TRX Options History — October 2012

In October 2012, TRX traded between $4.89 and $5.19. ATM implied volatility averaged 48.7%, placing in the 13.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 14.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 14.2% (HV 20d: 34.5%). Max pain ranged from $4.00 to $5.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.42.

Notable Days

  • 2012-10-12: Highest Volume — 455 contracts
  • 2012-10-08: Largest IV spike — 26.5% change
  • 2012-10-08: Highest IV Rank — 17.6%
  • 2012-10-16: Largest Expected Move — 15.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$5.01$4.89$5.19$5.19$5.07
Max Pain$4.81$4.00$5.00$4.00$5.00
ATM IV48.7%41.9%54.9%48.4%42.7%
Expected Move14.2%12.0%15.7%13.9%12.2%
HV 20d34.5%25.7%46.3%42.8%28.2%
HV 60d38.4%36.4%41.1%40.0%36.9%
IV Rank13.3%8.7%17.6%13.2%9.2%
IV Percentile12.8%4.0%24.2%10.7%4.4%
Term Structure2.4%-4.4%11.4%6.2%10.8%
VWIV45.2%37.1%51.3%37.1%43.2%
Skew 25d11.8%-5.2%88.3%16.5%10.7%
Skew 10d15.0%-9.1%135.6%14.0%8.1%
Call IV 25d45.5%38.6%51.7%43.3%40.0%
Put IV 25d57.3%43.2%126.9%59.8%50.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %42.1317.8978.0378.0327.94
Gamma HHI0.980.851.000.891.00
Net GEX14.9K72775.8K75.0K1.8K
Net DEX203.5K-16.8K1.3M1.3M-12.6K
Net VEX327341.6K1.6K34
P/C Ratio0.420.001.860.190.29
Total Volume144.191545525327
Total OI11,517.6677,01513,67512,8557,236

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-10-01$5.19$4.0048.4%13.9%42.8%13.2%37.1%16.5%6.2%75.0K1.3M1.6K0.1978.03N/AN/A2134010,0222,833
2012-10-02$4.98$4.0050.6%14.5%46.3%14.7%51.3%-5.2%6.7%67.8K1.0M1.6K0.4175.34N/AN/A1948010,1142,873
2012-10-03$5.01$4.0048.0%13.8%45.9%12.9%47.7%-3.4%4.8%75.8K958.2K1.5K0.0020.15N/AN/A270010,1142,873
2012-10-04$5.10$4.0046.4%13.3%46.2%11.7%47.3%6.2%5.2%75.6K1.2M1.5K0.0019.14N/AN/A30010,2692,873
2012-10-05$5.14$5.0043.4%15.4%43.5%9.7%0.0%8.0%-0.9%763-9.4K440.0046.58N/AN/A92010,2592,873
2012-10-08$5.03$5.0054.9%15.2%40.1%17.6%0.0%7.9%2.7%753-10.2K430.6750.00N/AN/A9610,2602,873
2012-10-09$4.93$5.0053.6%15.5%39.4%16.7%0.0%5.8%-1.3%727-10.7K420.0052.34N/AN/A60010,2572,873
2012-10-10$4.96$5.0048.4%15.5%38.8%13.1%0.0%3.5%1.4%757-11.5K410.0050.48N/AN/A67010,2612,873
2012-10-11$4.94$5.0051.4%14.7%33.8%15.2%0.0%5.0%2.3%785-10.8K410.1450.62N/AN/A14210,3042,873
2012-10-12$4.90$5.0053.8%15.4%33.6%16.9%0.0%1.9%-1.9%758-11.9K400.0052.08N/AN/A455010,2962,875
2012-10-15$4.89$5.0052.7%15.1%31.4%16.1%0.0%2.5%-0.9%826-13.0K370.0840.63N/AN/A1241010,6112,875
2012-10-16$4.99$5.0054.7%15.7%30.6%17.5%0.0%6.0%-4.4%829-11.3K380.4455.14N/AN/A1366010,7042,875
2012-10-17$5.07$5.0050.9%14.6%30.6%14.9%0.0%4.6%-1.8%933-10.2K370.3851.46N/AN/A471810,7402,924
2012-10-18$5.06$5.0049.7%14.3%30.6%14.1%0.0%6.0%2.4%962-10.3K370.0050.87N/AN/A88010,6522,939
2012-10-19$5.04$5.0041.9%12.0%30.2%8.7%44.5%1.3%11.4%1.1K-10.3K361.3449.63N/AN/A16421910,7362,939
2012-10-22$5.07$5.0043.4%12.4%26.8%9.7%43.2%-3.7%4.9%1.5K-13.4K400.2437.20N/AN/A128316,253762
2012-10-23$4.97$5.0047.2%13.5%27.0%12.3%0.0%78.1%2.7%1.3K-15.8K400.4221.46N/AN/A120506,353793
2012-10-24$4.97$5.0048.4%13.9%25.7%13.1%0.0%88.3%-1.4%1.3K-15.5K400.6317.89N/AN/A120766,373815
2012-10-25$5.06$5.0044.2%12.7%25.9%10.2%0.0%6.3%2.0%1.5K-13.6K391.7117.92N/AN/A14246,436785
2012-10-26$4.93$5.0047.4%13.6%26.8%12.5%0.0%2.0%-0.2%1.4K-16.8K371.8619.84N/AN/A14266,437785
2012-10-31$5.07$5.0042.7%12.2%28.2%9.2%0.0%10.7%10.8%1.8K-12.6K340.2927.94N/AN/A2166,451785