TRUE Options History — January 2015

In January 2015, TRUE traded between $17.60 and $21.80. ATM implied volatility averaged 76.2%. The 30-day expected move averaged 22.0%. Max pain ranged from $17.50 to $20.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.46.

Notable Days

  • 2015-01-06: Highest Volume — 5,887 contracts
  • 2015-01-09: Largest IV spike — 20.6% change
  • 2015-01-16: Largest Expected Move — 22.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$19.35$17.60$21.80$21.80$17.60
Max Pain$19.63$17.50$20.00$20.00$17.50
ATM IV76.2%67.5%85.1%67.5%75.9%
Expected Move22.0%20.4%22.8%20.4%21.8%
Term Structure-1.4%-5.7%4.7%3.3%-2.1%
VWIV76.7%71.5%81.1%72.2%76.7%
Skew 25d1.2%-3.5%7.6%0.3%2.4%
Skew 10d-5.0%-23.8%19.2%6.2%-13.1%
Call IV 25d75.9%66.8%79.8%69.2%76.1%
Put IV 25d77.1%69.4%81.7%69.4%78.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %49.3933.7561.9852.4544.56
Gamma HHI0.320.260.410.270.32
Net GEX239.8K101.4K426.8K260.2K221.0K
Net DEX-6.1M-11.0M-1.3M-8.0M-5.9M
Net VEX-45.5K-56.8K-31.2K-42.5K-53.5K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.460.021.371.370.47
Total Volume2,118.92225,8871,934946
Total OI20,916.6512,55025,79620,27920,860

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-01-02$21.80$20.0067.5%20.4%0.0%0.0%72.2%0.3%3.3%260.2K-8.0M-42.5K1.3752.45N/AN/A8151,11913,6456,634
2015-01-05$21.63$20.0069.9%21.0%0.0%0.0%71.5%6.1%-4.2%256.5K-7.7M-41.9K0.1748.90N/AN/A4086913,6426,812
2015-01-06$21.67$20.0077.1%21.8%0.0%0.0%76.4%7.6%-0.3%247.5K-8.7M-44.6K0.0257.83N/AN/A5,77810913,8486,865
2015-01-07$20.94$20.0073.6%22.1%0.0%0.0%76.3%-0.8%-3.0%370.1K-10.9M-56.8K0.2645.89N/AN/A1955018,2946,899
2015-01-08$20.31$20.0070.5%22.2%0.0%0.0%75.7%-1.2%-3.0%332.4K-8.1M-53.3K0.8348.29N/AN/A1,2361,03218,3646,949
2015-01-09$21.28$20.0085.1%22.5%0.0%0.0%77.7%7.1%-5.7%396.4K-11.0M-55.8K0.8847.19N/AN/A1,1581,01818,3756,992
2015-01-12$20.75$20.0080.9%21.8%0.0%0.0%78.4%-2.0%0.9%389.6K-9.8M-51.5K0.8852.85N/AN/A1,1661,03118,4297,081
2015-01-13$21.02$20.0070.6%21.6%0.0%0.0%77.4%0.3%0.2%426.8K-10.7M-52.1K1.2854.70N/AN/A8841,13318,5537,193
2015-01-14$19.54$20.0077.6%22.3%0.0%0.0%76.2%-1.7%-2.4%280.1K-5.3M-46.2K0.7151.20N/AN/A1,20285118,5847,212
2015-01-15$18.51$20.0076.5%21.9%0.0%0.0%77.8%-3.5%1.4%101.4K-1.4M-40.3K0.5646.51N/AN/A1,62691018,3527,317
2015-01-16$18.74$20.0079.7%22.8%0.0%0.0%79.0%0.5%-2.7%139.4K-1.3M-40.2K0.2241.54N/AN/A2,64058318,0827,346
2015-01-20$18.03$20.0079.6%22.8%0.0%0.0%77.5%-2.0%-1.2%104.6K-2.1M-32.0K0.1154.09N/AN/A802859,6982,852
2015-01-21$17.66$20.0075.2%21.6%0.0%0.0%75.6%1.3%4.7%109.5K-1.8M-31.2K0.0856.64N/AN/A2051710,2762,921
2015-01-22$18.11$20.0079.1%22.7%0.0%0.0%77.3%5.0%-3.3%123.6K-2.2M-31.6K0.0633.75N/AN/A4,46227210,2652,929
2015-01-23$17.92$20.0075.7%21.7%0.0%0.0%81.1%-3.5%-1.0%182.1K-4.7M-41.6K0.3052.19N/AN/A99130213,4913,013
2015-01-26$18.16$20.0077.8%22.3%0.0%0.0%76.6%2.1%1.1%199.3K-5.0M-42.2K0.4945.20N/AN/A23411414,0223,087
2015-01-27$17.62$20.0078.0%22.3%0.0%0.0%78.0%0.9%-2.8%180.6K-4.9M-42.0K0.1246.20N/AN/A3,36240614,1883,191
2015-01-28$17.89$17.5077.2%22.1%0.0%0.0%74.6%2.7%-1.7%239.2K-6.7M-56.7K0.0761.98N/AN/A3,90426317,4783,595
2015-01-29$17.79$17.5077.3%22.2%0.0%0.0%77.4%3.2%-5.5%236.0K-6.3M-54.2K0.3945.75N/AN/A71728317,4223,577
2015-01-30$17.60$17.5075.9%21.8%0.0%0.0%76.7%2.4%-2.1%221.0K-5.9M-53.5K0.4744.56N/AN/A64330317,2383,622