M-448.9K0.8116.83N/AN/A9,3807,556112,33468,945
2016-03-29$24.02$23.9035.3%10.0%27.8%23.0%35.2%4.8%0.1%5.9M-27.7M-446.8K1.0314.93N/AN/A9,4509,710114,35770,053
2016-03-30$24.92$23.9033.9%9.4%29.0%22.0%32.7%4.3%-0.1%8.2M-67.7M-468.0K1.0726.59N/AN/A9,39810,066116,19672,731
2016-03-31$24.67$23.9034.5%9.9%28.2%22.4%34.5%4.9%0.2%7.8M-56.4M-464.4K0.8226.03N/AN/A11,2959,289117,69372,987