NGL Options History — August 2018

In August 2018, NGL traded between $11.43 and $13.23. ATM implied volatility averaged 38.8%, placing in the 25.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.9%. IV traded below realized volatility by 2.7% (HV 20d: 41.5%). Max pain ranged from $12.50 to $12.50. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 16 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.97.

Notable Days

  • 2018-08-16: Highest Volume — 7,299 contracts
  • 2018-08-07: Largest IV drop — 30.9% change
  • 2018-08-06: Highest IV Rank — 66.9%
  • 2018-08-01: Largest Expected Move — 15.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$12.67$11.43$13.23$12.55$11.43
Max Pain$12.50$12.50$12.50$12.50$12.50
ATM IV38.8%30.2%58.7%53.8%30.2%
Expected Move10.9%8.7%15.4%15.4%8.7%
HV 20d41.5%32.3%46.4%39.8%34.4%
HV 60d36.8%35.4%37.6%36.2%36.2%
IV Rank25.1%7.2%66.9%56.7%7.2%
IV Percentile21.5%0.8%93.7%86.5%0.8%
Term Structure-0.5%-12.6%2.9%-11.0%0.3%
VWIV36.8%25.6%54.0%54.0%34.4%
Skew 25d2.0%-13.9%32.7%17.3%-13.9%
Skew 10d3.9%-16.5%73.3%28.9%-13.7%
Call IV 25d35.2%23.8%43.2%43.2%36.3%
Put IV 25d37.2%22.5%69.4%60.5%22.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %19.148.2666.7411.4915.91
Gamma HHI0.590.440.830.640.51
Net GEX292.6K91.8K586.5K172.3K91.8K
Net DEX-7.1M-12.9M-1.2M-5.3M-1.2M
Net VEX-32.0K-34.9K-26.9K-31.9K-26.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.970.062.632.320.06
Total Volume1,685.7394907,2999844,793
Total OI18,124.26115,38719,87015,60016,110

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-08-01$12.55$12.5053.8%15.4%39.8%56.7%54.0%17.3%-11.0%172.3K-5.3M-31.9K2.3211.49N/AN/A29668812,0483,552
2018-08-02$12.88$12.5052.6%15.1%40.8%54.1%52.6%5.7%-10.6%198.7K-6.2M-31.7K0.3710.86N/AN/A49518412,0753,312
2018-08-03$12.63$12.5053.0%15.2%41.2%54.9%53.4%0.2%-12.6%203.0K-5.7M-31.6K0.3512.71N/AN/A39013512,2613,336
2018-08-06$12.98$12.5058.7%12.5%41.6%66.9%35.1%-5.6%-1.9%212.6K-6.6M-31.0K0.1714.36N/AN/A2,05535312,1613,344
2018-08-07$12.35$12.5040.5%10.7%45.3%28.8%37.0%1.3%1.1%237.7K-5.1M-31.0K0.109.71N/AN/A4,08742312,5673,506
2018-08-08$12.58$12.5038.0%10.9%45.1%23.5%36.6%7.0%-0.6%569.7K-8.3M-34.6K0.5616.94N/AN/A52429616,2663,570
2018-08-09$12.63$12.5036.0%10.4%44.4%19.3%34.0%-4.9%2.3%586.5K-8.8M-33.8K2.4112.78N/AN/A14535016,1263,567
2018-08-10$13.15$12.5036.4%10.6%46.4%20.1%25.6%2.4%0.9%464.4K-12.0M-33.1K2.1063.60N/AN/A21545116,1583,564
2018-08-13$13.00$12.5044.4%10.7%46.3%37.0%34.8%-1.1%1.2%522.4K-11.3M-31.7K0.728.26N/AN/A54238916,1843,446
2018-08-14$13.13$12.5032.2%10.9%46.1%11.2%37.2%0.8%-0.5%340.8K-12.9M-30.1K1.4417.35N/AN/A33948716,0133,532
2018-08-15$12.95$12.5037.3%10.7%45.6%22.0%36.6%32.7%0.9%538.7K-10.7M-30.6K0.7412.33N/AN/A65849016,1853,520
2018-08-16$12.97$12.5037.5%10.7%45.3%22.4%36.5%-2.1%1.3%285.3K-12.1M-29.0K0.0911.38N/AN/A6,70159815,9123,540
2018-08-17$13.23$12.5034.7%10.0%44.0%16.6%33.8%1.8%2.5%286.4K-10.2M-34.9K0.6713.78N/AN/A38125616,3183,552
2018-08-20$13.23$12.5033.2%9.5%44.0%13.4%33.0%-0.5%2.9%293.2K-7.4M-33.5K0.9918.87N/AN/A28528314,3302,800
2018-08-21$13.05$12.5034.8%10.0%44.3%16.9%34.0%10.2%1.5%283.1K-7.1M-33.9K0.5118.95N/AN/A44522914,3732,848
2018-08-22$12.93$12.5033.2%9.5%43.9%13.5%33.0%6.6%2.8%274.3K-6.5M-33.4K2.5315.92N/AN/A28271414,5522,936
2018-08-23$12.80$12.5034.8%10.0%43.5%16.8%34.4%5.7%1.4%245.8K-5.9M-33.7K2.6312.63N/AN/A13535514,5503,535
2018-08-24$12.45$12.5033.4%9.6%36.2%13.7%33.3%1.1%1.7%212.3K-4.8M-32.2K0.8814.03N/AN/A39935314,5293,639
2018-08-27$12.30$12.5033.3%9.6%36.5%13.7%33.8%-9.9%2.2%199.3K-4.3M-31.3K1.0931.46N/AN/A60566014,7013,842
2018-08-28$12.28$12.5033.9%9.7%33.7%14.9%34.0%-1.6%-0.0%184.0K-3.8M-33.1K1.1666.74N/AN/A47555015,0924,302
2018-08-29$12.10$12.5034.4%9.9%33.6%16.0%34.7%-1.9%1.5%173.1K-3.4M-32.0K0.3416.73N/AN/A76025615,1404,287
2018-08-30$11.90$12.5035.5%10.2%32.3%18.2%35.5%-5.5%1.2%153.8K-2.7M-31.4K0.0813.45N/AN/A4,87838715,3084,369
2018-08-31$11.43$12.5030.2%8.7%34.4%7.2%34.4%-13.9%0.3%91.8K-1.2M-26.9K0.0615.91N/AN/A4,52926411,5054,605