AAXJ Options History — August 2016

In August 2016, AAXJ traded between $57.32 and $60.01. ATM implied volatility averaged 14.1%, placing in the 5.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.7% (HV 20d: 10.4%). Max pain ranged from $53.00 to $54.00. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 22 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 24.93.

Notable Days

  • 2016-08-02: Highest Volume — 28,024 contracts
  • 2016-08-10: Largest IV spike — 16.1% change
  • 2016-08-30: Highest IV Rank — 17.7%
  • 2016-08-30: Largest Expected Move — 4.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$58.85$57.32$60.01$57.65$58.75
Max Pain$53.13$53.00$54.00$54.00$53.00
ATM IV14.1%11.7%16.0%14.1%15.3%
Expected Move4.1%3.7%4.6%4.1%4.4%
HV 20d10.4%9.6%12.5%12.5%10.8%
HV 60d18.0%17.7%18.6%18.6%17.7%
IV Rank5.5%0.1%17.7%3.1%15.0%
IV Percentile4.2%0.4%11.5%0.8%9.1%
Term Structure1.6%-0.3%2.7%0.8%1.7%
VWIV15.8%12.8%20.5%16.7%16.0%
Skew 25d3.5%1.9%7.9%2.5%3.7%
Skew 10d6.8%-0.8%13.0%-0.8%11.3%
Call IV 25d12.8%9.9%14.7%12.4%14.3%
Put IV 25d16.3%15.0%18.0%15.0%18.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %79.1562.1692.7379.7287.68
Gamma HHI0.600.560.640.640.56
Net GEX1.1M994.7K1.2M1.1M1.2M
Net DEX-122.6M-133.9M-97.5M-103.7M-126.7M
Net VEX-171.4K-291.0K-122.0K-270.2K-139.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio24.930.9546.780.9546.47
Total Volume17,577.13028,02427,90714,003
Total OI45,321.8745,23745,35445,23745,327

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-08-01$57.65$54.0014.1%4.1%12.5%3.1%16.7%2.5%0.8%1.1M-103.7M-270.2K0.9579.72N/AN/A14,31813,58924,86620,371
2016-08-02$57.36$54.0015.2%4.4%11.3%4.4%15.9%2.3%0.5%1.2M-97.5M-291.0K0.9679.26N/AN/A14,31813,70624,86620,371
2016-08-03$57.32$54.0014.2%4.1%11.1%3.1%13.6%3.4%1.5%1.1M-99.3M-267.7K0.9688.79N/AN/A14,31813,70624,86620,488
2016-08-04$57.46$53.0013.2%4.3%11.0%2.0%18.2%3.8%2.6%1.1M-102.4M-266.7K0.9662.16N/AN/A14,31813,70624,86620,488
2016-08-05$58.23$53.0011.7%4.1%10.8%0.1%18.2%2.1%1.9%1.2M-112.7M-220.6K0.9666.65N/AN/A14,31813,70624,86620,488
2016-08-08$58.55$53.0013.5%3.9%10.5%2.3%20.3%3.1%2.1%1.1M-115.8M-216.8K0.9972.99N/AN/A13,81113,70624,84120,488
2016-08-09$58.95$53.0011.8%3.7%9.9%0.2%20.5%3.6%2.7%1.2M-123.9M-171.4K0.9971.80N/AN/A13,81513,70624,84220,488
2016-08-10$58.88$53.0013.7%3.9%9.9%2.5%15.8%1.9%1.7%1.1M-124.2M-170.4K0.9974.48N/AN/A13,81513,70624,82820,488
2016-08-11$59.57$53.0013.1%3.8%9.8%1.9%15.0%2.4%2.0%1.2M-129.5M-151.8K0.9969.86N/AN/A13,81513,70624,82820,488
2016-08-12$59.39$53.0013.5%3.9%9.9%2.3%12.8%2.3%2.0%1.1M-127.6M-160.9K40.9274.21N/AN/A33513,70924,82820,488
2016-08-15$60.01$53.0014.4%4.1%10.2%3.4%15.2%2.1%0.9%994.7K-133.9M-122.0K40.9282.07N/AN/A33513,70924,84820,488
2016-08-16$59.70$53.0014.1%4.0%9.6%3.1%14.1%2.5%1.3%1.0M-130.4M-148.3K40.9278.78N/AN/A33513,70924,84820,488
2016-08-17$59.38$53.0014.5%4.1%9.7%3.5%0.0%2.3%2.1%1.2M-130.7M-131.6K0.0076.27N/AN/A0024,84020,487
2016-08-18$59.85$53.0013.3%3.8%9.8%2.1%0.0%2.0%2.1%1.1M-132.2M-133.4K0.0083.57N/AN/A0024,84020,487
2016-08-19$59.50$53.0013.8%4.0%10.2%2.7%13.0%3.8%2.1%1.2M-131.8M-129.0K40.9278.53N/AN/A33513,70924,84120,488
2016-08-22$58.88$53.0014.6%4.2%10.6%3.7%14.3%2.6%1.2%1.2M-126.2M-144.6K46.7880.08N/AN/A29313,70824,83820,487
2016-08-23$59.03$53.0014.1%4.0%10.1%3.1%14.9%3.1%1.6%1.1M-128.9M-137.7K46.7877.25N/AN/A29313,70824,83820,487
2016-08-24$59.02$53.0015.0%4.3%10.2%8.1%0.0%7.0%1.3%1.2M-128.9M-134.6K0.0088.60N/AN/A0024,83720,487
2016-08-25$59.09$53.0015.5%4.4%10.2%15.5%15.4%7.9%0.5%1.1M-129.9M-127.3K46.7884.80N/AN/A29313,70824,83820,487
2016-08-26$58.72$53.0015.1%4.3%10.5%13.8%15.3%4.8%1.7%1.2M-124.6M-151.4K46.4778.04N/AN/A29513,70824,83820,487
2016-08-29$59.07$53.0015.2%4.4%10.6%14.4%14.2%4.7%1.9%1.2M-129.6M-124.7K46.4792.12N/AN/A29513,70824,84020,487
2016-08-30$59.14$53.0016.0%4.6%10.4%17.7%16.5%6.2%-0.3%1.1M-129.0M-130.0K46.4792.73N/AN/A29513,70824,84020,487
2016-08-31$58.75$53.0015.3%4.4%10.8%15.0%16.0%3.7%1.7%1.2M-126.7M-139.9K46.4787.68N/AN/A29513,70824,84020,487