GME Options History — December 2017

In December 2017, GME traded between $4.49 and $4.85. ATM implied volatility averaged 42.6%, placing in the 17.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.9% (HV 20d: 37.7%). Max pain ranged from $4.75 to $5.25. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.00.

Notable Days

  • 2017-12-11: Highest Volume — 159,072 contracts
  • 2017-12-11: Largest IV spike — 18.8% change
  • 2017-12-11: Highest IV Rank — 25.5%
  • 2017-12-11: Largest Expected Move — 14.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$4.66$4.49$4.85$4.69$4.49
Max Pain$5.22$4.75$5.25$4.75$5.25
ATM IV42.6%34.6%49.4%35.4%41.6%
Expected Move12.9%10.8%14.7%10.8%12.9%
HV 20d37.7%24.9%46.0%45.4%24.9%
HV 60d32.1%31.1%32.6%31.1%32.5%
IV Rank17.4%8.0%25.5%9.0%16.3%
IV Percentile65.8%46.0%86.1%49.2%59.9%
Term Structure0.8%-3.2%10.7%-3.2%-1.7%
VWIV44.4%33.2%49.8%38.2%45.5%
Skew 25d4.1%0.8%9.1%2.9%4.4%
Skew 10d9.3%0.4%24.8%7.9%8.4%
Call IV 25d42.0%34.9%52.2%36.3%40.9%
Put IV 25d46.1%38.5%59.0%39.1%45.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %11.986.9825.9211.789.67
Gamma HHI0.180.140.200.170.20
Net GEX-2.6M-3.4M-634.9K-1.8M-3.3M
Net DEX84.1M40.4M114.5M59.2M114.5M
Net VEX-364.0K-421.7K-307.1K-376.3K-307.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.000.496.190.931.88
Total Volume55,629.232,248159,07253,50047,368
Total OI738,633.6674,104823,212714,000725,640

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-12-01$4.69$4.7535.4%10.8%45.4%9.0%38.2%2.9%-3.2%-1.8M59.2M-376.3K0.9311.78N/AN/A27,66825,832240,596473,404
2017-12-04$4.85$5.2537.4%13.6%46.0%11.3%47.6%6.1%10.7%-1.5M40.7M-387.0K0.4911.39N/AN/A55,12826,932229,124466,376
2017-12-05$4.82$5.2534.6%13.0%45.6%8.0%43.6%5.8%8.4%-719.7K40.4M-387.3K1.6010.61N/AN/A13,08020,880257,980476,644
2017-12-06$4.75$5.2535.2%12.6%43.0%8.7%43.9%2.9%7.8%-634.9K52.1M-378.5K1.159.42N/AN/A15,00017,248258,176485,268
2017-12-07$4.66$5.2539.2%12.6%43.9%13.5%44.6%2.2%2.1%-1.1M67.4M-358.3K1.0815.74N/AN/A22,31624,056258,900489,380
2017-12-08$4.80$5.2541.6%12.7%44.5%16.3%44.9%5.4%-1.0%-2.7M52.6M-368.6K0.8512.24N/AN/A37,49631,848257,032500,940
2017-12-11$4.77$5.2549.4%14.7%35.9%25.5%49.8%9.1%0.8%-2.6M65.4M-372.9K6.1925.92N/AN/A22,128136,944228,192505,140
2017-12-12$4.78$5.2547.8%13.8%35.1%23.6%48.4%5.3%0.5%-3.3M77.0M-405.8K2.7013.13N/AN/A17,12046,272234,804564,988
2017-12-13$4.67$5.2548.3%13.6%36.7%24.2%44.3%5.2%2.5%-3.3M98.2M-421.7K2.3619.71N/AN/A15,83237,300237,768576,096
2017-12-14$4.60$5.2547.7%13.9%37.2%23.5%47.9%0.8%0.4%-3.2M106.0M-377.5K0.8911.91N/AN/A19,98017,684239,256577,368
2017-12-15$4.58$5.2548.2%13.4%37.3%24.0%46.1%2.8%-0.6%-2.6M108.6M-369.9K1.1112.25N/AN/A16,95218,800241,636581,576
2017-12-18$4.67$5.2546.4%13.3%37.6%21.9%46.2%5.1%-1.8%-2.7M86.5M-363.0K1.037.62N/AN/A28,16028,868204,856469,248
2017-12-19$4.59$5.2544.3%12.7%38.4%19.4%43.9%4.1%-1.6%-2.6M95.1M-361.7K2.967.53N/AN/A11,89635,228216,492477,972
2017-12-20$4.56$5.2542.8%12.3%38.3%17.7%43.0%3.5%-1.2%-2.9M103.3M-348.2K4.519.52N/AN/A11,77653,120217,084489,760
2017-12-21$4.61$5.2541.4%11.9%36.5%16.1%41.8%3.6%-0.0%-3.0M98.6M-352.0K3.257.77N/AN/A15,27649,624218,008498,764
2017-12-22$4.57$5.2540.7%11.8%36.8%15.2%33.2%2.7%-1.0%-3.4M106.1M-346.8K1.949.50N/AN/A15,39229,800218,888507,508
2017-12-26$4.62$5.2544.6%12.9%33.9%19.8%44.9%2.6%-0.7%-3.4M96.0M-349.2K1.4112.84N/AN/A17,55224,820210,928499,284
2017-12-27$4.55$5.2543.1%12.9%29.5%18.1%45.0%3.4%-1.5%-3.3M104.0M-330.6K2.0014.04N/AN/A12,05224,084216,480500,164
2017-12-28$4.54$5.2542.2%12.9%27.7%17.0%45.1%3.2%-2.3%-3.4M109.9M-316.7K1.786.98N/AN/A14,76426,308218,028502,924
2017-12-29$4.49$5.2541.6%12.9%24.9%16.3%45.5%4.4%-1.7%-3.3M114.5M-307.1K1.889.67N/AN/A16,44830,920221,328504,312