AAXJ Options History — September 2014

In September 2014, AAXJ traded between $61.32 and $66.51. ATM implied volatility averaged 13.3%, placing in the 37.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.2% (HV 20d: 10.1%). Max pain ranged from $65.00 to $65.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 20 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.50.

Notable Days

  • 2014-09-19: Highest Volume — 50 contracts
  • 2014-09-08: Largest IV spike — 20.9% change
  • 2014-09-29: Highest IV Rank — 58.4%
  • 2014-09-29: Largest Expected Move — 4.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$64.18$61.32$66.51$65.43$61.32
Max Pain$65.00$65.00$65.00$65.00$65.00
ATM IV13.3%9.5%16.3%11.6%15.9%
Expected Move4.4%4.1%4.9%4.4%4.8%
HV 20d10.1%8.1%14.3%9.2%14.3%
HV 60d10.3%9.3%12.0%9.3%12.0%
IV Rank37.5%11.4%58.4%24.6%55.7%
IV Percentile30.0%0.8%54.4%16.7%50.8%
Term Structure1.1%-0.2%2.4%1.1%0.1%
Skew 25d2.3%0.9%4.1%1.6%4.1%
Skew 10d5.2%2.1%8.7%3.4%8.2%
Call IV 25d12.3%10.2%15.4%11.0%14.0%
Put IV 25d14.7%12.5%18.1%12.6%18.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %23.3117.3233.5722.7531.76
Gamma HHI0.310.220.550.220.35
Net GEX38.4K7.8K121.7K46.3K26.1K
Net DEX-515.7K-1.2M-242.4K-1.1M-242.4K
Net VEX-1.7K-2.3K-1.2K-1.5K-1.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.500.004.000.000.00
Total Volume10.38105000
Total OI475.571119680662122

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-09-02$65.43$65.0011.6%4.4%9.2%24.6%0.0%1.6%1.1%46.3K-1.1M-1.5K0.0022.75N/AN/A00215447
2014-09-03$66.23$65.0011.3%4.3%8.6%22.9%0.0%2.5%1.0%37.9K-1.2M-1.4K0.0022.31N/AN/A00215447
2014-09-04$66.38$65.0011.2%4.2%8.5%23.0%0.0%1.6%1.3%41.6K-1.2M-1.4K0.0019.54N/AN/A040215447
2014-09-05$66.51$65.009.5%4.1%8.1%11.4%0.0%3.3%2.1%18.1K-722.2K-1.6K0.0020.39N/AN/A041152487
2014-09-08$66.05$65.0011.5%4.2%8.6%25.0%0.0%2.9%1.5%7.8K-603.3K-2.2K0.0018.38N/AN/A100152528
2014-09-09$65.45$65.0013.6%4.5%8.8%39.8%0.0%2.3%1.3%15.3K-520.8K-2.3K0.0017.32N/AN/A100152528
2014-09-10$65.28$65.0013.1%4.4%8.9%36.3%0.0%2.9%1.2%10.3K-438.8K-2.3K0.0023.35N/AN/A10142528
2014-09-11$64.95$65.0014.1%4.4%8.3%43.4%0.0%2.7%1.1%12.8K-388.3K-2.3K0.0023.46N/AN/A040142528
2014-09-12$64.57$65.0014.1%4.4%8.5%43.1%0.0%2.0%1.1%38.9K-470.8K-2.0K0.0018.33N/AN/A00142488
2014-09-15$63.85$65.0015.0%4.6%9.3%49.0%0.0%1.3%0.5%44.8K-391.9K-1.9K0.0018.25N/AN/A01142488
2014-09-16$64.36$65.0014.5%4.7%9.6%46.2%0.0%2.5%1.3%45.6K-452.8K-1.9K0.0020.14N/AN/A150142489
2014-09-17$63.98$65.0013.4%4.5%9.5%38.4%0.0%2.2%2.1%72.0K-444.6K-2.0K0.0020.48N/AN/A00157489
2014-09-18$64.13$65.0012.9%4.5%9.6%34.9%0.0%1.9%2.2%94.1K-459.8K-2.0K0.0026.09N/AN/A00157489
2014-09-19$63.85$65.0012.1%4.4%9.4%29.3%0.0%2.2%2.4%121.7K-324.8K-2.0K4.0021.38N/AN/A1040145489
2014-09-22$62.91$65.0013.6%4.4%10.4%39.4%0.0%1.1%0.6%29.1K-327.6K-1.4K0.0021.12N/AN/A601145
2014-09-23$62.70$65.0013.6%4.4%10.2%39.6%0.0%1.5%0.8%29.0K-316.9K-1.3K0.0027.30N/AN/A001155
2014-09-24$63.51$65.0012.9%4.2%11.5%34.6%0.0%3.7%0.2%31.4K-356.1K-1.4K0.0028.60N/AN/A001155
2014-09-25$62.28$65.0015.2%4.5%13.0%50.4%0.0%2.0%-0.2%27.9K-290.4K-1.3K0.0027.78N/AN/A201155
2014-09-26$62.57$65.0013.9%4.4%13.2%41.5%0.0%3.8%1.4%29.0K-310.2K-1.3K0.0027.18N/AN/A201175
2014-09-29$61.41$65.0016.3%4.9%14.3%58.4%0.0%0.9%0.0%26.5K-249.9K-1.3K0.0033.57N/AN/A001175
2014-09-30$61.32$65.0015.9%4.8%14.3%55.7%0.0%4.1%0.1%26.1K-242.4K-1.2K0.0031.76N/AN/A001175