AAXJ Options History — January 2012

In January 2012, AAXJ traded between $50.42 and $55.65. ATM implied volatility averaged 22.5%, placing in the 22.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.1% (HV 20d: 21.5%). Max pain ranged from $45.00 to $55.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.00.

Notable Days

  • 2012-01-17: Highest Volume — 79 contracts
  • 2012-01-10: Largest IV spike — 199.6% change
  • 2012-01-10: Highest IV Rank — 75.7%
  • 2012-01-10: Largest Expected Move — 9.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$53.12$50.42$55.65$51.24$55.08
Max Pain$53.50$45.00$55.00$45.00$55.00
ATM IV22.5%17.2%55.6%23.8%19.4%
Expected Move6.3%4.9%9.6%6.8%5.6%
HV 20d21.5%16.3%26.7%26.7%17.5%
HV 60d32.5%28.0%35.6%35.6%28.0%
IV Rank22.4%13.8%75.7%24.5%17.4%
IV Percentile51.3%24.5%97.3%58.2%45.8%
Term Structure1.2%-7.1%5.4%3.9%1.4%
Skew 25d5.8%1.2%15.5%9.3%2.5%
Skew 10d4.9%1.9%10.3%10.3%2.4%
Call IV 25d16.6%14.0%19.6%19.6%15.8%
Put IV 25d22.4%15.9%33.0%29.0%18.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %119.05106.88148.41115.67125.70
Gamma HHI0.770.630.910.800.68
Net GEX16.6K8.1K25.5K14.1K19.5K
Net DEX-292.9K-602.6K-121.4K-152.3K-335.9K
Net VEX-1.2K-1.8K-571-650-1.7K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.000.000.000.000.00
Total Volume5.9079110
Total OI149.3110220110167

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-01-03$51.24$45.0023.8%6.8%26.7%24.5%0.0%0.0%3.9%14.1K-152.3K-6500.00115.67N/AN/A1107535
2012-01-04$50.87$45.0023.2%6.7%26.6%23.5%0.0%9.3%3.3%17.4K-147.3K-7670.00115.97N/AN/A008635
2012-01-05$50.87$45.0022.4%6.4%26.4%22.2%0.0%9.4%3.2%18.6K-151.0K-7580.00118.50N/AN/A008635
2012-01-06$50.42$55.0022.1%7.1%26.5%21.8%0.0%12.2%0.6%20.6K-121.4K-7530.00106.88N/AN/A008635
2012-01-09$50.62$55.0018.6%6.9%24.4%16.0%0.0%6.6%0.8%25.5K-141.4K-7070.00108.90N/AN/A008635
2012-01-10$51.88$55.0055.6%9.6%25.3%75.7%0.0%15.5%-7.1%9.3K-179.0K-7370.00148.41N/AN/A008635
2012-01-11$51.56$55.0022.7%7.0%22.2%22.6%0.0%4.1%1.3%17.6K-201.7K-6720.00109.10N/AN/A008635
2012-01-12$52.00$55.0023.1%6.6%22.2%23.2%0.0%5.1%5.4%13.8K-224.1K-6350.00116.51N/AN/A008635
2012-01-13$51.77$55.0026.3%7.5%21.8%28.4%0.0%4.8%1.2%16.1K-215.3K-6390.00108.80N/AN/A008635
2012-01-17$52.62$55.0017.7%5.1%22.3%14.6%0.0%6.7%3.1%8.1K-263.9K-5710.00123.23N/AN/A7908635
2012-01-18$53.58$55.0017.2%4.9%22.7%13.8%0.0%5.5%2.0%11.6K-502.7K-1.6K0.00115.58N/AN/A20016535
2012-01-19$54.28$55.0019.8%5.7%19.7%18.0%0.0%5.8%1.6%15.9K-586.6K-1.8K0.00117.31N/AN/A0018535
2012-01-20$54.49$55.0019.9%5.7%18.3%18.2%0.0%4.3%0.6%16.6K-602.6K-1.8K0.00123.67N/AN/A0018535
2012-01-23$54.84$55.0020.3%5.8%18.3%18.7%0.0%5.0%1.0%16.6K-315.3K-1.8K0.00117.03N/AN/A0012833
2012-01-24$54.98$55.0019.8%5.7%18.3%18.0%0.0%1.2%0.8%17.5K-320.7K-1.7K0.00119.49N/AN/A0012833
2012-01-25$55.50$55.0019.0%5.4%18.4%16.7%0.0%4.5%0.9%18.4K-353.9K-1.7K0.00123.56N/AN/A0012833
2012-01-26$55.38$55.0020.3%5.8%17.7%18.8%0.0%4.1%0.3%18.1K-347.7K-1.7K0.00121.27N/AN/A7012833
2012-01-27$55.65$55.0019.2%5.5%16.3%17.0%0.0%1.6%1.0%19.5K-374.4K-1.8K0.00121.96N/AN/A0013533
2012-01-30$54.77$55.0020.5%5.9%17.7%19.2%0.0%1.8%-1.6%18.0K-319.7K-1.7K0.00123.41N/AN/A1013533
2012-01-31$55.08$55.0019.4%5.6%17.5%17.4%0.0%2.5%1.4%19.5K-335.9K-1.7K0.00125.70N/AN/A0013433