TRUE Options History — April 2017

In April 2017, TRUE traded between $14.16 and $17.80. ATM implied volatility averaged 43.2%. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.3%. Max pain ranged from $12.50 to $15.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 3 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.13.

Notable Days

  • 2017-04-07: Highest Volume — 7,381 contracts
  • 2017-04-12: Largest IV spike — 57.4% change
  • 2017-04-28: Largest Expected Move — 16.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$15.25$14.16$17.80$15.00$17.48
Max Pain$13.21$12.50$15.00$12.50$15.00
ATM IV43.2%27.2%56.0%27.2%56.0%
Expected Move13.3%7.8%16.1%7.8%16.1%
Term Structure-5.2%-11.7%15.2%14.5%-11.7%
VWIV46.6%27.2%57.5%27.2%48.2%
Skew 25d3.5%-5.2%9.0%-3.6%2.8%
Skew 10d17.9%-10.8%52.9%-5.7%10.3%
Call IV 25d46.6%30.9%54.3%30.9%53.5%
Put IV 25d50.2%26.9%56.8%27.3%56.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %52.1820.7087.8947.0138.91
Gamma HHI0.480.290.830.610.30
Net GEX1.2M30.3K3.4M1.6M266.8K
Net DEX-140.1M-206.6M-13.0M-192.7M-19.6M
Net VEX-54.8K-99.7K-31.6K-48.3K-34.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.130.094.880.191.17
Total Volume3,514.4741,3007,3814,3702,925
Total OI119,113.68417,299160,761144,39220,113

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-04-03$15.00$12.5027.2%7.8%0.0%0.0%27.2%-3.6%14.5%1.6M-192.7M-48.3K0.1947.01N/AN/A3,658712137,4686,924
2017-04-04$14.84$12.5029.6%8.5%0.0%0.0%29.7%7.2%13.9%2.2M-185.7M-73.0K0.5447.53N/AN/A1,172630139,3457,498
2017-04-05$14.61$12.5028.6%8.2%0.0%0.0%28.7%-5.2%15.2%2.5M-178.9M-85.2K0.4761.56N/AN/A1,552731139,4497,960
2017-04-06$14.54$12.5028.0%12.3%0.0%0.0%43.2%3.9%-5.2%2.8M-177.3M-83.0K0.8878.58N/AN/A3,7993,352140,2317,919
2017-04-07$14.50$12.5029.6%12.4%0.0%0.0%43.2%3.1%-5.9%2.7M-173.4M-95.7K0.5872.81N/AN/A4,6812,700142,16510,265
2017-04-10$14.45$12.5028.9%13.0%0.0%0.0%47.3%1.8%-7.0%3.0M-170.2M-99.7K0.1970.83N/AN/A1,094206145,67312,761
2017-04-11$14.46$12.5029.6%13.1%0.0%0.0%46.7%2.8%-6.9%3.4M-171.4M-89.7K0.1887.89N/AN/A1,171212145,67212,778
2017-04-12$14.17$12.5046.7%13.4%0.0%0.0%56.5%3.6%-6.9%829.6K-179.0M-48.6K2.2943.84N/AN/A1,1442,621145,62712,778
2017-04-13$14.16$12.5048.1%13.8%0.0%0.0%46.9%7.7%-8.1%1.3M-175.6M-49.2K0.0955.98N/AN/A4,082358145,77814,983
2017-04-17$14.32$12.5051.6%14.8%0.0%0.0%53.7%5.1%-11.1%322.4K-179.1M-40.7K0.1080.51N/AN/A3,728358144,07414,987
2017-04-18$14.62$12.5049.6%14.2%0.0%0.0%39.2%9.0%-10.2%30.3K-185.2M-39.3K0.4456.15N/AN/A1,350592143,09314,986
2017-04-19$15.17$12.5052.0%14.9%0.0%0.0%53.5%4.3%-11.0%169.5K-201.6M-39.3K2.5961.15N/AN/A1,0442,701143,06314,986
2017-04-20$15.36$14.0052.9%15.2%0.0%0.0%53.8%5.0%-11.4%83.0K-202.4M-41.2K2.5723.33N/AN/A1,4553,746142,69816,989
2017-04-21$15.27$14.0051.1%14.6%0.0%0.0%53.9%2.7%-9.9%258.4K-206.6M-37.3K1.9520.70N/AN/A1,9343,769142,52717,989
2017-04-24$15.85$14.0050.9%14.6%0.0%0.0%57.5%6.1%-8.0%274.1K-13.0M-35.8K4.8821.80N/AN/A4902,39113,6643,635
2017-04-25$16.41$14.0053.5%15.3%0.0%0.0%54.0%4.4%-10.1%257.5K-14.9M-35.1K1.1225.11N/AN/A67375513,7523,773
2017-04-26$16.70$15.0053.8%15.4%0.0%0.0%49.2%1.3%-10.3%260.5K-16.3M-33.7K0.7575.78N/AN/A1,05679714,0214,271
2017-04-27$17.80$15.0052.4%15.0%0.0%0.0%53.1%5.5%-8.9%244.0K-19.1M-31.6K0.4021.89N/AN/A2,24888814,5144,751
2017-04-28$17.48$15.0056.0%16.1%0.0%0.0%48.2%2.8%-11.7%266.8K-19.6M-34.9K1.1738.91N/AN/A1,3471,57815,4864,627