GME Options History — January 2021

In January 2021, GME traded between $4.34 and $84.57. ATM implied volatility averaged 177.9%, placing in the 63.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 50.0%. IV traded below realized volatility by 38.8% (HV 20d: 216.6%). Max pain ranged from $5.00 to $15.00. Net GEX was positive for 13 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.06.

Notable Days

  • 2021-01-22: Highest Volume — 8,091,760 contracts
  • 2021-01-25: Largest IV spike — 47.6% change
  • 2021-01-22: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2021-01-25: Largest Expected Move — 107.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$20.10$4.34$84.57$4.34$79.87
Max Pain$7.38$5.00$15.00$5.25$15.00
ATM IV177.9%118.8%357.5%136.0%195.8%
Expected Move50.0%35.0%107.9%38.7%107.9%
HV 20d216.6%107.7%441.3%131.2%441.3%
HV 60d157.7%104.8%282.0%122.5%282.0%
IV Rank63.1%41.2%100.0%51.4%47.6%
IV Percentile78.3%38.9%100.0%59.9%95.6%
Term Structure7.5%-23.4%184.6%7.2%184.6%
VWIV177.1%126.1%369.9%136.8%193.0%
Skew 25d-26.9%-197.7%16.7%-5.0%-197.7%
Skew 10d-28.7%-197.7%19.2%-25.2%-197.7%
Call IV 25d200.8%127.9%383.1%142.8%383.1%
Put IV 25d173.9%114.1%335.9%137.8%185.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %10.943.3324.5215.625.18
Gamma HHI0.190.050.970.100.97
Net GEX16.3M-721.9K265.7M-489.2K265.7M
Net DEX-2.37B-14.11B-55.4M-62.5M-9.19B
Net VEX-1.4M-2.0M-1.0M-1.1M-2.0M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.060.293.420.652.18
Total Volume2,467,892.842195,2528,091,760380,1843,267,724
Total OI3,995,820.4212,264,9568,192,8843,084,2808,192,884

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2021-01-04$4.34$5.25136.0%38.7%131.2%51.4%136.8%-5.0%7.2%-489.2K-62.5M-1.1M0.6515.62N/AN/A230,676149,5081,449,2401,635,040
2021-01-05$4.38$5.25127.9%38.4%130.0%46.6%133.8%-22.8%2.4%-617.1K-58.7M-1.1M0.4017.59N/AN/A138,98856,2641,501,6001,683,568
2021-01-06$4.59$5.00127.3%36.4%130.5%46.2%130.5%-7.2%-8.9%-296.6K-100.8M-1.1M0.4224.52N/AN/A218,00891,0841,538,6561,702,132
2021-01-07$4.55$5.00127.3%36.8%130.5%46.2%130.4%-12.2%0.6%-118.0K-95.1M-1.1M0.4218.29N/AN/A168,91670,4001,574,0201,723,928
2021-01-08$4.43$5.00118.8%36.0%107.7%41.2%126.1%-17.1%8.9%-721.9K-55.4M-1.1M0.5722.95N/AN/A248,052141,3161,614,0401,747,304
2021-01-11$4.93$5.00126.2%36.7%112.8%45.6%133.4%-16.9%12.5%-185.4K-185.1M-1.1M0.2913.33N/AN/A465,672135,7281,494,9761,682,220
2021-01-12$5.01$5.00128.0%35.0%109.1%46.6%127.8%-3.2%-1.9%80.0K-169.4M-1.1M0.3915.68N/AN/A207,14881,1601,566,9841,724,192
2021-01-13$8.00$5.00179.6%47.7%190.7%77.2%166.3%11.2%-17.5%2.7M-970.9M-1.2M0.5713.48N/AN/A2,294,8961,315,3601,588,6321,740,396
2021-01-14$9.89$5.50200.0%55.0%199.4%89.3%191.4%-6.0%-10.7%4.9M-1.28B-1.2M0.687.57N/AN/A1,711,5081,163,1721,607,7402,149,688
2021-01-15$8.96$6.00195.4%53.7%205.6%86.6%188.9%-23.2%-12.1%2.6M-914.2M-1.4M0.746.29N/AN/A1,212,800896,2681,760,8962,484,696
2021-01-19$9.80$6.25196.3%55.9%205.9%87.1%198.1%-11.9%-6.0%2.6M-635.4M-1.5M0.853.64N/AN/A1,076,092912,3201,116,1401,148,816
2021-01-20$9.77$7.50182.2%52.2%206.7%78.8%184.3%-7.3%-3.9%1.8M-557.1M-1.8M0.843.33N/AN/A690,368579,3001,272,6481,482,636
2021-01-21$10.58$7.50170.9%49.1%206.5%72.1%173.8%-3.3%-1.1%4.3M-732.1M-1.9M0.833.51N/AN/A1,023,164846,4921,396,4121,618,532
2021-01-22$15.17$7.50242.3%70.6%227.8%100.0%248.7%-7.3%-10.7%24.4M-1.94B-1.8M1.115.62N/AN/A3,839,1564,252,6041,585,0161,803,360
2021-01-25$20.04$8.75357.5%107.9%241.1%100.0%369.9%16.7%-23.4%26.4K-2.21B-2.0M1.7810.74N/AN/A1,950,7643,474,3081,288,5842,139,024
2021-01-26$36.33$10.00195.2%0.0%301.2%47.4%193.0%1.2%184.6%1.5M-5.31B-1.5M1.0610.34N/AN/A2,544,2082,689,6601,544,7603,433,420
2021-01-27$84.57$12.00182.6%0.0%400.0%43.3%0.0%-184.1%0.0%285.4K-14.11B-1.0M3.423.59N/AN/A1,332,1884,561,7001,687,1684,516,940
2021-01-28$56.72$13.75190.1%0.0%437.8%45.7%0.0%-15.3%0.0%1.4M-6.42B-1.4M2.906.69N/AN/A730,9482,122,0441,385,5806,338,720
2021-01-29$79.87$15.00195.8%0.0%441.3%47.6%0.0%-197.7%0.0%265.7M-9.19B-2.0M2.185.18N/AN/A1,029,1682,238,5561,353,2166,839,668