GEN Options History — January 2017

In January 2017, GEN traded between $4.08 and $4.69. ATM implied volatility averaged 67.3%, placing in the 11.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 19.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 23.9% (HV 20d: 43.5%). Max pain ranged from $2.50 to $5.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.65.

Notable Days

  • 2017-01-25: Highest Volume — 121 contracts
  • 2017-01-11: Largest IV spike — 37.5% change
  • 2017-01-31: Highest IV Rank — 23.4%
  • 2017-01-31: Largest Expected Move — 24.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$4.35$4.08$4.69$4.43$4.11
Max Pain$4.62$2.50$5.00$2.50$5.00
ATM IV67.3%50.7%84.3%72.4%84.3%
Expected Move19.9%16.1%24.2%20.7%24.2%
HV 20d43.5%35.3%50.8%46.4%35.5%
HV 60d47.0%45.1%47.9%45.6%45.1%
IV Rank11.5%0.0%23.4%14.8%23.4%
IV Percentile8.1%0.0%29.0%7.5%29.0%
Term Structure0.3%-23.2%20.8%1.7%-9.5%
VWIV67.9%44.7%83.7%72.2%83.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %86.8932.91118.8656.11118.23
Gamma HHI0.980.921.001.000.98
Net GEX3.0K1.4K5.8K4.8K1.6K
Net DEX-184.9K-289.8K-65.8K-248.8K-65.8K
Net VEX-407-519-344-462-357
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.650.330.930.670.56
Total Volume97.68112110084
Total OI911.054431,1781,126493

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-01-03$4.43$2.5072.4%20.7%46.4%14.8%72.2%0.0%1.7%4.8K-248.8K-4620.6756.11N/AN/A60401,04878
2017-01-04$4.69$2.5067.3%19.3%49.2%11.3%67.0%0.0%2.8%5.8K-289.5K-5130.9197.38N/AN/A44401,04378
2017-01-05$4.63$0.0054.6%17.9%50.0%2.4%0.0%0.0%9.4%5.7K-289.8K-5190.91106.97N/AN/A44401,06678
2017-01-06$4.57$0.0059.2%19.0%50.8%5.6%0.0%0.0%5.2%5.1K-287.1K-5130.93107.95N/AN/A43401,06678
2017-01-09$4.46$0.0050.7%19.7%47.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.7%5.0K-257.3K-4540.8949.64N/AN/A45401,06678
2017-01-10$4.35$0.0057.3%19.3%45.3%4.6%0.0%0.0%-0.3%4.3K-242.6K-4320.89103.21N/AN/A45401,06778
2017-01-11$4.45$0.0078.7%22.6%45.4%19.5%0.0%0.0%0.2%4.8K-260.1K-4620.89109.08N/AN/A45401,06778
2017-01-12$4.43$0.0068.2%19.5%45.5%12.2%0.0%0.0%-0.7%4.9K-253.9K-4440.89114.74N/AN/A45401,06778
2017-01-13$4.39$0.0069.7%20.0%44.3%13.2%79.3%0.0%-13.1%1.6K-224.3K-3660.6664.01N/AN/A61401,06778
2017-01-17$4.39$5.0070.7%20.3%44.3%14.0%71.7%0.0%-1.2%1.5K-216.5K-3620.6652.78N/AN/A61401,08378
2017-01-18$4.28$5.0078.6%22.5%44.0%19.4%83.7%0.0%-23.2%1.7K-205.1K-3450.66111.71N/AN/A61401,08378
2017-01-19$4.22$5.0070.7%20.3%44.1%13.9%70.7%0.0%-11.6%1.7K-200.5K-3440.54114.61N/AN/A74401,08378
2017-01-20$4.23$5.0070.5%20.2%42.9%13.8%71.2%0.0%4.0%1.4K-212.8K-3690.5458.28N/AN/A74401,10078
2017-01-23$4.23$5.0056.0%16.1%42.8%3.7%44.7%0.0%7.0%1.6K-67.2K-3520.5934.39N/AN/A513041330
2017-01-24$4.32$5.0058.9%16.9%41.5%5.7%48.7%0.0%16.3%1.6K-69.3K-3580.59118.86N/AN/A513041330
2017-01-25$4.32$5.0076.8%22.0%38.9%18.2%78.2%0.0%-6.2%1.5K-83.6K-3640.33110.00N/AN/A913041330
2017-01-26$4.29$5.0072.4%20.7%38.9%15.1%72.4%0.0%-10.0%2.0K-87.1K-3940.33104.48N/AN/A913046330
2017-01-27$4.22$5.0064.5%18.5%35.3%9.6%56.4%0.0%11.7%2.2K-68.5K-3720.3372.42N/AN/A913046330
2017-01-30$4.08$5.0065.2%18.7%37.3%10.1%50.4%0.0%20.8%1.6K-67.3K-3500.3332.91N/AN/A913046330
2017-01-31$4.11$5.0084.3%24.2%35.5%23.4%83.5%0.0%-9.5%1.6K-65.8K-3570.56118.23N/AN/A543046330