AAXJ Options History — July 2011

In July 2011, AAXJ traded between $60.86 and $62.94. ATM implied volatility averaged 15.9%. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.7%. IV traded below realized volatility by 14.7% (HV 20d: 30.6%). Max pain ranged from $55.00 to $60.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 8 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 8 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.00.

Notable Days

  • 2011-07-29: Highest Volume — 10 contracts
  • 2011-07-11: Largest IV spike — 90.4% change
  • 2011-07-29: Largest Expected Move — 7.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$62.22$60.86$62.94$62.70$62.32
Max Pain$58.75$55.00$60.00$55.00$55.00
ATM IV15.9%8.6%25.5%8.6%25.5%
Expected Move4.7%2.5%7.3%2.5%7.3%
HV 20d30.6%30.0%31.4%31.4%30.2%
HV 60d23.6%23.2%23.9%23.2%23.9%
Term Structure2.0%0.9%6.0%6.0%1.4%
VWIV17.2%12.6%25.5%15.1%25.5%
Skew 25d2.8%0.9%6.3%1.8%2.1%
Skew 10d2.9%-0.2%4.7%2.7%3.2%
Call IV 25d13.5%8.9%16.6%8.9%15.5%
Put IV 25d16.3%10.7%18.0%10.7%17.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %55.4225.88100.3739.5725.88
Gamma HHI0.910.811.000.961.00
Net GEX-32.4K-50.4K-293-35.7K-293
Net DEX141.3K4.8K296.3K134.3K4.8K
Net VEX-1.4K-2.1K-48-1.7K-48
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.000.000.000.000.00
Total Volume3.125010010
Total OI361.62534374343

Daily Data (8 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-07-01$62.70$55.008.6%2.5%31.4%0.0%0.0%1.8%6.0%-35.7K134.3K-1.7K0.0039.57N/AN/A0021413
2011-07-05$62.68$60.009.9%4.3%30.5%0.0%15.1%3.2%1.7%-36.6K126.0K-1.7K0.0043.30N/AN/A1021413
2011-07-11$61.52$60.0018.9%5.5%30.4%0.0%0.0%0.9%0.9%-41.1K198.2K-2.0K0.0045.68N/AN/A0024413
2011-07-18$60.86$60.0018.0%5.2%30.7%0.0%0.0%3.5%1.2%-50.4K296.3K-2.1K0.0067.61N/AN/A0315378
2011-07-20$61.90$60.0017.7%5.1%31.2%0.0%0.0%6.3%1.6%-42.4K207.7K-1.8K0.0070.50N/AN/A0015381
2011-07-22$62.85$60.0014.4%4.1%30.8%0.0%12.6%1.9%1.4%-33.0K112.8K-1.2K0.0050.45N/AN/A2015381
2011-07-26$62.94$60.0014.1%4.0%30.0%0.0%15.6%2.1%1.4%-19.8K50.6K-8840.00100.37N/AN/A9019381
2011-07-29$62.32$55.0025.5%7.3%30.2%0.0%25.5%0.0%0.0%-2934.8K-480.0025.88N/AN/A01003