GEN Options History — September 2016

In September 2016, GEN traded between $2.34 and $2.97. ATM implied volatility averaged 94.2%, placing in the 46.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 23.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 28.5% (HV 20d: 65.7%). Max pain ranged from $2.50 to $2.50. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.72.

Notable Days

  • 2016-09-12: Highest Volume — 219 contracts
  • 2016-09-22: Largest IV spike — 69.6% change
  • 2016-09-08: Highest IV Rank — 70.3%
  • 2016-09-30: Largest Expected Move — 31.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$2.71$2.34$2.97$2.34$2.71
Max Pain$2.50$2.50$2.50$2.50$2.50
ATM IV94.2%51.2%138.6%102.5%109.5%
Expected Move23.6%14.7%31.4%29.4%31.4%
HV 20d65.7%56.5%73.4%56.5%64.3%
HV 60d67.9%60.8%75.5%74.4%61.3%
IV Rank46.5%23.5%70.3%51.0%54.7%
IV Percentile38.3%5.2%84.5%47.2%52.8%
Term Structure-6.2%-66.3%37.8%-30.9%-35.5%
VWIV75.9%50.7%100.5%100.5%74.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %96.7036.81129.85119.70106.39
Gamma HHI0.920.601.000.960.85
Net GEX2.6K8805.3K2.1K1.4K
Net DEX-168.5K-234.4K-74.2K-74.2K-190.1K
Net VEX-367-4790-394-325
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.720.211.210.751.21
Total Volume94.19422198942
Total OI1,204.8571,0821,2621,0821,258

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-09-01$2.34$2.50102.5%29.4%56.5%51.0%100.5%0.0%-30.9%2.1K-74.2K-3940.75119.70N/AN/A51381,00775
2016-09-02$2.47$2.5088.2%25.3%58.5%43.3%81.5%0.0%11.6%2.0K-106.6K-4540.75129.85N/AN/A51381,00775
2016-09-06$2.43$2.50115.1%20.1%58.2%57.7%71.8%0.0%7.8%2.3K-85.8K-4060.75106.71N/AN/A51381,02275
2016-09-07$2.49$2.50101.6%24.2%58.4%50.5%84.1%0.0%-16.0%2.2K-97.6K-4180.7579.40N/AN/A51381,02775
2016-09-08$2.81$2.50138.6%19.8%69.6%70.3%0.0%0.0%13.5%1.7K-178.6K-2760.5487.78N/AN/A71381,02775
2016-09-09$2.71$2.5081.7%18.3%71.5%39.8%64.0%0.0%1.8%3.2K-138.0K-4100.5336.81N/AN/A72381,05775
2016-09-12$2.88$2.50119.6%27.8%73.1%60.1%0.0%0.0%0.2%880-233.3K00.21102.77N/AN/A181381,06275
2016-09-13$2.78$2.50131.0%16.0%73.4%66.2%50.7%0.0%2.7%5.3K-184.6K-3920.3282.53N/AN/A117381,17775
2016-09-14$2.83$2.5080.6%23.1%71.4%39.2%81.3%0.0%-35.5%3.4K-190.6K-4050.32110.06N/AN/A117381,17775
2016-09-15$2.90$2.50103.3%29.6%65.0%51.4%0.0%0.0%-66.3%1.2K-228.0K-3900.39107.56N/AN/A97381,17775
2016-09-16$2.97$2.5092.7%26.6%63.4%45.7%0.0%0.0%-15.3%1.4K-234.4K-3090.36110.45N/AN/A106381,18775
2016-09-19$2.87$2.5075.0%21.5%64.4%36.2%74.4%0.0%8.0%3.2K-191.6K-4130.2641.71N/AN/A88231,17760
2016-09-20$2.72$2.5075.5%21.6%68.3%36.5%54.9%0.0%24.8%2.9K-158.4K-4620.3291.04N/AN/A72231,19460
2016-09-21$2.73$2.5051.2%14.7%66.5%23.5%0.0%0.0%37.8%2.5K-192.7K-2860.32106.75N/AN/A72231,19560
2016-09-22$2.78$2.5086.8%24.9%66.5%42.6%83.6%0.0%-5.8%3.4K-174.1K-4251.21114.53N/AN/A19231,19660
2016-09-23$2.75$2.5088.4%25.3%66.7%43.4%87.2%0.0%-6.2%3.1K-173.1K-4791.21123.71N/AN/A19231,19860
2016-09-26$2.72$2.5096.3%27.6%66.9%47.7%0.0%0.0%-9.9%1.4K-197.6K-3311.21118.08N/AN/A19231,19860
2016-09-27$2.73$2.5071.1%20.4%65.0%34.2%78.2%0.0%-3.9%4.2K-161.1K-3871.2164.04N/AN/A19231,19860
2016-09-28$2.71$2.5072.2%20.7%65.2%34.8%74.3%0.0%-5.0%4.5K-168.0K-4321.2164.65N/AN/A19231,19860
2016-09-29$2.64$2.5096.8%27.8%66.1%47.9%0.0%0.0%-9.0%1.8K-179.1K-3041.21126.16N/AN/A19231,19860
2016-09-30$2.71$2.50109.5%31.4%64.3%54.7%0.0%0.0%-35.5%1.4K-190.1K-3251.21106.39N/AN/A19231,19860