GME Options History — January 2016

In January 2016, GME traded between $6.26 and $7.35. ATM implied volatility averaged 48.8%, placing in the 59.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 13.9% (HV 20d: 34.9%). Max pain ranged from $6.50 to $7.75. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.31.

Notable Days

  • 2016-01-11: Highest Volume — 89,532 contracts
  • 2016-01-15: Largest IV drop — 10.2% change
  • 2016-01-14: Highest IV Rank — 84.6%
  • 2016-01-08: Largest Expected Move — 15.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$6.69$6.26$7.35$7.08$6.41
Max Pain$7.18$6.50$7.75$7.75$6.50
ATM IV48.8%41.2%57.0%53.4%41.7%
Expected Move13.4%11.6%15.0%14.1%11.6%
HV 20d34.9%31.2%38.5%34.2%38.4%
HV 60d48.7%47.4%49.7%47.4%49.2%
IV Rank59.5%41.6%84.6%68.1%43.2%
IV Percentile78.3%56.3%96.4%89.7%57.9%
Term Structure-1.9%-13.1%0.6%-2.0%-0.8%
VWIV46.4%41.7%53.1%47.9%43.0%
Skew 25d6.4%4.6%9.0%7.1%6.7%
Skew 10d13.1%6.2%20.4%12.9%13.7%
Call IV 25d46.1%38.5%53.8%50.1%38.7%
Put IV 25d52.6%44.5%62.6%57.2%45.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %23.3512.6845.0414.5322.05
Gamma HHI0.280.130.460.130.35
Net GEX-1.6M-2.5M-643.1K-2.1M-761.8K
Net DEX121.0M47.7M211.0M162.8M51.1M
Net VEX-283.8K-322.6K-239.4K-300.8K-239.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.310.313.502.321.16
Total Volume40,814.52623,26089,53259,24023,260
Total OI472,848.842273,476694,940588,980277,076

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-01-04$7.08$7.7553.4%14.1%34.2%68.1%47.9%7.1%-2.0%-2.1M162.8M-300.8K2.3214.53N/AN/A17,86841,372206,112382,868
2016-01-05$7.20$7.5052.3%13.7%34.2%65.4%47.6%6.2%-2.1%-2.1M156.7M-309.2K1.5915.20N/AN/A13,70021,840210,144389,584
2016-01-06$7.09$7.5052.8%14.1%34.3%66.5%48.7%6.4%-2.2%-2.2M161.1M-307.0K1.5215.78N/AN/A12,42818,840213,212392,392
2016-01-07$7.13$7.5056.3%14.8%33.2%75.1%52.4%9.0%-2.7%-2.2M158.7M-302.6K1.5617.93N/AN/A13,92421,668214,012393,192
2016-01-08$7.09$7.5055.7%15.0%31.2%73.7%53.1%7.4%-2.8%-2.2M160.8M-305.5K1.3522.93N/AN/A16,02421,576216,172394,948
2016-01-11$7.35$7.5053.6%14.7%34.6%68.5%51.6%7.0%-1.1%-2.1M144.6M-298.5K1.8015.74N/AN/A31,97257,560212,392389,296
2016-01-12$6.97$7.5052.3%14.3%32.1%65.3%42.8%5.6%-3.7%-2.5M179.1M-322.6K0.8944.08N/AN/A30,81627,336229,904427,856
2016-01-13$6.74$7.5052.7%14.4%33.6%66.4%49.6%7.4%-0.6%-2.5M190.1M-312.3K0.8645.04N/AN/A20,48417,648240,380431,044
2016-01-14$6.41$7.5057.0%14.0%36.6%84.6%50.2%8.8%-13.1%-2.3M208.1M-276.3K1.6637.23N/AN/A21,14835,156244,376435,580
2016-01-15$6.42$7.5051.2%14.1%36.7%68.9%48.0%6.1%-4.2%-1.2M211.0M-285.1K0.9739.30N/AN/A22,42021,812247,316447,624
2016-01-19$6.38$7.5048.0%13.8%33.6%60.2%44.3%4.9%-1.0%-1.3M74.2M-276.4K0.8420.70N/AN/A17,18014,48486,444208,208
2016-01-20$6.29$7.5045.8%13.1%33.5%54.1%45.8%5.4%0.6%-1.4M77.6M-267.2K0.3118.27N/AN/A36,04011,19690,744212,440
2016-01-21$6.33$6.7544.6%12.8%33.6%50.9%43.8%6.1%-0.6%-1.2M71.8M-282.0K0.7720.18N/AN/A15,14411,588107,896213,576
2016-01-22$6.41$6.7541.8%12.0%34.2%43.3%41.7%5.4%-0.5%-1.2M69.6M-283.5K3.5014.06N/AN/A13,30446,544110,432213,468
2016-01-25$6.26$6.7543.6%12.4%34.5%48.4%43.0%6.6%0.6%-1.2M68.7M-267.1K0.6712.68N/AN/A15,22010,17298,792203,104
2016-01-26$6.52$6.5041.9%12.0%38.3%43.6%42.5%4.6%0.5%-1.0M55.0M-272.7K1.1326.81N/AN/A13,16414,848103,156192,388
2016-01-27$6.54$6.5041.2%11.9%38.3%41.6%43.2%6.2%0.6%-643.1K47.7M-243.3K0.8820.97N/AN/A12,87611,316105,948167,528
2016-01-28$6.43$6.5041.6%11.8%38.5%42.7%42.9%5.5%-0.2%-702.2K50.2M-240.2K1.1020.08N/AN/A11,20412,344106,776167,748
2016-01-29$6.41$6.5041.7%11.6%38.4%43.2%43.0%6.7%-0.8%-761.8K51.1M-239.4K1.1622.05N/AN/A10,77612,484107,204169,872