A Options History — October 2024

In October 2024, A traded between $129.88 and $146.78. ATM implied volatility averaged 27.0%, placing in the 37.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.3% (HV 20d: 23.7%). Max pain ranged from $140.00 to $145.00. Net GEX was positive for 13 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 22 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.84.

Notable Days

  • 2024-10-16: Highest Volume — 4,085 contracts
  • 2024-10-07: Largest IV spike — 19.7% change
  • 2024-10-31: Highest IV Rank — 78.8%
  • 2024-10-31: Largest Expected Move — 10.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$138.96$129.88$146.78$146.33$130.82
Max Pain$140.43$140.00$145.00$145.00$140.00
ATM IV27.0%22.9%34.8%25.1%34.8%
Expected Move7.8%7.2%10.0%7.2%10.0%
HV 20d23.7%19.8%28.0%22.7%20.2%
HV 60d23.4%20.8%24.8%24.8%20.8%
IV Rank37.3%15.6%78.8%27.1%78.8%
IV Percentile61.5%14.7%96.4%42.5%96.4%
Term Structure1.6%-1.3%2.9%1.2%-1.3%
VWIV27.6%25.2%34.8%26.0%34.8%
Skew 25d3.4%2.6%4.4%2.8%4.4%
Skew 10d6.7%1.1%10.4%5.4%10.4%
Call IV 25d25.8%23.8%32.3%23.9%32.3%
Put IV 25d29.3%26.4%36.7%26.7%36.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %76.6472.6582.9678.2082.66
Gamma HHI0.180.140.460.160.16
Net GEX391.9K-709.4K5.4M730.6K-709.4K
Net DEX-13.9M-38.9M11.3M-38.3M9.3M
Net VEX-291.7K-325.3K-256.0K-316.3K-325.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.840.0910.171.830.29
Total Volume1,098.6091474,0857222,487
Total OI19,839.08716,22021,98719,65221,126

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2024-10-01$146.33$145.0025.1%7.2%22.7%27.1%26.0%2.8%1.2%730.6K-38.3M-316.3K1.8378.20N/AN/A2554678,57811,074
2024-10-02$146.78$145.0025.0%7.2%22.5%26.7%26.0%2.6%1.7%768.5K-38.9M-319.3K0.4676.31N/AN/A3351538,60411,178
2024-10-03$144.47$140.0024.6%7.6%23.5%24.8%26.6%3.5%2.0%338.3K-28.4M-324.6K1.3572.65N/AN/A1331798,76511,280
2024-10-04$145.13$140.0022.9%7.4%23.2%15.6%28.3%3.1%1.8%625.7K-33.4M-317.0K3.0172.81N/AN/A972928,82811,319
2024-10-07$143.69$140.0027.5%7.9%23.6%39.7%29.2%3.8%0.8%36.2K-23.6M-319.3K0.0973.18N/AN/A696658,85811,471
2024-10-08$144.83$140.0026.7%7.6%23.7%35.5%26.7%3.6%1.4%764.1K-31.9M-310.5K0.1173.10N/AN/A574619,17711,488
2024-10-09$144.86$140.0026.2%7.5%23.7%33.0%25.7%3.4%1.5%787.4K-32.2M-306.5K0.5674.97N/AN/A116659,19011,499
2024-10-10$143.04$140.0025.7%7.4%23.8%30.6%27.2%3.2%1.5%170.5K-21.9M-298.0K2.1374.41N/AN/A471009,19911,481
2024-10-11$143.91$140.0025.5%7.3%23.8%29.4%25.3%3.1%1.7%518.9K-26.0M-299.2K0.5176.47N/AN/A102529,21411,524
2024-10-14$144.34$140.0025.9%7.4%23.6%31.4%28.6%3.2%1.6%662.5K-28.7M-285.8K10.1776.84N/AN/A1091,1089,23011,548
2024-10-15$144.55$140.0026.2%7.5%23.5%32.8%28.8%3.5%1.5%1.2M-33.3M-273.0K7.6176.00N/AN/A1781,3559,30810,532
2024-10-16$139.16$140.0027.9%8.0%27.4%42.0%29.1%3.9%0.8%-472.8K-7.4M-258.8K0.5573.13N/AN/A2,6431,4429,3109,666
2024-10-17$136.73$140.0027.4%7.9%27.0%39.6%27.1%3.8%1.6%119.8K3.0M-262.0K2.0179.33N/AN/A5801,16711,6419,839
2024-10-18$138.76$140.0025.3%7.2%27.4%28.1%25.2%3.3%2.1%5.4M-9.4M-264.3K0.4377.56N/AN/A1747411,90410,083
2024-10-21$136.49$140.0027.7%7.9%27.9%41.0%26.4%3.6%1.2%-392.7K-5.3M-256.0K0.4474.65N/AN/A1,4336298,5647,656
2024-10-22$133.55$140.0027.5%7.9%28.0%40.2%27.1%3.4%1.3%-193.5K1.0M-269.1K0.3474.96N/AN/A1,1373879,7397,954
2024-10-23$132.75$140.0027.2%7.8%27.6%38.2%27.9%3.6%2.3%-21.4K1.1M-286.0K2.9775.77N/AN/A5561,65410,5438,148
2024-10-24$131.16$140.0027.1%7.8%20.7%37.6%25.9%2.6%2.9%-320.5K6.6M-290.5K2.7078.75N/AN/A14138110,6728,603
2024-10-25$129.88$140.0026.8%7.7%19.8%36.5%26.2%3.2%2.9%-588.6K11.3M-276.5K1.6481.29N/AN/A35357810,7138,456
2024-10-28$131.51$140.0028.3%8.1%20.7%44.4%27.4%3.6%2.2%-215.6K3.2M-281.3K0.1779.79N/AN/A2534410,9558,367
2024-10-29$131.63$140.0028.3%8.1%20.7%44.1%27.4%3.6%2.5%-168.8K2.2M-280.8K0.6782.96N/AN/A1147611,0788,384
2024-10-30$131.61$140.0031.3%9.0%20.6%60.2%31.3%4.0%1.1%-54.4K1.2M-288.4K2.2376.97N/AN/A7521,67411,1158,438
2024-10-31$130.82$140.0034.8%10.0%20.2%78.8%34.8%4.4%-1.3%-709.4K9.3M-325.3K0.2982.66N/AN/A1,93455311,4099,717