GEN Options History — October 2015

In October 2015, GEN traded between $4.93 and $5.90. ATM implied volatility averaged 85.3%, placing in the 40.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 20.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 26.9% (HV 20d: 58.3%). Max pain ranged from $7.50 to $7.50. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.99.

Notable Days

  • 2015-10-01: Highest Volume — 237 contracts
  • 2015-10-23: Largest IV spike — 1264.2% change
  • 2015-10-13: Highest IV Rank — 95.0%
  • 2015-10-28: Largest Expected Move — 45.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$5.48$4.93$5.90$5.65$4.99
Max Pain$7.50$7.50$7.50$7.50$7.50
ATM IV85.3%7.2%172.5%80.4%51.2%
Expected Move20.4%2.1%45.7%23.1%14.7%
HV 20d58.3%48.5%66.1%54.4%48.5%
HV 60d53.8%51.7%55.8%53.9%52.5%
IV Rank40.9%0.0%95.0%35.5%25.4%
IV Percentile78.2%0.0%99.6%93.7%42.9%
Term Structure-13.4%-65.5%70.2%-43.5%-44.9%
VWIV65.6%12.7%114.0%77.0%95.1%
Skew 25d19.3%-7.5%59.7%-7.5%59.7%
Skew 10d34.6%-5.9%64.5%-5.9%39.4%
Call IV 25d65.4%38.0%97.5%80.2%38.0%
Put IV 25d84.7%58.5%131.3%72.7%97.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %117.1666.64170.19109.18141.31
Gamma HHI0.840.700.980.880.76
Net GEX1.2K8732.1K1.6K1.0K
Net DEX114.6K-473222.1K199.6K15.3K
Net VEX-321-584-178-372-347
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.992.473.442.822.47
Total Volume203.1360237237198
Total OI1,630.8186142,5072,507630

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-10-01$5.65$7.5080.4%23.1%54.4%35.5%77.0%-7.5%-43.5%1.6K199.6K-3722.82109.18N/AN/A621752,042465
2015-10-02$5.66$7.5078.0%22.4%54.6%34.0%79.7%7.2%-23.6%1.1K211.9K-2902.82109.95N/AN/A621752,042465
2015-10-05$5.84$7.5089.4%15.1%56.6%41.3%0.0%6.2%15.6%1.2K222.1K-2680.0087.07N/AN/A002,032459
2015-10-06$5.77$7.5088.4%16.4%56.6%40.6%67.3%5.7%6.2%1.2K214.6K-2572.8285.38N/AN/A621752,042459
2015-10-07$5.90$7.50100.8%24.8%57.8%48.6%63.1%7.0%-39.6%1.4K203.6K-3302.8297.83N/AN/A621752,042459
2015-10-08$5.81$7.5097.1%19.6%57.7%46.3%62.8%13.0%1.2%1.1K217.5K-2412.8269.19N/AN/A621752,042459
2015-10-09$5.85$7.50101.3%16.3%58.0%49.0%58.1%0.1%-4.9%1.2K208.8K-3042.8266.64N/AN/A621752,042459
2015-10-12$5.80$7.50117.8%18.1%57.9%59.6%61.4%7.8%-11.7%1.8K178.0K-4642.8269.77N/AN/A621752,042459
2015-10-13$5.59$7.50172.5%21.6%58.7%95.0%63.9%13.6%-29.7%1.4K185.5K-4052.82107.54N/AN/A621752,042459
2015-10-14$5.40$7.5074.5%21.4%59.0%31.7%68.4%17.1%-10.1%1.0K135.3K-2542.92106.69N/AN/A601752,042343
2015-10-15$5.80$7.5075.1%21.5%63.9%32.0%61.6%42.2%-19.0%1.5K87.4K-5842.92103.43N/AN/A601752,042363
2015-10-16$5.66$7.5066.0%18.9%63.0%26.2%63.7%36.0%16.6%1.1K158.3K-2142.92105.88N/AN/A601752,042363
2015-10-19$5.51$7.5071.9%20.6%62.8%30.0%70.9%18.3%8.1%90363.0K-1783.44117.17N/AN/A41141459155
2015-10-20$5.50$7.5077.1%22.1%62.8%33.4%63.6%7.5%-17.7%98961.1K-1813.4499.39N/AN/A41141459155
2015-10-21$5.50$7.5023.5%6.7%62.2%0.0%23.6%0.0%-14.9%2.1K578-4813.44170.19N/AN/A41141459155
2015-10-22$5.10$7.507.2%2.1%66.1%0.0%12.7%0.0%70.2%1.4K22.4K-3443.44164.91N/AN/A41141459155
2015-10-23$5.10$7.5098.6%28.3%62.4%52.8%83.1%42.7%-43.4%94342.1K-2563.44157.62N/AN/A41141459155
2015-10-26$5.09$7.5027.8%8.0%58.3%11.9%27.8%0.0%-29.3%1.0K12.9K-3913.44167.76N/AN/A41141459155
2015-10-27$4.93$7.50114.0%32.7%58.8%61.7%94.8%36.5%22.3%87342.0K-2633.44163.64N/AN/A41141459155
2015-10-28$5.06$7.50159.3%45.7%55.2%87.9%0.0%0.0%-65.5%1.2K-473-4142.47152.88N/AN/A57141459155
2015-10-29$5.05$7.50104.5%29.9%48.5%56.2%114.0%33.8%-37.9%88339.4K-2292.47124.07N/AN/A57141475155
2015-10-30$4.99$7.5051.2%14.7%48.5%25.4%95.1%59.7%-44.9%1.0K15.3K-3472.47141.31N/AN/A57141475155