TRX Options History — August 2012

In August 2012, TRX traded between $4.07 and $4.61. ATM implied volatility averaged 49.3%, placing in the 13.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 15.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 13.8% (HV 20d: 35.5%). Max pain ranged from $4.00 to $4.00. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 9.91.

Notable Days

  • 2012-08-01: Highest Volume — 881 contracts
  • 2012-08-17: Largest IV spike — 33.9% change
  • 2012-08-03: Highest IV Rank — 23.3%
  • 2012-08-06: Largest Expected Move — 19.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$4.34$4.07$4.61$4.14$4.43
Max Pain$4.00$4.00$4.00$4.00$4.00
ATM IV49.3%37.6%63.0%58.6%44.6%
Expected Move15.7%11.6%19.1%16.8%12.8%
HV 20d35.5%31.2%40.5%39.0%38.7%
HV 60d50.1%46.7%57.3%57.3%47.6%
IV Rank13.8%5.6%23.3%20.2%10.5%
IV Percentile13.4%1.2%37.7%27.8%7.1%
Term Structure7.8%-8.8%32.6%4.6%31.5%
VWIV55.2%40.1%63.9%58.7%44.6%
Skew 25d17.1%-18.6%60.5%-0.1%31.0%
Skew 10d24.7%-23.4%105.2%-0.3%24.7%
Call IV 25d44.6%28.0%74.6%58.9%32.8%
Put IV 25d61.7%35.6%94.8%58.7%63.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %50.7618.23101.0025.3695.46
Gamma HHI0.950.511.000.910.51
Net GEX3.0K1.2K12.7K1.3K5.7K
Net DEX-1.3K-110.8K39.6K14.5K39.6K
Net VEX114031136220
P/C Ratio9.910.00219.25219.250.32
Total Volume217.6524881881146
Total OI11,792.91310,50913,06510,50913,065

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-08-01$4.14$4.0058.6%16.8%39.0%20.2%58.7%-0.1%4.6%1.3K14.5K36219.2525.36N/AN/A48777,9222,587
2012-08-02$4.07$4.0056.0%16.0%38.8%18.4%56.7%7.1%7.6%12.7K-110.8K3110.0022.36N/AN/A707,9263,464
2012-08-03$4.12$4.0063.0%18.1%39.1%23.3%63.9%9.6%2.3%11.6K-99.7K2960.0030.05N/AN/A20707,9333,464
2012-08-06$4.24$4.0049.7%19.1%40.5%14.0%0.0%20.9%0.2%1.2K2.9K970.0064.78N/AN/A20307,8953,464
2012-08-07$4.33$4.0041.5%18.1%37.4%8.4%0.0%60.5%2.8%1.5K5.0K920.0142.54N/AN/A22138,0053,464
2012-08-08$4.31$4.0039.3%16.4%36.7%6.8%0.0%34.5%4.1%1.5K5.3K920.0046.72N/AN/A5008,1413,467
2012-08-09$4.30$4.0041.9%18.0%36.6%8.6%62.6%30.1%-0.4%1.3K4.9K910.0441.99N/AN/A6838,1913,467
2012-08-10$4.31$4.0037.6%18.2%36.0%5.6%0.0%29.7%-2.4%1.4K7.8K960.0040.35N/AN/A4008,2013,470
2012-08-13$4.33$4.0045.9%16.4%34.6%11.4%0.0%21.5%6.1%1.6K9.8K890.32100.24N/AN/A2898,2323,470
2012-08-14$4.25$4.0049.6%15.9%35.1%14.0%0.0%20.3%5.3%1.6K7.6K910.0062.38N/AN/A4508,2503,474
2012-08-15$4.30$4.0052.0%16.5%34.6%15.6%57.5%53.8%3.2%1.6K8.8K893.3958.32N/AN/A311058,2953,474
2012-08-16$4.47$4.0043.7%12.5%36.9%9.9%0.0%5.0%15.9%1.3K35.8K00.0144.96N/AN/A14128,2683,424
2012-08-17$4.44$4.0058.5%16.8%36.1%20.1%0.0%32.2%5.6%1.5K14.7K840.5459.84N/AN/A2121158,3963,423
2012-08-20$4.33$4.0058.9%16.9%32.1%20.4%60.1%27.0%3.0%1.5K13.0K800.1543.67N/AN/A6701008,4472,515
2012-08-21$4.46$4.0048.9%14.0%31.5%13.5%53.0%21.2%16.8%2.9K7.6K1040.5220.01N/AN/A67359,1172,615
2012-08-22$4.61$4.0051.9%14.9%31.9%15.6%0.0%22.1%32.6%1.9K5.8K1200.5146.18N/AN/A86449,1182,635
2012-08-23$4.54$4.0044.2%12.7%31.2%10.3%0.0%2.4%24.6%2.3K7.5K1090.0537.33N/AN/A400219,1942,637
2012-08-24$4.59$4.0052.7%15.1%31.3%16.1%0.0%-14.3%0.2%3.4K16.5K690.0042.55N/AN/A409,4132,650
2012-08-27$4.42$4.0040.4%11.6%34.4%7.6%0.0%-18.6%11.1%2.4K4301130.0018.23N/AN/A59309,4172,650
2012-08-28$4.36$4.0042.7%12.3%34.6%9.2%0.0%-14.1%16.5%2.4K-4.3K1162.5041.62N/AN/A4109,9952,650
2012-08-29$4.22$4.0053.3%15.3%35.3%16.6%0.0%-17.5%-8.8%2.7K-10.9K1150.20101.00N/AN/A50109,9912,660
2012-08-30$4.21$4.0059.5%17.1%34.7%20.8%40.1%29.5%-3.3%3.0K-10.7K1130.1081.56N/AN/A3603510,0312,670
2012-08-31$4.43$4.0044.6%12.8%38.7%10.5%44.6%31.0%31.5%5.7K39.6K2200.3295.46N/AN/A1113510,3852,680