GEN Options History — December 2018

In December 2018, GEN traded between $1.13 and $1.69. ATM implied volatility averaged 114.7%, placing in the 20.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 33.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 32.0% (HV 20d: 82.7%). Max pain ranged from $2.50 to $2.50. Net GEX was positive for 12 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.79.

Notable Days

  • 2018-12-12: Highest Volume — 27 contracts
  • 2018-12-10: Largest IV spike — 90.0% change
  • 2018-12-03: Highest IV Rank — 58.0%
  • 2018-12-03: Largest Expected Move — 67.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$1.45$1.13$1.69$1.58$1.19
Max Pain$2.50$2.50$2.50$2.50$2.50
ATM IV114.7%55.9%234.3%234.3%133.4%
Expected Move33.6%16.0%67.2%67.2%38.2%
HV 20d82.7%75.2%89.3%87.0%78.0%
HV 60d79.1%76.1%84.9%79.3%84.4%
IV Rank20.2%0.0%58.0%58.0%30.0%
IV Percentile44.6%0.0%98.4%98.4%69.8%
Term Structure-6.0%-122.9%54.4%-122.9%-29.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %78.6717.23118.05100.3417.23
Gamma HHI0.970.741.001.001.00
Net GEX24205444170
Net DEX6.6K-8.6K21.4K25814.2K
Net VEX-93-1810-1640
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.790.006.000.000.53
Total Volume11.9502780
Total OI1,282.751,2531,3021,2831,253

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-12-03$1.58$2.50234.3%67.2%87.0%58.0%0.0%0.0%-122.9%417258-1640.00100.34N/AN/A801,135148
2018-12-04$1.61$2.50116.6%33.4%87.3%17.5%0.0%0.0%-31.6%414249-1590.00100.68N/AN/A501,135148
2018-12-05$1.61$2.50120.3%34.5%87.1%18.8%0.0%0.0%-34.4%333-8.6K-1750.00100.68N/AN/A501,135148
2018-12-06$1.61$2.50124.9%35.8%86.8%20.4%0.0%0.0%44.1%403641-1540.00114.64N/AN/A011,135148
2018-12-07$1.63$2.5055.9%16.0%87.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%54.4%3682.1K-1470.20118.05N/AN/A511,135149
2018-12-10$1.66$2.50106.1%38.2%85.9%16.7%0.0%0.0%-44.1%429888-1620.0099.10N/AN/A001,137149
2018-12-11$1.67$2.50110.1%37.0%83.6%18.1%0.0%0.0%19.1%485-374-1660.0038.86N/AN/A2001,137149
2018-12-12$1.69$2.5096.5%27.7%83.7%13.5%0.0%0.0%0.6%544-1.7K-1770.35103.98N/AN/A2071,147149
2018-12-13$1.65$2.5075.0%21.5%82.8%6.4%0.0%0.0%37.0%400-5.7K-1810.3532.78N/AN/A2071,147155
2018-12-14$1.55$2.50104.3%29.9%85.7%16.1%0.0%0.0%31.7%434-341-1540.35100.53N/AN/A2071,147155
2018-12-17$1.39$2.50124.6%35.7%78.9%22.9%0.0%0.0%-12.4%021.4K00.30104.40N/AN/A2061,147154
2018-12-18$1.39$2.50118.7%34.0%78.2%20.9%0.0%0.0%-13.5%30611.2K-826.0025.26N/AN/A161,147145
2018-12-19$1.38$2.50120.1%34.4%77.1%21.4%0.0%0.0%-14.8%315647-1346.00101.03N/AN/A161,147145
2018-12-20$1.33$2.5087.0%24.9%75.2%12.1%0.0%0.0%-17.1%018.5K06.0071.19N/AN/A161,147139
2018-12-21$1.30$2.5097.1%27.9%75.5%16.0%0.0%0.0%-19.2%018.1K06.0069.19N/AN/A161,147139
2018-12-24$1.19$2.50112.9%32.4%81.1%22.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%015.4K-10.82101.66N/AN/A1191,139129
2018-12-26$1.25$2.50111.4%31.9%82.2%21.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%015.5K00.0033.89N/AN/A081,139124
2018-12-27$1.13$2.50127.7%36.6%89.3%27.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%014.0K00.0068.86N/AN/A081,139124
2018-12-28$1.24$2.50117.7%33.7%81.4%23.9%0.0%0.0%50.5%015.4K00.5371.02N/AN/A1581,139124
2018-12-31$1.19$2.50133.4%38.2%78.0%30.0%0.0%0.0%-29.8%014.2K00.0017.23N/AN/A001,134119