GEN Options History — November 2015

In November 2015, GEN traded between $4.11 and $5.29. ATM implied volatility averaged 73.4%, placing in the 38.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 19.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 12.8% (HV 20d: 60.5%). Max pain ranged from $2.50 to $7.50. Net GEX was positive for 17 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.66.

Notable Days

  • 2015-11-13: Highest Volume — 252 contracts
  • 2015-11-19: Largest IV spike — 339.8% change
  • 2015-11-16: Highest IV Rank — 78.2%
  • 2015-11-16: Largest Expected Move — 40.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$4.71$4.11$5.29$5.07$4.88
Max Pain$3.25$2.50$7.50$7.50$2.50
ATM IV73.4%13.0%142.6%33.1%110.5%
Expected Move19.9%3.7%40.9%9.5%31.7%
HV 20d60.5%47.2%67.2%47.2%67.2%
HV 60d54.2%49.3%57.1%51.8%56.8%
IV Rank38.2%3.3%78.2%15.0%59.7%
IV Percentile63.4%0.4%98.4%7.1%96.0%
Term Structure-22.2%-109.7%49.8%4.2%-46.5%
VWIV72.1%3.5%177.5%3.5%67.6%
Skew 25d16.0%-4.8%25.1%14.3%-4.8%
Skew 10d24.9%-6.7%39.8%19.7%-6.7%
Call IV 25d60.2%52.4%65.2%52.4%59.2%
Put IV 25d76.2%54.4%87.6%66.7%54.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %142.1258.83181.86135.40181.86
Gamma HHI0.810.540.930.540.61
Net GEX483-8331.6K-6-32
Net DEX21.5K-35.9K69.4K69.4K21.0K
Net VEX-135-445-2-2-23
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.660.002.472.472.07
Total Volume159.4502521980
Total OI555.85485630630485

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-11-02$5.07$7.5033.1%9.5%47.2%15.0%3.5%0.0%4.2%-669.4K-22.47135.40N/AN/A57141475155
2015-11-03$5.29$7.5062.6%18.0%50.3%32.0%0.0%0.0%-60.4%95243.4K-2172.47137.30N/AN/A57141475155
2015-11-04$5.20$7.5029.8%8.5%49.5%13.1%29.8%0.0%-27.5%1.6K-35.9K-4452.47168.17N/AN/A57141475155
2015-11-05$5.26$2.5083.9%16.3%49.7%44.3%0.0%14.3%14.4%67655.8K-1252.4791.37N/AN/A57141475155
2015-11-06$5.00$2.50142.1%29.1%52.1%78.0%0.0%0.0%-49.1%1.1K13.3K-3430.00151.30N/AN/A00475155
2015-11-09$4.47$2.50102.1%15.2%63.9%54.8%52.2%0.0%0.4%33754.1K-700.25120.06N/AN/A4010475155
2015-11-10$4.42$2.5089.8%25.7%63.2%47.7%154.3%0.0%-16.6%930-13.8K-2761.61169.00N/AN/A94151435106
2015-11-11$4.40$2.50100.0%28.7%62.7%53.6%90.7%0.0%49.8%799-9.3K-2641.61130.61N/AN/A94151435106
2015-11-12$4.11$2.5062.3%0.0%58.0%31.8%0.0%0.0%-57.8%58321.0K-1221.61169.50N/AN/A94151435106
2015-11-13$4.35$2.5035.4%0.0%63.5%16.3%0.0%0.0%-103.5%5638.3K-51.50171.36N/AN/A101151435106
2015-11-16$4.39$2.50142.6%40.9%63.8%78.2%0.0%0.0%-37.9%8152.1K-2030.00169.92N/AN/A00443105
2015-11-17$4.29$2.5041.8%12.0%63.8%20.0%0.0%0.0%-23.8%4338.2K-31.50171.81N/AN/A101151443106
2015-11-18$4.50$2.5013.0%3.7%67.2%3.3%6.3%0.0%3.2%5739.3K-71.50172.06N/AN/A101151443106
2015-11-19$4.50$2.5057.0%16.3%62.6%28.7%66.8%25.1%6.9%51026.7K-1011.5076.65N/AN/A101151443106
2015-11-20$4.65$2.5096.8%27.7%64.1%51.7%177.5%0.0%7.0%69312.2K-1751.50163.20N/AN/A101151443106
2015-11-23$4.69$2.5060.8%17.4%64.3%31.0%0.0%22.5%3.7%51812.8K-920.00122.64N/AN/A0041372
2015-11-24$4.76$2.5062.1%17.8%63.8%31.7%0.0%23.0%2.0%44815.3K-690.00126.88N/AN/A2041372
2015-11-25$5.05$2.5073.8%0.0%66.7%38.5%0.0%0.0%-109.7%-8339.0K-972.07154.43N/AN/A5711841573
2015-11-27$4.99$2.5067.6%19.4%66.8%34.9%67.6%-4.8%-2.5%37217.1K-622.0758.83N/AN/A5711841373
2015-11-30$4.88$2.50110.5%31.7%67.2%59.7%0.0%0.0%-46.5%-3221.0K-230.00181.86N/AN/A0041372