GEN Options History — February 2015

In February 2015, GEN traded between $6.89 and $8.84. ATM implied volatility averaged 67.2%, placing in the 30.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 14.8%. IV traded below realized volatility by 930.2% (HV 20d: 997.4%). Max pain ranged from $7.50 to $10.00. Net GEX was positive for 9 of 18 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 18 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.48.

Notable Days

  • 2015-02-18: Highest Volume — 816 contracts
  • 2015-02-06: Largest IV spike — 84.2% change
  • 2015-02-09: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2015-02-04: Largest Expected Move — 22.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$8.06$6.89$8.84$8.72$7.10
Max Pain$9.55$7.50$10.00$7.50$10.00
ATM IV67.2%37.5%180.3%60.2%48.8%
Expected Move14.8%10.8%22.3%17.3%14.0%
HV 20d997.4%993.1%1003.2%993.1%1003.1%
HV 60d576.7%575.5%578.4%575.5%578.3%
IV Rank30.2%7.8%100.0%23.8%15.1%
IV Percentile51.8%14.7%100.0%59.5%40.1%
Term Structure7.0%-42.8%63.5%-23.3%1.3%
VWIV51.3%34.0%64.6%49.3%52.8%
Skew 25d11.3%-10.3%36.3%9.8%20.9%
Skew 10d28.4%-4.2%91.5%11.6%19.0%
Call IV 25d48.0%27.5%63.8%47.2%61.5%
Put IV 25d59.3%36.3%82.4%57.0%82.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %76.6239.34115.6666.27115.66
Gamma HHI0.410.320.570.460.50
Net GEX-235-2.2K992-558-1.5K
Net DEX-179.8K-281.6K-30.0K-281.6K-46.9K
Net VEX-901-1.1K-699-862-816
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.480.001.760.550.14
Total Volume481.2229816567401
Total OI985.59241,190924969

Daily Data (18 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-02-03$8.72$7.5060.2%17.3%993.1%23.8%49.3%9.8%-23.3%-558-281.6K-8620.5566.27N/AN/A365202580344
2015-02-04$8.47$7.5077.8%22.3%993.8%49.4%55.2%-10.3%-42.8%-150-255.6K-9070.5566.27N/AN/A365202590344
2015-02-05$8.82$0.0051.8%12.8%993.2%24.9%0.0%36.3%15.4%737-262.6K-8770.5553.04N/AN/A365202590344
2015-02-06$8.29$0.0095.4%18.4%994.9%66.0%0.0%14.0%-16.9%-56-256.1K-8570.5553.04N/AN/A365202590344
2015-02-09$8.44$0.00160.3%15.3%994.6%100.0%0.0%32.5%40.1%783-231.3K-1.0K0.57104.14N/AN/A365207590344
2015-02-10$8.10$0.00180.3%13.1%995.6%100.0%0.0%13.7%63.5%831-197.3K-1.1K0.5752.08N/AN/A365207590344
2015-02-11$8.49$0.0057.9%16.6%995.2%20.9%0.0%25.8%33.1%896-222.3K-1.1K0.5786.73N/AN/A365207590349
2015-02-12$8.44$0.0038.1%10.9%995.6%8.2%0.0%-6.5%46.5%950-229.6K-1.0K0.59112.10N/AN/A365217590349
2015-02-13$8.62$0.0047.5%13.6%995.4%14.2%44.3%27.1%40.8%992-233.1K-1.0K0.6555.77N/AN/A365237590354
2015-02-17$8.84$10.0037.5%10.8%995.1%7.8%44.0%0.0%23.9%209-235.0K-9500.6569.24N/AN/A365237590374
2015-02-18$8.78$10.0044.5%12.8%995.2%12.3%43.9%-9.6%7.0%345-252.2K-9630.4163.52N/AN/A579237800374
2015-02-19$8.79$10.0047.4%13.6%995.3%14.2%34.0%-9.3%-7.2%315-276.5K-8980.0063.28N/AN/A90809374
2015-02-20$7.21$10.0044.7%12.8%1001.9%12.5%0.0%3.3%-3.0%-1.5K-60.6K-6991.7672.82N/AN/A2544816374
2015-02-23$6.94$10.0055.4%15.9%1002.9%19.3%64.6%1.6%-14.8%-1.5K-73.8K-7780.1239.34N/AN/A35143560386
2015-02-24$6.89$10.0048.2%13.8%1003.0%14.7%55.0%11.8%-6.7%-1.2K-30.0K-7950.14104.22N/AN/A35150560399
2015-02-25$7.12$10.0059.8%17.1%1002.8%22.1%63.2%3.0%-15.7%-1.7K-39.5K-7870.1498.28N/AN/A35150560409
2015-02-26$7.04$10.0053.8%15.4%1003.2%18.3%57.9%27.7%-15.4%-2.2K-51.4K-7850.14103.34N/AN/A35150560409
2015-02-27$7.10$10.0048.8%14.0%1003.1%15.1%52.8%20.9%1.3%-1.5K-46.9K-8160.14115.66N/AN/A35150560409