GPK Options History — March 2013

In March 2013, GPK traded between $7.17 and $7.60. ATM implied volatility averaged 27.8%, placing in the 2.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.2% (HV 20d: 23.6%). Max pain ranged from $7.50 to $12.50. Net GEX was positive for 6 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 17 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.90.

Notable Days

  • 2013-03-21: Highest Volume — 1,150 contracts
  • 2013-03-11: Largest IV spike — 33.6% change
  • 2013-03-12: Highest IV Rank — 9.8%
  • 2013-03-04: Largest Expected Move — 9.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$7.46$7.17$7.60$7.42$7.49
Max Pain$8.41$7.50$12.50$7.50$7.50
ATM IV27.8%21.3%39.8%24.7%21.5%
Expected Move7.5%6.1%9.3%7.1%6.2%
HV 20d23.6%16.4%26.9%26.9%16.9%
HV 60d23.0%21.6%25.6%25.6%21.6%
IV Rank2.7%0.0%9.8%0.5%0.1%
IV Percentile4.9%0.0%18.8%1.2%0.4%
Term Structure5.2%-6.3%21.4%0.2%21.4%
VWIV29.9%24.3%45.9%33.8%25.8%
Skew 25d33.0%3.2%100.5%18.8%8.5%
Skew 10d45.2%6.4%107.7%23.1%12.4%
Call IV 25d30.8%22.3%40.4%25.8%38.2%
Put IV 25d63.8%28.7%125.4%44.6%46.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %105.4285.00133.75130.75112.71
Gamma HHI0.950.791.001.000.97
Net GEX262-8804.1K-7093.2K
Net DEX45.7K-91.3K1.1M-7.4K-37.1K
Net VEX-713-819-578-750-819
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.900.0019.910.000.00
Total Volume106.801,15000
Total OI873.75392,368753926

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-03-01$7.42$7.5024.7%7.1%26.9%0.5%0.0%18.8%0.2%-709-7.4K-7500.00130.7500331422
2013-03-04$7.49$0.0025.1%9.3%26.8%0.7%0.0%49.0%-2.0%-712-29.2K-7390.0085.00180331422
2013-03-05$7.51$0.0028.8%6.8%26.6%3.0%0.0%6.4%12.0%-623-37.6K-7520.00111.1300338422
2013-03-06$7.45$0.0025.2%7.7%26.8%0.8%0.0%6.2%5.1%-655-22.1K-7420.00121.4510338422
2013-03-07$7.50$0.0029.3%8.8%26.8%3.3%0.0%52.0%-0.2%-619-25.8K-7160.0089.9500338422
2013-03-08$7.57$0.0027.9%6.5%26.8%2.5%0.0%20.4%11.7%-604-56.9K-7210.00113.0500338422
2013-03-11$7.54$0.0037.3%8.3%26.7%8.3%0.0%8.5%1.6%-614-52.3K-6990.00100.56150338422
2013-03-12$7.52$0.0039.8%6.2%25.9%9.8%0.0%7.5%9.1%-816-44.5K-6900.00133.7530335422
2013-03-13$7.54$0.0032.0%7.7%25.8%5.0%0.0%7.2%4.8%-811-48.8K-6690.0099.0600337422
2013-03-14$7.60$0.0028.6%8.2%25.1%2.9%33.8%3.2%-6.3%-880-75.5K-6580.00126.9470337422
2013-03-15$7.59$7.5028.7%8.2%25.1%3.0%0.0%8.6%5.2%-828-76.0K-6470.00103.2150337422
2013-03-18$7.50$7.5029.1%8.3%25.4%3.2%0.0%52.9%1.6%-618-25.6K-5870.0089.6600229310
2013-03-19$7.46$7.5028.8%8.3%24.6%3.1%28.3%65.3%3.3%-700-18.4K-5780.0091.661390229310
2013-03-20$7.44$7.5024.3%7.0%20.7%0.2%24.3%59.0%9.0%4.1K-91.3K-7040.00100.080610364310
2013-03-21$7.28$12.5029.6%8.5%22.4%3.5%29.8%16.5%3.9%-210343.1K-77419.9194.73551,095364920
2013-03-22$7.17$10.0022.8%6.5%21.1%0.0%45.9%85.1%2.0%1.1K1.1M-7182.1586.76471014031,965
2013-03-25$7.25$10.0021.3%6.1%17.1%0.0%26.3%100.5%8.7%2.0K113.8K-7290.40111.39104419576
2013-03-26$7.43$7.5024.9%7.1%17.7%2.2%24.8%14.1%9.1%2.0K1.9K-7690.33104.0331429474
2013-03-27$7.40$7.5025.7%7.4%16.4%2.7%25.8%70.5%3.0%2.3K-22.3K-8010.00102.45220432474
2013-03-28$7.49$7.5021.5%6.2%16.9%0.1%0.0%8.5%21.4%3.2K-37.1K-8190.00112.7100452474