AAPL Options History — October 2010

In October 2010, AAPL traded between $9.95 and $11.36. ATM implied volatility averaged 28.0%, placing in the 28.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.1% (HV 20d: 22.9%). Max pain ranged from $9.64 to $10.71. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.63.

Notable Days

  • 2010-10-18: Highest Volume — 22,781,304 contracts
  • 2010-10-14: Largest IV spike — 62.4% change
  • 2010-10-18: Highest IV Rank — 69.1%
  • 2010-10-18: Largest Expected Move — 12.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$10.75$9.95$11.36$10.09$10.75
Max Pain$10.32$9.64$10.71$9.64$10.71
ATM IV28.0%20.3%41.9%27.7%29.8%
Expected Move8.8%7.1%12.0%7.9%8.0%
HV 20d22.9%18.9%25.4%19.3%24.8%
HV 60d22.2%21.2%23.2%21.2%22.8%
IV Rank28.4%6.1%69.1%27.8%33.6%
IV Percentile36.2%1.6%94.0%37.3%55.2%
Term Structure-0.1%-4.9%5.8%5.8%1.9%
VWIV31.4%25.3%41.9%27.8%28.2%
Skew 25d2.0%-1.9%3.5%3.2%3.4%
Skew 10d4.3%-4.0%8.6%7.9%8.6%
Call IV 25d30.4%24.3%41.8%26.6%27.1%
Put IV 25d32.4%26.8%41.4%29.8%30.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.911.675.542.623.94
Gamma HHI0.200.110.340.180.18
Net GEX280.4M43.1M441.8M204.5M43.1M
Net DEX-11.60B-18.14B-7.59B-8.57B-8.70B
Net VEX-49.0M-53.6M-44.6M-47.1M-53.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.630.380.870.710.74
Total Volume9,511,841.3335,088,94422,781,3046,164,4247,899,612
Total OI45,106,945.33337,242,07248,608,36445,097,24846,377,296

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-10-01$10.09$9.6427.7%7.9%19.3%27.8%27.8%3.2%5.8%204.5M-8.57B-47.1M0.712.62N/AN/A3,615,1082,549,31624,820,09620,277,152
2010-10-04$9.95$10.0028.4%9.7%18.9%29.8%34.2%2.5%-1.3%153.5M-7.59B-44.6M0.633.20N/AN/A4,294,6682,719,16423,995,46819,494,692
2010-10-05$10.32$10.0029.1%9.6%22.0%31.8%33.8%2.9%-1.0%327.4M-10.98B-44.8M0.653.48N/AN/A5,021,2683,283,39224,486,61619,697,356
2010-10-06$10.33$10.0027.3%9.7%21.4%26.5%34.2%2.0%-1.3%307.9M-10.91B-47.0M0.453.31N/AN/A6,870,2763,112,14424,833,31220,274,744
2010-10-07$10.33$10.0025.7%9.6%21.4%21.9%34.0%2.6%-0.9%340.2M-11.01B-46.7M0.741.99N/AN/A3,748,8082,759,79225,414,76020,676,684
2010-10-08$10.50$10.0024.7%9.6%21.8%18.7%33.9%2.0%-1.0%351.6M-12.55B-45.8M0.582.66N/AN/A6,494,6843,784,11625,439,54020,829,200
2010-10-11$10.55$10.0026.7%9.5%21.5%24.7%33.9%1.6%-1.7%376.2M-12.60B-44.9M0.432.07N/AN/A5,210,8282,260,74825,006,12820,340,432
2010-10-12$10.66$10.0023.2%9.3%21.6%14.4%33.5%1.5%-1.5%426.5M-13.58B-45.4M0.831.87N/AN/A3,780,0283,147,14425,449,48020,751,640
2010-10-13$10.72$10.0020.3%9.3%21.6%6.1%33.0%1.4%-1.3%441.8M-13.95B-45.4M0.382.03N/AN/A6,272,5882,411,27625,654,30021,145,180
2010-10-14$10.80$10.3633.0%9.5%20.6%43.2%33.5%1.3%-1.4%421.7M-14.28B-46.7M0.581.67N/AN/A4,141,7042,397,22025,865,47621,889,812
2010-10-15$11.24$10.3637.7%10.8%23.9%56.9%38.7%-1.9%-4.9%241.7M-18.14B-47.0M0.432.79N/AN/A14,791,5046,336,82026,164,23622,444,128
2010-10-18$11.36$10.3641.9%12.0%22.5%69.1%41.9%-0.4%-4.8%229.5M-13.40B-49.6M0.505.54N/AN/A15,201,1447,580,16021,101,44416,140,628
2010-10-19$11.05$10.3631.0%8.9%25.4%37.4%32.0%1.3%0.0%268.9M-11.60B-53.3M0.804.19N/AN/A9,560,0127,692,21625,385,02418,361,000
2010-10-20$11.09$10.7127.6%7.9%25.1%27.2%27.8%2.1%0.7%292.2M-11.76B-53.1M0.553.81N/AN/A7,415,1844,069,94026,065,08819,213,516
2010-10-21$11.05$10.7126.1%7.5%25.3%22.9%26.2%2.5%1.6%284.6M-11.41B-53.1M0.493.56N/AN/A6,050,4082,991,26826,192,29219,543,580
2010-10-22$10.98$10.7124.8%7.1%25.3%19.2%25.3%2.5%2.1%241.4M-10.47B-52.3M0.683.54N/AN/A4,233,7962,879,43626,314,62420,053,796
2010-10-25$11.03$10.7125.1%7.2%25.2%20.1%26.4%2.5%1.8%250.6M-10.96B-51.7M0.711.86N/AN/A2,994,3762,133,93624,541,18818,787,664
2010-10-26$11.00$10.7125.5%7.3%24.4%21.2%26.3%3.0%1.9%241.6M-10.72B-52.6M0.871.89N/AN/A2,715,1882,373,75625,042,92019,374,488
2010-10-27$10.99$10.7125.8%7.4%24.4%22.2%26.6%3.0%1.9%245.8M-10.68B-52.4M0.662.40N/AN/A3,410,1482,241,34425,098,55619,549,684
2010-10-28$10.90$10.7126.0%7.5%24.1%22.7%27.4%3.5%2.3%196.6M-9.78B-52.5M0.752.75N/AN/A5,313,1963,990,95225,336,75219,815,880
2010-10-29$10.75$10.7129.8%8.0%24.8%33.6%28.2%3.4%1.9%43.1M-8.70B-53.6M0.743.94N/AN/A4,534,6563,364,95625,926,12420,451,172