GME Options History — October 2019

In October 2019, GME traded between $1.25 and $1.61. ATM implied volatility averaged 73.4%, placing in the 34.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 20.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 11.9% (HV 20d: 61.5%). Max pain ranged from $1.50 to $1.75. Net GEX was positive for 5 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.91.

Notable Days

  • 2019-10-15: Highest Volume — 133,528 contracts
  • 2019-10-10: Largest IV spike — 44.9% change
  • 2019-10-25: Highest IV Rank — 55.4%
  • 2019-10-31: Largest Expected Move — 24.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$1.43$1.25$1.61$1.40$1.36
Max Pain$1.51$1.50$1.75$1.50$1.50
ATM IV73.4%53.2%95.0%83.2%76.5%
Expected Move20.6%16.8%24.4%22.4%24.4%
HV 20d61.5%47.7%79.1%76.7%61.0%
HV 60d70.4%69.4%72.5%71.1%72.5%
IV Rank34.7%15.3%55.4%44.0%37.7%
IV Percentile75.5%26.2%92.5%88.1%83.7%
Term Structure-1.2%-43.1%23.1%-25.2%0.8%
VWIV71.6%58.8%83.2%75.1%71.7%
Skew 25d11.4%-73.8%107.6%7.6%17.6%
Skew 10d0.5%-121.1%40.8%-27.4%-1.0%
Call IV 25d67.0%30.3%142.5%77.6%45.4%
Put IV 25d78.4%57.5%137.8%85.3%63.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %49.3326.61110.3628.3942.20
Gamma HHI0.270.210.580.220.24
Net GEX-113.3K-408.1K598.5K-30.8K-406.0K
Net DEX11.2M-4.9M26.0M5.7M26.0M
Net VEX-275.3K-300.6K-255.2K-270.0K-255.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.910.193.660.930.19
Total Volume45,276.34814,508133,528127,10432,032
Total OI1,364,281.3911,172,1881,502,4681,266,8081,289,544

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-10-01$1.40$1.5083.2%22.4%76.7%44.0%75.1%7.6%-25.2%-30.8K5.7M-270.0K0.9328.39N/AN/A65,86061,244538,052728,756
2019-10-02$1.33$1.5073.2%23.2%79.1%34.5%81.8%7.5%13.4%-94.6K12.0M-274.0K1.4150.67N/AN/A41,55658,408565,736778,176
2019-10-03$1.35$1.5068.0%23.7%77.9%29.5%83.2%30.5%3.2%-72.9K10.3M-288.5K0.6846.20N/AN/A8,6325,876593,644826,420
2019-10-04$1.38$1.5073.5%21.4%77.9%34.8%73.7%30.8%5.8%275.4K8.2M-289.0K1.3729.75N/AN/A15,10020,712599,224829,096
2019-10-07$1.38$1.5072.0%21.1%70.8%33.4%75.1%-0.7%0.6%-96.4K9.7M-288.8K0.7728.85N/AN/A21,27216,296589,244818,608
2019-10-08$1.31$1.5070.8%21.0%69.6%32.2%78.3%9.6%1.4%-187.8K16.8M-276.3K1.0476.63N/AN/A8,0928,400582,264831,160
2019-10-09$1.25$1.5056.8%19.1%59.6%18.7%61.3%11.0%3.0%-241.0K22.4M-266.1K0.4861.95N/AN/A15,0167,176586,948839,492
2019-10-10$1.26$1.5082.3%22.1%59.6%43.2%74.1%-1.3%-14.8%-217.7K22.9M-265.1K1.2742.56N/AN/A8,46010,768591,804843,020
2019-10-11$1.36$1.5057.8%17.1%62.8%19.7%72.1%3.3%2.0%-55.1K13.6M-281.1K0.60110.36N/AN/A20,86812,460593,304849,008
2019-10-14$1.39$1.5070.7%20.3%61.0%32.1%72.6%22.1%14.3%-126.0K13.3M-273.9K0.3375.57N/AN/A27,2969,096585,312845,424
2019-10-15$1.41$1.5077.8%22.2%60.8%38.9%78.0%2.4%6.6%2.5K9.6M-279.1K3.6642.58N/AN/A28,664104,864601,908851,216
2019-10-16$1.47$1.5074.6%21.4%56.6%35.8%73.2%11.8%-1.8%76.7K4.3M-278.2K0.9837.90N/AN/A30,55629,840607,948868,908
2019-10-17$1.49$1.5077.8%21.9%53.8%38.9%74.8%6.0%4.2%149.6K5.6M-271.0K0.7829.93N/AN/A18,31214,344598,504889,116
2019-10-18$1.49$1.5080.1%21.6%51.8%41.1%75.4%11.5%9.4%598.5K10.4M-273.3K0.6440.52N/AN/A32,88820,888602,084900,384
2019-10-21$1.48$1.7574.3%21.7%47.7%35.6%75.5%15.8%0.3%-325.9K8.8M-258.6K0.6035.58N/AN/A41,30024,988458,412713,776
2019-10-22$1.61$1.5076.0%18.3%54.3%37.2%66.2%-31.2%-5.7%-220.8K-4.9M-256.6K0.3239.30N/AN/A46,88814,908486,032729,524
2019-10-23$1.60$1.5076.3%19.6%54.3%37.4%68.1%-73.8%-7.5%-157.5K2.5M-296.5K0.8126.61N/AN/A27,06421,856506,168784,576
2019-10-24$1.60$1.5068.0%18.5%53.9%29.5%68.8%18.2%-6.0%-84.3K1.8M-271.9K0.7740.19N/AN/A15,25611,692516,480789,676
2019-10-25$1.59$1.5095.0%18.4%54.3%55.4%64.3%107.6%-26.9%-318.4K3.6M-300.6K0.3565.57N/AN/A20,1407,128519,700794,900
2019-10-28$1.55$1.5086.3%20.1%55.2%47.1%63.5%37.7%-43.1%-261.2K10.4M-287.1K1.4545.76N/AN/A6,3609,204496,096781,480
2019-10-29$1.46$1.5053.2%16.8%59.4%15.3%58.8%20.4%23.1%-408.1K20.5M-264.9K0.7580.41N/AN/A10,0087,504498,024787,288
2019-10-30$1.44$1.5064.9%17.3%57.0%26.6%60.9%-3.2%15.7%-403.5K23.3M-266.4K0.7457.10N/AN/A12,7169,368501,236790,800
2019-10-31$1.36$1.5076.5%24.4%61.0%37.7%71.7%17.6%0.8%-406.0K26.0M-255.2K0.1942.20N/AN/A26,9045,128503,680785,864