TRUE Options History — September 2017

In September 2017, TRUE traded between $14.71 and $17.04. ATM implied volatility averaged 38.3%. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.1%. Max pain ranged from $16.00 to $17.50. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 20 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.36.

Notable Days

  • 2017-09-15: Highest Volume — 6,294 contracts
  • 2017-09-07: Largest IV drop — 10.0% change
  • 2017-09-26: Largest Expected Move — 11.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$16.25$14.71$17.04$16.93$15.78
Max Pain$16.88$16.00$17.50$17.00$16.00
ATM IV38.3%34.8%40.6%36.7%38.3%
Expected Move11.1%10.5%11.7%10.5%11.0%
Term Structure7.6%1.8%10.8%1.8%10.6%
VWIV37.6%33.6%43.5%36.3%34.7%
Skew 25d4.3%-0.2%6.5%5.2%3.2%
Skew 10d7.2%-16.0%18.9%5.4%9.8%
Call IV 25d37.2%32.3%40.2%32.3%37.6%
Put IV 25d41.5%37.6%44.5%37.6%40.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %13.839.0620.4016.0516.39
Gamma HHI0.420.300.580.400.41
Net GEX350.0K72.6K925.3K285.0K353.7K
Net DEX-3.8M-8.1M-452.6K-4.5M-8.1M
Net VEX-40.1K-50.5K-36.9K-37.5K-50.5K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.360.090.860.210.25
Total Volume2,877.61,1006,2942,8582,361
Total OI20,416.9517,11125,34517,11125,345

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-09-01$16.93$17.0036.7%10.5%0.0%0.0%36.3%5.2%1.8%285.0K-4.5M-37.5K0.2116.05N/AN/A2,35750111,1235,988
2017-09-05$16.97$16.0040.1%11.6%0.0%0.0%36.5%5.4%5.3%344.5K-5.4M-38.4K0.2813.45N/AN/A1,83251412,0515,964
2017-09-06$16.98$16.0038.7%11.2%0.0%0.0%35.6%5.5%6.3%386.8K-5.6M-38.0K0.3015.03N/AN/A1,62149212,0805,965
2017-09-07$16.95$17.5034.8%11.1%0.0%0.0%33.6%5.8%6.6%456.2K-5.5M-39.0K0.3611.88N/AN/A1,34948912,3645,975
2017-09-08$16.80$17.5036.5%10.9%0.0%0.0%39.5%5.5%7.1%463.8K-4.7M-38.3K0.6320.40N/AN/A2,4011,50312,4025,979
2017-09-11$16.95$17.5038.6%11.0%0.0%0.0%36.0%5.2%6.6%564.8K-5.5M-40.8K0.2915.29N/AN/A1,84052613,4106,961
2017-09-12$16.70$17.5038.3%11.6%0.0%0.0%37.3%4.2%6.0%535.6K-4.1M-39.8K0.2213.54N/AN/A2,33450213,3476,958
2017-09-13$17.02$17.5036.7%10.5%0.0%0.0%37.7%3.6%7.5%659.7K-5.7M-39.3K0.4512.88N/AN/A1,27557113,0166,958
2017-09-14$17.04$17.5037.2%10.7%0.0%0.0%36.8%3.3%7.4%925.3K-5.6M-38.9K0.4612.79N/AN/A1,27559113,0567,036
2017-09-15$16.69$17.5038.8%11.1%0.0%0.0%36.5%2.5%5.5%72.6K-2.3M-36.9K0.0914.61N/AN/A5,77751713,0567,094
2017-09-18$16.54$17.5038.2%10.9%0.0%0.0%38.2%3.9%8.6%194.6K-3.4M-39.5K0.7915.31N/AN/A70255411,3456,448
2017-09-19$16.63$17.5038.3%11.0%0.0%0.0%36.8%4.6%6.5%202.8K-3.8M-39.5K0.7515.49N/AN/A84763811,3206,551
2017-09-20$16.34$17.5038.3%11.0%0.0%0.0%37.0%6.5%8.9%182.6K-2.8M-40.4K0.8613.84N/AN/A59051011,6536,808
2017-09-21$15.84$17.5036.9%10.6%0.0%0.0%36.3%3.5%10.8%119.7K-1.1M-37.5K0.1312.19N/AN/A5,42670211,6996,909
2017-09-22$15.43$16.0039.4%11.3%0.0%0.0%38.6%4.4%9.5%299.9K-3.0M-44.9K0.2312.66N/AN/A3,19173916,5376,933
2017-09-25$15.11$16.0040.4%11.6%0.0%0.0%40.2%3.2%9.1%256.6K-2.1M-42.5K0.1410.40N/AN/A3,05542816,7606,890
2017-09-26$14.77$16.0040.6%11.7%0.0%0.0%43.5%4.8%9.4%205.9K-452.6K-39.0K0.3813.46N/AN/A1,38852116,8006,911
2017-09-27$14.71$16.0038.7%11.1%0.0%0.0%41.0%-0.2%9.9%237.9K-1.1M-39.8K0.2911.86N/AN/A1,70349017,3476,923
2017-09-28$14.92$16.0040.0%11.5%0.0%0.0%40.1%5.4%9.5%251.6K-1.6M-40.9K0.099.06N/AN/A5,00143917,4486,929
2017-09-29$15.78$16.0038.3%11.0%0.0%0.0%34.7%3.2%10.6%353.7K-8.1M-50.5K0.2516.39N/AN/A1,89246918,0737,272