GME Options History — August 2014

In August 2014, GME traded between $9.91 and $10.79. ATM implied volatility averaged 39.6%, placing in the 30.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.9% (HV 20d: 36.7%). Max pain ranged from $8.75 to $11.25. Net GEX was positive for 1 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.92.

Notable Days

  • 2014-08-21: Highest Volume — 127,108 contracts
  • 2014-08-22: Largest IV drop — 24.0% change
  • 2014-08-04: Highest IV Rank — 45.4%
  • 2014-08-08: Largest Expected Move — 11.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$10.39$9.91$10.79$10.30$10.55
Max Pain$10.59$8.75$11.25$10.00$10.00
ATM IV39.6%25.6%46.7%42.9%25.6%
Expected Move11.6%11.0%11.9%11.7%11.0%
HV 20d36.7%34.6%42.3%34.6%35.9%
HV 60d33.4%32.1%34.8%33.4%34.0%
IV Rank30.3%0.7%45.4%37.3%0.7%
IV Percentile57.2%0.4%89.3%79.8%0.4%
Term Structure-0.1%-2.9%4.7%4.7%3.1%
VWIV41.1%38.1%48.4%39.9%41.4%
Skew 25d3.5%1.8%4.6%1.8%2.2%
Skew 10d6.7%2.2%9.5%3.3%2.2%
Call IV 25d40.4%29.3%46.2%40.7%31.0%
Put IV 25d43.8%32.4%49.6%42.6%33.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %10.456.0113.1213.0411.62
Gamma HHI0.150.110.430.130.13
Net GEX-4.2M-6.6M7.6M-5.2M-4.3M
Net DEX73.8M1.6M145.7M97.4M41.8M
Net VEX-1.1M-1.1M-994.5K-1.1M-994.5K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.920.508.582.371.39
Total Volume33,274.6677,212127,10818,43217,844
Total OI712,928.381655,480821,580683,192734,624

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-08-01$10.30$10.0042.9%11.7%34.6%37.3%39.9%1.8%4.7%-5.2M97.4M-1.1M2.3713.04N/AN/A5,46412,968195,388487,804
2014-08-04$10.42$11.2546.7%11.7%34.9%45.4%41.0%4.1%-2.4%-5.2M81.1M-1.1M0.5012.80N/AN/A6,4563,236189,604485,664
2014-08-05$10.33$11.2545.4%11.7%35.0%42.5%43.2%3.6%-1.9%-5.2M90.3M-1.1M2.0013.12N/AN/A2,4644,928194,044486,592
2014-08-06$10.38$11.2540.9%11.7%35.0%32.9%0.0%3.3%-1.4%-5.1M86.7M-1.1M8.5810.09N/AN/A1,67214,344194,556487,500
2014-08-07$10.22$11.2540.1%11.7%35.4%31.2%40.2%3.4%-1.6%-5.3M99.0M-1.1M5.7210.02N/AN/A4,21624,120195,492483,192
2014-08-08$10.18$11.2539.1%11.9%35.2%29.2%41.8%3.5%-2.2%-6.0M112.3M-1.1M2.708.56N/AN/A8,49222,936196,328493,276
2014-08-11$10.41$11.2540.2%11.8%35.8%31.6%39.1%4.5%-2.1%-5.9M90.4M-1.1M0.628.72N/AN/A9,1125,632196,748506,100
2014-08-12$10.23$11.2543.2%11.8%35.8%38.0%40.0%3.7%-1.7%-5.9M108.7M-1.1M0.978.79N/AN/A8,8488,552202,776508,104
2014-08-13$10.34$11.2542.2%11.8%35.6%35.8%42.2%4.2%-1.5%-5.5M94.4M-1.1M1.628.91N/AN/A3,6765,940210,156510,404
2014-08-14$10.46$11.2545.4%11.8%35.8%42.5%41.2%3.6%-1.6%-5.2M78.1M-1.1M0.649.31N/AN/A14,5849,380209,144508,904
2014-08-15$9.91$11.2545.9%11.7%37.9%43.6%41.7%3.5%-1.7%-6.6M145.7M-1.1M1.7011.75N/AN/A23,43639,772221,404513,832
2014-08-18$10.16$0.0044.5%11.8%39.3%40.6%43.8%4.6%-2.5%-4.4M84.9M-1.1M0.906.01N/AN/A21,92419,656187,000468,480
2014-08-19$10.22$8.7544.8%11.9%37.7%41.2%48.4%4.0%-2.8%-4.2M77.0M-1.1M3.418.70N/AN/A10,16834,636198,412481,944
2014-08-20$10.33$8.7545.1%11.9%37.5%41.9%41.1%4.5%-2.9%-4.8M73.8M-1.1M1.339.00N/AN/A16,46021,940204,104511,864
2014-08-21$10.12$11.2544.0%11.8%35.6%39.6%41.6%4.0%-1.9%-5.4M95.0M-1.1M0.8410.53N/AN/A69,07258,036216,068525,200
2014-08-22$10.72$9.2533.5%11.2%42.3%17.3%39.1%2.4%2.9%7.6M1.6M-1.1M0.8912.43N/AN/A60,38453,504256,392565,188
2014-08-25$10.60$10.0032.1%11.4%42.1%14.4%39.4%2.6%3.7%-3.6M35.4M-1.1M1.5210.52N/AN/A9,67214,712225,560503,436
2014-08-26$10.69$10.2529.8%11.1%36.9%9.6%38.3%3.1%4.0%-3.3M24.4M-1.0M0.7911.71N/AN/A11,0368,760227,992507,040
2014-08-27$10.75$10.5030.3%11.0%36.9%10.5%38.1%3.3%3.7%-3.0M18.8M-1.0M0.6711.98N/AN/A4,3162,896229,760510,944
2014-08-28$10.79$10.5030.1%11.1%35.5%10.2%40.7%3.1%3.9%-2.4M14.0M-1.0M1.2411.94N/AN/A10,51213,012229,088511,388
2014-08-29$10.55$10.0025.6%11.0%35.9%0.7%41.4%2.2%3.1%-4.3M41.8M-994.5K1.3911.62N/AN/A7,46010,384218,064516,560