TRUE Options History — February 2016

In February 2016, TRUE traded between $4.71 and $6.33. ATM implied volatility averaged 106.8%. The 30-day expected move averaged 29.0%. Max pain ranged from $5.00 to $7.50. Net GEX was positive for 17 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 3 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.61.

Notable Days

  • 2016-02-19: Highest Volume — 2,690 contracts
  • 2016-02-10: Largest IV drop — 28.9% change
  • 2016-02-17: Largest Expected Move — 33.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$5.42$4.71$6.33$6.33$5.44
Max Pain$6.63$5.00$7.50$7.50$5.00
ATM IV106.8%88.4%150.4%100.9%98.2%
Expected Move29.0%25.3%33.8%28.9%28.1%
Term Structure-7.5%-36.1%10.8%-17.4%-9.2%
VWIV94.9%64.4%109.7%106.6%98.3%
Skew 25d10.3%-42.1%34.4%15.3%26.6%
Skew 10d25.3%-42.1%77.1%58.8%77.1%
Call IV 25d93.9%66.3%138.8%92.6%86.6%
Put IV 25d104.2%64.2%158.6%107.9%113.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %44.1519.5093.4649.5993.46
Gamma HHI0.520.350.690.620.60
Net GEX2.5K-6716.6K4.8K6.6K
Net DEX233.1K-147.1K414.6K145.6K-147.1K
Net VEX-1.3K-2.0K-775-2.0K-1.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.610.161.310.920.66
Total Volume7554152,690529504
Total OI3,425.752,8794,4063,3233,939

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-02-01$6.33$7.50100.9%28.9%0.0%0.0%106.6%15.3%-17.4%4.8K145.6K-2.0K0.9249.59N/AN/A2752541,9201,403
2016-02-02$6.07$7.5088.4%25.3%0.0%0.0%64.4%-42.1%-36.1%1.6K374.6K-1.3K0.8967.74N/AN/A2842531,9251,403
2016-02-03$5.75$7.50100.5%28.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%19.8%5.3%1.2K384.3K-1.1K0.5134.37N/AN/A2751401,9281,408
2016-02-04$5.99$7.50102.0%27.0%0.0%0.0%72.9%21.3%-5.5%1.7K372.0K-1.3K0.5037.89N/AN/A2811401,9461,425
2016-02-05$5.51$7.50126.3%27.1%0.0%0.0%87.7%15.9%3.1%457414.6K-9090.1639.82N/AN/A8671361,9531,425
2016-02-08$5.21$7.50150.4%33.2%0.0%0.0%100.5%-3.6%-18.5%-671412.3K-8880.2346.07N/AN/A8662011,4771,425
2016-02-09$5.10$7.50142.5%30.0%0.0%0.0%100.6%8.4%-7.6%-668414.5K-8370.5564.09N/AN/A3722041,5001,379
2016-02-10$5.12$7.50101.2%29.0%0.0%0.0%96.5%-1.9%-9.6%-224406.7K-8670.5438.77N/AN/A3681981,5991,382
2016-02-11$5.39$7.50108.4%31.1%0.0%0.0%97.9%4.1%-10.0%1.0K360.4K-9370.6542.84N/AN/A3031981,5981,380
2016-02-12$5.53$7.50106.5%30.5%0.0%0.0%100.3%18.2%-10.3%61377.1K-1.0K0.6533.65N/AN/A3282121,6501,380
2016-02-16$5.79$7.50116.9%33.5%0.0%0.0%95.5%16.9%-9.0%2.3K334.6K-1.1K0.5961.99N/AN/A3582101,7521,377
2016-02-17$5.91$7.50117.8%33.8%0.0%0.0%109.7%20.7%-9.5%2.7K305.2K-1.3K1.3132.52N/AN/A2733581,8021,385
2016-02-18$5.83$7.50117.1%33.6%0.0%0.0%105.9%16.9%-11.8%2.8K250.6K-1.3K0.4353.26N/AN/A1,1094721,9301,303
2016-02-19$5.01$5.0094.4%27.1%0.0%0.0%101.2%-4.3%10.8%1.1K345.4K-7750.4169.79N/AN/A1,9107802,8161,590
2016-02-22$4.76$5.0094.1%27.0%0.0%0.0%94.1%-4.5%-1.4%4.2K-10.3K-1.7K0.4426.80N/AN/A3911732,5771,114
2016-02-23$4.71$5.0095.8%27.5%0.0%0.0%96.4%23.2%-3.9%4.6K-7.4K-1.7K0.4720.62N/AN/A4001892,6841,136
2016-02-24$4.82$5.0089.6%25.7%0.0%0.0%91.1%-5.7%-0.3%4.6K18.2K-1.7K0.8425.96N/AN/A3382852,6941,149
2016-02-25$4.87$5.0092.5%26.5%0.0%0.0%92.7%27.0%-3.6%4.9K-8.0K-1.7K0.7819.50N/AN/A3652852,7151,149
2016-02-26$5.26$5.0091.6%26.3%0.0%0.0%92.0%34.4%-5.8%6.0K-80.8K-1.7K0.6424.30N/AN/A3322132,7481,149
2016-02-29$5.44$5.0098.2%28.1%0.0%0.0%98.3%26.6%-9.2%6.6K-147.1K-1.8K0.6693.46N/AN/A3042002,7771,162