AAXJ Options History — January 2011

In January 2011, AAXJ traded between $61.15 and $64.93. ATM implied volatility averaged 15.0%. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.3% (HV 20d: 12.7%). Max pain ranged from $60.00 to $60.00. Net GEX was positive for 10 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 36.30.

Notable Days

  • 2011-01-24: Highest Volume — 325 contracts
  • 2011-01-27: Largest IV spike — 59.1% change
  • 2011-01-21: Largest Expected Move — 5.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$63.37$61.15$64.93$64.58$61.54
Max Pain$60.00$60.00$60.00$60.00$60.00
ATM IV15.0%9.9%18.8%13.5%18.1%
Expected Move4.6%2.9%5.4%3.9%5.2%
HV 20d12.7%9.8%16.7%14.5%16.7%
HV 60d21.9%21.4%22.2%21.4%22.0%
Term Structure2.4%-0.4%6.6%4.4%0.5%
VWIV10.6%10.6%10.6%10.6%10.6%
Skew 25d2.3%-3.0%6.2%-0.4%4.4%
Skew 10d3.4%-1.3%9.5%-0.7%5.2%
Call IV 25d14.3%10.5%17.3%13.7%13.6%
Put IV 25d16.7%11.6%19.4%13.2%18.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %72.7148.63108.2066.7253.17
Gamma HHI0.520.400.820.410.72
Net GEX-11.2K-47.6K913-60-47.6K
Net DEX133.9K-32.0K647.8K-20.9K647.8K
Net VEX-1.7K-6.1K-424-435-6.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio36.300.00161.500.000.00
Total Volume19.65032502
Total OI1424743247432

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-01-03$64.58$0.0013.5%3.9%14.5%0.0%0.0%-0.4%4.4%-60-20.9K-4350.0066.72N/AN/A001631
2011-01-04$64.93$0.0013.4%3.8%11.4%0.0%0.0%0.4%4.5%115-27.0K-4260.0065.57N/AN/A001631
2011-01-05$64.78$0.0013.8%3.9%9.8%0.0%0.0%0.2%4.1%95-25.5K-4240.0066.21N/AN/A201631
2011-01-06$64.28$0.0013.3%3.8%10.1%0.0%0.0%-0.4%4.6%542-24.4K-4640.0068.56N/AN/A001831
2011-01-07$63.83$60.0013.5%5.1%10.5%0.0%0.0%3.5%1.1%311-16.5K-4640.0063.82N/AN/A101831
2011-01-10$62.92$60.0010.8%5.1%11.5%0.0%0.0%2.6%0.8%199-7.2K-4820.0062.58N/AN/A001931
2011-01-11$63.40$60.0010.6%5.1%11.8%0.0%0.0%3.1%0.9%461-14.5K-4820.0063.75N/AN/A001931
2011-01-12$64.41$60.0013.3%5.1%12.9%0.0%0.0%3.7%0.8%913-32.0K-4410.0071.50N/AN/A001931
2011-01-13$63.88$60.0017.8%5.1%13.3%0.0%0.0%3.5%0.9%707-22.9K-4590.0065.94N/AN/A001931
2011-01-14$64.11$60.0017.8%5.1%11.6%0.0%0.0%4.3%0.8%895-27.7K-4370.0068.73N/AN/A001931
2011-01-18$63.93$60.0017.5%5.0%11.7%0.0%0.0%2.5%1.2%811-23.5K-44220.0072.76N/AN/A1201931
2011-01-19$63.81$60.0017.6%5.0%11.7%0.0%0.0%2.2%1.0%-4.2K31.4K-5700.0072.99N/AN/A001946
2011-01-20$63.08$60.0015.8%4.5%12.5%0.0%0.0%2.3%1.4%-4.6K53.2K-5630.00102.98N/AN/A001946
2011-01-21$62.27$60.0018.8%5.4%13.4%0.0%0.0%1.4%-0.4%-4.5K72.0K-5900.0070.17N/AN/A001946
2011-01-24$62.38$60.0015.4%4.4%13.3%0.0%10.6%6.2%6.6%-4.7K72.7K-562161.50105.62N/AN/A23231946
2011-01-25$62.31$60.0014.9%4.3%13.3%0.0%0.0%5.9%6.4%-41.4K478.0K-5.0K0.00105.32N/AN/A3021369
2011-01-26$62.84$60.009.9%2.9%13.7%0.0%0.0%1.1%6.0%-39.5K425.2K-4.7K0.00108.20N/AN/A02024369
2011-01-27$62.92$60.0015.8%4.5%13.4%0.0%0.0%-3.0%1.6%-38.5K496.1K-5.6K0.0050.88N/AN/A0024389
2011-01-28$61.15$60.0018.2%5.2%16.5%0.0%0.0%3.4%0.2%-44.1K644.3K-5.9K0.0048.63N/AN/A01924389
2011-01-31$61.54$60.0018.1%5.2%16.7%0.0%0.0%4.4%0.5%-47.6K647.8K-6.1K0.0053.17N/AN/A0224408