POET Options History — May 2025

In May 2025, POET traded between $4.13 and $4.71. ATM implied volatility averaged 59.9%, placing in the 6.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 17.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.7% (HV 20d: 54.3%). Max pain ranged from $3.00 to $4.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.07.

Notable Days

  • 2025-05-29: Highest Volume — 11,946 contracts
  • 2025-05-15: Largest IV spike — 28.5% change
  • 2025-05-21: Highest IV Rank — 11.2%
  • 2025-05-02: Largest Expected Move — 24.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$4.43$4.13$4.71$4.13$4.32
Max Pain$3.90$3.00$4.00$3.00$4.00
ATM IV59.9%44.0%75.9%59.1%60.0%
Expected Move17.8%13.1%24.1%20.0%18.5%
HV 20d54.3%38.4%99.5%99.5%44.4%
HV 60d85.9%79.6%90.5%90.5%79.8%
IV Rank6.0%0.9%11.2%5.8%6.1%
IV Percentile6.7%0.4%24.6%1.2%6.0%
Term Structure-4.1%-30.8%35.7%-18.4%-18.1%
VWIV62.7%39.7%93.5%93.5%75.4%
Skew 25d0.3%-25.5%31.9%-9.4%-11.1%
Skew 10d5.2%-55.2%33.7%6.6%33.7%
Call IV 25d57.2%37.9%85.9%63.5%67.6%
Put IV 25d57.5%43.8%80.9%54.1%56.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %88.4669.31114.79110.3087.39
Gamma HHI0.310.290.350.290.35
Net GEX429.8K343.7K490.3K343.7K452.6K
Net DEX-25.2M-30.5M-20.8M-20.8M-24.8M
Net VEX-197.5K-213.9K-154.1K-183.5K-201.6K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.070.010.400.050.20
Total Volume2,15157511,9465751,285
Total OI182,345.048177,480198,803178,445198,803

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2025-05-01$4.13$3.0059.1%20.0%99.5%5.8%93.5%-9.4%-18.4%343.7K-20.8M-183.5K0.05110.3054629170,9817,464
2025-05-02$4.33$3.0075.2%24.1%99.4%11.0%53.3%6.4%1.1%380.8K-23.6M-196.9K0.1087.281,606162170,8027,477
2025-05-05$4.32$4.0064.9%17.9%89.0%7.7%40.5%-4.5%-30.8%397.5K-23.1M-183.3K0.0169.3175911170,3297,151
2025-05-06$4.24$4.0054.0%15.9%82.2%4.1%61.5%-8.5%-14.6%407.1K-23.1M-202.1K0.40106.89502202170,5047,143
2025-05-07$4.35$4.0046.8%14.5%79.3%1.8%53.5%-4.7%0.3%386.4K-23.5M-191.7K0.04114.791,77165170,8057,243
2025-05-08$4.41$4.0055.5%13.1%47.9%4.6%39.7%-1.2%-18.6%409.6K-24.9M-197.2K0.03103.831,47549171,9767,299
2025-05-09$4.45$4.0053.6%15.4%41.9%4.0%48.9%5.8%-2.0%430.2K-25.9M-205.7K0.0280.552,00443172,8027,346
2025-05-12$4.45$4.0045.7%13.5%41.4%1.5%46.8%-8.6%9.2%429.5K-25.9M-200.0K0.0391.931,86849173,0837,299
2025-05-13$4.40$4.0057.6%20.8%40.6%5.3%72.3%13.4%35.7%458.7K-20.9M-154.1K0.0278.131,57734173,3567,338
2025-05-14$4.46$4.0044.0%14.1%40.3%0.9%57.7%-5.2%15.9%432.5K-26.2M-200.9K0.0184.061,34518173,3257,363
2025-05-15$4.45$4.0056.5%19.1%38.4%5.0%70.1%22.6%26.1%427.7K-25.6M-201.7K0.0171.7792512174,0537,380
2025-05-16$4.69$4.0061.7%18.4%41.3%6.6%65.4%11.7%6.4%485.8K-29.0M-207.5K0.0779.571,784121174,2427,380
2025-05-19$4.71$4.0065.8%18.8%40.1%8.0%60.9%31.9%-23.4%490.3K-30.5M-213.9K0.1075.4955755173,9067,033
2025-05-20$4.66$4.0064.0%18.7%40.0%7.4%58.9%5.8%-7.8%481.4K-29.3M-208.0K0.0685.2361537173,9557,052
2025-05-21$4.38$4.0075.9%21.8%47.2%11.2%77.7%-8.3%-8.0%408.0K-24.4M-195.2K0.0378.613,18186173,9997,075
2025-05-22$4.47$4.0056.1%15.8%46.2%4.8%73.1%-9.8%-17.3%439.3K-26.2M-204.6K0.0196.216,29334175,2857,153
2025-05-23$4.38$4.0065.3%18.7%47.1%7.8%67.2%-25.5%-0.1%420.5K-24.9M-202.7K0.0784.0163344180,5287,171
2025-05-27$4.57$4.0069.5%15.5%45.8%9.1%64.5%-1.6%-14.6%485.2K-27.2M-206.1K0.0293.452,35356180,2797,085
2025-05-28$4.41$4.0057.3%17.0%43.8%5.2%65.9%23.1%-8.4%425.2K-24.3M-195.1K0.1093.4594891180,5017,135
2025-05-29$4.42$4.0069.7%22.0%43.7%9.2%69.9%-16.2%1.3%434.2K-25.1M-195.6K0.0185.4511,840106180,9327,213
2025-05-30$4.32$4.0060.0%18.5%44.4%6.1%75.4%-11.1%-18.1%452.6K-24.8M-201.6K0.2087.391,070215191,5247,279