GEN Options History — February 2017

In February 2017, GEN traded between $3.22 and $4.17. ATM implied volatility averaged 80.1%, placing in the 20.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 21.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 44.3% (HV 20d: 35.8%). Max pain ranged from $5.00 to $5.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.71.

Notable Days

  • 2017-02-17: Highest Volume — 149 contracts
  • 2017-02-21: Largest IV spike — 80.3% change
  • 2017-02-27: Highest IV Rank — 50.0%
  • 2017-02-27: Largest Expected Move — 35.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$3.83$3.22$4.17$4.08$3.25
Max Pain$5.00$5.00$5.00$5.00$5.00
ATM IV80.1%49.9%122.0%69.3%111.5%
Expected Move21.1%13.7%35.0%19.9%32.0%
HV 20d35.8%25.1%61.5%32.5%61.5%
HV 60d42.8%38.6%49.7%43.3%49.7%
IV Rank20.7%0.0%50.0%12.9%42.7%
IV Percentile26.5%0.0%77.8%9.5%65.5%
Term Structure-3.0%-57.1%38.3%15.4%-28.7%
VWIV106.1%53.3%133.6%53.3%133.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %81.5916.07120.3539.39115.90
Gamma HHI0.970.910.990.980.97
Net GEX1.5K2562.4K1.7K469
Net DEX-50.8K-83.7K927-69.0K848
Net VEX-292-401-59-381-67
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.710.191.880.651.10
Total Volume79.842491497665
Total OI554.263523619523619

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-02-01$4.08$5.0069.3%19.9%32.5%12.9%53.3%0.0%15.4%1.7K-69.0K-3810.6539.39N/AN/A463049330
2017-02-02$4.17$0.0066.0%14.0%25.3%10.7%0.0%0.0%34.7%1.9K-83.7K-4010.6576.33N/AN/A463049530
2017-02-03$4.15$0.0089.7%17.5%25.1%27.2%0.0%0.0%1.6%2.1K-74.7K-3840.65120.35N/AN/A463049530
2017-02-06$3.97$0.0088.9%16.7%28.6%26.6%0.0%0.0%31.6%1.5K-68.7K-3540.6535.81N/AN/A463049530
2017-02-07$3.95$0.0097.4%13.7%27.9%32.5%0.0%0.0%34.0%1.5K-75.9K-3600.6530.18N/AN/A463049530
2017-02-08$3.87$0.0060.6%17.4%27.5%6.9%0.0%0.0%21.4%1.5K-56.2K-3260.6533.54N/AN/A463049530
2017-02-09$4.02$0.0056.1%16.1%30.0%3.7%0.0%0.0%38.3%1.5K-77.9K-3670.4898.29N/AN/A462249530
2017-02-10$4.03$0.0073.2%21.0%30.1%15.7%0.0%0.0%-9.6%1.8K-63.8K-3510.4885.89N/AN/A462249530
2017-02-13$3.97$0.0067.8%19.4%30.3%11.9%0.0%0.0%6.5%1.6K-57.2K-3300.4881.45N/AN/A462249530
2017-02-14$3.97$0.0049.9%14.3%30.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%28.4%1.7K-62.5K-3390.4816.07N/AN/A462249530
2017-02-15$3.96$0.0072.7%20.8%29.4%15.8%0.0%0.0%-3.1%1.8K-58.9K-3220.48119.11N/AN/A462249530
2017-02-16$3.95$0.0064.5%18.5%29.1%10.1%0.0%0.0%3.3%1.7K-49.8K-2980.19116.94N/AN/A1172249530
2017-02-17$3.87$0.0059.5%17.1%29.7%6.7%0.0%0.0%-5.9%2.1K-39.9K-3050.2772.91N/AN/A1173256930
2017-02-21$3.90$0.00107.3%30.8%29.9%39.8%114.1%0.0%-42.9%1.8K-63.8K-3820.3192.52N/AN/A1033255340
2017-02-22$3.81$5.0079.5%22.8%29.1%20.5%86.0%0.0%-31.2%2.4K-59.6K-3491.88118.01N/AN/A173255540
2017-02-23$3.26$5.0096.0%27.5%60.4%32.0%116.9%0.0%-48.5%308351-781.3376.58N/AN/A243256040
2017-02-24$3.31$5.0089.9%25.8%61.3%27.7%116.8%0.0%-57.1%256-6.4K-971.03103.14N/AN/A313257040
2017-02-27$3.22$5.00122.0%35.0%61.5%50.0%121.9%0.0%-45.7%262927-591.10117.74N/AN/A313457740
2017-02-28$3.25$5.00111.5%32.0%61.5%42.7%133.6%0.0%-28.7%469848-671.10115.90N/AN/A313457742