AAPL Options History — October 2018

In October 2018, AAPL traded between $52.08 and $57.98. ATM implied volatility averaged 32.8%, placing in the 79.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 8.6% (HV 20d: 24.2%). Max pain ranged from $52.50 to $53.75. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 1 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.77.

Notable Days

  • 2018-10-05: Highest Volume — 3,767,836 contracts
  • 2018-10-10: Largest IV spike — 23.8% change
  • 2018-10-10: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2018-10-29: Largest Expected Move — 14.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$55.29$52.08$57.98$56.66$54.95
Max Pain$53.32$52.50$53.75$53.75$53.75
ATM IV32.8%24.1%42.6%24.1%35.6%
Expected Move9.5%5.5%14.5%5.5%12.1%
HV 20d24.2%19.7%32.3%20.8%32.3%
HV 60d22.0%20.1%23.6%20.1%23.6%
IV Rank79.1%46.8%100.0%46.8%74.1%
IV Percentile94.4%64.3%100.0%64.3%97.6%
Term Structure-1.4%-3.8%0.5%-0.5%-1.2%
VWIV33.5%19.9%49.6%19.9%43.2%
Skew 25d6.0%2.7%8.5%2.7%6.8%
Skew 10d12.0%5.0%20.0%5.0%13.0%
Call IV 25d29.9%24.4%38.3%24.4%32.3%
Put IV 25d35.9%27.0%46.3%27.0%39.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.120.9554.571.301.45
Gamma HHI0.090.060.230.110.07
Net GEX297.1M41.7M693.3M584.2M281.0M
Net DEX-14.82B-23.85B-7.21B-20.27B-13.96B
Net VEX-83.0M-88.3M-75.0M-75.2M-84.5M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.770.520.900.680.74
Total Volume2,158,462.6091,343,7323,767,8361,655,1441,659,236
Total OI14,266,603.30412,639,00815,879,88813,526,46813,370,896

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-10-01$56.66$53.7524.1%5.5%20.8%46.8%19.9%2.7%-0.5%584.2M-20.27B-75.2M0.681.30N/AN/A984,748670,3967,019,7526,506,716
2018-10-02$57.34$53.7525.6%5.8%21.3%55.1%21.0%2.9%-0.6%620.6M-21.92B-75.0M0.521.54N/AN/A1,191,948625,1567,124,3086,662,428
2018-10-03$57.98$53.7527.0%6.0%21.4%63.0%21.5%2.8%-0.5%693.3M-23.85B-75.8M0.731.35N/AN/A1,767,5761,290,7647,263,0726,787,916
2018-10-04$56.93$52.5029.4%7.8%21.5%76.6%27.6%3.6%-0.9%344.3M-19.20B-80.1M0.811.02N/AN/A1,588,4481,287,5967,405,4887,089,036
2018-10-05$56.10$52.5030.1%8.2%22.2%80.4%28.9%4.8%-0.7%76.1M-15.65B-83.0M0.801.31N/AN/A2,096,4641,671,3727,624,6927,270,260
2018-10-08$56.13$52.5030.0%8.2%21.0%79.9%29.7%4.8%-1.1%286.8M-16.58B-82.3M0.820.99N/AN/A1,126,436918,2367,312,6207,012,492
2018-10-09$56.73$52.5029.6%8.2%19.7%77.6%28.9%4.6%-0.8%426.7M-18.82B-82.3M0.761.03N/AN/A911,064693,9767,548,5567,272,816
2018-10-10$54.73$52.5036.6%9.6%23.3%100.0%33.2%8.5%-3.8%99.6M-12.07B-85.0M0.804.11N/AN/A1,300,2121,044,0127,654,8047,371,760
2018-10-11$53.97$52.5037.7%10.3%22.4%100.0%36.0%7.1%-2.3%41.7M-9.78B-88.3M0.762.27N/AN/A1,956,7721,488,8127,870,6527,410,044
2018-10-12$55.25$53.7533.3%9.1%24.0%79.8%32.5%8.5%-2.7%324.6M-14.56B-85.8M0.873.97N/AN/A1,578,4081,371,1448,115,9007,534,276
2018-10-15$54.62$53.7532.9%9.2%22.8%78.0%33.6%6.5%-1.2%162.9M-12.69B-84.7M0.771.33N/AN/A865,944663,9607,710,2447,312,332
2018-10-16$55.62$53.7531.3%8.9%23.6%70.7%31.8%5.9%-2.2%349.0M-16.35B-83.2M0.740.95N/AN/A954,036710,5487,844,7047,387,728
2018-10-17$55.27$52.5031.0%8.9%23.8%69.5%31.5%6.2%-1.7%334.3M-15.34B-82.3M0.771.23N/AN/A758,108585,6247,954,2407,458,664
2018-10-18$54.03$52.5034.3%9.9%24.9%84.2%34.9%6.5%-2.2%55.0M-10.86B-83.5M0.751.49N/AN/A1,295,268968,3968,044,5287,508,032
2018-10-19$54.94$53.7532.2%9.4%25.1%74.6%33.0%6.6%-1.9%554.6M-14.35B-84.5M0.851.06N/AN/A1,466,4481,244,0448,267,1807,612,708
2018-10-22$55.45$53.7531.1%9.4%24.7%69.7%33.6%6.2%-1.0%295.3M-14.57B-83.4M0.691.15N/AN/A932,312643,1766,817,0525,821,956
2018-10-23$55.80$53.7532.5%10.0%24.7%76.2%35.7%6.5%-1.3%351.4M-15.53B-82.6M0.713.12N/AN/A1,244,504884,0926,952,4045,964,140
2018-10-24$54.66$53.7535.8%11.2%25.8%91.2%38.9%7.1%-1.5%245.8M-12.63B-86.6M0.661.65N/AN/A955,992631,7487,088,1166,104,564
2018-10-25$55.30$53.7534.0%10.7%25.6%83.0%37.0%6.7%-1.5%368.5M-14.59B-84.5M0.802.13N/AN/A826,620663,8527,236,0486,196,480
2018-10-26$53.97$53.7538.0%12.0%26.9%100.0%42.1%8.1%-1.8%73.5M-10.52B-85.7M0.842.31N/AN/A1,631,3761,372,5487,286,9566,288,384
2018-10-29$52.08$53.7542.6%14.5%29.2%100.0%49.6%8.1%0.5%104.1M-7.21B-84.2M0.8654.57N/AN/A952,388821,1086,887,7405,967,084
2018-10-30$53.28$53.7539.3%13.3%30.2%88.0%46.6%7.6%-1.8%161.2M-9.65B-85.7M0.903.49N/AN/A712,140637,6327,076,3206,115,788
2018-10-31$54.95$53.7535.6%12.1%32.3%74.1%43.2%6.8%-1.2%281.0M-13.96B-84.5M0.741.45N/AN/A953,716705,5207,152,5246,218,372