AAPL Options History — March 2022

In March 2022, AAPL traded between $150.92 and $178.88. ATM implied volatility averaged 29.7%, placing in the 51.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.2%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.7% (HV 20d: 30.4%). Max pain ranged from $165.00 to $170.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.69.

Notable Days

  • 2022-03-23: Highest Volume — 1,906,253 contracts
  • 2022-03-16: Largest IV drop — 15.5% change
  • 2022-03-14: Highest IV Rank — 94.9%
  • 2022-03-08: Largest Expected Move — 11.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$165.21$150.92$178.88$162.29$176.11
Max Pain$166.52$165.00$170.00$167.50$170.00
ATM IV29.7%23.2%38.8%34.3%28.6%
Expected Move9.2%7.5%11.5%10.0%8.1%
HV 20d30.4%22.1%34.5%22.1%31.9%
HV 60d28.6%26.8%29.9%27.8%29.6%
IV Rank51.3%19.8%94.9%73.3%45.7%
IV Percentile69.0%31.0%99.2%95.2%66.7%
Term Structure0.6%-1.0%3.9%-0.4%-0.1%
VWIV32.7%28.0%39.8%34.8%29.3%
Skew 25d8.2%4.3%12.2%10.3%5.4%
Skew 10d16.1%8.7%23.0%20.3%10.9%
Call IV 25d26.6%21.2%33.4%28.7%26.3%
Put IV 25d34.8%26.7%44.4%38.9%31.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %1.701.352.052.051.63
Gamma HHI0.090.050.240.050.11
Net GEX326.8M-442.7M830.7M135.9M533.6M
Net DEX-12.93B-30.40B2.18B-7.29B-24.71B
Net VEX-182.2M-190.4M-169.9M-182.5M-188.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.690.500.870.750.82
Total Volume1,331,525.696935,9351,906,253935,9351,166,046
Total OI7,330,144.7396,648,8707,749,7667,016,8447,671,691

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2022-03-01$162.29$167.5034.3%10.0%22.1%73.3%34.8%10.3%-0.4%135.9M-7.29B-182.5M0.752.05N/AN/A534,885401,0503,753,0263,263,818
2022-03-02$167.13$165.0029.9%8.4%25.0%52.2%30.7%9.1%-0.0%417.5M-13.39B-186.3M0.661.71N/AN/A624,827410,9503,830,3893,316,695
2022-03-03$165.72$167.5030.3%9.1%24.9%54.3%31.6%9.2%-0.0%303.6M-11.55B-187.1M0.501.67N/AN/A881,728442,0933,920,4613,373,800
2022-03-04$162.69$167.5032.1%10.1%25.4%62.8%35.4%11.4%-0.1%16.5M-7.28B-184.8M0.871.83N/AN/A750,267656,3884,013,8533,404,415
2022-03-07$159.95$167.5036.3%11.4%25.8%83.1%39.5%12.2%-0.2%51.8M-5.12B-183.5M0.781.71N/AN/A544,260422,1953,804,7903,312,471
2022-03-08$157.70$165.0035.0%11.5%26.0%77.0%39.8%11.3%-0.3%-39.4M-2.59B-177.6M0.711.45N/AN/A919,499651,6663,881,3273,372,183
2022-03-09$163.27$165.0030.6%9.8%28.6%55.4%33.6%10.4%-0.0%257.2M-8.98B-180.5M0.751.83N/AN/A641,547480,2323,951,7773,426,167
2022-03-10$157.85$165.0032.7%10.5%30.2%65.7%36.2%10.2%-0.2%-108.7M-2.56B-177.3M0.751.72N/AN/A774,647577,7374,021,5443,481,169
2022-03-11$155.04$165.0035.1%10.9%30.0%77.3%37.6%10.5%-0.2%-442.7M389.7M-174.7M0.741.89N/AN/A836,554623,1804,113,7903,531,220
2022-03-14$150.92$170.0038.8%11.2%30.6%94.9%39.2%11.0%-1.0%-122.9M2.18B-169.9M0.781.35N/AN/A634,867495,1943,898,5483,370,134
2022-03-15$154.95$165.0034.6%10.2%32.6%74.6%35.8%10.0%-0.7%31.1M-1.73B-174.5M0.711.60N/AN/A630,729448,1444,008,6813,438,850
2022-03-16$158.45$165.0029.2%9.1%32.8%48.8%32.7%8.6%-0.3%192.1M-5.65B-174.9M0.781.54N/AN/A704,677550,9954,076,0573,514,008
2022-03-17$160.35$165.0027.9%8.9%33.2%42.7%31.9%8.2%-0.2%307.2M-7.88B-177.7M0.741.92N/AN/A547,639402,8394,120,8863,564,636
2022-03-18$164.30$165.0024.6%8.2%34.0%26.5%29.6%7.2%-0.3%661.2M-13.94B-180.1M0.601.50N/AN/A1,054,040635,3554,150,8373,598,929
2022-03-21$164.45$165.0026.0%8.5%33.9%33.5%29.8%7.3%3.9%367.1M-13.41B-181.8M0.611.52N/AN/A783,727475,8003,550,5203,098,350
2022-03-22$168.98$165.0023.2%7.8%34.5%19.8%29.3%6.8%2.9%629.2M-19.28B-183.6M0.621.53N/AN/A850,447525,5723,666,2673,205,212
2022-03-23$171.26$165.0025.3%8.4%33.3%30.0%30.1%5.6%3.0%686.2M-22.00B-190.4M0.581.56N/AN/A1,203,985702,2683,757,2813,339,816
2022-03-24$173.26$165.0024.4%8.0%33.4%25.8%30.5%4.5%3.5%805.7M-24.94B-188.4M0.541.84N/AN/A1,035,201561,9013,868,7433,469,046
2022-03-25$174.00$165.0024.4%7.8%32.9%25.9%28.9%4.3%3.2%800.6M-25.84B-187.6M0.632.00N/AN/A1,085,353680,9883,939,5753,548,511
2022-03-28$174.95$170.0026.4%8.0%32.7%35.4%28.9%4.9%0.9%588.1M-24.46B-187.3M0.661.75N/AN/A642,602421,3093,747,3513,403,011
2022-03-29$178.88$170.0025.4%7.5%33.0%30.5%28.0%4.4%0.8%830.7M-30.40B-183.3M0.651.54N/AN/A986,476639,2873,824,6353,469,771
2022-03-30$177.27$170.0028.5%8.1%32.0%45.5%28.7%5.6%-0.1%613.8M-26.95B-188.7M0.721.95N/AN/A921,023664,9223,907,1333,611,955
2022-03-31$176.11$170.0028.6%8.1%31.9%45.7%29.3%5.4%-0.1%533.6M-24.71B-188.7M0.821.63N/AN/A639,990526,0564,001,3003,670,391