POET Options History — August 2025

In August 2025, POET traded between $4.91 and $5.79. ATM implied volatility averaged 68.4%, placing in the 10.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 21.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 2.1% (HV 20d: 70.5%). Max pain ranged from $4.00 to $6.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.07.

Notable Days

  • 2025-08-12: Highest Volume — 14,191 contracts
  • 2025-08-29: Largest IV spike — 46.4% change
  • 2025-08-04: Highest IV Rank — 15.5%
  • 2025-08-01: Largest Expected Move — 25.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$5.30$4.91$5.79$5.38$5.42
Max Pain$5.74$4.00$6.00$4.00$5.50
ATM IV68.4%42.1%85.6%70.5%68.0%
Expected Move21.1%16.4%25.0%25.0%21.1%
HV 20d70.5%56.9%106.7%106.6%63.4%
HV 60d87.7%84.8%89.3%84.8%88.6%
IV Rank10.0%1.7%15.5%10.7%9.9%
IV Percentile29.3%0.8%68.7%28.2%26.6%
Term Structure3.5%-35.9%40.0%39.9%40.0%
VWIV73.4%58.7%87.8%87.8%70.3%
Skew 25d-1.4%-35.9%39.8%30.2%30.9%
Skew 10d4.5%-23.1%29.6%5.4%1.9%
Call IV 25d67.0%41.8%92.2%47.1%46.2%
Put IV 25d65.6%42.6%86.4%77.3%77.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %82.4271.4394.5679.7583.68
Gamma HHI0.210.180.310.180.20
Net GEX1.3M997.1K1.5M1.2M1.3M
Net DEX-71.2M-88.0M-56.1M-71.5M-78.0M
Net VEX-408.7K-439.8K-373.5K-405.4K-417.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.070.010.190.080.04
Total Volume6,230.9052,31914,1915,2566,857
Total OI351,654.857340,459365,532353,278347,825

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2025-08-01$5.38$4.0070.5%25.0%106.6%10.7%87.8%30.2%39.9%1.2M-71.5M-405.4K0.0879.754,888368342,50010,778
2025-08-04$5.79$6.0085.6%22.4%105.8%15.5%80.8%-9.4%-5.4%1.4M-88.0M-439.8K0.0272.3712,434282338,1089,635
2025-08-05$5.54$6.0066.2%22.6%106.7%9.3%66.6%24.6%3.3%1.3M-79.1M-415.1K0.0275.4810,262179345,9919,843
2025-08-06$5.41$6.0078.9%17.4%84.2%13.4%71.5%-1.7%-24.6%1.3M-75.7M-429.3K0.0289.8810,509252352,3639,925
2025-08-07$5.32$6.0079.8%24.2%65.0%13.6%81.3%26.9%-1.2%1.3M-73.3M-422.1K0.0783.892,799188355,44910,010
2025-08-08$5.47$6.0075.3%21.0%66.1%12.2%74.9%2.8%2.8%1.4M-77.4M-423.7K0.1979.193,238602355,36610,166
2025-08-11$5.55$6.0068.2%21.3%63.0%9.9%78.5%-32.5%31.6%1.4M-81.5M-436.9K0.1482.814,581663348,4699,578
2025-08-12$5.03$6.0075.7%21.2%69.5%12.4%75.4%-18.8%0.5%1.1M-62.3M-396.2K0.0586.0113,557634349,55310,161
2025-08-13$5.18$6.0072.8%20.5%68.5%11.4%73.5%12.2%-1.9%1.2M-67.5M-409.2K0.0387.172,923100352,47510,504
2025-08-14$5.07$6.0072.9%21.1%67.0%11.5%73.3%-15.3%5.4%1.2M-63.3M-396.8K0.0680.164,478251352,94210,494
2025-08-15$5.03$6.0065.2%20.3%67.0%9.0%63.5%-20.1%9.8%1.5M-63.3M-403.9K0.0986.272,488230352,79110,600
2025-08-18$5.06$6.0072.7%20.5%63.3%11.4%58.7%3.5%-9.0%1.1M-61.9M-394.4K0.0771.434,979329332,1848,941
2025-08-19$4.91$6.0073.4%21.0%61.6%11.6%77.4%-35.9%-12.6%997.1K-58.0M-381.5K0.0980.663,620333332,4339,110
2025-08-20$4.92$6.0074.5%21.4%56.9%12.0%72.6%-18.7%-6.2%1.0M-56.1M-373.5K0.0580.987,646383332,2489,309
2025-08-21$5.03$5.5075.2%22.3%57.4%12.2%75.1%-32.4%-35.9%1.1M-60.8M-384.2K0.1078.962,432253334,3449,293
2025-08-22$5.37$5.5066.6%20.5%63.5%9.4%68.0%-3.5%-9.5%1.3M-71.0M-398.2K0.0588.904,729216334,5229,262
2025-08-25$5.41$5.5054.6%21.2%61.4%5.6%69.1%-4.6%-0.1%1.3M-73.6M-410.3K0.0982.845,535478331,5568,903
2025-08-26$5.42$5.5052.1%21.6%61.0%4.8%76.0%-11.1%10.3%1.3M-76.5M-419.3K0.0582.963,133152332,8178,950
2025-08-27$5.39$5.5042.1%20.7%61.0%1.7%76.6%2.9%33.6%1.3M-74.0M-408.3K0.0782.772,174145333,5209,044
2025-08-28$5.66$5.5046.5%16.4%61.9%3.1%69.9%39.8%2.9%1.4M-82.6M-417.4K0.0194.5611,47079333,7249,066
2025-08-29$5.42$5.5068.0%21.1%63.4%9.9%70.3%30.9%40.0%1.3M-78.0M-417.4K0.0483.686,567290338,7499,076