S Options History — October 2019

In October 2019, S traded between $5.96 and $6.47. ATM implied volatility averaged 66.9%, placing in the 32.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 15.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 40.3% (HV 20d: 26.5%). Max pain ranged from $6.00 to $7.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.92.

Notable Days

  • 2019-10-17: Highest Volume — 41,873 contracts
  • 2019-10-03: Largest IV spike — 166.3% change
  • 2019-10-04: Highest IV Rank — 72.3%
  • 2019-10-29: Largest Expected Move — 20.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$6.27$5.96$6.47$6.13$6.21
Max Pain$6.91$6.00$7.00$6.00$7.00
ATM IV66.9%38.4%136.1%93.2%55.9%
Expected Move15.8%12.2%20.7%12.7%17.1%
HV 20d26.5%21.2%30.4%23.9%25.5%
HV 60d30.3%21.1%37.0%36.6%23.0%
IV Rank32.9%16.7%72.3%47.9%26.7%
IV Percentile62.5%31.7%98.4%92.1%55.2%
Term Structure5.0%-15.5%56.5%56.5%-0.4%
VWIV55.4%43.3%71.3%43.5%60.1%
Skew 25d33.5%-47.6%130.5%83.6%25.3%
Skew 10d38.3%-19.2%85.4%40.5%41.6%
Call IV 25d48.6%32.1%157.1%38.5%32.1%
Put IV 25d82.1%50.0%186.4%122.1%57.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %9.476.2312.608.8912.38
Gamma HHI0.410.320.510.320.49
Net GEX-2.6M-3.2M-2.3M-2.4M-3.2M
Net DEX92.5M77.4M114.8M92.2M98.7M
Net VEX-722.2K-764.7K-682.6K-728.8K-742.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.920.276.765.091.95
Total Volume14,565.8261,38141,8739,1968,698
Total OI773,092.261694,193873,041697,059873,041

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-10-01$6.13$6.0093.2%12.7%23.9%47.9%43.5%83.6%56.5%-2.4M92.2M-728.8K5.098.89N/AN/A1,5107,686161,485535,574
2019-10-02$5.96$6.0038.4%12.2%24.7%16.7%43.3%10.4%0.0%-2.4M98.6M-708.2K0.627.67N/AN/A853528162,206531,987
2019-10-03$5.97$7.00102.1%15.7%24.8%53.0%50.2%107.8%56.4%-2.4M101.4M-707.1K3.738.11N/AN/A9753,634162,713533,114
2019-10-04$6.09$7.00136.1%15.0%25.6%72.3%51.5%130.5%13.6%-2.3M92.9M-719.1K0.478.83N/AN/A7,7783,691162,858533,738
2019-10-07$6.12$7.00102.7%15.0%25.4%53.3%44.1%17.0%20.1%-2.5M95.2M-703.6K0.2711.93N/AN/A3,568970169,026534,684
2019-10-08$6.13$7.0040.3%15.2%25.6%17.8%49.9%12.2%14.1%-2.5M91.8M-701.1K3.228.08N/AN/A2,7778,948170,806535,432
2019-10-09$6.14$7.0041.6%15.1%24.9%18.6%55.3%11.5%13.7%-2.5M91.1M-702.1K2.1710.76N/AN/A5691,237171,955541,971
2019-10-10$6.29$7.00102.9%14.4%27.1%53.4%52.5%69.6%-6.1%-2.4M81.0M-721.8K1.618.70N/AN/A3,2805,291172,536542,767
2019-10-11$6.47$7.0092.8%14.9%29.5%47.7%49.4%-47.6%11.1%-2.4M79.5M-700.5K0.379.12N/AN/A5,3031,971172,870546,855
2019-10-14$6.37$7.0071.4%15.2%29.8%35.5%49.9%15.6%-5.7%-2.5M82.8M-693.6K1.239.67N/AN/A1,0541,294172,169546,709
2019-10-15$6.46$7.0054.3%15.8%30.3%25.8%45.9%22.6%-11.6%-2.6M79.6M-682.6K1.247.70N/AN/A16,15920,057172,557547,040
2019-10-16$6.47$7.0055.8%16.0%30.3%26.6%52.7%22.1%-8.7%-2.4M77.4M-700.0K1.677.03N/AN/A7,87813,126185,509554,426
2019-10-17$6.41$7.0062.1%18.4%30.4%30.2%56.0%28.5%-12.5%-2.4M82.5M-733.4K2.096.23N/AN/A13,54028,333191,693568,325
2019-10-18$6.42$7.0062.5%19.4%29.0%30.4%55.9%31.7%-15.5%-2.5M82.3M-764.7K2.8810.57N/AN/A10,71030,791205,057592,325
2019-10-21$6.40$7.0052.1%15.4%29.0%24.5%57.5%30.8%-2.9%-2.6M95.5M-756.5K0.898.83N/AN/A11,0839,910207,367622,529
2019-10-22$6.35$7.0052.8%15.3%27.2%24.9%58.2%27.6%-4.0%-2.8M97.6M-760.9K2.8111.16N/AN/A8,07122,705217,091631,517
2019-10-23$6.38$7.0052.8%15.4%27.2%25.0%58.5%31.5%-2.6%-2.8M96.3M-742.8K0.6410.19N/AN/A982624224,056627,857
2019-10-24$6.34$7.0052.9%16.1%26.2%25.0%68.5%30.9%-4.0%-2.7M99.4M-741.1K2.0910.29N/AN/A1,4773,094224,691628,190
2019-10-25$6.40$7.0050.9%15.8%22.7%23.9%71.3%28.3%-5.3%-2.7M96.2M-744.0K0.739.79N/AN/A2,2151,612225,133630,170
2019-10-28$6.36$7.0053.0%16.6%21.2%25.1%66.7%26.2%0.4%-2.8M99.3M-723.9K0.529.94N/AN/A5,4702,858225,257630,845
2019-10-29$6.12$7.0064.3%20.7%25.4%31.5%71.3%29.9%-0.7%-3.2M114.8M-717.1K1.1512.60N/AN/A18,42221,115230,198632,276
2019-10-30$6.29$7.0047.5%16.0%24.9%22.0%61.8%24.5%3.0%-2.9M101.5M-714.3K6.769.40N/AN/A1,69711,470245,707626,810
2019-10-31$6.21$7.0055.9%17.1%25.5%26.7%60.1%25.3%-0.4%-3.2M98.7M-742.9K1.9512.38N/AN/A2,9445,754245,555627,486