AAXJ Options History — May 2015

In May 2015, AAXJ traded between $66.07 and $69.10. ATM implied volatility averaged 14.7%, placing in the 42.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.2% (HV 20d: 14.5%). Max pain ranged from $62.00 to $62.00. Net GEX was positive for 1 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.94.

Notable Days

  • 2015-05-07: Highest Volume — 503 contracts
  • 2015-05-11: Largest IV spike — 20.2% change
  • 2015-05-06: Highest IV Rank — 66.6%
  • 2015-05-06: Largest Expected Move — 4.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$67.56$66.07$69.10$68.55$66.07
Max Pain$62.00$62.00$62.00$62.00$62.00
ATM IV14.7%13.0%18.7%13.7%15.0%
Expected Move4.2%3.7%4.8%3.9%4.3%
HV 20d14.5%13.4%16.6%15.2%14.2%
HV 60d14.4%13.7%15.1%13.7%15.1%
IV Rank42.2%31.5%66.6%35.8%43.8%
IV Percentile61.6%32.9%98.0%49.6%68.3%
Term Structure0.7%-0.6%1.9%0.6%0.2%
VWIV16.6%12.3%19.6%17.7%16.6%
Skew 25d3.1%2.2%3.8%2.2%2.3%
Skew 10d6.7%4.2%10.1%10.1%4.2%
Call IV 25d13.3%11.6%15.2%13.2%13.9%
Put IV 25d16.4%14.1%19.1%15.5%16.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %33.7723.7345.6134.0143.91
Gamma HHI0.240.170.350.230.26
Net GEX-16.6K-37.6K5.2K-33.1K-1.9K
Net DEX-1.4M-2.2M-609.7K-1.9M-609.7K
Net VEX-5.8K-7.2K-4.4K-6.3K-5.0K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.940.003.261.772.31
Total Volume345.90503495453
Total OI1,164.051,0821,2441,2021,097

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-05-01$68.55$62.0013.7%3.9%15.2%35.8%17.7%2.2%0.6%-33.1K-1.9M-6.3K1.7734.01N/AN/A179316421781
2015-05-04$69.10$62.0013.8%4.2%15.2%36.5%0.0%3.3%1.4%-37.6K-2.2M-5.8K0.0027.66N/AN/A50449778
2015-05-05$67.95$62.0016.1%4.4%16.6%50.8%19.1%3.4%1.1%-26.5K-1.9M-6.6K1.7727.20N/AN/A179316455781
2015-05-06$67.08$62.0018.7%4.8%15.3%66.6%19.6%3.8%0.2%-10.3K-1.7M-7.2K1.7038.02N/AN/A186316455781
2015-05-07$66.89$62.0016.6%4.6%13.8%54.0%18.8%3.5%0.6%5.2K-1.6M-7.2K1.6823.73N/AN/A188315463781
2015-05-08$67.72$62.0013.3%4.1%14.6%33.7%16.8%3.3%1.6%-25.0K-1.4M-6.1K0.0028.42N/AN/A510375787
2015-05-11$67.06$62.0016.0%4.3%15.0%50.2%0.0%3.1%1.2%-4.4K-1.5M-6.4K0.0031.66N/AN/A00423787
2015-05-12$66.83$62.0017.2%4.3%15.0%57.4%17.4%3.6%1.3%-6.3K-1.4M-6.8K2.1742.45N/AN/A145315425790
2015-05-13$66.92$62.0014.8%4.2%15.0%42.7%18.2%3.3%1.2%-14.1K-1.5M-6.6K2.1628.63N/AN/A146315422790
2015-05-14$67.44$62.0014.1%4.0%14.8%38.3%16.4%3.1%1.7%-22.9K-1.6M-6.1K2.1632.03N/AN/A146315422790
2015-05-15$67.98$62.0013.2%3.8%13.8%33.0%15.2%2.5%1.9%-25.4K-1.8M-5.6K2.1730.31N/AN/A145315422790
2015-05-18$67.43$62.0014.3%4.1%14.0%39.6%12.3%3.2%0.3%-15.4K-935.9K-5.3K0.0033.91N/AN/A70295787
2015-05-19$67.88$62.0013.7%3.9%14.0%35.9%0.0%3.4%0.0%-21.7K-1.0M-5.3K0.0033.63N/AN/A00302787
2015-05-20$67.79$62.0013.0%3.7%13.5%31.5%15.7%3.2%0.4%-20.4K-1.1M-5.2K2.7445.61N/AN/A115315304790
2015-05-21$67.70$62.0013.0%3.7%13.4%31.5%14.7%2.8%0.2%-12.1K-1.1M-4.9K2.7427.80N/AN/A115315319790
2015-05-22$68.45$62.0013.0%3.7%14.1%31.8%14.1%2.6%0.6%-22.5K-1.3M-4.4K2.6540.09N/AN/A119315319790
2015-05-26$67.90$62.0015.4%4.4%14.1%46.5%17.4%3.0%-0.6%-9.5K-1.1M-5.0K2.6629.27N/AN/A119316323790
2015-05-27$67.71$62.0014.6%4.2%14.1%41.5%14.9%2.7%-0.2%-15.0K-1.0M-5.1K2.9532.69N/AN/A107316323793
2015-05-28$66.66$62.0015.0%4.3%14.6%43.8%16.9%3.0%0.1%-12.0K-677.5K-5.4K3.2644.28N/AN/A97316311793
2015-05-29$66.07$62.0015.0%4.3%14.2%43.8%16.6%2.3%0.2%-1.9K-609.7K-5.0K2.3143.91N/AN/A137316304793