AAPL Options History — October 2015

In October 2015, AAPL traded between $27.25 and $30.13. ATM implied volatility averaged 33.5%, placing in the 42.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 8.8% (HV 20d: 24.7%). Max pain ranged from $28.75 to $28.75. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 3 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.73.

Notable Days

  • 2015-10-28: Highest Volume — 5,475,248 contracts
  • 2015-10-28: Largest IV drop — 38.1% change
  • 2015-10-01: Highest IV Rank — 64.8%
  • 2015-10-26: Largest Expected Move — 11.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$28.32$27.25$30.13$27.25$29.97
Max Pain$28.75$28.75$28.75$28.75$28.75
ATM IV33.5%22.0%41.8%41.8%22.0%
Expected Move9.3%6.4%11.5%10.0%6.4%
HV 20d24.7%22.3%27.1%27.0%26.4%
HV 60d32.5%31.5%33.4%33.4%33.1%
IV Rank42.4%11.5%64.8%64.8%11.5%
IV Percentile76.5%23.0%98.0%98.0%23.0%
Term Structure-1.2%-2.3%0.6%-1.2%0.6%
VWIV32.9%23.1%40.4%36.6%23.1%
Skew 25d7.5%2.9%10.7%10.7%2.9%
Skew 10d15.7%4.9%21.6%21.6%4.9%
Call IV 25d30.3%21.2%37.5%37.5%21.2%
Put IV 25d37.8%24.1%48.2%48.2%24.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.561.685.622.402.09
Gamma HHI0.090.050.440.050.44
Net GEX362.0M10.4M1.47B49.3M1.47B
Net DEX-3.79B-14.66B2.09B1.60B-13.50B
Net VEX-102.2M-106.8M-95.9M-105.4M-104.8M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.730.450.980.930.48
Total Volume3,073,6161,721,5565,475,2482,467,4323,539,124
Total OI28,284,869.27324,147,11230,883,11629,626,34828,473,164

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-10-01$27.25$28.7541.8%10.0%27.0%64.8%36.6%10.7%-1.2%49.3M1.60B-105.4M0.932.40N/AN/A1,280,1081,187,32417,035,32812,591,020
2015-10-02$27.57$28.7539.3%8.8%27.0%58.1%31.8%9.8%-1.1%185.8M-130.8M-106.6M0.892.34N/AN/A1,864,9441,664,52017,356,62412,828,040
2015-10-05$27.70$28.7538.0%10.2%26.9%54.4%35.8%8.7%-1.7%174.7M-188.9M-103.1M0.894.39N/AN/A1,261,6801,119,88416,631,47212,214,908
2015-10-06$27.83$28.7537.4%10.2%25.4%53.0%35.2%8.7%-1.4%194.1M-795.3M-105.9M0.922.17N/AN/A1,158,2801,066,40016,889,87212,639,368
2015-10-07$27.62$28.7538.1%10.2%24.3%54.8%35.3%8.5%-1.7%137.7M435.0M-103.8M0.982.31N/AN/A1,198,0201,174,95617,109,13212,769,160
2015-10-08$27.36$28.7538.6%10.2%22.9%56.2%35.9%9.0%-1.9%10.4M2.09B-100.9M0.822.30N/AN/A1,714,6241,411,32417,242,32813,081,728
2015-10-09$28.00$28.7536.3%10.0%24.0%50.0%34.9%8.8%-1.8%456.5M-1.94B-104.5M0.772.48N/AN/A1,879,1961,448,71217,516,50013,255,956
2015-10-12$27.89$28.7534.6%9.7%23.6%45.3%34.1%8.2%-0.2%220.9M-371.1M-99.1M0.791.87N/AN/A1,084,568856,68416,956,87212,551,288
2015-10-13$27.95$28.7533.5%9.5%23.3%42.6%32.6%8.4%-0.2%241.1M-433.6M-98.6M0.802.20N/AN/A989,796790,92417,220,61612,745,072
2015-10-14$27.50$28.7535.1%9.7%23.8%46.8%35.2%9.0%-1.3%74.6M1.99B-95.9M0.822.23N/AN/A1,562,6321,280,60817,352,93612,784,628
2015-10-15$27.95$28.7533.0%9.4%23.8%41.2%32.8%8.5%-0.5%278.8M-335.8M-96.8M0.881.85N/AN/A1,463,2921,286,05617,506,81612,933,260
2015-10-16$27.75$28.7533.7%9.4%23.9%43.0%31.9%8.6%-1.1%145.3M642.8M-96.8M0.711.68N/AN/A1,387,196988,60017,725,48813,157,628
2015-10-19$27.89$28.7532.0%9.0%23.3%38.5%32.7%7.8%-1.7%210.6M-2.54B-96.7M0.672.57N/AN/A1,032,428689,12813,781,56410,365,548
2015-10-20$28.43$28.7531.8%9.0%23.1%37.8%32.3%7.7%-1.7%350.3M-5.22B-100.3M0.582.83N/AN/A1,699,628979,90014,135,36410,573,132
2015-10-21$28.46$28.7531.7%9.1%22.3%37.7%32.9%8.1%-1.5%389.2M-5.33B-100.5M0.552.24N/AN/A1,956,1561,067,98414,424,73610,966,560
2015-10-22$28.85$28.7529.3%8.5%22.8%31.1%30.8%7.5%-1.8%530.3M-7.13B-100.8M0.672.35N/AN/A1,610,0401,084,07214,682,23211,147,540
2015-10-23$29.75$28.7530.2%8.8%25.3%33.5%32.6%6.2%-1.8%587.3M-12.54B-106.2M0.542.69N/AN/A3,411,9241,831,80014,835,84411,259,800
2015-10-26$28.82$28.7537.5%11.5%27.1%53.2%40.4%6.6%-1.9%308.6M-6.97B-106.8M0.692.84N/AN/A2,048,5761,415,86814,490,73210,627,600
2015-10-27$28.63$28.7537.0%11.3%23.5%51.8%37.7%6.2%-2.3%298.3M-6.14B-104.6M0.575.62N/AN/A3,310,0441,902,12815,012,80411,051,408
2015-10-28$29.76$28.7522.9%6.8%26.6%14.0%25.0%3.2%0.2%723.8M-12.00B-103.8M0.662.55N/AN/A3,291,2202,184,02816,090,90011,853,980
2015-10-29$30.13$28.7522.4%6.6%26.2%12.6%24.3%3.0%0.4%926.9M-14.66B-105.9M0.452.25N/AN/A2,378,8521,066,32416,470,42011,927,756
2015-10-30$29.97$28.7522.0%6.4%26.4%11.5%23.1%2.9%0.6%1.47B-13.50B-104.8M0.482.09N/AN/A2,390,5961,148,52816,507,68811,965,476