GPK Options History — December 2011

In December 2011, GPK traded between $4.00 and $4.38. ATM implied volatility averaged 76.9%, placing in the 31.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 15.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 14.2% (HV 20d: 62.7%). Max pain ranged from $5.00 to $5.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.00.

Notable Days

  • 2011-12-09: Highest Volume — 10 contracts
  • 2011-12-15: Largest IV drop — 70.3% change
  • 2011-12-14: Highest IV Rank — 96.9%
  • 2011-12-29: Largest Expected Move — 18.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$4.22$4.00$4.38$4.27$4.26
Max Pain$5.00$5.00$5.00$5.00$5.00
ATM IV76.9%44.3%194.1%57.8%63.6%
Expected Move15.6%12.7%18.5%16.6%18.2%
HV 20d62.7%49.3%68.8%68.8%49.3%
HV 60d72.8%64.9%75.9%73.9%64.9%
IV Rank31.7%13.6%96.9%21.1%24.3%
IV Percentile37.7%6.1%99.1%22.2%35.1%
Term Structure10.7%-1.4%22.5%-0.5%6.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %136.97112.19192.59112.19128.16
Gamma HHI0.990.981.000.991.00
Net GEX434212838663382
Net DEX-9.5K-15.5K-2.3K-15.5K-9.0K
Net VEX-48-75-10-75-43
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.000.000.000.000.00
Total Volume0.47601000
Total OI96.0486712212267

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-12-01$4.27$5.0057.8%16.6%68.8%21.1%0.0%0.0%-0.5%663-15.5K-750.00112.19001220
2011-12-02$4.28$5.0063.7%18.3%67.0%24.4%0.0%0.0%-1.2%698-14.9K-710.00113.58001220
2011-12-05$4.33$0.0068.5%13.3%66.7%27.0%0.0%0.0%16.7%780-14.8K-710.00125.18001220
2011-12-06$4.38$0.0068.6%13.5%66.9%27.1%0.0%0.0%16.7%838-15.5K-700.00126.18001220
2011-12-07$4.26$0.0077.3%14.0%66.4%32.0%0.0%0.0%22.5%381-12.5K-610.00124.00001220
2011-12-08$4.07$0.0089.5%15.5%62.6%38.7%0.0%0.0%9.9%371-9.0K-530.00124.55001220
2011-12-09$4.36$0.0079.8%13.9%67.1%33.4%0.0%0.0%13.5%417-13.4K-650.00124.331001220
2011-12-12$4.14$0.00123.5%15.8%65.6%57.6%0.0%0.0%18.4%311-9.9K-490.00125.45001120
2011-12-13$4.09$0.00186.8%15.8%63.3%92.8%0.0%0.0%8.7%327-8.2K-450.00123.59001120
2011-12-14$4.00$0.00194.1%17.1%62.8%96.9%0.0%0.0%-1.4%305-7.1K-410.00125.02001120
2011-12-15$4.18$0.0057.7%16.5%64.8%21.1%0.0%0.0%10.1%328-8.4K-440.00126.47001120
2011-12-16$4.31$0.0052.7%15.1%65.5%18.3%0.0%0.0%15.7%356-10.1K-490.00126.33001120
2011-12-19$4.15$0.0058.2%16.7%65.9%21.3%0.0%0.0%10.8%347-8.6K-440.00125.5100670
2011-12-20$4.20$0.0057.1%16.4%62.7%20.7%0.0%0.0%14.3%391-7.7K-410.00126.6500670
2011-12-21$4.19$0.0055.3%15.8%62.4%19.7%0.0%0.0%14.1%391-7.3K-400.00125.1800670
2011-12-22$4.30$0.0044.3%12.7%62.6%13.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%398-9.8K-470.00191.6700670
2011-12-23$4.30$0.0045.1%12.9%62.4%14.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%427-4.0K-240.00192.5900670
2011-12-27$4.27$0.0049.7%14.3%56.9%16.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%380-3.5K-200.00190.9100670
2011-12-28$4.12$0.0056.9%16.3%56.7%20.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%212-2.3K-100.00190.9100670
2011-12-29$4.22$0.0064.6%18.5%50.8%24.9%0.0%0.0%7.3%404-7.7K-390.00127.8900670
2011-12-30$4.26$0.0063.6%18.2%49.3%24.3%0.0%0.0%6.9%382-9.0K-430.00128.1600670