RCUS Options History — December 2018

In December 2018, RCUS traded between $9.68 and $12.74. ATM implied volatility averaged 142.7%. The 30-day expected move averaged 39.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 69.6% (HV 20d: 73.1%). Max pain ranged from $10.00 to $10.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 3 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 3.25.

Notable Days

  • 2018-12-24: Highest Volume — 13 contracts
  • 2018-12-04: Largest IV spike — 54.5% change
  • 2018-12-18: Largest Expected Move — 53.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$11.40$9.68$12.74$12.74$10.57
Max Pain$10.00$10.00$10.00$10.00$10.00
ATM IV142.7%75.0%184.9%75.0%179.7%
Expected Move39.6%21.5%53.0%21.5%53.0%
HV 20d73.1%68.7%80.4%71.8%80.4%
Term Structure-52.8%-94.5%66.9%66.9%-78.8%
Skew 25d10.2%-64.5%63.3%2.7%10.7%
Skew 10d47.1%-65.7%122.5%102.9%31.8%
Call IV 25d76.3%32.6%122.7%41.9%112.3%
Put IV 25d86.6%33.7%131.4%44.6%123.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %177.75162.78183.73162.78183.73
Gamma HHI0.560.330.940.580.56
Net GEX-345-2.8K-66-71-347
Net DEX5.2K23317.0K2336.9K
Net VEX-67-90-37-37-88
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio3.250.005.500.005.50
Total Volume4.8501300
Total OI3624482443

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-12-03$12.74$10.0075.0%21.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.7%66.9%-71233-370.00162.78N/AN/A00519
2018-12-04$12.37$10.00115.8%33.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%9.6%32.8%-1272.2K-400.00162.85N/AN/A01519
2018-12-05$12.23$10.00123.6%35.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%9.9%29.9%-663.4K-410.00163.10N/AN/A01519
2018-12-06$11.88$10.0096.2%29.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%36.9%-72.6%-1873.3K-420.00180.77N/AN/A02520
2018-12-07$11.95$10.0084.4%30.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%11.6%-71.6%-1131.9K-420.00180.00N/AN/A03521
2018-12-10$12.67$10.00116.2%33.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%-2.8%-75.9%-99743-440.00178.22N/AN/A20523
2018-12-11$12.08$10.00161.9%46.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%7.1%-75.8%-841.5K-543.50178.77N/AN/A27723
2018-12-12$12.16$10.00163.5%46.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%27.2%-78.4%-1133.3K-713.50178.77N/AN/A27730
2018-12-13$12.52$10.00163.3%46.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%46.8%-76.1%-783.4K-703.50178.14N/AN/A27730
2018-12-14$12.57$10.00165.3%47.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%63.3%-72.7%-1002.5K-713.50177.91N/AN/A27730
2018-12-17$11.78$10.00178.7%51.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%-23.1%-94.5%-1103.7K-680.00181.30N/AN/A01730
2018-12-18$11.10$10.00184.9%53.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%-64.5%-89.4%-2183.0K-670.00181.30N/AN/A08731
2018-12-19$10.74$10.00111.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%10.7%-82.4%-3625.7K-830.00181.60N/AN/A08738
2018-12-20$10.00$10.00115.8%0.0%71.8%0.0%0.0%9.2%-78.8%-2.8K11.7K-820.00181.71N/AN/A011738
2018-12-21$9.77$10.00117.8%0.0%69.6%0.0%0.0%8.3%0.0%-42717.0K-850.00180.63N/AN/A011741
2018-12-24$10.01$10.00172.9%0.0%68.7%0.0%0.0%10.9%0.0%-4518.9K-905.50182.25N/AN/A211736
2018-12-26$10.41$10.00172.3%0.0%69.1%0.0%0.0%10.4%0.0%-3757.5K-900.00181.71N/AN/A00736
2018-12-27$9.68$10.00181.5%0.0%71.4%0.0%0.0%8.7%0.0%-45810.4K-860.00179.47N/AN/A00736
2018-12-28$10.74$10.00172.5%0.0%80.3%0.0%0.0%10.9%0.0%-3056.6K-890.00179.93N/AN/A00736
2018-12-31$10.57$10.00179.7%0.0%80.4%0.0%0.0%10.7%0.0%-3476.9K-880.00183.73N/AN/A00736