GME Options History — July 2013

In July 2013, GME traded between $10.54 and $12.27. ATM implied volatility averaged 37.0%, placing in the 8.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 7.2% (HV 20d: 29.8%). Max pain ranged from $8.75 to $11.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 22 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.25.

Notable Days

  • 2013-07-31: Highest Volume — 229,728 contracts
  • 2013-07-29: Largest IV spike — 20.1% change
  • 2013-07-31: Highest IV Rank — 15.1%
  • 2013-07-31: Largest Expected Move — 12.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$10.92$10.54$12.27$10.55$12.27
Max Pain$10.31$8.75$11.00$8.75$10.75
ATM IV37.0%33.3%45.3%37.8%45.3%
Expected Move10.7%9.6%12.0%11.0%12.0%
HV 20d29.8%15.8%50.6%50.6%26.0%
HV 60d46.5%45.7%47.9%47.9%46.8%
IV Rank8.2%5.1%15.1%8.8%15.1%
IV Percentile22.4%6.7%67.5%27.0%67.5%
Term Structure3.5%0.5%7.2%5.6%2.3%
VWIV38.2%34.6%42.0%39.2%41.5%
Skew 25d3.1%-0.4%5.1%3.0%-0.4%
Skew 10d7.4%2.8%11.6%7.5%2.8%
Call IV 25d37.0%33.3%43.5%37.6%43.5%
Put IV 25d40.0%36.2%44.0%40.6%43.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %10.566.2316.818.7910.69
Gamma HHI0.160.100.390.100.15
Net GEX7.4M3.6M13.1M7.0M5.4M
Net DEX-344.6M-427.2M-204.0M-357.7M-366.1M
Net VEX-1.0M-1.1M-903.7K-1.1M-991.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.250.153.622.470.21
Total Volume29,493.4555,904229,72818,480229,728
Total OI814,592574,824946,084895,840663,232

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-07-01$10.55$8.7537.8%11.0%50.6%8.8%39.2%3.0%5.6%7.0M-357.7M-1.1M2.478.79N/AN/A5,32013,160564,312331,528
2013-07-02$10.54$8.7535.1%10.6%50.1%6.6%37.8%2.5%6.8%7.2M-357.8M-1.1M2.408.04N/AN/A2,5926,224565,648337,620
2013-07-03$10.60$8.7538.2%10.6%49.2%9.2%38.5%2.6%7.2%7.2M-365.4M-1.1M2.448.48N/AN/A4,72411,520566,248340,056
2013-07-05$10.75$10.5035.1%11.7%48.8%6.6%40.6%4.6%1.7%8.4M-387.3M-1.1M0.3816.54N/AN/A24,7809,412569,228344,248
2013-07-08$10.66$10.5041.3%11.7%45.6%11.8%41.4%4.1%1.9%7.9M-378.0M-1.1M1.3013.21N/AN/A5,0046,500576,692346,164
2013-07-09$10.67$10.5041.5%11.1%40.6%12.0%39.8%4.4%2.8%8.1M-380.5M-1.1M1.196.85N/AN/A5,9487,076577,676348,428
2013-07-10$10.61$10.5034.8%11.3%32.8%6.3%39.3%4.6%2.3%8.1M-369.4M-1.0M0.6510.78N/AN/A3,5762,328579,128351,788
2013-07-11$10.65$10.5037.4%10.7%29.9%8.5%38.1%4.3%3.0%8.7M-377.0M-1.0M1.3811.65N/AN/A7,49210,372579,232352,508
2013-07-12$10.79$10.5036.4%10.4%29.2%7.7%36.9%3.6%3.8%9.5M-397.1M-1.0M2.4610.08N/AN/A3,5728,800582,184358,752
2013-07-15$10.87$10.5036.2%10.4%26.7%7.5%36.7%3.5%4.1%9.1M-412.0M-993.5K1.5210.04N/AN/A5,1407,808580,240357,688
2013-07-16$10.96$10.5035.5%10.2%25.8%7.0%36.4%5.1%4.4%9.8M-427.2M-986.8K0.5411.05N/AN/A6,9563,768581,720361,756
2013-07-17$10.87$10.5035.6%10.2%26.2%7.1%36.5%3.5%4.0%10.3M-413.5M-961.8K1.8310.50N/AN/A3,6926,764583,160362,924
2013-07-18$10.91$10.5034.5%9.9%26.2%6.2%34.6%3.5%4.9%13.1M-412.4M-957.6K0.2410.32N/AN/A10,2322,416576,304359,016
2013-07-19$10.87$10.5034.3%9.8%16.7%5.9%35.1%2.6%4.4%7.2M-402.1M-934.3K0.5910.67N/AN/A14,2968,412581,032359,732
2013-07-22$10.76$10.5033.5%9.6%17.1%5.3%34.6%3.6%3.8%3.9M-217.7M-929.7K0.9010.48N/AN/A8,9888,076382,396192,428
2013-07-23$10.61$10.5033.6%9.6%15.8%5.4%35.1%2.9%3.6%3.6M-204.0M-903.7K0.1516.81N/AN/A26,8283,996385,296196,900
2013-07-24$10.81$10.5037.1%10.6%16.8%8.3%37.0%2.5%2.8%4.4M-233.5M-963.1K0.406.23N/AN/A33,96013,748408,980198,300
2013-07-25$11.10$10.5036.3%10.4%18.7%7.6%38.2%1.4%3.3%5.9M-247.9M-981.8K3.6211.81N/AN/A1,9286,972412,576207,136
2013-07-26$11.45$10.5033.3%10.8%20.7%5.1%38.9%2.1%2.6%6.0M-288.0M-967.1K0.8111.20N/AN/A26,53221,364413,504208,764
2013-07-29$11.35$11.0040.0%11.7%19.6%10.7%41.3%1.5%0.5%6.0M-269.9M-991.9K0.518.69N/AN/A9,6364,952418,340217,488
2013-07-30$11.73$10.7540.5%11.7%22.1%11.1%42.0%2.0%1.9%6.1M-316.2M-985.1K1.449.46N/AN/A18,14826,116422,980217,692
2013-07-31$12.27$10.7545.3%12.0%26.0%15.1%41.5%-0.4%2.3%5.4M-366.1M-991.4K0.2110.69N/AN/A189,69240,036428,768234,464