GEN Options History — September 2012

In September 2012, GEN traded between $0.46 and $0.49. ATM implied volatility averaged 44.3%, placing in the 9.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 15.0% (HV 20d: 29.2%). Max pain ranged from $0.37 to $0.37. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 2 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.00.

Notable Days

  • 2012-09-10: Highest Volume — 387 contracts
  • 2012-09-13: Largest IV drop — 37.8% change
  • 2012-09-12: Highest IV Rank — 18.4%
  • 2012-09-04: Largest Expected Move — 14.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$0.48$0.46$0.49$0.47$0.46
Max Pain$0.37$0.37$0.37$0.37$0.37
ATM IV44.3%35.0%56.3%48.7%48.2%
Expected Move11.9%9.5%14.0%14.0%13.8%
HV 20d29.2%26.5%31.2%26.5%30.9%
HV 60d59.9%56.7%67.1%67.1%56.7%
IV Rank9.9%3.3%18.4%13.0%12.7%
IV Percentile15.6%3.6%37.3%20.6%25.4%
Term Structure-7.8%-25.5%15.9%-6.2%-25.5%
VWIV39.4%39.4%39.4%39.4%39.4%
Skew 25d15.4%5.7%36.6%30.0%11.5%
Skew 10d14.7%0.4%41.5%34.6%17.7%
Call IV 25d38.0%28.1%50.2%41.0%29.2%
Put IV 25d53.4%35.3%77.0%71.0%40.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %18.4715.4121.5815.4120.56
Gamma HHI0.810.720.890.890.81
Net GEX13.5K8.9K16.9K16.9K12.4K
Net DEX-2.2M-2.3M-1.9M-1.9M-2.2M
Net VEX-2.0K-3.5K-1.1K-3.5K-1.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.000.000.000.000.00
Total Volume50038700
Total OI65,796.73765,44965,99565,44965,995

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-09-04$0.47$0.3748.7%14.0%26.5%13.0%0.0%30.0%-6.2%16.9K-1.9M-3.5K0.0015.41N/AN/A0053,38912,060
2012-09-05$0.46$0.3747.6%13.7%27.5%12.3%0.0%5.7%-7.7%15.5K-2.1M-2.0K0.0018.58N/AN/A60053,38912,060
2012-09-06$0.49$0.3743.6%12.5%29.1%9.4%0.0%36.6%-6.0%14.9K-2.2M-2.5K0.0016.77N/AN/A0053,38912,060
2012-09-07$0.48$0.0048.3%11.6%28.1%12.7%0.0%31.8%15.9%15.8K-2.1M-2.9K0.0018.66N/AN/A27053,38912,060
2012-09-10$0.48$0.0045.8%9.8%27.6%11.0%0.0%10.7%7.1%14.6K-2.1M-2.5K0.0017.99N/AN/A387053,41612,060
2012-09-11$0.49$0.0052.5%12.3%28.6%15.8%39.4%19.3%-7.5%14.9K-2.2M-2.3K0.0017.63N/AN/A164053,74412,060
2012-09-12$0.49$0.3756.3%9.5%28.4%18.4%0.0%19.3%-7.4%15.1K-2.2M-2.5K0.0016.79N/AN/A11053,79812,060
2012-09-13$0.47$0.3735.0%10.0%31.2%3.3%0.0%11.3%-8.8%16.2K-2.1M-2.4K0.0017.81N/AN/A44053,80912,060
2012-09-14$0.48$0.3735.9%10.3%31.2%3.9%0.0%12.9%-9.0%8.9K-2.3M-1.2K0.0016.53N/AN/A115053,78712,060
2012-09-17$0.48$0.3737.5%10.7%29.1%5.1%0.0%11.8%-9.9%10.4K-2.3M-1.3K0.0017.85N/AN/A0053,90212,060
2012-09-18$0.47$0.3740.9%11.7%29.3%7.5%0.0%10.9%-11.0%11.6K-2.2M-1.4K0.0018.60N/AN/A0053,90212,060
2012-09-19$0.47$0.3741.9%12.0%28.9%8.2%0.0%10.5%-11.3%13.5K-2.2M-1.7K0.0019.32N/AN/A0053,90212,060
2012-09-20$0.47$0.3741.8%12.0%27.8%8.1%0.0%7.6%-5.1%15.2K-2.1M-1.9K0.0019.32N/AN/A0053,90212,060
2012-09-21$0.48$0.3740.7%11.7%29.9%7.3%0.0%15.4%-4.5%16.4K-2.1M-2.5K0.0021.58N/AN/A0053,88012,060
2012-09-24$0.48$0.3743.0%12.3%29.9%9.0%0.0%16.2%-5.7%10.3K-2.3M-1.3K0.0020.93N/AN/A87053,82512,060
2012-09-25$0.48$0.3743.0%12.3%30.1%9.0%0.0%6.5%-6.5%12.1K-2.2M-1.5K0.0020.00N/AN/A0053,88012,060
2012-09-26$0.47$0.3747.6%13.7%30.6%12.3%0.0%16.8%-14.9%11.8K-2.2M-1.3K0.0018.26N/AN/A0053,88012,060
2012-09-27$0.47$0.3742.8%12.3%30.6%8.8%0.0%8.7%-23.8%9.9K-2.2M-1.1K0.0018.35N/AN/A55053,88012,060
2012-09-28$0.46$0.3748.2%13.8%30.9%12.7%0.0%11.5%-25.5%12.4K-2.2M-1.3K0.0020.56N/AN/A0053,93512,060