AAPL Options History — January 2026

In January 2026, AAPL traded between $244.39 and $270.66. ATM implied volatility averaged 27.2%, placing in the 20.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 11.7% (HV 20d: 15.5%). Max pain ranged from $220.00 to $255.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 2 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.56.

Notable Days

  • 2026-01-30: Highest Volume — 1,811,505 contracts
  • 2026-01-20: Largest IV spike — 18.9% change
  • 2026-01-20: Highest IV Rank — 29.3%
  • 2026-01-29: Largest Expected Move — 9.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$257.70$244.39$270.66$270.66$261.23
Max Pain$252.25$220.00$255.00$220.00$252.50
ATM IV27.2%23.2%31.7%23.2%24.5%
Expected Move7.7%5.4%9.2%5.4%7.1%
HV 20d15.5%9.5%23.8%10.2%23.8%
HV 60d18.2%15.8%19.4%19.2%18.6%
IV Rank20.3%12.3%29.3%12.3%14.8%
IV Percentile57.3%26.6%88.5%26.6%35.3%
Term Structure-0.8%-1.2%0.1%0.1%0.0%
VWIV26.7%18.7%32.0%18.7%25.0%
Skew 25d3.1%2.2%4.6%3.2%3.1%
Skew 10d5.9%3.9%7.7%7.0%6.4%
Call IV 25d25.9%21.9%29.6%21.9%23.2%
Put IV 25d29.0%25.1%34.1%25.1%26.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %9.682.5420.537.4612.14
Gamma HHI0.080.050.180.100.08
Net GEX676.4M75.5M1.23B969.1M979.9M
Net DEX-18.08B-31.35B-3.81B-31.35B-18.80B
Net VEX-143.4M-157.3M-134.9M-139.2M-153.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.560.301.490.580.41
Total Volume862,300.75435,7891,811,505831,7451,811,505
Total OI4,775,466.93,770,0995,533,8365,123,3894,606,990

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2026-01-02$270.66$220.0023.2%5.4%10.2%12.3%18.7%3.2%0.1%969.1M-31.35B-139.2M0.587.46N/AN/A526,458305,2873,046,6932,076,696
2026-01-05$267.38$255.0024.6%6.8%9.5%15.0%23.3%3.2%-0.6%944.1M-28.15B-137.5M0.602.59N/AN/A368,859219,5292,933,9342,040,476
2026-01-06$262.91$255.0025.0%6.9%10.8%15.8%24.1%2.8%-0.4%707.0M-23.85B-136.6M0.432.74N/AN/A523,754227,5283,007,1812,087,416
2026-01-07$260.64$255.0026.2%7.2%10.9%18.2%24.9%2.9%-0.7%677.3M-21.89B-138.1M0.572.74N/AN/A401,677227,9193,094,9442,124,870
2026-01-08$258.46$255.0027.3%7.5%10.9%20.4%25.8%2.6%-0.7%542.7M-19.96B-139.2M0.9220.53N/AN/A683,607632,0553,146,2492,161,779
2026-01-09$259.87$255.0026.0%7.1%11.0%17.8%25.2%2.2%-0.7%1.23B-22.01B-139.3M0.4316.93N/AN/A814,745348,8163,256,3342,219,061
2026-01-12$260.76$255.0026.9%7.4%11.3%19.6%26.0%2.2%-0.8%947.8M-23.62B-139.6M0.512.84N/AN/A511,327258,2433,060,0122,179,474
2026-01-13$259.45$255.0027.1%7.4%11.2%20.1%25.7%2.7%-1.1%901.7M-22.27B-141.9M0.567.19N/AN/A378,513212,3603,149,0692,220,347
2026-01-14$260.10$255.0026.9%7.4%10.6%19.7%26.0%2.6%-1.0%980.9M-23.09B-142.6M0.519.51N/AN/A470,491239,3713,187,8782,243,193
2026-01-15$257.53$255.0026.6%7.4%10.6%19.0%25.5%2.4%-0.9%708.3M-20.43B-142.6M1.497.18N/AN/A416,914620,9283,244,4872,263,040
2026-01-16$255.66$255.0026.7%7.5%10.6%19.2%25.9%2.8%-1.0%176.1M-19.05B-140.6M0.4915.10N/AN/A599,521290,8773,276,0112,257,825
2026-01-20$244.39$255.0031.7%9.0%18.2%29.3%31.7%4.6%-0.8%75.5M-3.81B-134.9M0.456.60N/AN/A634,973285,2362,225,5601,544,539
2026-01-21$248.02$255.0029.1%8.4%19.6%24.1%28.8%3.5%-0.9%306.3M-6.94B-140.1M0.4015.04N/AN/A599,191237,8362,383,7971,579,377
2026-01-22$248.75$252.5028.5%8.2%19.7%22.9%28.0%3.1%-1.0%383.4M-7.65B-141.4M0.464.36N/AN/A428,011196,5942,449,6351,597,661
2026-01-23$248.63$252.5028.7%8.3%19.5%23.3%28.7%3.4%-1.2%298.3M-7.86B-142.8M0.4811.19N/AN/A583,151282,4532,523,3881,615,257
2026-01-26$255.56$250.0028.7%8.5%22.0%23.2%29.4%3.4%-0.8%552.0M-13.29B-149.9M0.302.54N/AN/A662,423201,6492,377,6391,590,454
2026-01-27$259.22$252.5027.7%8.2%22.8%21.2%28.6%3.4%-0.7%750.4M-16.90B-156.5M0.3814.53N/AN/A533,568204,5602,543,2521,625,132
2026-01-28$256.43$252.5028.8%8.5%23.0%23.5%29.9%3.4%-0.9%642.5M-14.34B-154.2M0.6119.60N/AN/A271,153164,6362,591,2071,648,643
2026-01-29$258.42$252.5030.1%9.2%23.3%26.0%32.0%3.8%-1.0%754.0M-16.34B-157.3M0.5312.78N/AN/A569,779300,5182,648,8551,680,983
2026-01-30$261.23$252.5024.5%7.1%23.8%14.8%25.0%3.1%0.0%979.9M-18.80B-153.7M0.4112.14N/AN/A1,283,279528,2262,810,4041,796,586