GME Options History — August 2022

In August 2022, GME traded between $28.60 and $43.20. ATM implied volatility averaged 106.6%, placing in the 44.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 30.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 36.9% (HV 20d: 69.7%). Max pain ranged from $34.00 to $37.50. Net GEX was positive for 18 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.47.

Notable Days

  • 2022-08-16: Highest Volume — 401,991 contracts
  • 2022-08-19: Largest IV spike — 18.2% change
  • 2022-08-19: Highest IV Rank — 65.0%
  • 2022-08-22: Largest Expected Move — 36.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$36.61$28.60$43.20$35.03$28.60
Max Pain$36.37$34.00$37.50$34.25$35.00
ATM IV106.6%94.0%124.6%95.6%108.6%
Expected Move30.4%24.0%36.5%25.7%33.7%
HV 20d69.7%61.9%79.3%79.3%66.1%
HV 60d95.5%77.0%112.5%112.5%78.2%
IV Rank44.1%29.5%65.0%31.3%46.4%
IV Percentile48.5%21.0%83.7%23.0%53.6%
Term Structure-0.0%-5.6%3.7%3.2%-1.0%
VWIV113.2%86.8%140.8%90.6%124.7%
Skew 25d-11.1%-33.2%6.4%2.8%-6.0%
Skew 10d-23.0%-56.9%0.3%0.3%-16.5%
Call IV 25d117.7%97.9%153.9%99.1%118.7%
Put IV 25d106.6%97.3%120.7%101.9%112.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %10.085.8117.6610.307.24
Gamma HHI0.040.030.070.040.03
Net GEX5.2M-2.2M13.7M5.5M-338.7K
Net DEX-310.5M-745.6M26.3M-260.6M26.3M
Net VEX-3.4M-3.8M-2.8M-3.3M-2.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.470.201.480.570.51
Total Volume177,804.522105,098401,991152,757116,687
Total OI1,456,819.0871,335,6451,551,7601,430,9671,400,639

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2022-08-01$35.03$34.2595.6%25.7%79.3%31.3%90.6%2.8%3.2%5.5M-260.6M-3.3M0.5710.30N/AN/A97,44355,314646,009784,958
2022-08-02$35.79$34.0097.1%25.0%78.7%33.1%90.0%0.4%2.9%7.8M-338.7M-3.4M0.409.47N/AN/A94,69538,011674,371795,888
2022-08-03$37.58$34.5094.0%24.0%78.9%29.5%86.8%-0.6%3.4%12.0M-476.2M-3.5M0.458.06N/AN/A85,81438,430696,924811,395
2022-08-04$38.45$35.0099.0%28.2%63.6%35.3%99.9%6.4%3.7%13.7M-504.3M-3.6M0.4713.20N/AN/A109,73151,156694,457817,211
2022-08-05$39.88$35.0099.3%28.8%61.9%35.6%103.3%-4.1%3.5%7.0M-589.3M-3.3M0.3016.35N/AN/A226,48269,043709,868828,383
2022-08-08$43.20$35.00114.7%31.7%66.6%53.4%114.8%-9.6%-5.6%10.8M-745.6M-3.8M0.3114.65N/AN/A237,47173,146622,715786,425
2022-08-09$40.42$37.50107.9%30.9%70.7%45.5%112.4%-1.8%2.6%7.2M-471.0M-3.6M0.4111.11N/AN/A128,96652,225655,379814,257
2022-08-10$40.34$37.50110.7%31.3%69.7%48.9%111.5%-9.7%1.0%8.1M-463.3M-3.4M0.3911.32N/AN/A112,16544,135670,734825,217
2022-08-11$39.63$37.50106.7%30.2%68.8%44.1%109.7%-13.1%-2.6%7.3M-384.7M-3.5M0.318.91N/AN/A103,92732,286673,450829,786
2022-08-12$40.58$37.50102.4%29.3%69.0%39.2%106.4%-10.4%-1.0%9.8M-457.3M-3.3M0.3310.80N/AN/A135,60444,981687,370836,447
2022-08-15$39.62$37.50102.0%29.3%68.7%38.8%108.0%-7.3%-0.3%6.9M-380.5M-3.3M0.459.30N/AN/A83,87537,353615,840799,651
2022-08-16$42.10$37.50111.1%31.7%70.4%49.3%110.5%-24.6%0.1%10.2M-581.4M-3.5M0.2817.66N/AN/A314,12087,871634,728811,577
2022-08-17$40.36$37.50110.1%31.6%70.9%48.1%118.0%-25.7%0.4%8.7M-480.3M-3.7M0.2015.40N/AN/A220,35244,503669,592820,794
2022-08-18$37.99$37.50105.5%30.2%73.6%42.8%112.9%-23.8%-1.5%2.3M-275.0M-3.4M0.627.50N/AN/A99,76162,050710,554830,519
2022-08-19$36.72$37.50124.6%35.9%70.2%65.0%137.0%-33.2%-1.2%-2.2M-198.7M-3.7M1.489.61N/AN/A136,418201,274706,407845,353
2022-08-22$34.51$37.50123.7%36.5%70.8%63.9%140.8%-30.1%-3.7%2.3M-202.0M-3.6M0.725.96N/AN/A81,00158,015588,655762,603
2022-08-23$33.64$37.50117.4%34.4%68.5%56.6%138.3%-24.9%-0.8%1.4M-156.1M-3.5M0.395.81N/AN/A75,72029,378616,976783,883
2022-08-24$32.63$36.25108.4%30.4%66.8%46.2%118.3%-11.9%-1.1%-106.9K-83.4M-3.4M0.336.05N/AN/A105,69735,403632,818790,601
2022-08-25$32.27$37.50100.5%28.9%66.9%37.0%112.2%-7.4%-0.8%-339.7K-38.7M-3.2M0.437.41N/AN/A88,83537,822646,045798,951
2022-08-26$31.17$36.2599.4%28.6%67.6%35.8%115.2%-5.1%0.3%-1.5M7.5M-3.2M0.546.52N/AN/A79,61442,968671,281802,455
2022-08-29$31.65$36.25104.1%31.0%66.9%41.2%117.1%-6.8%-1.8%1.6M-85.7M-3.2M0.2710.28N/AN/A86,25123,532584,043751,602
2022-08-30$29.81$35.00109.3%33.1%68.8%47.3%124.6%-8.0%-0.2%641.6K-2.7M-2.8M0.629.01N/AN/A67,85442,125613,678756,350
2022-08-31$28.60$35.00108.6%33.7%66.1%46.4%124.7%-6.0%-1.0%-338.7K26.3M-2.9M0.517.24N/AN/A77,52139,166629,712770,927