GME Options History — October 2014

In October 2014, GME traded between $9.30 and $10.70. ATM implied volatility averaged 43.9%, placing in the 39.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 13.7% (HV 20d: 30.2%). Max pain ranged from $10.00 to $10.75. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 5.85.

Notable Days

  • 2014-10-10: Highest Volume — 328,188 contracts
  • 2014-10-13: Largest IV spike — 11.5% change
  • 2014-10-31: Highest IV Rank — 64.1%
  • 2014-10-16: Largest Expected Move — 12.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$10.04$9.30$10.70$10.10$10.70
Max Pain$10.26$10.00$10.75$10.75$10.00
ATM IV43.9%36.5%55.6%37.1%55.6%
Expected Move12.0%11.3%12.6%11.3%12.1%
HV 20d30.2%25.6%33.9%28.4%31.8%
HV 60d33.7%32.4%35.0%33.6%32.7%
IV Rank39.5%23.8%64.1%25.0%64.1%
IV Percentile75.7%42.1%98.4%49.6%98.4%
Term Structure0.4%-3.8%5.8%-0.3%-3.8%
VWIV42.7%38.9%45.2%38.9%44.3%
Skew 25d5.2%2.2%7.6%3.3%4.9%
Skew 10d10.8%2.4%18.8%2.4%9.8%
Call IV 25d42.0%35.3%54.2%36.0%54.2%
Put IV 25d47.3%39.0%59.1%39.3%59.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %17.6111.1926.7415.7420.97
Gamma HHI0.140.070.590.170.08
Net GEX-7.8M-22.0M-2.3M-8.3M-2.4M
Net DEX130.2M4.3M273.2M121.4M4.3M
Net VEX-959.2K-1.1M-767.3K-767.3K-1.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio5.850.5433.601.813.01
Total Volume79,680.69610,364328,18812,06083,316
Total OI783,210.087624,568935,860725,504771,208

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-10-01$10.10$10.7537.1%11.3%28.4%25.0%38.9%3.3%-0.3%-8.3M121.4M-767.3K1.8115.74N/AN/A4,2927,768194,152531,352
2014-10-02$10.22$10.5037.2%11.6%27.6%25.2%41.5%3.8%0.5%-8.0M107.7M-775.2K30.7911.19N/AN/A9,216283,792194,900533,992
2014-10-03$10.12$10.5036.5%11.5%26.4%23.8%40.9%3.7%0.0%-10.0M144.0M-973.9K1.4014.01N/AN/A5,4207,612197,732616,208
2014-10-06$9.89$10.7537.3%11.6%26.4%25.5%40.7%3.4%0.3%-9.2M170.6M-950.1K7.1712.45N/AN/A4,57232,780196,152614,736
2014-10-07$9.75$10.5038.5%11.9%25.6%27.9%41.1%4.0%-0.0%-9.8M189.1M-936.5K4.8112.59N/AN/A1,7848,580198,696618,816
2014-10-08$9.91$10.5038.1%11.8%26.7%27.1%43.6%4.3%0.4%-9.9M172.4M-947.2K4.2311.76N/AN/A11,80049,920200,276624,200
2014-10-09$9.59$10.5038.8%12.1%27.1%28.5%43.5%4.2%1.1%-10.6M215.6M-922.2K4.6214.57N/AN/A10,85250,184203,688628,220
2014-10-10$9.72$10.5039.6%12.1%28.1%30.2%43.9%2.2%0.1%-10.4M199.0M-936.3K33.6017.69N/AN/A9,484318,704206,464631,880
2014-10-13$9.30$10.5044.1%12.6%31.1%39.7%43.3%3.0%3.6%-10.9M266.2M-969.8K2.2616.79N/AN/A11,35225,636203,756691,032
2014-10-14$9.33$10.5042.8%12.6%28.1%37.1%43.5%3.9%5.5%-11.7M273.2M-960.3K3.8016.33N/AN/A14,94456,800207,112699,688
2014-10-15$9.62$10.5044.9%12.6%31.2%41.4%43.5%7.2%5.4%-11.9M228.8M-973.2K2.2825.64N/AN/A24,61256,052209,168702,580
2014-10-16$9.81$10.0046.4%12.6%32.2%44.7%45.2%7.5%4.6%-12.0M194.1M-969.4K7.8919.67N/AN/A6,56851,796214,656705,596
2014-10-17$9.96$10.0044.5%12.5%32.7%40.7%42.6%4.5%5.8%-22.0M178.5M-964.6K2.1715.27N/AN/A13,09628,360217,452718,408
2014-10-20$10.17$10.0044.6%11.8%33.9%40.8%42.4%7.6%-1.1%-4.5M78.2M-940.9K1.2016.25N/AN/A24,75629,760149,620474,948
2014-10-21$10.21$10.0043.9%11.8%33.1%39.4%42.3%7.4%-0.6%-4.4M75.4M-956.3K1.8115.49N/AN/A15,99629,032162,572484,152
2014-10-22$10.14$10.0044.2%11.9%32.2%39.9%42.0%6.7%-1.2%-4.6M80.0M-963.7K1.0214.11N/AN/A17,20417,572167,340491,760
2014-10-23$10.30$10.0043.6%11.6%31.7%38.7%41.3%6.6%-1.5%-4.3M63.0M-950.1K0.8116.62N/AN/A21,23217,116170,728494,476
2014-10-24$10.50$10.0045.7%11.7%32.5%43.2%41.2%6.0%-1.4%-2.3M41.6M-952.7K0.5420.69N/AN/A46,17624,788178,600495,412
2014-10-27$10.43$10.0049.8%11.8%32.6%51.9%42.3%5.9%-0.9%-3.2M42.8M-979.0K1.0224.93N/AN/A44,68845,504201,228490,084
2014-10-28$10.26$10.0052.3%12.2%32.3%57.1%44.9%6.3%-2.3%-3.6M71.3M-1.0M1.2021.34N/AN/A27,32032,820232,636523,448
2014-10-29$10.39$10.0053.2%12.2%31.7%59.1%44.6%6.8%-3.1%-3.1M46.9M-1.1M3.8926.74N/AN/A12,49248,628250,048529,416
2014-10-30$10.53$10.0052.1%12.1%31.7%56.7%43.9%7.2%-2.0%-2.9M30.1M-1.1M13.3224.12N/AN/A13,148175,132252,200533,044
2014-10-31$10.70$10.0055.6%12.1%31.8%64.1%44.3%4.9%-3.8%-2.4M4.3M-1.1M3.0120.97N/AN/A20,75262,564256,284514,924