AAPL Options History — September 2021

In September 2021, AAPL traded between $142.25 and $157.03. ATM implied volatility averaged 24.6%, placing in the 15.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.1% (HV 20d: 21.4%). Max pain ranged from $140.00 to $150.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 17 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.53.

Notable Days

  • 2021-09-10: Highest Volume — 2,887,834 contracts
  • 2021-09-20: Largest IV spike — 24.3% change
  • 2021-09-30: Highest IV Rank — 31.4%
  • 2021-09-20: Largest Expected Move — 8.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$148.38$142.25$157.03$152.60$142.25
Max Pain$146.62$140.00$150.00$140.00$147.00
ATM IV24.6%21.7%29.8%22.1%29.8%
Expected Move6.8%5.7%8.3%6.1%7.7%
HV 20d21.4%17.0%24.4%17.3%22.7%
HV 60d20.5%18.9%21.8%19.0%21.3%
IV Rank15.6%6.6%31.4%7.3%31.4%
IV Percentile24.6%12.3%48.0%14.7%48.0%
Term Structure1.1%-0.4%4.4%0.3%-0.3%
VWIV24.4%20.9%29.3%22.2%26.5%
Skew 25d4.0%0.4%8.1%1.1%7.0%
Skew 10d9.3%1.8%18.3%4.3%15.6%
Call IV 25d23.7%19.7%27.7%22.8%27.4%
Put IV 25d27.7%23.6%34.5%23.9%34.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %1.330.981.900.981.10
Gamma HHI0.130.070.200.150.07
Net GEX637.5M-9.6M1.48B1.16B182.6M
Net DEX-20.86B-37.26B-9.31B-30.85B-9.31B
Net VEX-176.3M-183.7M-172.4M-178.0M-176.2M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.530.270.680.410.60
Total Volume1,300,965.333756,3002,887,8341,707,127924,468
Total OI8,891,264.7627,879,9869,704,8019,027,6668,692,216

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2021-09-01$152.60$140.0022.1%6.1%17.3%7.3%22.2%1.1%0.3%1.16B-30.85B-178.0M0.410.98N/AN/A1,210,759496,3684,994,2134,033,453
2021-09-02$153.53$145.0022.8%6.7%17.3%9.0%24.6%0.4%0.4%1.48B-33.27B-183.7M0.471.90N/AN/A1,042,726490,3795,134,9984,097,163
2021-09-03$154.39$145.0021.8%6.4%17.0%6.6%23.4%1.5%0.4%1.19B-34.26B-176.5M0.491.79N/AN/A825,066400,4735,179,3934,163,186
2021-09-07$157.03$145.0024.1%7.0%17.7%12.4%24.6%1.8%0.1%1.22B-37.26B-176.5M0.401.76N/AN/A1,208,675479,9864,956,1523,972,529
2021-09-08$154.82$145.0024.5%7.0%18.7%13.5%25.5%1.5%0.1%1.22B-33.65B-173.9M0.401.70N/AN/A946,645383,2465,017,4024,058,546
2021-09-09$154.29$145.0023.9%6.9%18.8%14.3%24.8%1.9%0.1%1.03B-31.61B-177.8M0.271.56N/AN/A882,922236,6185,107,2784,149,931
2021-09-10$148.94$145.0026.2%7.5%22.2%21.0%26.8%2.9%-0.4%541.4M-20.92B-179.9M0.591.48N/AN/A1,812,6501,075,1845,235,9944,166,705
2021-09-13$149.19$145.0024.5%7.0%22.2%15.9%25.7%3.4%0.7%639.6M-22.25B-175.6M0.561.24N/AN/A855,988475,5354,950,4603,997,655
2021-09-14$147.81$145.0023.7%6.8%21.9%13.6%25.0%4.3%1.0%538.9M-19.48B-176.2M0.501.15N/AN/A1,178,321585,8245,171,6524,167,278
2021-09-15$149.26$145.0021.8%6.3%22.1%8.1%23.0%3.2%1.0%691.4M-22.36B-175.3M0.511.32N/AN/A887,652451,0205,237,0854,234,107
2021-09-16$148.75$145.0021.7%6.2%21.0%7.7%22.2%3.5%1.0%676.0M-20.91B-176.4M0.571.21N/AN/A675,333388,0245,320,8024,295,061
2021-09-17$146.06$145.0023.3%6.6%22.0%12.3%22.9%4.1%0.3%-9.6M-16.03B-173.1M0.481.17N/AN/A1,062,984511,9165,372,2394,332,562
2021-09-20$142.29$150.0028.9%8.3%23.5%28.8%29.3%8.1%2.7%153.5M-9.92B-172.4M0.641.36N/AN/A866,787551,7504,432,1703,447,816
2021-09-21$143.86$150.0025.6%7.2%23.5%19.0%25.7%6.5%3.2%218.8M-11.47B-173.0M0.681.12N/AN/A528,589361,9254,625,0933,565,477
2021-09-22$145.92$150.0023.1%6.5%24.2%11.9%23.4%5.2%3.9%426.1M-15.03B-175.5M0.581.30N/AN/A622,025362,3604,712,0373,697,691
2021-09-23$146.78$150.0022.2%6.0%24.3%9.3%21.5%4.5%4.1%566.5M-16.56B-178.5M0.621.19N/AN/A528,133326,6424,783,3203,752,239
2021-09-24$147.29$150.0022.2%5.7%24.2%9.3%20.9%4.3%4.4%726.9M-17.91B-178.6M0.671.21N/AN/A571,238384,8874,869,8383,765,397
2021-09-27$145.64$150.0024.4%5.8%24.4%15.8%21.0%4.6%0.1%355.6M-14.81B-172.9M0.521.04N/AN/A498,065258,2354,565,8023,611,964
2021-09-28$142.26$149.0029.5%7.7%22.5%30.5%27.3%6.3%-0.2%186.4M-9.78B-175.8M0.661.09N/AN/A699,191462,9064,660,4983,678,512
2021-09-29$143.04$148.0029.4%7.4%22.8%30.3%26.4%6.6%-0.3%206.5M-10.47B-176.5M0.611.23N/AN/A503,269305,5084,759,7293,750,917
2021-09-30$142.25$147.0029.8%7.7%22.7%31.4%26.5%7.0%-0.3%182.6M-9.31B-176.2M0.601.10N/AN/A576,834347,6344,836,9673,855,249