RCUS Options History — December 2019

In December 2019, RCUS traded between $7.80 and $10.68. ATM implied volatility averaged 121.1%, placing in the 60.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 27.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 49.4% (HV 20d: 71.7%). Max pain ranged from $10.00 to $10.00. Net GEX was positive for 7 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.99.

Notable Days

  • 2019-12-19: Highest Volume — 74 contracts
  • 2019-12-23: Largest IV spike — 175.4% change
  • 2019-12-27: Highest IV Rank — 87.2%
  • 2019-12-27: Largest Expected Move — 49.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$8.96$7.80$10.68$8.09$10.06
Max Pain$10.00$10.00$10.00$10.00$10.00
ATM IV121.1%37.6%174.2%146.6%74.6%
Expected Move27.5%10.8%49.9%18.4%21.4%
HV 20d71.7%54.9%77.7%77.3%59.4%
HV 60d71.5%64.0%76.9%76.9%64.7%
IV Rank60.3%18.0%87.2%73.2%36.7%
IV Percentile39.5%7.9%79.0%48.0%17.9%
Term Structure82.9%64.1%93.8%93.8%64.1%
VWIV73.9%54.1%88.2%64.0%54.1%
Skew 25d-21.6%-71.4%28.1%-71.4%28.1%
Skew 10d-93.8%-93.8%-93.8%-93.8%-93.8%
Call IV 25d138.7%119.7%157.6%157.6%119.7%
Put IV 25d117.0%86.3%147.8%86.3%147.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %161.78151.40175.00173.22160.00
Gamma HHI0.560.260.840.820.79
Net GEX-162-8701.0K-6191.0K
Net DEX-3.1K-46.0K17.5K14.4K-28.0K
Net VEX-147-195-113-133-183
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.990.005.170.000.14
Total Volume11.095074016
Total OI180.19173196173196

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-12-02$8.09$10.00146.6%0.0%77.3%73.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%-61914.4K-1330.00173.22N/AN/A0071102
2019-12-03$8.19$10.00145.9%0.0%77.2%72.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%-55813.9K-1330.00175.00N/AN/A0271102
2019-12-04$7.93$10.00149.6%0.0%77.0%74.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%-76215.5K-1310.00169.14N/AN/A0071103
2019-12-05$7.80$10.00147.6%0.0%77.0%73.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%-87016.6K-1320.00162.56N/AN/A0871109
2019-12-06$8.27$10.0064.0%18.4%75.5%31.4%64.0%-71.4%0.0%-60512.6K-1200.00162.39N/AN/A03771105
2019-12-09$8.20$10.00156.9%0.0%75.5%78.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%-61817.4K-1280.00161.34N/AN/A0071105
2019-12-10$8.54$10.00151.3%0.0%76.5%75.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%-36011.7K-1310.00161.79N/AN/A0071105
2019-12-11$8.76$10.0095.3%27.3%74.4%47.2%86.2%0.0%0.0%-1498.5K-1220.00161.66N/AN/A06371105
2019-12-12$9.00$10.0081.5%23.4%74.8%40.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%18-6.2K-1820.00158.90N/AN/A0071108
2019-12-13$8.59$10.0086.3%24.7%77.1%42.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%-2728.4K-1130.00161.78N/AN/A0071108
2019-12-16$8.62$10.00157.0%0.0%74.5%78.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%-30811.1K-1250.00160.00N/AN/A2071108
2019-12-17$8.36$10.00161.2%0.0%74.1%80.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%-54117.5K-1170.00160.66N/AN/A0071108
2019-12-18$8.34$10.00173.7%0.0%73.5%87.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%-46612.9K-1220.00160.28N/AN/A1071108
2019-12-19$8.73$10.00116.5%33.4%74.2%58.0%0.0%0.0%93.8%-14-3.3K-1785.17157.04N/AN/A126272108
2019-12-20$9.36$10.0037.6%10.8%77.7%18.0%0.0%0.0%93.2%-35-5.6K-1180.00160.63N/AN/A0184107
2019-12-23$9.88$10.00103.6%29.7%71.6%51.5%88.2%0.0%80.4%230-30.2K-1880.33151.40N/AN/A318496
2019-12-24$10.16$10.0079.0%22.6%65.6%39.0%0.0%0.0%82.7%257-34.8K-1890.00159.09N/AN/A018596
2019-12-26$10.68$10.00142.7%40.9%56.5%71.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%127-45.5K-1940.00160.71N/AN/A048597
2019-12-27$10.59$10.00174.2%49.9%54.9%87.2%76.9%28.1%64.1%228-46.0K-1950.30160.63N/AN/A10385101
2019-12-30$9.91$10.0097.5%28.0%61.2%48.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%915-25.0K-1500.00159.07N/AN/A0785104
2019-12-31$10.06$10.0074.6%21.4%59.4%36.7%54.1%0.0%0.0%1.0K-28.0K-1830.14160.00N/AN/A14285111