AAXJ Options History — January 2016

In January 2016, AAXJ traded between $47.04 and $52.02. ATM implied volatility averaged 27.7%, placing in the 19.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.6% (HV 20d: 23.2%). Max pain ranged from $52.00 to $52.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.79.

Notable Days

  • 2016-01-28: Highest Volume — 251 contracts
  • 2016-01-07: Largest IV spike — 30.9% change
  • 2016-01-11: Highest IV Rank — 26.1%
  • 2016-01-21: Largest Expected Move — 8.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$48.99$47.04$52.02$51.83$49.31
Max Pain$52.00$52.00$52.00$52.00$52.00
ATM IV27.7%23.3%33.4%25.1%24.4%
Expected Move7.5%6.0%8.7%6.3%7.0%
HV 20d23.2%19.8%28.0%20.4%28.0%
HV 60d19.6%18.0%21.2%18.2%21.2%
IV Rank19.3%13.9%26.1%16.1%15.3%
IV Percentile91.0%81.0%98.0%90.1%81.0%
Term Structure-0.1%-1.1%1.0%0.4%0.7%
VWIV25.0%21.0%31.4%21.9%28.0%
Skew 25d4.3%1.7%7.3%1.7%4.7%
Skew 10d6.2%2.4%10.0%3.1%9.8%
Call IV 25d23.5%18.8%26.9%20.2%22.6%
Put IV 25d27.8%21.9%34.1%21.9%27.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %36.0422.8951.8742.6337.89
Gamma HHI0.320.170.440.180.25
Net GEX-10.8K-14.7K-6.7K-6.7K-8.9K
Net DEX333.9K223.4K370.9K304.6K223.4K
Net VEX-850-1.4K-656-1.1K-1.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.791.392.251.781.39
Total Volume206.579188251211251
Total OI181.842167233183233

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-01-04$51.83$0.0025.1%6.3%20.4%16.1%21.9%1.7%0.4%-6.7K304.6K-1.1K1.7842.63N/AN/A7613544139
2016-01-05$52.02$52.0023.3%6.0%19.8%13.9%21.0%3.4%1.0%-6.7K300.7K-1.0K1.7828.23N/AN/A7613544140
2016-01-06$50.93$52.0025.4%6.4%20.5%16.4%21.0%2.4%0.2%-9.1K330.7K-9921.7832.41N/AN/A7613544140
2016-01-07$49.68$52.0033.2%7.5%21.7%25.9%24.3%2.3%-0.5%-10.0K358.6K-1.0K1.6730.91N/AN/A7612744140
2016-01-08$49.12$52.0031.2%7.4%21.8%23.5%24.7%1.9%0.4%-10.7K370.9K-9661.6731.38N/AN/A7612744140
2016-01-11$49.24$52.0033.4%7.8%21.9%26.1%24.6%2.9%-0.5%-10.9K370.0K-9531.6731.41N/AN/A7612744140
2016-01-12$49.30$52.0030.8%7.3%20.9%22.9%22.4%4.0%-0.4%-11.2K369.6K-9251.4728.26N/AN/A7611244140
2016-01-13$48.69$52.0025.9%7.4%20.6%17.0%22.7%3.7%-0.3%-9.9K342.9K-7761.4732.60N/AN/A7611244128
2016-01-14$49.22$52.0025.3%7.3%20.2%16.3%22.2%4.1%0.1%-9.8K332.3K-7701.4731.21N/AN/A7611244128
2016-01-15$47.46$52.0027.9%8.0%21.3%19.4%23.0%2.5%0.6%-10.4K370.9K-7231.7551.87N/AN/A7613344128
2016-01-19$48.34$52.0028.5%8.2%23.0%20.1%21.8%6.6%-1.0%-10.4K319.1K-6872.0022.89N/AN/A6513033134
2016-01-20$47.04$52.0030.0%8.6%24.1%21.9%21.9%4.7%-1.1%-11.4K341.7K-6872.0036.61N/AN/A6513033134
2016-01-21$47.39$52.0030.5%8.7%24.6%22.5%31.4%7.3%-1.1%-11.1K336.1K-6752.1540.43N/AN/A6514033134
2016-01-22$48.56$52.0024.9%7.1%26.6%15.8%28.7%5.9%0.9%-12.6K321.0K-6882.0848.46N/AN/A6513533144
2016-01-25$47.98$52.0027.4%7.9%25.9%18.9%29.7%7.0%0.1%-13.8K338.6K-6842.0935.09N/AN/A6513633149
2016-01-26$48.39$52.0027.4%7.9%26.4%18.9%29.6%6.2%-0.6%-13.5K327.8K-6912.0935.66N/AN/A6513633150
2016-01-27$48.01$52.0026.3%7.5%26.4%17.4%28.5%5.1%-0.1%-14.3K337.9K-6562.2543.55N/AN/A6514633150
2016-01-28$48.38$52.0026.3%7.5%26.7%17.5%28.6%5.7%0.2%-14.7K346.8K-7871.3943.19N/AN/A10514633160
2016-01-29$49.31$52.0024.4%7.0%28.0%15.3%28.0%4.7%0.7%-8.9K223.4K-1.4K1.3937.89N/AN/A10514673160