GEN Options History — April 2018

In April 2018, GEN traded between $1.26 and $1.76. ATM implied volatility averaged 126.9%, placing in the 24.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 36.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 47.8% (HV 20d: 79.2%). 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 11 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.15.

Notable Days

  • 2018-04-05: Highest Volume — 266 contracts
  • 2018-04-18: Largest IV spike — 69.6% change
  • 2018-04-27: Highest IV Rank — 48.6%
  • 2018-04-27: Largest Expected Move — 57.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$1.51$1.26$1.76$1.43$1.52
Max Pain$2.50$2.50$2.50$2.50$2.50
ATM IV126.9%73.3%199.4%137.5%167.1%
Expected Move36.2%21.0%57.2%39.4%47.9%
HV 20d79.2%66.6%86.3%77.1%85.6%
HV 60d107.1%103.8%110.1%106.7%106.5%
IV Rank24.9%7.3%48.6%28.4%38.0%
IV Percentile46.9%2.8%99.2%59.5%84.1%
Term Structure-2.3%-57.1%39.8%17.6%-5.8%
VWIV188.8%188.8%188.8%188.8%188.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %72.0710.44161.0679.3792.92
Gamma HHI1.000.981.001.000.99
Net GEX3024871435095
Net DEX-12.1K-32.9K1.8K-13.6K-2.0K
Net VEX-99-217-19-116-36
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.150.050.240.090.21
Total Volume119.1437226613180
Total OI929.4766551,215825658

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-04-02$1.43$2.50137.5%39.4%77.1%28.4%0.0%0.0%17.6%350-13.6K-1160.0979.37N/AN/A1201179926
2018-04-03$1.36$2.50157.8%45.2%72.7%35.0%0.0%0.0%-45.1%5624-300.0936.90N/AN/A1201179926
2018-04-04$1.33$2.50159.9%45.9%72.4%35.7%0.0%0.0%-49.2%54318-270.1015.76N/AN/A1201279926
2018-04-05$1.26$2.50136.7%40.7%73.9%28.1%0.0%0.0%4.3%481.5K-190.0527.31N/AN/A2541279927
2018-04-06$1.39$2.50124.9%37.9%81.3%24.2%0.0%0.0%11.6%61982-250.08101.81N/AN/A1611393427
2018-04-09$1.41$2.50138.0%35.0%66.6%28.5%0.0%0.0%-3.8%631.8K-230.09161.06N/AN/A1561494429
2018-04-10$1.47$2.50136.2%36.6%68.8%27.9%0.0%0.0%-31.4%379-14.9K-1200.10132.27N/AN/A1361493730
2018-04-11$1.65$2.5082.5%23.7%80.5%10.3%0.0%0.0%30.9%511-24.4K-1770.1413.70N/AN/A102141,05230
2018-04-12$1.72$2.5095.3%27.3%80.9%14.5%0.0%0.0%37.1%614-27.2K-1980.2161.73N/AN/A66141,12730
2018-04-13$1.75$2.50129.0%37.0%77.9%25.6%188.8%0.0%39.8%605-30.1K-2000.2185.54N/AN/A66141,14221
2018-04-16$1.76$2.5092.3%26.5%77.8%13.6%0.0%0.0%28.7%693-32.9K-2170.2110.44N/AN/A66141,14121
2018-04-17$1.75$2.5073.3%21.0%77.6%7.3%0.0%0.0%24.8%714-32.7K-2100.1211.96N/AN/A118141,14121
2018-04-18$1.58$2.50124.4%35.7%82.3%24.1%0.0%0.0%-41.4%610-23.2K-1790.12107.46N/AN/A118141,19121
2018-04-19$1.60$2.5089.1%25.5%80.9%12.5%0.0%0.0%10.0%583-23.2K-1690.1492.62N/AN/A118161,19121
2018-04-20$1.54$2.5095.7%27.4%82.0%14.7%0.0%0.0%8.4%92-2.9K-490.1358.48N/AN/A118151,19124
2018-04-23$1.50$2.5083.2%23.9%82.4%10.6%0.0%0.0%-11.4%90-3.0K-440.2415.82N/AN/A581464516
2018-04-24$1.41$2.50129.8%37.2%84.9%25.8%0.0%0.0%4.3%489-25.8K-1580.2494.26N/AN/A581464516
2018-04-25$1.38$2.50156.6%44.9%84.5%34.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%75-10-240.22111.39N/AN/A641464516
2018-04-26$1.45$2.50157.3%45.1%86.3%34.8%0.0%0.0%-17.6%85-1.5K-350.22112.34N/AN/A651463916
2018-04-27$1.44$2.50199.4%57.2%85.7%48.6%0.0%0.0%-57.1%83-424-290.2190.29N/AN/A661464016
2018-04-30$1.52$2.50167.1%47.9%85.6%38.0%0.0%0.0%-5.8%95-2.0K-360.2192.92N/AN/A661464216