TRUE Options History — February 2018

In February 2018, TRUE traded between $10.97 and $11.90. ATM implied volatility averaged 67.1%. The 30-day expected move averaged 17.2%. Max pain ranged from $11.00 to $13.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 3 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.99.

Notable Days

  • 2018-02-15: Highest Volume — 19,024 contracts
  • 2018-02-16: Largest IV drop — 57.0% change
  • 2018-02-15: Largest Expected Move — 27.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$11.26$10.97$11.90$11.74$11.08
Max Pain$12.16$11.00$13.00$13.00$11.00
ATM IV67.1%38.5%111.4%94.7%40.6%
Expected Move17.2%11.0%27.0%18.7%11.6%
Term Structure-6.5%-22.2%3.4%-6.7%0.7%
VWIV59.4%37.8%92.9%61.0%40.5%
Skew 25d6.1%1.5%11.8%5.3%1.8%
Skew 10d20.0%-9.0%42.6%34.7%34.3%
Call IV 25d58.2%34.0%87.5%62.7%41.7%
Put IV 25d64.4%40.1%93.2%68.0%43.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %61.3837.9576.1038.1866.43
Gamma HHI0.490.370.620.620.50
Net GEX268.9K137.3K398.0K398.0K137.3K
Net DEX-4.7M-8.1M-2.4M-8.1M-2.4M
Net VEX-22.9K-34.1K-15.3K-34.1K-15.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.990.282.130.280.90
Total Volume2,699.42188819,0241,7331,141
Total OI27,868.68425,61144,79727,31525,920

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-02-01$11.74$13.0094.7%18.7%0.0%0.0%61.0%5.3%-6.7%398.0K-8.1M-34.1K0.2838.18N/AN/A1,35338025,4601,855
2018-02-02$11.22$13.0093.1%18.3%0.0%0.0%64.2%6.6%-4.4%320.4K-6.0M-30.4K0.7237.95N/AN/A56040125,4641,893
2018-02-05$11.04$13.00111.4%20.5%0.0%0.0%62.7%7.7%-10.1%290.7K-5.1M-26.0K1.6467.08N/AN/A49180625,5221,908
2018-02-06$11.02$13.00108.5%19.8%0.0%0.0%63.6%8.2%-9.3%296.1K-5.3M-26.4K1.4567.83N/AN/A42160925,5851,653
2018-02-07$11.14$13.0068.5%19.6%0.0%0.0%60.7%7.1%-5.7%306.2K-5.2M-25.7K1.4360.10N/AN/A42560925,6101,664
2018-02-08$11.11$13.0074.0%21.2%0.0%0.0%72.9%6.8%-8.4%312.0K-5.8M-26.5K1.0971.04N/AN/A42446425,6291,664
2018-02-09$11.02$13.0078.3%22.5%0.0%0.0%73.9%11.7%-17.3%304.4K-5.6M-25.0K2.1363.45N/AN/A44995825,6431,705
2018-02-12$11.11$13.0075.7%21.7%0.0%0.0%72.8%8.0%-12.3%295.8K-5.0M-24.3K1.2068.41N/AN/A41850125,6672,122
2018-02-13$10.97$13.0073.5%21.1%0.0%0.0%74.4%4.9%-12.5%275.9K-4.5M-22.7K1.4871.17N/AN/A48070825,6772,166
2018-02-14$11.30$13.0075.0%21.5%0.0%0.0%75.0%11.8%-15.5%329.5K-5.4M-23.2K1.2870.81N/AN/A7971,01925,7732,385
2018-02-15$11.90$13.0094.2%27.0%0.0%0.0%92.9%5.7%-22.2%355.4K-7.2M-27.3K0.3949.19N/AN/A13,6855,33926,0432,658
2018-02-16$11.16$11.0040.5%11.6%0.0%0.0%65.8%3.6%-1.6%206.1K-3.1M-18.8K0.3940.34N/AN/A7,1842,82138,2556,542
2018-02-20$11.69$11.0040.9%11.7%0.0%0.0%43.2%3.7%-2.1%308.0K-4.8M-21.1K0.6276.10N/AN/A97860223,6421,969
2018-02-21$11.12$11.0042.6%12.2%0.0%0.0%43.2%8.3%-0.9%164.5K-3.0M-17.8K0.4953.06N/AN/A1,16857023,6552,136
2018-02-22$11.33$11.0042.9%12.3%0.0%0.0%43.5%1.5%-0.3%233.4K-3.7M-19.1K0.5673.53N/AN/A1,06059623,6902,168
2018-02-23$11.37$11.0038.5%11.0%0.0%0.0%37.8%3.4%3.4%205.0K-3.4M-18.1K1.0176.09N/AN/A67868323,7042,197
2018-02-26$11.48$11.0040.3%11.6%0.0%0.0%39.5%6.1%3.0%230.1K-3.8M-18.2K0.8657.23N/AN/A63554823,6842,298
2018-02-27$11.11$11.0041.8%12.0%0.0%0.0%41.6%3.9%-1.4%140.6K-2.6M-15.4K0.8258.23N/AN/A72860023,6132,286
2018-02-28$11.08$11.0040.6%11.6%0.0%0.0%40.5%1.8%0.7%137.3K-2.4M-15.3K0.9066.43N/AN/A59954223,5942,326