GME Options History — October 2017

In October 2017, GME traded between $4.67 and $5.13. ATM implied volatility averaged 37.3%, placing in the 26.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 16.0% (HV 20d: 21.3%). Max pain ranged from $5.00 to $5.75. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.41.

Notable Days

  • 2017-10-13: Highest Volume — 90,824 contracts
  • 2017-10-24: Largest IV spike — 61.1% change
  • 2017-10-24: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2017-10-30: Largest Expected Move — 11.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$4.96$4.67$5.13$5.12$4.67
Max Pain$5.51$5.00$5.75$5.75$5.75
ATM IV37.3%29.0%68.0%31.9%53.3%
Expected Move9.2%8.4%11.4%8.6%11.4%
HV 20d21.3%17.6%24.0%20.4%23.8%
HV 60d33.9%33.3%34.3%33.3%34.0%
IV Rank26.9%4.2%100.0%14.7%63.5%
IV Percentile41.6%4.0%100.0%31.0%98.0%
Term Structure2.1%-22.6%14.8%-0.9%2.4%
VWIV30.5%20.1%40.8%30.0%40.8%
Skew 25d2.2%-18.2%5.1%2.7%4.9%
Skew 10d7.5%4.6%20.8%6.2%13.0%
Call IV 25d36.0%28.1%67.6%30.3%46.9%
Put IV 25d38.2%31.1%52.3%33.0%51.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %25.895.2076.966.4576.08
Gamma HHI0.230.140.430.170.17
Net GEX-1.7M-2.9M-992.7K-992.7K-1.8M
Net DEX70.0M45.7M92.6M51.4M92.2M
Net VEX-346.2K-398.7K-319.4K-352.7K-364.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.410.705.291.401.55
Total Volume43,80617,49290,82417,49234,068
Total OI543,274.364445,420594,568504,112578,544

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-10-02$5.12$5.7531.9%8.6%20.4%14.7%30.0%2.7%-0.9%-992.7K51.4M-352.7K1.406.45N/AN/A7,27610,216196,400307,712
2017-10-03$5.05$5.7531.0%8.6%21.0%11.6%29.3%2.6%1.5%-1.2M57.1M-342.4K1.485.47N/AN/A8,20812,112197,224309,096
2017-10-04$5.06$5.7531.0%8.4%20.0%11.6%29.3%2.1%-0.0%-1.2M57.9M-340.8K1.075.20N/AN/A12,03212,816198,772311,720
2017-10-05$5.13$5.0029.0%8.6%17.6%4.2%30.1%2.3%0.1%-1.0M51.3M-353.7K0.709.25N/AN/A14,48810,152203,856315,296
2017-10-06$5.00$5.0029.3%8.8%19.9%5.4%30.1%1.9%0.6%-2.2M61.2M-338.6K1.7511.96N/AN/A8,19214,296206,752315,404
2017-10-09$5.04$5.0030.8%9.0%19.9%10.6%31.4%2.8%0.3%-1.4M58.9M-336.0K3.278.51N/AN/A10,53634,488201,264313,476
2017-10-10$5.06$5.0030.0%8.9%19.3%7.9%31.4%3.1%1.1%-1.6M59.9M-342.3K4.1711.16N/AN/A8,72036,392205,520337,128
2017-10-11$4.90$5.0029.9%8.8%20.4%7.5%30.5%3.0%0.6%-1.9M76.2M-328.7K1.4610.59N/AN/A10,62815,548207,676342,432
2017-10-12$4.88$5.0030.2%9.2%20.4%8.5%31.8%3.4%2.4%-2.0M78.9M-325.8K1.207.36N/AN/A9,11610,972210,008343,688
2017-10-13$4.93$5.0029.6%9.1%20.6%6.4%25.4%2.9%2.9%-2.0M73.8M-331.8K5.298.68N/AN/A14,43276,392212,236344,732
2017-10-16$4.85$5.7531.6%9.2%21.1%13.8%24.9%2.8%10.5%-2.1M91.8M-319.4K4.487.47N/AN/A10,01644,900209,340372,308
2017-10-17$4.92$5.7531.2%9.0%21.8%12.3%22.4%3.8%13.2%-2.3M86.6M-329.4K5.096.77N/AN/A8,82444,876213,828376,392
2017-10-18$5.02$5.7531.8%9.1%23.1%14.4%20.8%3.1%12.5%-2.4M77.1M-338.3K4.498.00N/AN/A9,95644,656215,076376,696
2017-10-19$5.01$5.7533.6%8.8%22.9%20.9%20.1%2.3%14.8%-2.9M76.8M-336.3K4.148.49N/AN/A10,49243,428216,716376,192
2017-10-20$5.03$5.7536.1%9.0%22.8%30.1%31.4%2.3%13.4%-1.0M70.6M-330.7K2.736.75N/AN/A12,66034,552218,068376,500
2017-10-23$5.07$5.7542.2%9.2%21.7%52.5%32.7%4.3%-2.2%-1.2M45.7M-333.6K0.7048.52N/AN/A28,92020,200158,884286,536
2017-10-24$4.99$5.7568.0%9.1%22.1%100.0%33.0%3.3%-22.6%-1.0M50.3M-343.6K2.0629.46N/AN/A25,78453,088177,708294,268
2017-10-25$4.90$5.7546.0%9.8%22.2%45.2%34.7%-18.2%-1.0%-1.5M64.9M-375.3K2.7769.00N/AN/A23,41264,820184,236332,236
2017-10-26$4.88$5.7547.8%9.4%22.2%49.7%34.2%2.3%-1.3%-1.9M81.0M-398.7K0.9874.17N/AN/A18,90418,556190,016376,200
2017-10-27$4.84$5.7547.3%9.8%22.3%48.5%37.0%5.1%-0.9%-2.0M83.3M-393.4K1.0076.96N/AN/A19,32019,304193,288378,372
2017-10-30$4.70$5.7549.1%11.4%24.0%53.0%39.5%5.1%-1.5%-1.8M92.6M-361.9K1.2573.19N/AN/A16,02819,956192,516377,724
2017-10-31$4.67$5.7553.3%11.4%23.8%63.5%40.8%4.9%2.4%-1.8M92.2M-364.1K1.5576.08N/AN/A13,34020,728196,340382,204