GEN Options History — August 2016

In August 2016, GEN traded between $2.00 and $2.44. ATM implied volatility averaged 86.8%, placing in the 42.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 23.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 32.2% (HV 20d: 54.6%). Max pain ranged from $2.50 to $2.50. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.42.

Notable Days

  • 2016-08-15: Highest Volume — 525 contracts
  • 2016-08-31: Largest IV spike — 65.6% change
  • 2016-08-01: Highest IV Rank — 66.3%
  • 2016-08-01: Largest Expected Move — 37.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$2.17$2.00$2.44$2.10$2.44
Max Pain$2.50$2.50$2.50$2.50$2.50
ATM IV86.8%56.1%131.2%131.2%111.5%
Expected Move23.7%15.3%37.6%37.6%32.0%
HV 20d54.6%41.6%65.7%64.9%53.7%
HV 60d79.1%74.9%95.6%95.3%75.2%
IV Rank42.6%26.1%66.3%66.3%55.8%
IV Percentile35.4%9.9%77.4%77.4%57.5%
Term Structure2.1%-59.4%57.5%-59.4%-45.9%
VWIV80.0%53.5%131.2%131.2%112.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %100.0014.16131.22123.97125.07
Gamma HHI0.920.761.001.000.96
Net GEX961702.4K2462.2K
Net DEX-44.4K-103.0K3.9K-9.1K-87.9K
Net VEX-249-448-53-60-404
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.420.000.750.120.75
Total Volume137.95705259489
Total OI653.3911681,0591681,059

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-08-01$2.10$2.50131.2%37.6%64.9%66.3%131.2%0.0%-59.4%246-9.1K-600.12123.97N/AN/A841013830
2016-08-02$2.01$2.50112.2%32.2%65.2%56.2%88.4%0.0%4.5%112-7.3K-530.1286.66N/AN/A841013830
2016-08-03$2.08$2.5080.3%23.0%65.6%39.1%80.9%0.0%-2.3%242-8.1K-590.6293.73N/AN/A845213830
2016-08-04$2.08$2.5082.9%20.9%65.7%40.5%72.3%0.0%5.3%148-2.3K-730.6286.06N/AN/A845213882
2016-08-05$2.05$2.5075.2%15.3%63.1%36.4%53.5%0.0%41.3%812.7K-620.6292.38N/AN/A845213882
2016-08-08$2.01$2.5081.3%15.6%63.6%39.7%55.6%0.0%27.3%1012.8K-600.6214.16N/AN/A845213882
2016-08-09$2.05$2.50118.7%24.6%48.4%59.6%76.0%0.0%57.5%70-1.0K-640.6299.25N/AN/A845213882
2016-08-10$2.02$2.5056.1%16.1%47.6%26.1%57.1%0.0%32.4%873.3K-580.6278.34N/AN/A845213882
2016-08-11$2.00$2.5077.0%22.1%42.5%37.3%71.8%0.0%14.9%1063.1K-590.6297.40N/AN/A845213882
2016-08-12$2.00$2.5078.1%22.4%41.8%37.9%72.8%0.0%-3.9%1393.9K-560.18110.94N/AN/A2885213882
2016-08-15$2.13$2.5098.4%28.2%41.6%48.8%97.4%0.0%-34.3%801-33.1K-2280.11110.10N/AN/A4735251882
2016-08-16$2.26$2.5084.3%24.2%43.8%41.2%84.4%0.0%-19.0%1.7K-67.0K-3750.3176.46N/AN/A1685292982
2016-08-17$2.11$2.5091.1%26.1%50.3%44.9%0.0%0.0%-37.2%1.4K-61.1K-3840.00123.24N/AN/A8091382
2016-08-18$2.23$2.5062.8%18.0%54.2%29.7%0.0%0.0%5.2%1.7K-55.6K-3700.00112.06N/AN/A50092182
2016-08-19$2.18$2.5078.8%22.6%54.8%38.3%70.7%0.0%11.4%1.6K-66.4K-4000.3937.91N/AN/A1345297182
2016-08-22$2.16$2.50105.6%30.3%53.6%52.6%105.2%0.0%-4.6%1.3K-77.2K-3960.31130.95N/AN/A1043296262
2016-08-23$2.28$2.5064.1%18.4%56.8%30.5%59.5%0.0%34.1%1.5K-90.0K-4220.46117.54N/AN/A693296262
2016-08-24$2.32$2.5082.0%23.5%56.0%40.0%0.0%0.0%-23.8%1.5K-86.0K-4200.00131.22N/AN/A0097762
2016-08-25$2.31$2.5090.9%26.1%55.4%44.8%80.8%0.0%31.9%1.4K-100.4K-4380.46122.59N/AN/A693297762
2016-08-26$2.30$2.5080.1%23.0%55.4%39.0%70.6%0.0%51.7%1.3K-97.8K-4480.46120.15N/AN/A693297762
2016-08-29$2.42$2.5086.2%24.7%57.7%42.3%91.3%0.0%-45.1%2.4K-84.6K-3990.5793.77N/AN/A563297762
2016-08-30$2.43$2.5067.3%19.3%54.5%32.1%68.1%0.0%6.8%2.0K-103.0K-4380.57115.97N/AN/A563299762
2016-08-31$2.44$2.50111.5%32.0%53.7%55.8%112.9%0.0%-45.9%2.2K-87.9K-4040.75125.07N/AN/A513899762