GEN Options History — December 2016

In December 2016, GEN traded between $3.55 and $4.34. ATM implied volatility averaged 102.8%, placing in the 38.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 21.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 59.1% (HV 20d: 43.7%). 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 8 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.66.

Notable Days

  • 2016-12-12: Highest Volume — 172 contracts
  • 2016-12-14: Largest IV drop — 58.6% change
  • 2016-12-13: Highest IV Rank — 97.9%
  • 2016-12-02: Largest Expected Move — 43.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$4.03$3.55$4.34$3.55$4.27
Max Pain$2.50$2.50$2.50$2.50$2.50
ATM IV102.8%55.7%190.9%112.7%77.3%
Expected Move21.9%16.0%43.5%32.3%22.2%
HV 20d43.7%39.9%52.0%52.0%45.4%
HV 60d45.5%43.4%52.2%52.2%46.4%
IV Rank38.1%3.1%97.9%47.7%18.3%
IV Percentile40.0%0.4%99.6%56.7%11.1%
Term Structure-8.6%-63.1%12.8%-53.6%0.1%
VWIV74.4%57.1%96.5%57.1%84.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %82.8446.94149.6173.54101.91
Gamma HHI0.710.500.880.550.81
Net GEX2.5K3804.2K4933.5K
Net DEX-199.2K-261.9K-115.2K-115.2K-251.9K
Net VEX-418-590-90-90-545
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.660.302.860.780.70
Total Volume119.762541729197
Total OI974.3817791,1267811,126

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-12-01$3.55$0.00112.7%32.3%52.0%47.7%0.0%0.0%-53.6%493-115.2K-900.7873.54N/AN/A514070378
2016-12-02$3.56$0.00151.8%43.5%45.9%72.8%0.0%0.0%-63.1%757-118.0K-1380.78117.91N/AN/A514070378
2016-12-05$3.60$2.50141.9%20.9%45.4%66.5%57.1%0.0%-22.9%469-124.4K-1180.7853.19N/AN/A514070378
2016-12-06$3.63$2.50137.5%19.7%45.4%63.6%57.4%0.0%-7.3%380-126.0K-1060.7883.33N/AN/A514070378
2016-12-07$3.68$2.50181.2%25.0%45.1%91.7%95.0%0.0%-26.6%684-127.3K-1310.78101.10N/AN/A514070378
2016-12-08$3.95$2.50128.8%19.7%49.0%58.0%66.3%0.0%3.9%1.8K-149.5K-3352.8679.47N/AN/A144070478
2016-12-09$4.15$2.50107.4%17.3%40.3%44.3%68.2%0.0%4.0%2.1K-162.5K-3200.4446.94N/AN/A904070178
2016-12-12$4.09$2.50164.9%18.5%41.2%81.2%80.9%0.0%-5.3%2.1K-174.5K-3770.3084.70N/AN/A1324075878
2016-12-13$4.10$2.50190.9%21.4%40.5%97.9%87.7%0.0%-18.1%2.4K-196.7K-4960.42106.17N/AN/A954087878
2016-12-14$3.99$2.5079.1%22.7%42.5%26.1%77.4%0.0%-14.2%2.9K-210.6K-5240.4266.46N/AN/A954096178
2016-12-15$4.03$2.5071.6%20.5%42.5%21.3%71.8%0.0%-0.8%2.9K-198.4K-5150.4255.14N/AN/A954096178
2016-12-16$4.17$2.5062.0%17.8%43.2%10.1%69.1%0.0%9.8%3.0K-218.6K-5380.3448.56N/AN/A1194096178
2016-12-19$4.22$2.5060.6%17.4%42.9%6.6%62.6%0.0%-3.1%3.9K-239.2K-5790.3352.86N/AN/A123401,03578
2016-12-20$4.34$2.5055.7%16.0%41.8%3.1%68.7%0.0%12.3%3.7K-254.1K-5770.3396.99N/AN/A123401,03978
2016-12-21$4.31$2.5059.9%17.2%39.9%6.1%62.3%0.0%12.3%3.8K-261.9K-5690.3283.72N/AN/A124401,03978
2016-12-22$4.16$2.5069.0%19.8%41.7%12.4%75.0%0.0%10.0%3.5K-252.8K-5690.32103.03N/AN/A124401,04078
2016-12-23$4.33$2.5067.9%19.5%41.1%11.7%79.6%0.0%-4.2%3.5K-256.9K-5900.6990.85N/AN/A58401,04078
2016-12-27$4.30$2.5066.9%19.2%41.5%11.0%63.1%0.0%12.8%4.2K-257.8K-5470.7058.06N/AN/A57401,04878
2016-12-28$4.10$2.5084.4%24.2%45.4%23.2%90.5%0.0%-12.7%3.2K-242.6K-5670.7086.18N/AN/A57401,04878
2016-12-29$4.14$2.5088.1%25.3%45.4%25.8%96.5%0.0%-13.3%3.2K-244.9K-5550.70149.61N/AN/A57401,04878
2016-12-30$4.27$2.5077.3%22.2%45.4%18.3%84.5%0.0%0.1%3.5K-251.9K-5450.70101.91N/AN/A57401,04878