GEN Options History — December 2015

In December 2015, GEN traded between $3.43 and $5.01. ATM implied volatility averaged 96.8%, placing in the 49.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 24.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 46.9% (HV 20d: 50.0%). Max pain ranged from $2.50 to $7.50. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 2 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.85.

Notable Days

  • 2015-12-29: Highest Volume — 509 contracts
  • 2015-12-21: Largest IV spike — 112.7% change
  • 2015-12-02: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2015-12-02: Largest Expected Move — 54.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$4.18$3.43$5.01$5.01$3.53
Max Pain$7.05$2.50$7.50$2.50$7.50
ATM IV96.8%38.4%188.3%104.7%120.9%
Expected Move24.3%11.0%54.0%30.0%34.7%
HV 20d50.0%33.8%67.6%67.6%47.4%
HV 60d56.6%52.0%58.3%57.2%55.1%
IV Rank49.6%17.2%100.0%56.3%62.8%
IV Percentile75.2%11.5%100.0%95.6%95.6%
Term Structure-33.8%-181.1%63.9%-42.9%-61.6%
VWIV82.0%8.8%153.3%8.8%151.5%
Skew 25d-25.3%-78.7%13.6%10.9%-4.8%
Skew 10d-27.2%-91.0%19.1%15.9%7.8%
Call IV 25d99.6%54.5%174.0%54.5%63.3%
Put IV 25d74.3%40.0%136.6%65.5%58.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %125.9753.38179.82179.8286.87
Gamma HHI0.790.541.000.700.89
Net GEX194-661.1K-66173
Net DEX18.0K-1.2K26.8K19.9K2.1K
Net VEX-32-159-3-24-59
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.850.302.562.070.34
Total Volume203.31805090467
Total OI493.682470575485575

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-12-01$5.01$2.50104.7%30.0%67.6%56.3%0.0%0.0%-42.9%-6619.9K-240.00179.82N/AN/A0041372
2015-12-02$4.99$2.50188.3%54.0%65.7%100.0%0.0%0.0%-181.1%1.1K-1.2K-1592.07170.58N/AN/A5711841373
2015-12-03$4.82$7.50178.7%11.0%66.5%94.7%8.8%0.0%63.9%26821.9K-252.07162.96N/AN/A5711841373
2015-12-04$4.79$7.50105.6%19.6%66.2%54.3%69.2%0.0%-18.5%40816.5K-642.07132.26N/AN/A5711841373
2015-12-07$4.56$7.5090.1%15.7%66.1%45.8%0.0%0.0%-5.5%14621.0K-240.00151.13N/AN/A0041372
2015-12-08$4.57$7.5057.0%17.7%52.5%27.5%65.0%0.0%-3.7%15220.4K-292.0753.38N/AN/A5711841373
2015-12-09$4.61$7.5040.1%11.5%52.3%18.2%14.9%0.0%7.9%9025.3K-52.07132.17N/AN/A5711841373
2015-12-10$4.53$7.5042.7%12.2%52.8%19.6%22.9%0.0%-11.8%9825.2K-42.07155.51N/AN/A5711841373
2015-12-11$4.38$7.5069.4%19.9%47.9%34.3%123.8%10.9%-15.1%45314.2K-592.07108.68N/AN/A5711841373
2015-12-14$4.20$7.5090.2%25.9%46.1%45.8%140.7%-23.6%-11.5%7038.2K-872.07141.36N/AN/A5711841373
2015-12-15$4.24$7.5070.3%20.2%46.1%34.9%69.8%0.0%-67.0%29619.2K-262.07139.50N/AN/A5711841373
2015-12-16$4.22$7.5038.4%11.0%45.4%17.2%27.1%0.0%-25.7%4323.3K-42.07163.93N/AN/A5711841373
2015-12-17$4.06$7.5047.1%13.5%43.4%22.0%60.3%0.0%-10.7%7921.9K-82.07154.76N/AN/A5711841373
2015-12-18$3.84$7.5065.8%18.9%46.9%32.3%59.9%-21.9%-11.9%1221.3K-52.56104.65N/AN/A5012841373
2015-12-21$3.75$7.50139.8%0.0%44.7%73.3%124.9%0.0%0.0%1726.8K-42.46162.40N/AN/A4811839773
2015-12-22$3.74$7.50129.6%37.1%44.2%67.6%0.0%-37.4%-42.8%1226.7K-52.46112.89N/AN/A4811839773
2015-12-23$3.68$7.50103.1%29.6%43.1%53.0%0.0%-69.0%-41.1%1226.1K-52.4689.11N/AN/A4811839773
2015-12-24$3.59$7.5095.5%27.4%33.8%48.8%0.0%-19.4%-36.6%725.9K-32.4689.27N/AN/A4811839773
2015-12-28$3.64$7.50119.9%34.4%35.5%62.2%153.3%-78.7%-57.3%926.1K-40.8167.44N/AN/A14511839773
2015-12-29$3.43$7.50109.1%31.3%38.7%56.3%137.6%-22.4%-45.5%1422.9K-480.3071.65N/AN/A39111849473
2015-12-30$3.67$7.50124.4%35.7%46.9%64.7%0.0%13.6%-90.3%1122.8K-490.34141.08N/AN/A34911849473
2015-12-31$3.53$7.50120.9%34.7%47.4%62.8%151.5%-4.8%-61.6%1732.1K-590.3486.87N/AN/A34911850273