GEN Options History — March 2019

In March 2019, GEN traded between $1.25 and $1.47. ATM implied volatility averaged 118.5%, placing in the 24.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 27.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 68.4% (HV 20d: 50.1%). Max pain ranged from $2.50 to $2.50. Net GEX was positive for 12 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 1 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.83.

Notable Days

  • 2019-03-28: Highest Volume — 40 contracts
  • 2019-03-18: Largest IV spike — 56.2% change
  • 2019-03-04: Highest IV Rank — 53.3%
  • 2019-03-04: Largest Expected Move — 55.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$1.39$1.25$1.47$1.33$1.46
Max Pain$2.50$2.50$2.50$2.50$2.50
ATM IV118.5%79.2%193.4%165.2%122.2%
Expected Move27.7%14.0%55.5%47.4%34.6%
HV 20d50.1%40.6%60.3%45.8%52.9%
HV 60d61.2%51.4%65.5%63.2%51.4%
IV Rank24.2%9.0%53.3%42.3%25.7%
IV Percentile54.8%5.6%98.0%96.0%64.7%
Term Structure-33.3%-93.9%28.7%-93.9%-60.2%
VWIV67.8%67.8%67.8%67.8%67.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %59.6412.33123.7724.6239.41
Gamma HHI1.001.001.001.001.00
Net GEX640132102132
Net DEX-1.3K-5.7K1.0K-4.2K-5.7K
Net VEX-19-470-40-47
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.830.0010.0010.000.00
Total Volume11.0950401140
Total OI623.952613633623633

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-03-01$1.33$0.00165.2%47.4%45.8%42.3%0.0%0.0%-93.9%102-4.2K-4010.0024.62N/AN/A1106167
2019-03-04$1.29$0.00193.4%55.5%46.5%53.3%0.0%0.0%-15.3%090300.0016.25N/AN/A006167
2019-03-05$1.25$0.00100.3%0.0%44.4%17.2%0.0%0.0%-16.9%88-4.5K-400.00101.37N/AN/A006167
2019-03-06$1.27$0.00111.9%0.0%45.1%21.7%0.0%0.0%-17.3%088900.0012.33N/AN/A006167
2019-03-07$1.31$0.0097.0%0.0%40.6%15.9%0.0%0.0%-17.3%091700.00101.14N/AN/A006167
2019-03-08$1.38$0.00105.1%0.0%43.5%19.0%0.0%0.0%-16.6%110-3.0K-350.0098.76N/AN/A006167
2019-03-11$1.39$2.50128.4%21.8%43.6%28.1%67.8%0.0%-7.9%105-1.9K-270.0063.17N/AN/A706167
2019-03-12$1.44$2.50117.6%14.0%45.9%23.9%0.0%0.0%-24.2%01.0K00.0013.91N/AN/A006167
2019-03-13$1.39$2.5095.0%18.6%47.1%15.2%0.0%0.0%-17.6%097300.0015.63N/AN/A006167
2019-03-14$1.36$2.50112.6%18.3%47.4%22.0%0.0%0.0%-48.5%095200.0018.51N/AN/A006167
2019-03-15$1.40$2.5079.2%18.6%49.1%9.0%0.0%0.0%-28.0%098000.0013.78N/AN/A006167
2019-03-18$1.33$0.00123.7%33.7%50.3%26.2%0.0%0.0%28.7%093100.00123.77N/AN/A706167
2019-03-19$1.38$0.00122.6%23.0%52.8%25.9%0.0%0.0%-46.4%096600.00108.92N/AN/A706167
2019-03-20$1.44$0.0082.3%22.2%55.5%10.3%0.0%0.0%-24.2%106-1.3K-240.00104.44N/AN/A1706167
2019-03-21$1.47$2.50123.4%22.8%56.3%26.1%0.0%0.0%-45.4%118-1.7K-270.0068.78N/AN/A1706267
2019-03-22$1.40$2.50111.3%17.7%58.0%21.5%0.0%0.0%-49.7%115-3.2K-330.00106.74N/AN/A1706267
2019-03-25$1.46$2.5088.7%33.3%60.3%12.7%0.0%0.0%-29.1%127-3.3K-330.0080.51N/AN/A2006267
2019-03-26$1.42$2.50118.4%33.4%58.9%24.2%0.0%0.0%-55.7%117-4.8K-400.0030.48N/AN/A2006067
2019-03-27$1.45$2.50147.0%32.2%55.0%35.3%0.0%0.0%-56.3%110-1.4K-230.0096.86N/AN/A3006067
2019-03-28$1.47$2.50142.3%24.3%53.2%33.5%0.0%0.0%-57.4%115-1.6K-230.0013.00N/AN/A4006167
2019-03-29$1.46$2.50122.2%34.6%52.9%25.7%0.0%0.0%-60.2%132-5.7K-470.0039.41N/AN/A4006267