AAPL Options History — March 2026

In March 2026, AAPL traded between $246.06 and $264.21. ATM implied volatility averaged 28.1%, placing in the 22.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.0% (HV 20d: 25.1%). Max pain ranged from $255.00 to $260.00. Net GEX was positive for 18 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.68.

Notable Days

  • 2026-03-27: Highest Volume — 1,066,255 contracts
  • 2026-03-27: Largest IV spike — 11.3% change
  • 2026-03-30: Highest IV Rank — 32.5%
  • 2026-03-30: Largest Expected Move — 9.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$254.58$246.06$264.21$264.21$254.08
Max Pain$257.73$255.00$260.00$255.00$255.00
ATM IV28.1%24.6%33.3%27.3%29.8%
Expected Move8.0%5.1%9.5%8.0%8.5%
HV 20d25.1%17.7%34.3%34.3%21.9%
HV 60d25.2%24.3%26.8%24.5%26.8%
IV Rank22.0%15.0%32.5%20.4%25.4%
IV Percentile63.4%33.3%91.3%57.5%81.0%
Term Structure0.6%-0.7%3.3%-0.5%0.0%
VWIV27.5%24.4%31.3%28.3%27.2%
Skew 25d7.4%6.1%9.4%6.4%7.5%
Skew 10d15.3%13.1%19.8%13.8%14.5%
Call IV 25d24.8%22.2%29.6%24.6%26.9%
Put IV 25d32.2%28.4%38.6%31.0%34.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %5.742.9513.339.133.46
Gamma HHI0.050.040.120.060.05
Net GEX303.5M-196.1M674.3M571.7M508.0M
Net DEX-9.52B-14.98B-4.31B-14.98B-10.65B
Net VEX-154.0M-161.7M-145.8M-161.7M-155.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.680.440.980.550.65
Total Volume683,344.909428,5221,066,255712,272593,681
Total OI4,351,492.7733,859,2834,619,0684,339,2564,153,021

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2026-03-02$264.21$255.0027.3%8.0%34.3%20.4%28.3%6.4%-0.5%571.7M-14.98B-161.7M0.559.13N/AN/A460,233252,0392,616,8161,722,440
2026-03-03$263.28$255.0027.7%8.4%32.3%21.3%29.0%7.0%-0.4%563.3M-14.57B-161.0M0.5211.94N/AN/A398,500207,6752,637,9281,738,858
2026-03-04$262.40$255.0027.8%8.0%32.3%21.5%27.6%6.1%-0.5%674.3M-14.15B-160.1M0.448.41N/AN/A524,632230,9972,711,5851,777,541
2026-03-05$258.59$260.0027.9%7.9%30.5%21.5%26.6%7.3%-0.4%357.5M-11.17B-159.0M0.763.77N/AN/A489,185370,6022,713,9851,763,845
2026-03-06$256.71$260.0030.5%8.6%30.5%26.9%29.1%9.4%-0.7%258.2M-10.07B-160.0M0.808.36N/AN/A464,499371,3362,799,5631,809,500
2026-03-09$260.06$260.0027.7%7.9%30.8%21.3%27.1%7.3%-0.1%577.2M-13.10B-158.3M0.6013.33N/AN/A394,719238,0952,671,7091,788,500
2026-03-10$261.13$260.0027.5%7.9%30.5%20.8%27.2%7.5%0.1%629.8M-14.05B-157.1M0.468.64N/AN/A398,201184,5112,654,2381,775,397
2026-03-11$260.25$260.0027.0%7.7%30.5%19.8%26.5%7.1%0.0%555.2M-13.28B-157.3M0.6710.12N/AN/A289,908193,4202,713,4781,804,690
2026-03-12$255.24$260.0028.8%9.4%30.8%23.6%27.3%7.6%-0.1%222.3M-9.40B-154.8M0.644.11N/AN/A426,144270,7392,698,4191,802,417
2026-03-13$249.97$260.0029.8%5.1%24.5%25.4%29.6%7.8%-0.1%-196.1M-5.90B-152.7M0.624.07N/AN/A456,113284,1512,790,3511,828,717
2026-03-16$252.45$260.0027.4%7.9%24.0%20.7%26.4%6.6%0.1%187.5M-7.85B-148.2M0.613.26N/AN/A371,887227,2482,622,8791,791,889
2026-03-17$254.01$260.0024.6%7.1%20.7%15.0%24.4%6.2%0.1%256.1M-9.12B-147.8M0.753.78N/AN/A244,920183,6022,647,2181,795,795
2026-03-18$249.15$260.0027.2%7.8%21.6%20.2%27.1%7.0%-0.2%-41.8M-5.62B-146.4M0.903.54N/AN/A317,497285,0232,683,4481,814,407
2026-03-19$248.41$260.0025.9%7.4%21.1%17.6%25.8%6.9%0.3%-66.0M-5.33B-145.8M0.985.95N/AN/A333,566327,8622,689,3101,822,156
2026-03-20$247.59$260.0027.3%7.8%20.3%20.5%28.0%7.9%-0.2%-138.0M-5.07B-147.2M0.744.11N/AN/A454,553334,7342,745,8771,853,408
2026-03-23$252.49$255.0026.3%7.6%21.3%18.4%25.4%7.0%3.3%372.2M-8.63B-148.4M0.472.95N/AN/A534,695253,9112,263,8941,595,389
2026-03-24$251.36$255.0027.4%7.9%19.4%20.5%26.6%7.7%2.9%378.6M-8.40B-153.0M0.763.30N/AN/A279,992213,9392,383,6691,608,783
2026-03-25$252.13$255.0027.7%8.0%19.2%21.2%26.6%8.2%3.3%415.2M-8.67B-153.1M0.703.46N/AN/A318,863222,0862,401,7991,653,138
2026-03-26$252.79$255.0028.0%8.0%19.3%21.8%27.0%8.0%3.2%441.6M-9.39B-155.8M0.773.79N/AN/A481,657369,2182,409,6711,653,807
2026-03-27$248.30$255.0031.1%8.9%17.7%28.1%31.3%7.7%3.2%78.7M-5.72B-154.8M0.843.52N/AN/A580,730485,5252,508,5181,719,410
2026-03-30$246.06$255.0033.3%9.5%17.8%32.5%30.1%8.9%-0.1%72.0M-4.31B-150.8M0.753.26N/AN/A408,164304,5362,397,5091,697,869
2026-03-31$254.08$255.0029.8%8.5%21.9%25.4%27.2%7.5%0.0%508.0M-10.65B-155.6M0.653.46N/AN/A359,303234,3782,441,3651,711,656