GME Options History — August 2017

In August 2017, GME traded between $4.63 and $5.54. ATM implied volatility averaged 47.6%, placing in the 71.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 18.4% (HV 20d: 29.1%). Max pain ranged from $5.25 to $6.00. Net GEX was positive for 1 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 1 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.85.

Notable Days

  • 2017-08-25: Highest Volume — 175,508 contracts
  • 2017-08-25: Largest IV drop — 30.2% change
  • 2017-08-23: Highest IV Rank — 95.9%
  • 2017-08-23: Largest Expected Move — 16.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$5.25$4.63$5.54$5.36$4.63
Max Pain$5.57$5.25$6.00$6.00$5.25
ATM IV47.6%31.6%54.1%48.8%31.6%
Expected Move13.2%9.3%16.8%9.4%9.3%
HV 20d29.1%19.9%49.6%20.5%49.0%
HV 60d30.2%25.0%34.5%30.3%34.3%
IV Rank71.8%12.7%95.9%76.2%12.7%
IV Percentile84.6%26.2%99.6%95.6%26.2%
Term Structure-2.4%-4.8%0.9%-0.7%0.9%
VWIV47.1%32.8%60.4%32.8%33.3%
Skew 25d4.7%2.1%6.8%3.4%4.4%
Skew 10d9.1%5.8%13.4%5.8%8.2%
Call IV 25d45.7%30.7%53.9%48.7%30.7%
Put IV 25d50.4%35.1%57.9%52.1%35.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %11.583.9731.6810.945.37
Gamma HHI0.160.110.310.160.18
Net GEX-1.7M-2.7M83.2K-2.1M-2.0M
Net DEX58.0M9.9M104.7M65.2M99.7M
Net VEX-375.3K-454.9K-265.2K-422.2K-265.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.850.523.923.371.19
Total Volume54,43623,244175,50848,16041,332
Total OI528,323.652474,788647,192481,976577,644

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-08-01$5.36$6.0048.8%9.4%20.5%76.2%32.8%3.4%-0.7%-2.1M65.2M-422.2K3.3710.94N/AN/A11,02837,132148,228333,748
2017-08-02$5.34$6.0049.8%9.4%20.4%80.0%33.4%4.3%-1.0%-2.4M70.3M-432.4K1.3118.76N/AN/A10,53613,752151,164360,020
2017-08-03$5.42$6.0047.4%13.0%20.0%71.3%49.8%2.1%-0.3%-2.3M64.1M-443.3K0.987.97N/AN/A13,55613,324153,064364,732
2017-08-04$5.49$6.0053.7%13.7%19.9%94.5%48.6%4.0%-4.8%-2.0M56.4M-454.9K1.107.79N/AN/A11,09212,152158,888369,668
2017-08-07$5.54$6.0052.3%13.6%20.0%89.2%50.0%3.8%-3.7%-2.2M52.3M-452.5K1.075.33N/AN/A12,14413,000158,292366,796
2017-08-08$5.49$5.7551.5%13.5%20.4%86.3%49.0%4.5%-3.6%-2.2M55.6M-442.7K2.816.60N/AN/A9,03625,352162,412365,252
2017-08-09$5.53$5.7550.9%13.5%20.5%84.3%48.0%5.9%-1.5%-2.0M46.9M-428.0K2.454.50N/AN/A7,10817,396165,184352,560
2017-08-10$5.38$5.7552.4%14.2%22.8%89.7%50.8%6.8%-4.1%-2.0M56.3M-406.0K3.844.24N/AN/A7,56429,080166,448342,152
2017-08-11$5.44$5.7552.3%14.2%22.8%89.4%50.8%5.6%-3.4%-1.6M46.2M-393.9K3.9211.02N/AN/A9,67637,976167,376328,760
2017-08-14$5.46$5.7551.7%14.5%22.4%87.1%52.5%5.2%-2.4%-1.3M38.4M-368.0K2.094.32N/AN/A11,43223,840167,220308,648
2017-08-15$5.25$5.5052.9%15.0%26.1%91.5%52.9%4.7%-2.9%-2.1M55.7M-350.9K0.703.97N/AN/A30,82821,724170,684311,808
2017-08-16$5.36$5.2549.9%14.3%26.6%80.4%50.6%4.5%-4.3%-1.8M43.1M-364.4K2.826.06N/AN/A12,46035,152186,368317,960
2017-08-17$5.29$5.5052.9%15.3%26.7%91.5%54.5%5.2%-3.3%-2.7M51.8M-371.8K2.958.48N/AN/A20,19259,576189,664330,468
2017-08-18$5.31$5.5050.5%14.6%26.1%82.5%51.2%5.4%-1.2%-1.2M49.7M-384.0K3.684.61N/AN/A11,79643,444197,912354,288
2017-08-21$5.25$5.5051.5%15.6%26.4%86.2%55.2%3.5%-4.7%-1.0M43.2M-361.7K1.1331.68N/AN/A24,43627,688180,712294,076
2017-08-22$5.42$5.2553.8%16.6%27.6%94.6%60.4%5.4%-3.2%-711.2K26.6M-385.7K1.268.31N/AN/A34,00042,792199,392298,280
2017-08-23$5.38$5.2554.1%16.8%27.5%95.9%58.9%4.5%-3.1%-117.9K21.1M-391.3K0.8828.18N/AN/A19,78817,384241,412306,832
2017-08-24$5.46$5.2551.0%16.5%26.0%84.6%58.6%6.1%-3.3%83.2K9.9M-371.3K0.8730.51N/AN/A66,94458,012250,040312,964
2017-08-25$4.85$5.2535.6%10.2%49.6%27.8%36.9%3.9%-2.3%-1.6M104.7M-282.9K1.5726.25N/AN/A68,240107,268291,556355,636
2017-08-28$4.78$5.2534.0%10.2%49.4%21.8%35.8%4.6%-0.7%-1.7M87.1M-291.8K1.4810.38N/AN/A26,60039,400225,900323,132
2017-08-29$4.70$5.2532.5%9.9%49.6%16.1%34.5%5.2%-1.2%-1.8M93.6M-286.0K0.5313.58N/AN/A41,54021,820232,740336,896
2017-08-30$4.69$5.2532.7%9.6%49.6%16.8%34.7%5.0%-0.0%-1.9M96.9M-279.8K0.527.49N/AN/A35,24818,188230,752343,716
2017-08-31$4.63$5.2531.6%9.3%49.0%12.7%33.3%4.4%0.9%-2.0M99.7M-265.2K1.195.37N/AN/A18,87622,456235,068342,576