GME Options History — July 2015

In July 2015, GME traded between $10.88 and $11.85. ATM implied volatility averaged 32.4%, placing in the 16.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 7.3% (HV 20d: 25.1%). Max pain ranged from $10.50 to $11.50. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.14.

Notable Days

  • 2015-07-16: Highest Volume — 89,628 contracts
  • 2015-07-20: Largest IV spike — 13.2% change
  • 2015-07-30: Highest IV Rank — 38.3%
  • 2015-07-28: Largest Expected Move — 10.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$11.52$10.88$11.85$11.03$11.46
Max Pain$11.11$10.50$11.50$10.50$11.25
ATM IV32.4%27.0%41.2%27.0%40.1%
Expected Move9.6%7.9%10.7%8.0%10.2%
HV 20d25.1%21.3%27.6%21.3%23.7%
HV 60d26.5%25.5%27.1%26.3%25.5%
IV Rank16.7%4.0%38.3%4.0%35.5%
IV Percentile22.7%2.8%58.3%2.8%52.4%
Term Structure1.5%-2.8%6.7%1.0%0.0%
VWIV33.6%28.0%37.6%28.3%36.4%
Skew 25d1.6%-2.9%3.1%2.3%1.6%
Skew 10d3.0%-4.2%7.1%4.3%0.6%
Call IV 25d32.3%26.6%43.2%26.6%42.8%
Put IV 25d34.0%28.5%44.3%28.9%44.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %51.4414.7392.1016.0571.39
Gamma HHI0.080.060.100.090.08
Net GEX762.3K-348.1K1.7M320.1K296.8K
Net DEX-34.1M-69.1M-4.2M-25.1M-11.1M
Net VEX-457.7K-492.7K-423.4K-467.3K-474.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.140.213.230.413.23
Total Volume48,771.81825,64489,62880,88831,656
Total OI358,128.182266,264440,132409,128301,260

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-07-01$11.03$10.5027.0%8.0%21.3%4.0%28.3%2.3%1.0%320.1K-25.1M-467.3K0.4116.05N/AN/A57,23623,652143,852265,276
2015-07-02$10.88$10.5027.3%7.9%21.7%4.8%28.0%1.4%0.2%-348.1K-15.0M-463.8K0.4114.73N/AN/A56,07623,096146,048265,356
2015-07-06$11.06$10.7528.2%9.2%22.5%6.2%29.4%3.1%0.0%679.5K-27.0M-447.2K0.4137.12N/AN/A54,67222,648141,760259,540
2015-07-07$11.48$10.7527.9%9.9%24.1%5.5%33.1%2.5%0.2%1.5M-57.9M-423.4K0.8747.07N/AN/A31,75227,468143,404261,236
2015-07-08$11.44$10.7528.5%9.4%24.1%7.0%33.9%2.2%0.4%1.4M-50.9M-439.6K0.6245.48N/AN/A31,61619,688142,460265,460
2015-07-09$11.74$10.7528.0%9.2%25.4%5.8%33.9%2.1%0.1%1.6M-69.1M-431.1K0.7042.00N/AN/A32,88823,012143,948268,976
2015-07-10$11.75$11.2527.6%9.0%25.4%4.7%33.2%2.5%0.3%1.7M-67.4M-435.9K0.5336.30N/AN/A29,73215,772144,080277,668
2015-07-13$11.85$11.2527.9%9.1%25.4%5.6%32.9%2.9%3.4%1.1M-66.4M-427.1K0.4245.43N/AN/A35,66015,148137,788275,324
2015-07-14$11.68$11.5028.2%9.2%25.6%6.2%32.2%2.7%3.4%1.2M-52.8M-427.5K0.7528.14N/AN/A35,30826,604137,040276,588
2015-07-15$11.62$11.5027.7%9.3%25.8%5.1%32.2%2.1%4.9%899.4K-46.0M-434.8K0.5844.16N/AN/A34,02419,792136,020280,112
2015-07-16$11.81$11.2529.7%10.0%26.1%9.9%33.2%3.0%6.7%1.1M-58.9M-431.5K0.2179.97N/AN/A73,94815,680137,972279,988
2015-07-17$11.68$11.2529.8%9.3%26.7%10.3%32.2%2.2%3.8%386.2K-53.5M-447.6K0.3657.70N/AN/A41,16414,656157,960282,172
2015-07-20$11.71$11.2533.8%10.1%26.6%20.0%35.4%2.4%2.1%680.1K-24.6M-457.2K1.0144.46N/AN/A17,77617,888111,536154,728
2015-07-21$11.73$11.2534.5%10.1%25.9%21.8%34.8%1.4%2.7%749.9K-24.4M-472.7K1.4952.03N/AN/A12,52818,644118,828162,460
2015-07-22$11.79$11.2533.5%9.6%25.9%19.4%34.0%1.9%3.9%848.8K-27.1M-481.1K1.3160.65N/AN/A14,13618,536119,840164,132
2015-07-23$11.73$11.2534.9%9.8%26.0%22.7%33.7%0.5%4.5%738.7K-25.7M-476.4K0.9165.00N/AN/A22,03220,060122,464164,492
2015-07-24$11.37$11.2536.4%10.1%27.6%26.4%35.2%-2.9%1.8%325.4K-8.6M-492.7K1.6869.97N/AN/A11,34419,032130,284165,756
2015-07-27$11.32$11.2540.0%10.4%27.6%35.4%37.1%1.6%-0.9%337.6K-6.2M-491.8K1.8657.59N/AN/A10,06418,724130,368165,984
2015-07-28$11.31$11.2540.2%10.7%25.1%35.8%37.6%-1.5%-1.0%298.7K-4.2M-487.3K2.4957.09N/AN/A7,41218,448130,380168,208
2015-07-29$11.46$11.2540.4%9.7%25.3%36.3%35.7%2.9%-1.0%422.7K-10.9M-477.9K2.4592.10N/AN/A7,43618,208130,424168,420
2015-07-30$11.54$11.2541.2%10.0%24.1%38.3%37.0%-0.6%-2.8%552.1K-16.9M-479.9K2.4667.29N/AN/A8,03619,728130,636168,592
2015-07-31$11.46$11.2540.1%10.2%23.7%35.5%36.4%1.6%0.0%296.8K-11.1M-474.2K3.2371.39N/AN/A7,49224,164130,744170,516