ETQ Options History — December 2009

In December 2009, ETQ traded between $5.77 and $8.19. ATM implied volatility averaged 81.3%. The 30-day expected move averaged 24.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 41.3% (HV 20d: 40.0%). Max pain ranged from $5.00 to $5.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.29.

Notable Days

  • 2009-12-29: Highest Volume — 3,414 contracts
  • 2009-12-29: Largest IV drop — 82.8% change
  • 2009-12-07: Largest Expected Move — 32.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$6.78$5.77$8.19$6.14$8.10
Max Pain$5.00$5.00$5.00$5.00$5.00
ATM IV81.3%15.7%104.6%75.5%35.6%
Expected Move24.1%4.5%32.3%21.6%10.2%
HV 20d40.0%30.4%56.6%41.6%56.2%
HV 60d53.5%53.3%53.8%53.8%53.3%
Term Structure11.4%-14.4%41.6%31.6%-14.4%
VWIV83.3%32.5%104.6%101.0%47.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %84.0160.32114.67113.6160.32
Gamma HHI0.650.530.900.810.89
Net GEX5.2K88230.6K88230.6K
Net DEX-312.7K-1.4M-66.6K-66.6K-1.4M
Net VEX-814-4.5K-125-255-4.5K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.290.002.000.000.54
Total Volume229.04803,414120324
Total OI854.3332723,9312723,931

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2009-12-01$6.14$5.0075.5%21.6%41.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%31.6%882-66.6K-2550.00113.61120023240
2009-12-02$6.07$5.0083.2%23.8%38.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%21.1%1.2K-120.5K-4030.00114.670035240
2009-12-03$5.99$5.0085.2%24.4%34.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%19.3%1.5K-107.5K-3660.0096.390035240
2009-12-04$5.93$5.0083.5%25.1%32.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%17.0%1.4K-100.7K-3350.0083.840035240
2009-12-07$5.88$5.0091.3%32.3%30.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%-6.8%1.4K-100.0K-3450.0077.9540035240
2009-12-08$5.77$5.0091.8%31.3%30.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%6.3%1.4K-110.6K-3800.0071.490039240
2009-12-09$5.97$5.0092.3%30.0%32.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%12.6%1.6K-117.4K-3930.0076.790039240
2009-12-10$6.25$5.0087.6%25.1%36.4%0.0%101.0%0.0%41.6%1.5K-140.1K-4360.6768.15302039240
2009-12-11$6.35$5.0093.6%26.8%31.8%0.0%95.0%0.0%10.1%1.7K-151.6K-4580.0080.786042240
2009-12-14$6.58$5.00101.8%29.2%34.1%0.0%102.1%0.0%4.4%1.8K-169.6K-4610.0087.3827042840
2009-12-15$6.93$5.00104.6%30.0%38.5%0.0%104.6%0.0%0.8%2.1K-197.9K-4920.0085.0940045540
2009-12-16$7.05$5.0089.2%25.6%38.7%0.0%86.8%0.0%14.4%2.8K-213.0K-5160.0087.66215049540
2009-12-17$6.85$5.00101.6%29.1%40.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.4%3.4K-236.6K-5680.0073.110061640
2009-12-18$7.19$5.0091.6%26.3%41.9%0.0%87.1%0.0%9.1%4.0K-250.5K-5602.0095.00102061640
2009-12-21$7.35$5.0079.3%22.7%42.1%0.0%75.7%0.0%21.2%4.9K-265.5K-5580.0098.5690062650
2009-12-22$7.23$5.0092.3%26.4%42.4%0.0%93.0%0.0%8.1%4.8K-276.7K-5830.0062.3949068650
2009-12-23$7.18$5.0092.5%26.5%42.1%0.0%89.7%0.0%12.7%5.0K-284.6K-6240.1689.71611071350
2009-12-24$7.25$5.0091.1%26.1%42.1%0.0%85.4%0.0%8.6%5.4K-290.7K-6520.00102.2384075760
2009-12-29$8.19$5.0015.7%4.5%56.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%22.1%2.5K-547.4K-1250.3862.272,47993584860
2009-12-30$8.10$5.0027.9%8.0%56.6%0.0%32.5%0.0%-1.6%29.0K-1.4M-4.1K0.5976.75157932,807895
2009-12-31$8.10$5.0035.6%10.2%56.2%0.0%47.3%0.0%-14.4%30.6K-1.4M-4.5K0.5460.322111132,950981