POET Options History — January 2026

In January 2026, POET traded between $5.76 and $8.41. ATM implied volatility averaged 93.7%, placing in the 39.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 26.2%. IV traded below realized volatility by 4.7% (HV 20d: 98.4%). Max pain ranged from $5.00 to $8.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.18.

Notable Days

  • 2026-01-22: Highest Volume — 103,220 contracts
  • 2026-01-22: Largest IV drop — 15.8% change
  • 2026-01-21: Highest IV Rank — 50.1%
  • 2026-01-21: Largest Expected Move — 31.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$7.25$5.76$8.41$7.08$5.76
Max Pain$7.45$5.00$8.00$5.00$7.00
ATM IV93.7%85.3%109.2%87.6%98.2%
Expected Move26.2%24.5%31.3%26.4%26.4%
HV 20d98.4%88.2%107.6%107.6%106.3%
HV 60d107.9%103.2%114.2%114.2%109.0%
IV Rank39.4%33.6%50.1%35.1%42.5%
IV Percentile74.5%58.3%87.7%66.7%81.7%
Term Structure3.5%-20.6%25.5%6.0%-20.6%
VWIV93.6%86.4%105.6%94.1%94.3%
Skew 25d-4.3%-18.4%10.4%-6.7%-5.2%
Skew 10d-6.0%-22.1%22.6%0.5%-5.7%
Call IV 25d97.6%89.8%111.8%93.8%103.1%
Put IV 25d93.3%78.6%106.1%87.1%98.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %37.6718.7581.5133.8822.91
Gamma HHI0.140.110.210.160.13
Net GEX2.3M1.1M3.9M2.7M1.3M
Net DEX-224.5M-321.9M-134.3M-230.7M-134.3M
Net VEX-1.4M-1.5M-1.2M-1.3M-1.2M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.180.050.540.120.54
Total Volume42,684.9514,490103,22029,31625,651
Total OI726,828.1596,594787,922778,295728,705

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2026-01-02$7.08$5.0087.6%26.4%107.6%35.1%94.1%-6.7%6.0%2.7M-230.7M-1.3M0.1233.8826,2313,085708,46369,832
2026-01-05$7.41$8.0092.7%24.5%106.2%38.7%87.4%-18.4%3.3%2.7M-251.0M-1.3M0.0831.3229,8112,420702,42069,333
2026-01-06$7.45$8.0088.2%24.8%100.4%35.5%86.4%-7.5%8.4%2.9M-251.0M-1.4M0.1629.2615,0742,364706,57370,164
2026-01-07$7.47$8.0090.5%25.6%99.4%37.2%92.3%-16.7%-1.8%2.8M-255.5M-1.4M0.0529.5336,8172,005705,75070,916
2026-01-08$7.24$8.0085.3%25.0%94.7%33.6%88.2%-3.9%10.9%2.7M-236.9M-1.3M0.1228.9712,9161,574715,02271,893
2026-01-09$7.45$8.0088.6%24.9%93.8%35.9%88.5%-2.5%3.9%3.4M-249.4M-1.4M0.1444.9720,3452,931715,61572,307
2026-01-12$7.25$8.0090.9%25.1%94.4%37.4%92.3%-7.4%-5.1%2.6M-230.2M-1.3M0.1236.0529,1183,635700,34770,171
2026-01-13$7.04$8.0096.0%25.0%88.2%41.0%89.9%7.6%-5.8%2.4M-213.4M-1.3M0.1039.3314,3521,394707,65772,412
2026-01-14$8.16$8.00104.0%28.5%94.1%46.5%99.7%-5.9%-8.3%3.4M-305.9M-1.4M0.0558.3888,7544,296709,23573,165
2026-01-15$8.41$7.0098.5%27.6%94.3%42.7%96.9%2.3%-2.7%3.9M-321.9M-1.5M0.1634.9059,8459,366711,02074,943
2026-01-16$8.23$7.0095.9%25.0%94.8%40.9%91.3%4.7%-11.0%2.2M-310.1M-1.5M0.1334.4136,3284,727709,06477,514
2026-01-20$8.30$7.0097.0%27.0%94.8%41.7%97.3%-2.8%3.8%2.4M-251.5M-1.5M0.0963.4868,9706,431549,92646,668
2026-01-21$8.27$8.00109.2%31.3%90.7%50.1%105.6%-13.8%-1.5%2.2M-247.9M-1.5M0.3850.9831,82412,155559,38950,814
2026-01-22$7.01$8.0092.0%26.1%100.0%38.2%95.1%-3.4%-2.4%1.5M-172.1M-1.3M0.1529.8589,91813,302568,98358,123
2026-01-23$6.95$7.5094.2%26.1%97.8%39.7%94.4%-5.7%17.2%1.7M-184.8M-1.4M0.2623.6627,0767,139607,37565,606
2026-01-26$6.53$7.5091.1%27.2%99.7%37.6%95.4%10.4%19.1%1.5M-164.6M-1.3M0.4034.3131,75512,659591,18561,432
2026-01-27$6.83$7.0091.0%25.3%100.7%37.5%91.8%2.9%22.9%1.6M-181.7M-1.4M0.2426.8727,4406,587598,75571,190
2026-01-28$6.25$7.0093.7%25.8%104.8%39.4%94.1%-14.2%8.7%1.2M-158.7M-1.3M0.1981.5134,7796,574610,87576,380
2026-01-29$5.94$7.0089.0%26.8%106.2%36.1%96.8%0.7%25.5%1.1M-137.8M-1.2M0.1818.7537,2046,847628,41778,923
2026-01-30$5.76$7.0098.2%26.4%106.3%42.5%94.3%-5.2%-20.6%1.3M-134.3M-1.2M0.5422.9116,6658,986649,22779,478