POET Options History — February 2026

In February 2026, POET traded between $5.20 and $6.32. ATM implied volatility averaged 98.2%, placing in the 42.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 27.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.0% (HV 20d: 95.2%). Max pain ranged from $6.00 to $7.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.16.

Notable Days

  • 2026-02-02: Highest Volume — 32,177 contracts
  • 2026-02-06: Largest IV spike — 22.0% change
  • 2026-02-06: Highest IV Rank — 53.6%
  • 2026-02-05: Largest Expected Move — 31.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$5.80$5.20$6.32$5.86$5.96
Max Pain$6.16$6.00$7.00$7.00$6.00
ATM IV98.2%89.4%114.2%105.1%89.6%
Expected Move27.4%24.7%31.1%26.3%26.6%
HV 20d95.2%79.0%113.6%97.7%79.2%
HV 60d107.2%104.8%109.4%106.8%107.3%
IV Rank42.4%36.4%53.6%47.3%36.5%
IV Percentile76.3%57.5%88.9%84.9%58.7%
Term Structure-5.1%-25.0%16.2%-22.7%-18.5%
VWIV96.3%90.4%108.3%95.7%95.2%
Skew 25d5.2%-17.4%41.7%2.9%5.5%
Skew 10d3.9%-20.9%28.7%-14.7%-1.7%
Call IV 25d96.0%78.6%113.7%95.4%90.8%
Put IV 25d101.2%89.1%123.2%98.3%96.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %69.2126.3787.4827.2684.04
Gamma HHI0.130.120.140.120.13
Net GEX1.4M1.1M1.8M1.4M1.7M
Net DEX-142.0M-176.8M-112.2M-145.5M-152.9M
Net VEX-1.2M-1.3M-1.1M-1.3M-1.2M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.160.050.320.210.29
Total Volume16,052.0537,17032,17732,1777,170
Total OI710,428.895686,685722,072708,005709,700

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2026-02-02$5.86$7.00105.1%26.3%97.7%47.3%95.7%2.9%-22.7%1.4M-145.5M-1.3M0.2127.2626,5185,659637,70770,298
2026-02-03$5.97$7.0096.3%27.8%96.2%41.2%93.3%3.3%2.9%1.4M-146.7M-1.3M0.3226.3722,0247,102646,93570,513
2026-02-04$5.62$7.00109.0%29.3%97.5%50.0%107.6%5.6%-19.9%1.2M-134.9M-1.2M0.0840.5715,0551,234645,90567,193
2026-02-05$5.20$6.0093.7%31.1%99.8%39.3%108.3%3.2%-7.7%1.1M-112.2M-1.1M0.0971.3618,1481,610648,47567,332
2026-02-06$5.87$6.00114.2%29.8%111.2%53.6%99.4%-17.4%-3.6%1.3M-140.2M-1.2M0.1175.3517,4061,905654,59767,475
2026-02-09$6.19$6.0098.3%28.0%112.7%42.5%99.3%-2.3%-5.6%1.5M-161.5M-1.3M0.0872.9418,8391,515642,34364,044
2026-02-10$5.87$6.0099.0%28.7%113.6%43.0%91.3%20.5%-1.6%1.5M-151.6M-1.3M0.0560.8712,285573649,25764,902
2026-02-11$5.80$6.0096.2%27.8%113.4%41.1%99.9%10.5%-0.1%1.4M-144.6M-1.2M0.1169.967,994873652,03465,276
2026-02-12$5.64$6.00106.5%24.7%97.0%48.2%90.6%41.7%-25.0%1.3M-142.6M-1.2M0.0783.909,205652653,33265,582
2026-02-13$5.56$6.00100.1%27.3%95.3%43.8%98.4%2.8%-3.2%1.2M-132.0M-1.2M0.3075.296,4761,951654,26665,752
2026-02-17$5.56$6.0099.1%28.7%95.6%43.1%101.0%0.7%0.6%1.2M-127.6M-1.1M0.0773.6015,8211,081643,90664,820
2026-02-18$5.60$6.0094.6%27.1%95.5%40.0%94.7%21.1%-1.6%1.2M-126.4M-1.1M0.3281.206,7132,178644,98865,297
2026-02-19$5.56$6.0093.1%26.6%95.5%39.0%94.2%-5.2%4.1%1.3M-123.5M-1.1M0.1273.1611,1411,349646,96265,286
2026-02-20$5.64$6.0091.6%25.9%79.0%37.9%91.8%0.0%-1.5%1.3M-127.9M-1.2M0.1374.9212,5941,678653,19665,716
2026-02-23$5.52$6.00101.7%25.5%79.1%44.9%92.6%-0.1%-15.8%1.3M-126.4M-1.1M0.1187.489,0201,032629,94856,737
2026-02-24$6.09$6.0095.0%27.4%85.7%40.2%95.9%0.1%-5.6%1.5M-153.9M-1.2M0.2276.1422,5004,846631,95857,417
2026-02-25$6.32$6.0092.3%26.3%85.2%38.4%90.4%7.3%10.9%1.8M-176.8M-1.3M0.1877.8615,7402,804644,64458,018
2026-02-26$6.28$6.0089.4%25.4%79.1%36.4%90.9%-0.8%16.2%1.8M-170.6M-1.3M0.1282.6810,9781,320646,55359,785
2026-02-27$5.96$6.0089.6%26.6%79.2%36.5%95.2%5.5%-18.5%1.7M-152.9M-1.2M0.2984.045,5611,609649,22060,480