AAXJ Options History — February 2014

In February 2014, AAXJ traded between $54.75 and $58.38. ATM implied volatility averaged 19.1%, placing in the 56.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.4% (HV 20d: 18.7%). Max pain ranged from $57.00 to $65.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 169.19.

Notable Days

  • 2014-02-05: Highest Volume — 8,428 contracts
  • 2014-02-25: Largest IV spike — 8.4% change
  • 2014-02-03: Highest IV Rank — 76.1%
  • 2014-02-03: Largest Expected Move — 6.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$56.94$54.75$58.38$54.75$58.15
Max Pain$63.32$57.00$65.00$57.00$65.00
ATM IV19.1%17.5%22.4%22.4%18.2%
Expected Move5.5%5.0%6.4%6.4%5.2%
HV 20d18.7%16.5%20.9%16.8%17.0%
HV 60d17.4%16.9%18.2%16.9%17.1%
IV Rank56.3%41.6%76.1%76.1%45.4%
IV Percentile59.1%40.9%92.5%92.5%48.0%
Term Structure0.1%-0.7%1.2%-0.3%-0.0%
VWIV21.9%17.5%29.7%21.2%17.5%
Skew 25d4.7%3.2%5.8%5.8%4.4%
Skew 10d11.7%8.4%16.2%12.8%8.7%
Call IV 25d17.5%15.6%20.8%20.8%16.9%
Put IV 25d22.2%20.3%26.6%26.6%21.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %29.0921.3333.8825.0231.98
Gamma HHI0.590.490.690.490.67
Net GEX-2.4M-2.7M-2.2M-2.5M-2.5M
Net DEX17.4M10.1M29.4M29.4M11.2M
Net VEX-48.9K-73.0K-31.4K-72.6K-32.5K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio169.190.00841.80841.800.00
Total Volume646.89508,4283,4260
Total OI9,811.2119,47011,24911,0499,812

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-02-03$54.75$57.0022.4%6.4%16.8%76.1%0.0%5.8%-0.3%-2.5M29.4M-72.6K0.0025.02N/AN/A03,42616710,882
2014-02-04$55.47$57.0021.9%6.3%17.6%73.6%0.0%4.9%-0.2%-2.6M27.0M-73.0K0.0028.16N/AN/A0016711,082
2014-02-05$55.07$57.0020.8%6.0%17.6%68.3%0.0%4.1%0.2%-2.7M28.6M-70.8K841.8028.48N/AN/A108,41816711,082
2014-02-06$56.09$57.0021.0%6.0%19.0%69.2%21.2%3.2%-0.7%-2.4M21.9M-60.9K0.0029.64N/AN/A401579,682
2014-02-07$56.30$65.0019.6%5.9%19.1%62.5%0.0%5.5%-0.5%-2.3M19.9M-57.6K0.0027.88N/AN/A001559,332
2014-02-10$55.77$65.0019.3%5.6%18.7%60.9%0.0%5.3%0.7%-2.4M22.0M-55.3K0.0021.33N/AN/A001559,332
2014-02-11$57.08$65.0018.3%5.5%20.6%56.1%0.0%5.0%-0.1%-2.4M16.8M-51.8K0.0028.02N/AN/A0121559,332
2014-02-12$57.25$65.0018.0%5.7%20.3%54.4%0.0%4.8%-0.3%-2.2M16.0M-51.4K0.0029.50N/AN/A001559,344
2014-02-13$57.13$65.0018.9%5.4%20.3%59.2%0.0%5.6%0.6%-2.4M16.4M-50.6K0.0026.36N/AN/A001559,344
2014-02-14$57.82$65.0017.9%5.1%20.8%54.0%0.0%5.1%0.5%-2.2M13.5M-45.7K0.0028.68N/AN/A0101559,344
2014-02-18$57.51$65.0018.3%5.2%20.9%56.0%29.7%4.5%0.4%-2.4M14.4M-45.2K1.6731.21N/AN/A6101559,334
2014-02-19$57.52$65.0018.4%5.3%20.8%56.8%22.2%4.8%0.5%-2.4M14.5M-42.5K0.0032.97N/AN/A061589,344
2014-02-20$57.54$65.0018.1%5.2%20.4%44.9%20.9%5.1%0.3%-2.3M13.8M-40.5K2.5031.81N/AN/A251589,346
2014-02-21$57.73$65.0017.8%5.1%18.6%42.9%0.0%4.3%1.2%-2.4M13.3M-39.4K0.0030.36N/AN/A001569,346
2014-02-24$57.67$65.0017.5%5.0%16.5%41.6%20.1%4.2%0.0%-2.6M12.9M-37.3K0.0033.88N/AN/A0201489,342
2014-02-25$57.21$65.0019.0%5.4%16.7%50.5%0.0%3.5%-0.3%-2.7M14.9M-36.5K0.0030.06N/AN/A2001489,342
2014-02-26$57.39$65.0019.2%5.5%16.6%51.8%0.0%4.4%-0.0%-2.6M14.0M-34.9K0.0027.05N/AN/A03401289,342
2014-02-27$58.38$65.0018.3%5.2%17.0%46.0%17.5%4.1%-0.1%-2.3M10.1M-31.4K0.0030.24N/AN/A021289,682
2014-02-28$58.15$65.0018.2%5.2%17.0%45.4%0.0%4.4%-0.0%-2.5M11.2M-32.5K0.0031.98N/AN/A001289,684