AAPL Options History — December 2021

In December 2021, AAPL traded between $160.48 and $180.11. ATM implied volatility averaged 30.1%, placing in the 32.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.3% (HV 20d: 27.8%). Max pain ranged from $140.00 to $150.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.43.

Notable Days

  • 2021-12-01: Highest Volume — 3,678,506 contracts
  • 2021-12-13: Largest IV spike — 11.9% change
  • 2021-12-16: Highest IV Rank — 42.9%
  • 2021-12-03: Largest Expected Move — 10.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$173.56$160.48$180.11$166.56$178.11
Max Pain$144.77$140.00$150.00$150.00$150.00
ATM IV30.1%26.7%33.8%30.6%28.3%
Expected Move8.4%6.8%10.0%9.3%6.8%
HV 20d27.8%21.8%31.2%21.8%27.1%
HV 60d22.5%21.6%23.4%21.6%22.2%
IV Rank32.3%22.2%42.9%33.7%26.9%
IV Percentile64.6%46.8%82.9%65.9%55.2%
Term Structure0.3%-1.6%3.7%-0.1%0.2%
VWIV30.4%24.9%35.8%33.6%24.9%
Skew 25d2.9%1.7%6.9%3.5%2.0%
Skew 10d5.6%3.7%12.4%6.4%4.8%
Call IV 25d29.6%25.9%33.8%29.9%27.8%
Put IV 25d32.5%28.1%36.4%33.4%29.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.831.0417.531.3217.53
Gamma HHI0.130.100.200.110.12
Net GEX1.25B557.0M1.89B1.12B735.6M
Net DEX-43.54B-59.03B-27.69B-39.44B-42.46B
Net VEX-180.4M-189.9M-169.4M-180.2M-169.8M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.430.300.780.480.54
Total Volume2,201,466.045964,0183,678,5063,678,5061,117,798
Total OI9,478,161.5458,756,36210,715,8198,865,0869,233,170

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2021-12-01$166.56$150.0030.6%9.3%21.8%33.7%33.6%3.5%-0.1%1.12B-39.44B-180.2M0.481.32N/AN/A2,483,5531,194,9534,838,9734,026,113
2021-12-02$163.76$150.0028.9%8.8%23.1%28.6%32.4%5.5%0.2%816.9M-33.17B-179.8M0.431.36N/AN/A2,382,7281,014,7144,970,8454,181,399
2021-12-03$160.48$150.0032.1%10.0%24.5%38.1%35.8%6.9%-0.2%557.0M-27.69B-189.9M0.781.28N/AN/A1,359,3441,054,3065,348,5204,284,889
2021-12-06$165.33$140.0029.1%8.3%26.2%29.3%30.9%5.3%0.2%1.15B-37.26B-182.8M0.451.97N/AN/A1,213,279548,4055,010,9594,063,283
2021-12-07$170.21$140.0027.7%8.0%27.3%25.3%29.2%2.5%0.6%1.38B-44.80B-179.5M0.341.87N/AN/A2,176,487745,4025,023,6334,136,185
2021-12-08$174.30$140.0029.1%8.3%28.0%29.3%29.9%2.6%-0.1%1.41B-50.49B-177.9M0.322.35N/AN/A2,559,803830,4535,156,9264,269,858
2021-12-09$175.25$140.0030.4%8.5%26.3%33.2%31.0%2.8%-0.2%1.54B-50.83B-183.4M0.542.22N/AN/A1,749,727938,1075,372,6184,432,466
2021-12-10$178.40$140.0028.8%8.1%26.2%28.4%29.3%2.8%-1.2%1.89B-59.03B-176.4M0.542.25N/AN/A1,878,1831,006,4845,593,0544,547,677
2021-12-13$177.11$145.0032.2%9.0%26.8%38.4%31.9%2.3%-0.6%1.26B-50.87B-182.7M0.396.52N/AN/A2,191,876862,6235,256,5084,334,980
2021-12-14$174.55$145.0033.0%9.1%27.9%40.8%32.7%3.0%-1.1%1.14B-45.61B-188.2M0.566.47N/AN/A1,434,319801,8115,564,9774,496,827
2021-12-15$178.25$145.0031.4%8.7%28.3%36.0%31.8%2.5%-1.1%1.64B-53.60B-188.5M0.381.81N/AN/A1,835,018690,0365,729,6594,536,866
2021-12-16$172.87$145.0033.8%9.3%31.2%42.9%33.8%2.2%-1.6%1.18B-43.39B-189.5M0.382.03N/AN/A2,156,051811,4075,787,5524,588,520
2021-12-17$171.49$145.0033.5%9.4%30.4%42.1%33.8%2.1%-0.8%1.13B-40.94B-189.6M0.4913.45N/AN/A1,606,754786,5296,072,6284,643,191
2021-12-20$169.53$145.0032.1%9.1%30.5%38.0%33.3%3.2%2.8%948.9M-32.49B-185.0M0.4513.31N/AN/A964,332434,2735,176,7283,982,724
2021-12-21$172.28$145.0028.9%8.3%30.8%28.8%29.7%2.8%2.8%1.19B-37.38B-178.3M0.3212.97N/AN/A1,147,990367,1415,209,2614,071,970
2021-12-22$175.13$145.0028.0%8.0%30.8%26.0%29.1%2.4%3.2%1.53B-41.96B-180.7M0.342.83N/AN/A1,250,969426,5345,211,6484,119,094
2021-12-23$176.70$145.0026.7%7.4%30.8%22.2%27.4%2.1%3.7%1.40B-45.25B-178.1M0.301.22N/AN/A1,221,518369,9315,266,8664,164,016
2021-12-27$180.11$145.0029.4%7.6%29.1%30.3%28.4%2.0%0.5%1.29B-46.13B-175.0M0.341.04N/AN/A1,022,978344,2304,800,8373,955,525
2021-12-28$179.72$145.0030.0%7.6%28.9%31.9%27.4%1.7%0.2%1.29B-45.58B-172.7M0.391.04N/AN/A922,289361,2234,868,6604,023,984
2021-12-29$179.59$145.0029.4%7.3%28.1%30.3%26.2%1.9%0.2%1.50B-45.66B-171.0M0.422.74N/AN/A679,457284,5614,965,5734,080,289
2021-12-30$178.61$145.0029.1%7.1%28.1%29.4%25.6%1.9%-0.0%1.32B-43.77B-169.4M0.388.71N/AN/A871,541333,1364,992,4054,127,698
2021-12-31$178.11$150.0028.3%6.8%27.1%26.9%24.9%2.0%0.2%735.6M-42.46B-169.8M0.5417.53N/AN/A723,732394,0665,041,7234,191,447