AAPL Options History — August 2021

In August 2021, AAPL traded between $145.58 and $153.25. ATM implied volatility averaged 21.7%, placing in the 6.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.1% (HV 20d: 18.6%). Max pain ranged from $135.00 to $140.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.40.

Notable Days

  • 2021-08-16: Highest Volume — 2,389,221 contracts
  • 2021-08-16: Largest IV spike — 14.6% change
  • 2021-08-19: Highest IV Rank — 17.1%
  • 2021-08-19: Largest Expected Move — 7.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$148.21$145.58$153.25$145.58$152.36
Max Pain$139.55$135.00$140.00$140.00$140.00
ATM IV21.7%19.5%26.1%21.1%23.0%
Expected Move6.2%5.4%7.5%5.7%6.3%
HV 20d18.6%13.6%24.4%24.4%17.3%
HV 60d19.1%18.1%21.1%21.0%19.0%
IV Rank6.3%1.2%17.1%4.8%9.5%
IV Percentile8.6%0.4%22.6%4.4%17.9%
Term Structure0.4%-0.2%1.1%-0.0%0.3%
VWIV22.2%19.5%27.1%20.6%22.7%
Skew 25d2.3%0.7%4.2%2.5%0.7%
Skew 10d6.1%3.2%11.3%7.0%3.2%
Call IV 25d21.5%19.3%24.7%21.2%23.7%
Put IV 25d23.8%21.4%28.9%23.7%24.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %1.240.991.541.231.07
Gamma HHI0.160.100.420.100.14
Net GEX1.09B616.3M2.33B702.4M1.14B
Net DEX-26.08B-32.74B-21.52B-23.34B-31.56B
Net VEX-179.5M-186.2M-174.0M-178.5M-174.5M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.400.220.550.530.50
Total Volume1,318,946.318763,3332,389,221921,6181,187,249
Total OI8,761,2178,297,6399,320,7918,356,6428,655,737

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2021-08-02$145.58$140.0021.1%5.7%24.4%4.8%20.6%2.5%-0.0%702.4M-23.34B-178.5M0.531.23N/AN/A602,934318,6844,688,1853,668,457
2021-08-03$147.42$140.0021.4%5.8%24.2%5.7%20.9%1.7%-0.1%928.2M-27.23B-179.4M0.361.23N/AN/A914,947327,9884,823,4323,744,428
2021-08-04$147.19$140.0021.7%5.8%23.5%6.3%20.6%1.7%0.1%1.03B-26.96B-180.9M0.361.30N/AN/A726,978265,0544,930,7763,846,106
2021-08-05$146.86$135.0021.0%6.3%23.0%4.7%22.6%1.3%0.1%992.2M-25.90B-181.9M0.221.43N/AN/A989,795220,1585,015,0063,907,086
2021-08-06$145.89$135.0019.9%6.0%22.6%2.0%21.4%1.5%0.1%2.33B-23.85B-184.0M0.451.28N/AN/A836,386375,7565,157,6613,934,320
2021-08-09$145.96$140.0019.7%5.9%22.6%1.5%21.3%1.8%0.9%738.0M-22.12B-178.1M0.351.43N/AN/A565,338197,9954,666,2913,753,252
2021-08-10$145.58$140.0020.1%6.0%22.3%2.6%21.2%2.1%0.9%763.3M-21.52B-181.5M0.311.34N/AN/A746,773228,5104,771,5343,824,897
2021-08-11$145.88$140.0019.5%5.9%20.6%1.2%21.4%2.2%1.1%887.4M-22.00B-180.1M0.551.10N/AN/A494,862274,0344,878,4333,880,601
2021-08-12$148.67$140.0020.4%6.0%21.7%3.4%21.7%2.5%0.6%1.38B-28.65B-182.9M0.461.42N/AN/A1,251,875572,1304,947,0603,907,728
2021-08-13$149.08$140.0020.1%5.9%20.9%2.5%21.4%2.4%0.6%1.68B-29.61B-180.7M0.330.99N/AN/A1,135,650376,5514,984,8893,973,708
2021-08-16$150.85$140.0023.0%6.6%17.9%9.5%23.4%1.7%0.1%1.09B-31.66B-178.9M0.331.34N/AN/A1,798,141591,0804,798,0303,870,450
2021-08-17$149.79$140.0024.5%7.0%14.4%13.0%25.2%2.3%0.3%1.11B-29.67B-182.8M0.341.25N/AN/A1,431,158489,9334,906,5333,918,988
2021-08-18$146.86$140.0025.2%7.2%15.7%14.7%25.1%2.5%-0.1%754.9M-23.26B-186.2M0.311.13N/AN/A1,133,579347,8595,053,7444,020,454
2021-08-19$146.75$140.0026.1%7.5%15.3%17.1%27.1%4.2%-0.2%616.3M-22.59B-183.2M0.431.35N/AN/A1,207,419523,6615,120,8354,073,221
2021-08-20$148.08$140.0022.9%6.5%14.9%9.3%23.2%4.0%1.1%2.16B-25.85B-178.9M0.541.54N/AN/A892,662480,6005,217,0804,103,711
2021-08-23$149.75$140.0021.9%6.1%15.3%6.8%22.6%3.2%0.3%908.5M-26.69B-177.2M0.381.27N/AN/A704,521270,8204,615,9143,681,725
2021-08-24$149.67$140.0021.1%5.9%13.8%5.0%21.3%2.8%0.5%968.4M-26.72B-176.3M0.381.16N/AN/A685,619259,0694,671,2983,766,730
2021-08-25$148.74$140.0020.5%5.7%13.6%3.5%20.9%2.7%0.6%896.7M-24.51B-178.5M0.401.03N/AN/A895,173356,5684,815,2833,841,574
2021-08-26$147.74$140.0021.6%6.0%13.9%6.0%21.3%3.1%0.5%679.7M-22.82B-175.3M0.521.14N/AN/A596,733310,6034,901,1513,896,795
2021-08-27$148.61$140.0019.9%5.4%14.0%2.1%19.5%2.1%0.6%1.02B-24.60B-175.2M0.471.12N/AN/A837,658390,1445,018,3463,974,610
2021-08-30$153.25$140.0022.1%6.2%17.5%7.2%22.3%1.2%0.3%1.12B-32.74B-174.0M0.291.04N/AN/A1,710,685493,4874,708,6043,812,111
2021-08-31$152.36$140.0023.0%6.3%17.3%9.5%22.7%0.7%0.3%1.14B-31.56B-174.5M0.501.07N/AN/A791,868395,3814,769,1353,886,602