GEN Options History — January 2026

In January 2026, GEN traded between $23.86 and $26.99. ATM implied volatility averaged 32.9%, placing in the 31.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 10.3% (HV 20d: 22.6%). Max pain ranged from $24.00 to $28.00. Net GEX was positive for 11 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 2 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.76.

Notable Days

  • 2026-01-29: Highest Volume — 7,791 contracts
  • 2026-01-12: Largest IV spike — 21.4% change
  • 2026-01-29: Highest IV Rank — 49.3%
  • 2026-01-29: Largest Expected Move — 12.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$25.72$23.86$26.99$26.11$24.02
Max Pain$26.05$24.00$28.00$28.00$24.00
ATM IV32.9%22.5%42.1%24.4%42.0%
Expected Move10.1%7.0%12.1%7.0%12.1%
HV 20d22.6%19.9%28.0%20.4%28.0%
HV 60d22.0%21.3%23.1%21.8%23.1%
IV Rank31.5%11.3%49.3%15.0%49.2%
IV Percentile67.0%11.5%88.1%40.5%87.7%
Term Structure-4.3%-9.7%6.5%6.5%-8.1%
VWIV35.6%22.3%47.0%22.3%42.7%
Skew 25d4.1%0.4%10.0%0.4%5.0%
Skew 10d12.1%1.8%31.1%1.8%25.0%
Call IV 25d34.0%25.8%40.9%25.8%40.9%
Put IV 25d38.1%26.2%45.9%26.2%45.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %78.2566.67104.71104.7189.05
Gamma HHI0.340.220.720.340.22
Net GEX-32.9K-1.1M495.4K-184.1K495.4K
Net DEX1.9M-3.7M6.9M6.3M-2.8M
Net VEX-21.2K-37.0K-15.9K-18.5K-37.0K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.760.024.191.200.22
Total Volume896.1647,791260465
Total OI13,343.35,75918,22515,65216,884

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2026-01-02$26.11$28.0024.4%7.0%20.4%15.0%22.3%0.4%6.5%-184.1K6.3M-18.5K1.20104.71N/AN/A1181429,6406,012
2026-01-05$26.20$27.0025.6%9.2%20.3%17.2%33.2%5.7%-5.1%-188.5K6.3M-16.5K0.6571.92N/AN/A151989,6726,015
2026-01-06$26.18$27.0024.8%8.8%20.1%15.7%32.0%4.2%-3.4%-235.0K6.6M-16.2K0.7966.67N/AN/A105839,7266,107
2026-01-07$26.14$27.0026.6%9.4%19.9%19.1%35.3%4.0%-4.1%-256.6K6.9M-15.9K0.0977.26N/AN/A2,1891939,7176,145
2026-01-08$26.51$27.0024.8%9.3%20.0%15.7%32.7%2.3%-4.1%-41.2K4.1M-25.3K2.3071.51N/AN/A6114011,6086,205
2026-01-09$26.99$27.0022.5%9.5%20.5%11.3%34.0%3.1%-4.4%247.9K2.3M-25.4K0.5469.03N/AN/A1628711,6446,298
2026-01-12$26.77$27.0027.3%9.5%20.5%20.6%35.0%2.8%-4.7%60.2K3.5M-23.3K4.1974.67N/AN/A3715511,8236,314
2026-01-13$26.31$27.0029.4%9.5%21.2%24.7%33.5%3.7%-6.3%-299.2K5.1M-22.3K0.6879.02N/AN/A382611,8446,356
2026-01-14$26.21$27.0034.3%9.8%21.2%34.2%35.6%4.7%-6.2%-524.4K5.5M-20.2K1.0579.65N/AN/A14315011,8596,366
2026-01-15$26.38$27.0034.9%10.0%21.4%35.3%33.9%3.8%3.9%-347.1K3.9M-21.2K0.0469.95N/AN/A6152411,8686,003
2026-01-16$26.20$27.0033.4%9.6%20.4%32.3%32.9%4.3%-0.4%-1.1M3.9M-19.5K0.2973.41N/AN/A2627611,7095,837
2026-01-20$25.19$26.0036.8%10.5%24.1%39.0%37.9%3.1%-4.1%110.3K-838.3K-16.8K0.1078.76N/AN/A543544,7431,016
2026-01-21$25.11$25.0036.3%10.4%24.1%38.0%36.7%4.6%-4.1%112.0K-817.7K-17.2K0.6375.51N/AN/A71455,0491,046
2026-01-22$25.23$25.0037.6%10.8%24.3%40.6%37.0%3.9%-4.9%125.2K-1.0M-17.5K0.1972.30N/AN/A294565,0791,048
2026-01-23$25.38$25.0038.4%11.0%24.5%42.1%36.0%3.1%-6.6%144.6K-1.3M-18.6K0.0277.48N/AN/A2,565485,3451,098
2026-01-26$25.51$25.0037.5%10.8%24.5%40.4%41.8%3.9%-6.0%354.2K-3.7M-25.9K0.8570.69N/AN/A106907,7011,127
2026-01-27$25.14$25.0039.1%11.2%24.4%43.4%43.7%4.4%-6.4%331.4K-2.8M-24.6K0.1978.40N/AN/A491957,7591,216
2026-01-28$24.86$24.0040.6%11.7%24.5%46.5%47.0%4.8%-9.7%322.6K-2.6M-22.6K0.4297.18N/AN/A108458,1361,306
2026-01-29$23.86$24.0042.1%12.1%27.6%49.3%28.0%10.0%-7.8%212.7K-1.0M-19.1K0.6787.74N/AN/A4,6683,1238,1961,349
2026-01-30$24.02$24.0042.0%12.1%28.0%49.2%42.7%5.0%-8.1%495.4K-2.8M-37.0K0.2289.05N/AN/A3808512,4434,441