AAXJ Options History — May 2014

In May 2014, AAXJ traded between $59.44 and $62.19. ATM implied volatility averaged 12.7%, placing in the 11.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 3.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.8% (HV 20d: 9.9%). Max pain ranged from $54.00 to $61.00. Net GEX was positive for 9 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 21 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.25.

Notable Days

  • 2014-05-30: Highest Volume — 75 contracts
  • 2014-05-15: Largest IV spike — 16.4% change
  • 2014-05-15: Highest IV Rank — 19.7%
  • 2014-05-06: Largest Expected Move — 4.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$60.92$59.44$62.19$59.80$61.80
Max Pain$54.67$54.00$61.00$61.00$54.00
ATM IV12.7%10.5%13.8%13.8%12.9%
Expected Move3.8%3.4%4.3%4.0%3.7%
HV 20d9.9%8.0%10.8%10.4%10.1%
HV 60d12.1%11.6%13.3%13.3%11.7%
IV Rank11.1%0.0%19.7%15.5%14.4%
IV Percentile2.8%0.0%6.0%6.0%4.4%
Term Structure1.2%0.3%2.3%1.6%0.3%
Skew 25d2.8%2.1%3.7%2.7%2.7%
Skew 10d7.6%3.6%10.5%8.9%10.5%
Call IV 25d12.4%11.0%13.9%12.8%12.1%
Put IV 25d15.1%13.8%17.4%15.5%14.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %70.0751.4584.6276.2078.47
Gamma HHI0.360.290.440.410.31
Net GEX366-14.8K26.3K-14.4K23.8K
Net DEX-104.4K-457.7K93.3K87.4K-398.7K
Net VEX-3.3K-3.9K-2.7K-3.8K-3.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.250.001.001.000.00
Total Volume8.667075075
Total OI469.905442544447544

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-05-01$59.80$61.0013.8%4.0%10.4%15.5%0.0%2.7%1.6%-14.4K87.4K-3.8K0.0076.20N/AN/A0080367
2014-05-02$59.85$61.0013.0%3.7%10.3%10.1%0.0%2.2%2.1%-13.7K78.7K-3.8K0.0078.37N/AN/A0080367
2014-05-05$59.67$54.0013.6%4.3%10.4%14.4%0.0%3.6%1.4%-14.7K93.3K-3.7K0.0059.33N/AN/A0080367
2014-05-06$59.67$54.0013.5%4.3%10.3%13.2%0.0%3.4%1.0%-14.3K76.7K-3.7K0.0057.86N/AN/A0080367
2014-05-07$59.58$54.0013.2%4.3%8.8%11.9%0.0%3.7%1.0%-14.8K90.3K-3.7K0.0059.15N/AN/A0080367
2014-05-08$59.44$54.0013.3%4.3%8.0%12.1%0.0%2.8%0.9%-14.5K82.3K-3.4K0.0063.99N/AN/A0180367
2014-05-09$59.58$54.0011.8%4.0%8.1%1.0%0.0%2.8%1.7%-12.9K75.8K-3.3K0.0062.38N/AN/A0080366
2014-05-12$60.54$54.0011.3%3.7%10.0%0.0%0.0%3.0%1.8%-7.8K-3.6K-3.1K0.0053.95N/AN/A0080366
2014-05-13$60.76$54.0010.5%3.6%10.1%0.0%0.0%2.7%2.3%-6.8K-29.8K-3.1K0.0051.45N/AN/A0080366
2014-05-14$61.01$54.0011.8%3.8%9.5%8.2%0.0%2.4%1.3%-5.2K-54.0K-3.1K0.0069.23N/AN/A0080366
2014-05-15$60.83$54.0013.8%4.0%9.1%19.7%0.0%2.3%1.1%-8.0K-34.9K-3.0K0.0065.95N/AN/A0080366
2014-05-16$61.77$54.0013.0%3.7%10.6%15.3%0.0%2.8%1.4%4.8K-105.3K-2.8K0.0071.08N/AN/A0080366
2014-05-19$61.72$54.0012.4%3.6%10.5%11.7%0.0%2.4%1.2%2.0K-110.6K-2.7K0.0073.56N/AN/A0078364
2014-05-20$61.28$54.0013.8%3.9%10.8%19.6%0.0%3.1%0.4%-483-81.3K-2.7K0.0069.08N/AN/A0078364
2014-05-21$61.76$54.0012.6%3.6%10.7%12.9%0.0%3.1%0.7%2.5K-111.3K-2.7K1.0074.16N/AN/A161678364
2014-05-22$62.10$54.0012.4%3.6%10.8%11.7%0.0%2.3%0.7%6.4K-164.4K-2.9K0.0078.84N/AN/A60094380
2014-05-23$62.15$54.0011.9%3.4%9.6%8.7%0.0%2.8%1.5%20.5K-391.8K-3.9K0.0081.00N/AN/A100154380
2014-05-27$61.75$54.0012.0%3.4%10.1%9.1%0.0%2.4%1.3%23.9K-388.9K-3.9K0.0079.88N/AN/A40164380
2014-05-28$62.16$54.0012.5%3.6%10.0%12.3%0.0%2.5%0.7%25.3K-444.6K-3.7K0.0082.89N/AN/A00164380
2014-05-29$62.19$54.0012.4%3.6%9.6%11.4%0.0%2.1%0.6%26.3K-457.7K-3.6K0.0084.62N/AN/A00164380
2014-05-30$61.80$54.0012.9%3.7%10.1%14.4%0.0%2.7%0.3%23.8K-398.7K-3.8K0.0078.47N/AN/A075164380