GME Options History — October 2015

In October 2015, GME traded between $10.10 and $11.75. ATM implied volatility averaged 35.5%, placing in the 24.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 10.8% (HV 20d: 24.7%). Max pain ranged from $10.25 to $11.25. Net GEX was positive for 12 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.08.

Notable Days

  • 2015-10-16: Highest Volume — 59,344 contracts
  • 2015-10-19: Largest IV spike — 10.5% change
  • 2015-10-28: Highest IV Rank — 44.8%
  • 2015-10-26: Largest Expected Move — 11.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$11.05$10.10$11.75$10.10$11.52
Max Pain$10.72$10.25$11.25$11.00$11.00
ATM IV35.5%30.8%44.0%35.3%43.8%
Expected Move10.6%9.8%11.9%10.1%10.6%
HV 20d24.7%21.2%28.0%21.3%25.9%
HV 60d30.4%29.4%31.7%29.5%31.1%
IV Rank24.0%12.4%44.8%23.5%44.3%
IV Percentile33.0%14.3%67.5%27.0%66.7%
Term Structure1.6%-3.6%7.3%-0.7%-1.9%
VWIV38.0%33.9%42.7%36.4%38.6%
Skew 25d4.0%1.9%5.9%5.7%1.9%
Skew 10d8.1%1.8%11.3%7.6%8.2%
Call IV 25d34.4%27.3%44.4%33.3%44.4%
Put IV 25d38.4%30.9%48.4%39.0%46.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %52.9837.5472.7872.7862.48
Gamma HHI0.090.060.180.100.08
Net GEX-135.7K-1.5M835.2K-1.5M-250.0K
Net DEX9.3M-28.6M60.8M60.8M-12.3M
Net VEX-508.4K-637.3K-425.0K-425.0K-637.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.080.193.741.032.12
Total Volume35,587.0917,37259,34439,80437,972
Total OI360,647.091273,128395,972369,528388,504

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-10-01$10.10$11.0035.3%10.1%21.3%23.5%36.4%5.7%-0.7%-1.5M60.8M-425.0K1.0372.78N/AN/A19,57220,232157,072212,456
2015-10-02$10.36$11.0033.9%9.8%23.4%20.0%34.3%4.1%-0.7%-684.4K48.2M-463.6K1.2170.48N/AN/A16,24819,604164,916218,580
2015-10-05$10.62$10.2531.8%11.0%24.7%14.9%37.1%4.5%0.3%-686.3K33.9M-475.0K0.1941.89N/AN/A6,1841,188159,904212,736
2015-10-06$10.84$10.2530.9%10.8%25.4%12.5%36.1%4.5%0.6%86.8K17.4M-479.6K0.9941.73N/AN/A15,39615,300165,544213,088
2015-10-07$10.86$10.2530.8%10.5%25.3%12.4%35.8%4.2%0.4%370.9K11.1M-464.3K1.6940.81N/AN/A9,44815,960167,628213,820
2015-10-08$11.00$10.2531.3%10.6%25.2%13.5%37.7%4.0%-0.3%806.3K768.6K-482.4K2.7737.54N/AN/A8,77624,332169,464213,840
2015-10-09$11.06$10.5030.9%10.7%25.0%12.6%37.8%3.4%-0.0%835.2K3.2M-484.8K3.0438.22N/AN/A7,71223,480169,724221,324
2015-10-12$10.98$10.5031.0%10.8%25.1%12.7%39.9%3.4%6.1%428.5K8.6M-478.1K2.5441.19N/AN/A7,86019,996165,940221,492
2015-10-13$10.88$10.5031.4%10.7%25.3%13.7%40.2%3.9%4.6%149.5K15.8M-453.2K2.7740.15N/AN/A7,08419,608167,588221,800
2015-10-14$10.74$10.5031.4%10.9%24.2%13.8%40.4%3.1%6.5%-158.8K27.9M-457.4K2.3243.29N/AN/A8,73620,272168,532222,288
2015-10-15$10.99$10.5031.3%10.5%25.4%13.5%36.4%4.5%7.3%233.3K7.2M-450.7K2.4446.51N/AN/A7,59218,540170,468222,488
2015-10-16$11.11$10.5030.9%10.0%23.1%12.7%34.0%3.6%7.1%122.8K-5.6M-432.6K1.8252.89N/AN/A21,07638,268171,880224,092
2015-10-19$11.16$10.7534.2%10.2%22.1%20.7%37.0%3.9%2.7%3.0K31.8K-489.9K2.0058.65N/AN/A13,00026,036110,792162,336
2015-10-20$11.26$10.7535.0%10.2%21.2%22.7%33.9%4.2%3.2%128.9K-5.5M-502.7K2.7444.89N/AN/A10,83629,716116,212165,232
2015-10-21$11.47$10.7534.7%9.9%21.7%21.9%37.5%3.2%4.8%101.0K-14.7M-512.6K2.5551.22N/AN/A10,64427,164120,660172,744
2015-10-22$11.75$10.7537.9%10.7%22.6%29.7%36.3%1.9%1.4%98.4K-28.6M-517.8K3.7464.67N/AN/A9,90837,016124,864177,752
2015-10-23$11.34$11.2540.5%11.2%26.8%36.3%41.3%5.4%3.6%-454.8K-12.2K-562.9K2.7364.40N/AN/A12,42033,892127,468193,316
2015-10-26$11.17$11.2543.6%11.9%26.9%43.8%42.5%5.9%-0.9%-941.2K18.9M-569.6K1.3258.44N/AN/A13,59617,952130,056211,300
2015-10-27$11.07$11.2543.3%10.6%27.3%43.1%38.8%4.3%-2.7%-779.0K24.5M-578.2K1.0758.05N/AN/A28,04029,960134,652214,292
2015-10-28$11.38$11.0044.0%10.1%28.0%44.8%42.7%4.5%-3.6%-513.6K234.2K-635.5K2.1470.26N/AN/A11,88825,400151,668229,752
2015-10-29$11.44$11.0043.7%10.8%26.8%44.1%41.3%3.6%-1.7%-403.0K-7.3M-631.0K2.4865.11N/AN/A10,04824,964154,792231,180
2015-10-30$11.52$11.0043.8%10.6%25.9%44.3%38.6%1.9%-1.9%-250.0K-12.3M-637.3K2.1262.48N/AN/A12,16425,808155,560232,944