GME Options History — January 2017

In January 2017, GME traded between $5.67 and $6.50. ATM implied volatility averaged 38.8%, placing in the 38.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.3% (HV 20d: 38.4%). Max pain ranged from $6.25 to $7.00. Net GEX was positive for 1 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.38.

Notable Days

  • 2017-01-13: Highest Volume — 149,648 contracts
  • 2017-01-13: Largest IV drop — 25.0% change
  • 2017-01-04: Highest IV Rank — 71.8%
  • 2017-01-04: Largest Expected Move — 16.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$6.06$5.67$6.50$6.33$6.13
Max Pain$6.41$6.25$7.00$7.00$6.25
ATM IV38.8%31.0%48.9%48.2%37.2%
Expected Move11.1%8.9%16.8%16.3%9.4%
HV 20d38.4%33.6%43.7%34.3%38.4%
HV 60d43.5%37.4%45.4%41.3%37.4%
IV Rank38.6%11.9%71.8%69.6%37.1%
IV Percentile39.2%7.5%83.7%78.6%40.5%
Term Structure-0.3%-2.5%3.4%-1.3%-1.5%
VWIV39.3%31.4%62.2%56.8%33.6%
Skew 25d3.2%1.9%4.9%4.9%2.0%
Skew 10d5.2%-4.4%9.8%6.2%3.8%
Call IV 25d37.4%29.6%46.9%46.1%33.6%
Put IV 25d40.6%31.8%51.4%51.0%35.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %24.5512.1970.9469.6316.31
Gamma HHI0.180.120.350.150.12
Net GEX-2.2M-5.3M66.3K-1.4M-381.1K
Net DEX69.0M2.8M176.2M48.3M2.9M
Net VEX-298.0K-350.5K-231.1K-341.4K-317.5K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.380.595.282.241.04
Total Volume59,57021,016149,64835,42821,016
Total OI549,434.2292,212752,436559,856342,456

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-01-03$6.33$7.0048.2%16.3%34.3%69.6%56.8%4.9%-1.3%-1.4M48.3M-341.4K2.2469.63N/AN/A10,94424,484237,892321,964
2017-01-04$6.50$7.0048.9%16.8%35.2%71.8%62.2%4.5%-1.7%-1.1M33.8M-350.5K5.0638.78N/AN/A10,84454,836242,012332,196
2017-01-05$6.27$6.5047.9%12.9%37.7%68.5%45.3%3.8%-2.4%-1.9M59.4M-340.0K5.2816.36N/AN/A14,47676,368245,720343,528
2017-01-06$6.16$6.5046.7%12.5%34.1%64.2%44.1%3.0%-1.6%-3.1M84.2M-347.0K2.7520.40N/AN/A15,10841,612253,440388,952
2017-01-09$6.12$6.5046.1%12.5%34.1%62.2%44.1%3.8%-1.9%-3.0M89.5M-326.6K2.6920.02N/AN/A17,16446,132253,832386,808
2017-01-10$6.17$6.5046.4%12.6%34.2%63.1%44.7%3.9%-1.7%-3.0M81.6M-310.0K2.5733.20N/AN/A20,96453,820260,252402,144
2017-01-11$6.17$6.5045.5%12.5%33.7%60.0%44.3%4.1%-1.6%-3.2M84.7M-310.6K4.4116.73N/AN/A16,40472,328268,224425,368
2017-01-12$6.15$6.5046.0%12.6%33.6%61.8%44.5%2.7%-2.5%-3.3M83.9M-315.5K3.2622.62N/AN/A17,60057,336276,356445,684
2017-01-13$5.67$6.5034.5%9.9%41.8%22.0%34.7%3.0%-0.1%-4.3M176.2M-231.1K3.0318.37N/AN/A37,132112,516284,540467,896
2017-01-17$5.84$6.2535.1%10.1%43.6%28.7%34.9%3.7%-0.8%-4.8M140.2M-254.4K2.5316.90N/AN/A30,88078,104267,864426,416
2017-01-18$5.87$6.2535.1%10.1%43.7%28.4%34.7%2.9%-0.8%-5.3M142.3M-277.2K3.4617.89N/AN/A14,38449,784277,412454,376
2017-01-19$5.82$6.2534.8%10.0%43.1%27.3%35.2%3.6%-1.7%-5.2M148.7M-281.7K2.0713.98N/AN/A14,85630,784279,176463,284
2017-01-20$5.89$6.2532.0%9.2%43.2%15.9%32.6%3.5%-0.1%-155.3K143.0M-275.4K2.1113.04N/AN/A15,63232,984279,476460,264
2017-01-23$5.98$6.2531.5%9.2%43.4%13.8%32.5%3.3%2.8%-914.1K16.3M-277.4K0.6312.19N/AN/A25,00015,688122,108170,104
2017-01-24$5.96$6.2531.3%9.1%39.7%13.1%32.2%2.0%3.3%-751.5K15.6M-282.1K0.9921.75N/AN/A15,60415,380133,040174,772
2017-01-25$6.04$6.2531.1%9.0%39.7%12.1%31.8%2.5%3.0%-438.6K8.9M-270.2K0.5915.22N/AN/A22,13613,164137,732180,092
2017-01-26$6.06$6.2531.0%9.0%38.7%11.9%31.4%1.9%1.5%-285.0K7.4M-298.7K0.9718.08N/AN/A16,99216,404141,044182,684
2017-01-27$6.09$6.2531.7%8.9%37.9%14.7%32.0%2.3%3.4%66.3K2.8M-274.4K1.0270.94N/AN/A16,72817,060146,636183,368
2017-01-30$6.04$6.2534.3%9.7%38.0%25.1%34.9%3.0%-0.6%-697.7K9.4M-279.1K0.8618.64N/AN/A15,47613,276143,804185,768
2017-01-31$6.13$6.2537.2%9.4%38.4%37.1%33.6%2.0%-1.5%-381.1K2.9M-317.5K1.0416.31N/AN/A10,30010,716151,900190,556