NGL Options History — December 2015

In December 2015, NGL traded between $8.15 and $17.28. ATM implied volatility averaged 98.8%, placing in the 65.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 27.6%. IV traded below realized volatility by 5.2% (HV 20d: 104.0%). Max pain ranged from $12.50 to $40.00. Net GEX was positive for 10 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 3.68.

Notable Days

  • 2015-12-23: Highest Volume — 28,323 contracts
  • 2015-12-04: Largest IV spike — 51.6% change
  • 2015-12-17: Highest IV Rank — 94.7%
  • 2015-12-17: Largest Expected Move — 39.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$10.90$8.15$17.28$17.28$11.14
Max Pain$31.70$12.50$40.00$17.50$12.50
ATM IV98.8%48.1%136.0%48.1%97.5%
Expected Move27.6%13.8%39.0%13.8%28.0%
HV 20d104.0%62.7%132.7%62.7%132.7%
HV 60d74.4%53.4%89.0%53.4%89.0%
IV Rank65.2%24.9%94.7%24.9%64.2%
IV Percentile94.3%61.5%99.6%61.5%94.4%
Term Structure-13.0%-66.1%41.1%-1.4%-9.3%
VWIV93.1%48.1%123.6%48.1%90.0%
Skew 25d9.3%-21.6%45.6%3.9%14.2%
Skew 10d13.7%-39.0%62.4%14.9%15.7%
Call IV 25d88.4%39.6%129.4%39.6%84.4%
Put IV 25d97.6%43.5%152.4%43.5%98.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %92.6742.09114.3596.84100.86
Gamma HHI0.450.220.860.860.53
Net GEX2.7K-89.4K137.5K59.2K121.0K
Net DEX12.1M7.4M16.6M12.1M7.4M
Net VEX-10.8K-34.1K-2.3K-4.7K-30.6K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio3.681.097.571.383.25
Total Volume8,034.6363828,323386,211
Total OI24,386.22711,86040,39411,86040,394

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-12-01$17.28$17.5048.1%13.8%62.7%24.9%48.1%3.9%-1.4%59.2K12.1M-4.7K1.3896.84N/AN/A16224,2117,649
2015-12-02$15.14$17.5058.4%16.7%77.0%33.1%64.5%-7.8%-5.3%69611.2M-2.3K1.5597.75N/AN/A5428404,2227,671
2015-12-03$14.12$40.0060.4%17.9%77.6%34.7%64.0%2.6%-1.3%-12.6K11.0M-2.4K4.7084.38N/AN/A1,2635,9314,1848,142
2015-12-04$13.52$40.0091.6%20.1%76.5%59.5%63.8%6.7%-7.9%-29.3K16.6M-4.0K6.0382.70N/AN/A8635,2064,56413,399
2015-12-07$11.19$40.00132.1%27.7%99.2%91.6%91.6%38.2%-27.5%-6.3K14.1M-3.8K2.51104.73N/AN/A1,0412,6144,56813,544
2015-12-08$10.54$40.00127.6%36.9%99.7%88.1%115.3%14.8%-66.1%-44.4K15.2M-5.9K7.5797.21N/AN/A1,1168,4475,51115,866
2015-12-09$10.84$40.00102.7%29.4%100.8%68.3%99.3%7.7%-35.2%-23.5K15.2M-6.2K6.6992.47N/AN/A9796,5535,91716,250
2015-12-10$10.49$40.0088.6%25.4%100.2%57.1%90.3%2.4%-22.7%-18.1K14.8M-6.1K3.1391.49N/AN/A2,0646,4516,07916,312
2015-12-11$9.70$40.00104.2%29.9%95.2%69.4%108.4%-3.9%-25.8%-21.0K13.9M-6.1K2.7883.93N/AN/A2,1525,9835,99816,673
2015-12-14$9.01$40.00123.2%35.3%96.1%84.5%123.6%-3.9%-32.9%-14.8K13.1M-5.9K6.1499.25N/AN/A1,0856,6626,79416,758
2015-12-15$8.98$40.00117.6%33.7%94.3%80.2%117.3%2.7%-28.4%-5.5K12.3M-5.9K4.2394.41N/AN/A1,3365,6497,08115,719
2015-12-16$9.37$40.00118.2%33.9%98.0%80.6%113.2%30.2%-35.1%2.7K12.7M-6.5K5.20113.05N/AN/A1,0855,6457,61715,786
2015-12-17$8.15$40.00136.0%39.0%97.6%94.7%102.9%42.7%-36.4%3.2K11.2M-5.8K3.7192.67N/AN/A1,5235,6567,79315,820
2015-12-18$9.02$40.00105.4%30.2%109.8%70.4%108.9%24.6%-9.5%3.1K12.4M-5.9K2.96100.91N/AN/A1,9135,6707,72715,846
2015-12-21$8.86$40.00110.4%31.6%109.5%74.4%110.4%45.6%-23.2%4.9K10.7M-6.3K2.2542.09N/AN/A2,2114,9723,38013,753
2015-12-22$9.50$40.00100.5%28.8%111.9%66.6%108.6%0.1%12.4%10.4K10.8M-8.2K1.1897.49N/AN/A4,8435,7064,26013,898
2015-12-23$10.92$40.0097.1%27.8%127.5%63.8%94.6%10.8%11.3%55.6K11.0M-13.9K1.0959.40N/AN/A13,57514,7487,18714,647
2015-12-24$11.14$12.5073.2%21.0%128.3%44.9%86.6%-3.6%19.0%137.5K7.6M-34.1K5.3196.87N/AN/A2,77714,73618,22622,041
2015-12-28$10.18$12.5096.4%27.6%129.9%63.2%89.3%-4.9%41.1%-22.1K10.8M-25.8K2.47114.35N/AN/A1,8884,66518,28522,066
2015-12-29$10.55$12.5092.3%26.5%131.4%60.1%87.9%2.4%-2.5%-89.4K11.1M-23.9K3.56102.78N/AN/A1,3104,66518,29022,051
2015-12-30$10.08$12.5092.3%26.5%131.6%60.0%69.8%-21.6%0.7%-51.4K11.2M-24.3K3.3693.19N/AN/A1,4114,73718,28722,031
2015-12-31$11.14$12.5097.5%28.0%132.7%64.2%90.0%14.2%-9.3%121.0K7.4M-30.6K3.25100.86N/AN/A1,4604,75118,39721,997