GPK Options History — April 2012

In April 2012, GPK traded between $5.24 and $5.62. ATM implied volatility averaged 61.5%, placing in the 21.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 17.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 37.2% (HV 20d: 24.3%). Max pain ranged from $7.50 to $7.50. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 1 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.00.

Notable Days

  • 2012-04-13: Highest Volume — 3 contracts
  • 2012-04-09: Largest IV spike — 30.4% change
  • 2012-04-11: Highest IV Rank — 30.3%
  • 2012-04-24: Largest Expected Move — 18.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$5.44$5.24$5.62$5.62$5.35
Max Pain$7.50$7.50$7.50$7.50$7.50
ATM IV61.5%50.0%74.3%56.5%64.8%
Expected Move17.0%14.3%18.6%16.2%18.6%
HV 20d24.3%19.1%27.8%25.5%26.5%
HV 60d27.2%25.7%29.7%29.5%26.7%
IV Rank21.0%14.3%30.3%20.4%17.1%
IV Percentile44.7%17.8%66.0%31.1%53.6%
Term Structure-12.4%-31.1%12.5%-15.1%-16.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %129.59114.08181.97114.08134.52
Gamma HHI0.620.500.780.760.50
Net GEX6852846471
Net DEX-1.9K-2.6K-1.4K-1.8K-1.6K
Net VEX-12-14-8-13-8
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.000.000.000.000.00
Total Volume0.150300
Total OI15.613181613

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-04-02$5.62$7.5056.5%16.2%25.5%20.4%0.0%0.0%-15.1%64-1.8K-130.00114.0800160
2012-04-03$5.60$7.5061.4%17.6%25.1%23.1%0.0%0.0%-19.1%66-1.8K-130.00115.5200160
2012-04-04$5.52$7.5062.1%17.8%25.8%23.5%0.0%0.0%-20.9%63-1.7K-120.00118.5900160
2012-04-05$5.44$7.5050.0%14.3%23.9%16.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%53-2.3K-140.00181.9700160
2012-04-09$5.30$0.0065.2%15.1%24.1%25.2%0.0%0.0%-6.1%54-1.4K-110.00130.0300160
2012-04-10$5.24$0.0065.6%16.0%24.1%25.4%0.0%0.0%-2.7%52-1.4K-110.00129.2800160
2012-04-11$5.34$0.0074.3%16.0%19.1%30.3%0.0%0.0%-7.2%55-1.5K-110.00128.5000160
2012-04-12$5.42$0.0055.5%15.9%20.2%19.8%0.0%0.0%12.5%55-1.6K-120.00127.0400160
2012-04-13$5.41$0.0056.4%16.2%20.2%20.3%0.0%0.0%-1.1%55-1.5K-110.00128.6530160
2012-04-16$5.36$0.0059.5%17.1%20.3%20.6%0.0%0.0%-7.5%75-2.2K-130.00128.1100180
2012-04-17$5.55$0.0059.9%17.2%24.3%20.9%0.0%0.0%-31.1%84-2.6K-140.00125.9200180
2012-04-18$5.47$0.0059.9%17.2%24.7%20.8%0.0%0.0%-10.5%78-2.4K-130.00126.1800180
2012-04-19$5.51$0.0062.5%17.9%24.8%22.2%0.0%0.0%-16.8%78-2.4K-130.00127.7100180
2012-04-20$5.50$0.0061.5%17.6%24.1%19.8%0.0%0.0%-27.3%81-2.5K-130.00127.9600180
2012-04-23$5.36$0.0062.4%17.9%25.8%20.3%0.0%0.0%-11.7%74-1.9K-110.00129.6200130
2012-04-24$5.43$0.0064.9%18.6%26.2%21.7%0.0%0.0%-15.8%76-2.0K-100.00128.2500130
2012-04-25$5.53$0.0064.6%18.5%27.0%21.6%0.0%0.0%-12.8%80-2.1K-110.00127.4200130
2012-04-26$5.43$0.0060.2%17.3%27.8%14.3%0.0%0.0%-12.6%77-1.9K-100.00130.1900130
2012-04-27$5.40$0.0062.0%17.8%26.7%15.4%0.0%0.0%-14.1%72-1.7K-80.00132.3400130
2012-04-30$5.35$0.0064.8%18.6%26.5%17.1%0.0%0.0%-16.6%71-1.6K-80.00134.5200130