TRX Options History — April 2014

In April 2014, TRX traded between $2.05 and $2.49. ATM implied volatility averaged 87.3%, placing in the 50.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 24.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 23.3% (HV 20d: 64.0%). Max pain ranged from $2.00 to $3.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.38.

Notable Days

  • 2014-04-17: Highest Volume — 268 contracts
  • 2014-04-07: Largest IV spike — 23.4% change
  • 2014-04-07: Highest IV Rank — 70.7%
  • 2014-04-30: Largest Expected Move — 27.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$2.27$2.05$2.49$2.32$2.18
Max Pain$2.67$2.00$3.00$3.00$2.00
ATM IV87.3%74.2%108.8%77.6%95.9%
Expected Move24.1%18.1%27.5%22.3%27.5%
HV 20d64.0%49.5%83.2%83.2%53.8%
HV 60d84.0%76.5%87.3%87.0%76.6%
IV Rank50.3%37.7%70.7%41.1%58.4%
IV Percentile68.6%38.1%96.0%53.6%84.9%
Term Structure-1.7%-32.0%25.8%18.6%-28.3%
VWIV72.5%52.6%92.5%52.6%92.5%
Skew 25d13.5%-37.5%43.2%21.4%-7.5%
Skew 10d29.6%-41.3%71.1%19.9%-8.0%
Call IV 25d92.4%70.1%186.6%77.0%100.5%
Put IV 25d106.0%72.0%180.6%98.3%92.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %99.4535.09140.5288.71127.67
Gamma HHI0.900.511.000.840.91
Net GEX38102.6K2.1K168
Net DEX-1.3K-16.7K3.3K-16.7K-2.0K
Net VEX12061546
P/C Ratio1.380.0010.000.512.48
Total Volume56.09502681190
Total OI4,777.4762,9155,8475,7113,204

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-04-01$2.32$3.0077.6%22.3%83.2%41.1%52.6%21.4%18.6%2.1K-16.7K540.5188.71N/AN/A79404,0801,631
2014-04-02$2.42$3.0077.9%22.3%78.3%41.3%0.0%40.1%16.5%1.8K-4.2K400.0089.42N/AN/A804,1451,626
2014-04-03$2.40$3.0092.1%26.4%78.3%54.9%0.0%34.5%-7.8%2.6K-6.1K610.8391.82N/AN/A12104,1531,626
2014-04-04$2.46$3.0088.1%18.1%78.7%51.1%0.0%-0.2%25.7%713.3K110.40112.34N/AN/A53214,1611,636
2014-04-07$2.38$3.00108.8%25.8%78.2%70.7%0.0%32.2%6.7%812.1K80.00107.93N/AN/A0214,1661,645
2014-04-08$2.42$3.0099.6%24.4%69.8%62.0%0.0%26.0%2.8%811.8K80.00106.75N/AN/A1004,1661,656
2014-04-09$2.49$3.0090.2%23.9%69.7%53.1%0.0%43.2%25.8%952.7K102.50106.84N/AN/A4104,1761,656
2014-04-10$2.44$3.0074.2%21.3%69.9%37.7%0.0%6.7%18.1%9484050.67112.02N/AN/A60404,1721,666
2014-04-11$2.31$3.0089.5%25.7%70.0%52.4%0.0%-13.9%-28.7%7383340.0075.54N/AN/A1704,1321,702
2014-04-14$2.32$3.0084.3%24.2%59.8%47.4%0.0%25.0%-1.3%0000.4335.09N/AN/A23104,1401,702
2014-04-15$2.22$3.0086.5%24.8%61.3%49.5%0.0%9.2%-8.4%0000.00111.41N/AN/A0364,1451,702
2014-04-16$2.14$3.0083.6%24.0%60.5%46.7%0.0%27.9%2.3%31245210.00110.36N/AN/A2204,1451,635
2014-04-17$2.07$3.0087.9%25.2%61.2%50.9%0.0%27.1%-8.9%2316710.5539.84N/AN/A173954,1471,635
2014-04-21$2.05$3.0092.4%26.5%49.5%55.2%92.5%33.4%-8.4%2522011.00108.31N/AN/A40401,8411,074
2014-04-22$2.17$2.0078.8%22.6%53.7%42.1%0.0%-37.5%-2.7%0000.0068.96N/AN/A23201,8481,109
2014-04-23$2.18$2.0074.5%21.4%53.7%38.1%0.0%-10.5%10.4%171-2.0K70.00114.38N/AN/A052,0151,109
2014-04-24$2.11$2.0090.0%25.8%54.0%52.8%0.0%-3.8%-5.8%156-2.6K82.48132.87N/AN/A25622,0151,114
2014-04-25$2.23$2.0085.5%24.5%53.0%48.6%0.0%36.7%-25.4%155-1.9K70.0097.43N/AN/A002,0081,166
2014-04-28$2.16$2.0084.7%24.3%52.9%47.8%0.0%-6.6%-5.6%173-2.1K60.00110.29N/AN/A0302,0081,166
2014-04-29$2.22$2.0091.2%26.1%54.2%54.0%0.0%1.1%-32.0%163-1.7K50.00140.52N/AN/A002,0081,196
2014-04-30$2.18$2.0095.9%27.5%53.8%58.4%0.0%-7.5%-28.3%168-2.0K60.00127.67N/AN/A002,0081,196