GEN Options History — January 2019

In January 2019, GEN traded between $1.25 and $1.65. ATM implied volatility averaged 116.2%, placing in the 23.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 32.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 35.4% (HV 20d: 80.8%). Max pain ranged from $2.50 to $2.50. Net GEX was positive for 16 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 3 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.07.

Notable Days

  • 2019-01-31: Highest Volume — 60 contracts
  • 2019-01-16: Largest IV drop — 27.0% change
  • 2019-01-30: Highest IV Rank — 34.6%
  • 2019-01-30: Largest Expected Move — 41.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$1.53$1.25$1.65$1.26$1.58
Max Pain$2.50$2.50$2.50$2.50$2.50
ATM IV116.2%89.2%145.3%132.3%125.7%
Expected Move32.6%25.6%41.6%37.9%26.2%
HV 20d80.8%52.7%94.9%82.0%52.7%
HV 60d81.9%75.2%86.8%85.2%75.6%
IV Rank23.3%12.9%34.6%29.6%27.0%
IV Percentile52.5%18.3%86.1%69.0%68.3%
Term Structure-28.2%-106.5%28.8%28.0%0.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %74.6314.09116.1321.0038.64
Gamma HHI0.940.501.000.991.00
Net GEX26307730503
Net DEX3.4K-20.1K18.4K15.0K-11.6K
Net VEX-60-14600-105
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.070.000.330.330.03
Total Volume11.619060460
Total OI975.9054761,2531,253552

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-01-02$1.26$2.50132.3%37.9%82.0%29.6%0.0%0.0%28.0%015.0K00.3321.00N/AN/A311,134119
2019-01-03$1.25$0.00138.0%40.8%81.3%31.8%0.0%0.0%-69.1%015.0K00.33116.13N/AN/A311,131120
2019-01-04$1.39$0.00124.8%33.8%91.6%26.7%0.0%0.0%-33.0%016.7K00.2595.08N/AN/A411,131120
2019-01-07$1.45$0.00132.5%29.7%93.2%29.7%0.0%0.0%-39.5%017.4K00.00109.90N/AN/A001,130120
2019-01-08$1.52$0.00129.3%41.5%94.9%28.4%0.0%0.0%-106.5%3878.2K-880.00102.72N/AN/A001,130120
2019-01-09$1.54$0.00117.3%33.6%94.8%23.8%0.0%0.0%-38.3%3988.5K-890.00103.86N/AN/A001,130120
2019-01-10$1.53$0.00111.1%31.8%94.7%21.4%0.0%0.0%-24.6%3779.6K-770.0078.51N/AN/A101,130120
2019-01-11$1.54$0.00112.9%32.4%94.6%22.1%0.0%0.0%-25.2%018.4K-10.0046.26N/AN/A101,131120
2019-01-14$1.56$0.00118.7%34.0%94.5%24.3%0.0%0.0%-27.6%4148.5K-870.0045.47N/AN/A001,131120
2019-01-15$1.62$0.00122.2%35.0%92.8%25.7%0.0%0.0%-26.9%4737.7K-880.0040.83N/AN/A1001,131120
2019-01-16$1.62$0.0089.2%25.6%83.0%12.9%0.0%0.0%-15.0%773-9.3K-1430.0064.34N/AN/A101,131120
2019-01-17$1.65$0.0099.7%28.6%83.0%17.0%0.0%0.0%28.8%482-2.3K-1280.0019.20N/AN/A101,130120
2019-01-18$1.64$0.0093.5%26.8%83.0%14.6%0.0%0.0%-21.4%45310.8K-780.00109.82N/AN/A201,130120
2019-01-22$1.62$0.0099.6%28.5%81.7%16.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%472-18.5K-1250.0040.18N/AN/A25045917
2019-01-23$1.64$2.50103.1%29.6%80.8%18.3%0.0%0.0%-31.5%291.6K-100.0014.09N/AN/A25048417
2019-01-24$1.63$2.50104.7%30.0%72.1%18.9%0.0%0.0%-21.4%231.2K-110.00104.13N/AN/A51048417
2019-01-25$1.62$2.50106.4%30.5%71.3%19.6%0.0%0.0%-23.2%554-20.1K-1460.00103.29N/AN/A51053417
2019-01-28$1.54$2.50104.6%30.0%62.3%18.9%0.0%0.0%-31.5%71-324-250.00113.36N/AN/A0053417
2019-01-29$1.49$2.50128.8%36.9%57.4%28.3%0.0%0.0%-35.8%46-2.8K-310.00105.33N/AN/A0153417
2019-01-30$1.52$2.50145.3%41.6%54.3%34.6%0.0%0.0%-51.4%58-1.6K-310.0095.05N/AN/A0253418
2019-01-31$1.58$0.00125.7%26.2%52.7%27.0%0.0%0.0%0.4%503-11.6K-1050.0338.64N/AN/A58253418