GME Options History — December 2014

In December 2014, GME traded between $7.99 and $9.34. ATM implied volatility averaged 47.0%, placing in the 46.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 12.4% (HV 20d: 59.4%). Max pain ranged from $8.75 to $10.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.61.

Notable Days

  • 2014-12-11: Highest Volume — 154,200 contracts
  • 2014-12-08: Largest IV spike — 23.1% change
  • 2014-12-16: Highest IV Rank — 60.6%
  • 2014-12-31: Largest Expected Move — 14.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$8.58$7.99$9.34$8.92$8.45
Max Pain$9.67$8.75$10.00$10.00$9.25
ATM IV47.0%33.8%53.9%37.8%53.0%
Expected Move13.1%11.8%14.0%12.4%14.0%
HV 20d59.4%48.3%70.2%59.4%48.3%
HV 60d45.4%41.7%47.8%41.8%47.5%
IV Rank46.0%17.9%60.6%26.5%58.6%
IV Percentile73.8%12.3%91.7%47.6%89.7%
Term Structure1.6%-2.2%11.5%5.9%-1.5%
VWIV45.3%41.0%48.4%43.6%48.4%
Skew 25d4.2%1.4%7.1%4.8%3.7%
Skew 10d7.5%-1.0%11.4%7.0%7.7%
Call IV 25d45.6%29.8%53.8%35.7%51.6%
Put IV 25d49.9%34.7%56.2%40.5%55.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %19.0512.8926.8319.3414.89
Gamma HHI0.140.120.180.140.15
Net GEX-7.8M-9.8M-6.4M-8.0M-8.1M
Net DEX239.2M154.5M325.2M208.5M224.3M
Net VEX-720.9K-830.1K-626.2K-830.1K-638.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.610.594.171.210.59
Total Volume58,377.81814,788154,20054,62415,896
Total OI901,060.364777,824998,076883,900816,988

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-12-01$8.92$10.0037.8%12.4%59.4%26.5%43.6%4.8%5.9%-8.0M208.5M-830.1K1.2119.34N/AN/A24,70029,924303,468580,432
2014-12-02$8.88$10.0036.3%12.3%59.4%23.3%43.9%4.9%6.7%-8.6M222.4M-825.7K1.1116.66N/AN/A25,32828,144307,644594,096
2014-12-03$9.16$10.0033.8%11.8%61.1%17.9%41.0%5.1%11.5%-9.1M188.9M-827.6K4.1723.63N/AN/A21,96891,708317,220601,280
2014-12-04$9.27$10.0034.9%12.0%61.2%20.3%42.0%4.2%7.0%-8.1M165.3M-826.6K1.1026.83N/AN/A7,0447,744322,380602,540
2014-12-05$9.34$10.0035.6%11.9%59.1%21.7%41.8%5.0%9.3%-7.8M154.5M-823.7K1.0817.07N/AN/A30,24832,572324,420606,952
2014-12-08$8.79$10.0043.8%12.5%61.7%39.1%45.0%1.5%-0.5%-8.6M229.7M-771.5K1.5717.72N/AN/A21,23633,268314,476593,384
2014-12-09$8.88$10.0044.0%12.4%62.0%39.6%43.7%4.0%2.2%-9.1M224.7M-787.1K1.1220.66N/AN/A30,07633,580322,836607,240
2014-12-10$8.35$10.0050.8%13.5%64.8%54.0%45.6%1.4%3.1%-7.4M276.8M-747.9K0.9819.14N/AN/A52,40451,340322,744610,828
2014-12-11$8.48$10.0050.4%13.4%64.3%53.2%46.0%6.6%3.8%-7.1M261.9M-775.1K3.0518.25N/AN/A38,116116,084351,120619,000
2014-12-12$8.07$10.0053.3%13.9%64.2%59.2%47.7%2.3%0.7%-6.5M318.5M-685.6K0.9618.94N/AN/A34,16832,804356,320641,756
2014-12-15$8.26$10.0053.6%13.8%65.5%59.8%48.3%4.5%-1.5%-7.2M297.5M-701.7K1.2820.51N/AN/A22,75229,044339,368632,724
2014-12-16$7.99$10.0053.9%13.8%65.7%60.6%47.0%2.9%-1.2%-6.4M325.2M-642.1K1.3420.03N/AN/A24,76033,212345,756639,544
2014-12-17$8.16$10.0052.0%13.6%66.8%56.5%46.3%4.2%0.0%-6.9M316.2M-667.1K1.1322.69N/AN/A18,11620,488350,824642,340
2014-12-18$8.26$10.0050.7%13.2%67.4%53.7%47.4%4.3%-1.4%-7.2M307.3M-665.2K1.4020.02N/AN/A25,93236,240343,820638,960
2014-12-19$8.63$10.0048.9%13.1%70.2%49.9%43.6%5.5%-2.2%-9.8M261.2M-703.5K0.7421.70N/AN/A12,9369,552342,960642,928
2014-12-22$8.52$0.0048.4%12.7%50.2%48.8%43.6%4.2%-1.5%-7.3M204.5M-668.4K0.8416.64N/AN/A28,08423,644238,680539,144
2014-12-23$8.68$8.7547.8%12.5%50.8%47.7%43.8%4.6%-1.3%-7.0M181.7M-695.1K1.2518.41N/AN/A18,45223,048249,480544,120
2014-12-24$8.35$8.7551.0%13.6%52.3%54.4%46.8%1.9%-2.0%-7.2M222.5M-647.9K2.3920.91N/AN/A16,76840,020245,492547,500
2014-12-26$8.42$8.7551.4%13.3%52.5%55.3%46.7%7.1%-1.8%-7.7M224.2M-653.6K1.5716.40N/AN/A14,06422,084246,568567,364
2014-12-29$8.41$8.7551.1%13.5%51.9%54.7%47.1%5.9%0.2%-7.8M227.3M-626.2K2.5815.69N/AN/A17,32444,656229,504561,804
2014-12-30$8.46$8.7552.5%13.9%48.3%57.7%47.7%4.9%-0.8%-8.1M220.0M-649.4K4.0312.89N/AN/A8,90035,884232,920584,404
2014-12-31$8.45$9.2553.0%14.0%48.3%58.6%48.4%3.7%-1.5%-8.1M224.3M-638.3K0.5914.89N/AN/A10,0045,892235,432581,556