AAXJ Options History — December 2010

In December 2010, AAXJ traded between $62.44 and $63.70. ATM implied volatility averaged 14.5%. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 11.3% (HV 20d: 25.8%). Max pain ranged from $60.00 to $60.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.50.

Notable Days

  • 2010-12-23: Highest Volume — 10 contracts
  • 2010-12-06: Largest IV spike — 55.9% change
  • 2010-12-15: Largest Expected Move — 6.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$63.07$62.44$63.70$62.57$63.70
Max Pain$60.00$60.00$60.00$60.00$60.00
ATM IV14.5%10.1%21.9%12.3%14.1%
Expected Move4.1%2.9%6.3%3.5%4.0%
HV 20d25.8%14.4%33.4%33.4%14.4%
Term Structure4.3%-6.4%21.5%5.6%3.9%
Skew 25d3.6%-3.8%12.3%1.4%-1.3%
Skew 10d4.7%-2.6%9.4%1.7%-2.0%
Call IV 25d13.6%7.8%17.5%17.3%14.1%
Put IV 25d17.3%11.9%20.7%18.7%12.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %92.6980.26112.23108.9584.06
Gamma HHI0.490.371.001.000.41
Net GEX-1.6K-3.4K-400-1.2K-400
Net DEX3.7K-9.1K19.5K947-9.1K
Net VEX-376-485-120-120-459
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.500.001.000.001.00
Total Volume0.89501000
Total OI36.36810471047

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-12-01$62.57$60.0012.3%3.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.4%5.6%-1.2K947-1200.00108.95N/AN/A0037
2010-12-03$63.70$60.0011.3%3.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%4.6%3.8%-3.1K11.3K-2740.00112.23N/AN/A00327
2010-12-06$63.48$0.0017.5%5.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.5%2.5%-3.1K14.1K-2960.0084.17N/AN/A00327
2010-12-07$63.38$0.0014.7%4.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.3%4.8%-2.8K16.7K-3160.0083.00N/AN/A00327
2010-12-09$63.01$0.0015.0%4.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%4.5%4.5%-3.4K19.5K-3230.0080.29N/AN/A00327
2010-12-10$63.09$0.0015.4%4.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%4.2%7.0%-3.0K16.6K-3030.0080.26N/AN/A70327
2010-12-13$63.46$0.0016.7%4.4%33.4%0.0%0.0%3.6%6.4%-1.5K-7.0K-3710.0083.82N/AN/A001027
2010-12-14$63.52$0.0016.9%3.5%32.3%0.0%0.0%3.7%-4.9%-777-5.5K-3820.0082.03N/AN/A001027
2010-12-15$62.44$0.0021.9%6.3%32.1%0.0%0.0%3.2%-4.1%-1.9K3.7K-3980.0087.66N/AN/A001027
2010-12-16$62.60$0.0014.9%4.3%31.1%0.0%0.0%-3.8%-6.4%-1.3K2.5K-4000.00105.30N/AN/A001027
2010-12-17$62.78$0.0012.7%3.6%30.3%0.0%0.0%-2.1%-4.1%-1.1K1.2K-4030.00100.61N/AN/A001027
2010-12-21$62.79$0.0013.8%4.0%29.5%0.0%0.0%4.6%5.1%-1.3K-967-3920.0087.96N/AN/A001126
2010-12-22$62.88$0.0010.1%2.9%29.4%0.0%0.0%4.2%21.5%-688-4.9K-3940.00109.88N/AN/A001126
2010-12-23$62.63$0.0010.1%2.9%29.5%0.0%0.0%8.0%8.8%-1.3K-72-3861.0094.37N/AN/A551126
2010-12-27$62.74$0.0014.9%4.3%22.6%0.0%0.0%12.0%10.0%-1.2K9.6K-4850.0096.17N/AN/A001631
2010-12-28$62.73$0.0015.2%4.4%18.3%0.0%0.0%12.3%10.0%-1.2K10.0K-4820.0096.17N/AN/A001631
2010-12-29$63.22$0.0013.4%3.8%18.4%0.0%0.0%-1.5%4.4%-563-2.4K-4810.0087.67N/AN/A001631
2010-12-30$63.55$0.0015.1%4.3%14.5%0.0%0.0%5.1%2.0%-535-5.3K-4770.0096.43N/AN/A001631
2010-12-31$63.70$0.0014.1%4.0%14.4%0.0%0.0%-1.3%3.9%-400-9.1K-4590.0084.06N/AN/A001631