AAXJ Options History — April 2017

In April 2017, AAXJ traded between $61.99 and $64.20. ATM implied volatility averaged 41.0%, placing in the 30.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 31.9% (HV 20d: 9.1%). Max pain ranged from $61.00 to $63.00. Net GEX was positive for 10 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.39.

Notable Days

  • 2017-04-28: Highest Volume — 75,074 contracts
  • 2017-04-07: Largest IV spike — 375.2% change
  • 2017-04-19: Highest IV Rank — 66.5%
  • 2017-04-19: Largest Expected Move — 22.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$63.18$61.99$64.20$63.43$64.19
Max Pain$62.68$61.00$63.00$61.00$63.00
ATM IV41.0%11.3%79.6%13.0%13.5%
Expected Move10.4%3.7%22.8%3.7%3.9%
HV 20d9.1%6.0%11.8%11.7%8.9%
HV 60d9.6%9.3%9.9%9.6%9.9%
IV Rank30.9%3.5%66.5%5.0%5.5%
IV Percentile68.5%1.2%95.2%4.0%7.5%
Term Structure-8.5%-64.4%31.6%3.0%12.8%
VWIV30.9%10.3%50.1%10.3%20.4%
Skew 25d3.8%-66.5%48.7%-21.6%3.1%
Skew 10d13.1%-8.1%58.8%-8.1%-0.2%
Call IV 25d39.8%7.6%96.1%36.1%10.3%
Put IV 25d43.6%12.0%96.0%14.5%13.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %137.5799.57168.00123.39125.16
Gamma HHI0.640.260.990.780.34
Net GEX-311.0K-2.3M487.1K341.3K-837
Net DEX-122.6M-135.7M-47.9M-135.7M-135.0M
Net VEX-83.7K-562.7K-885-3.2K-885
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.391.271.431.391.27
Total Volume52,733.52651,07475,07451,63975,074
Total OI72,499.31672,10972,64372,62272,109

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-04-03$63.43$61.0013.0%3.7%11.7%5.0%10.3%-21.6%3.0%341.3K-135.7M-3.2K1.39123.39N/AN/A21,61430,02521,55851,064
2017-04-04$63.29$61.0049.8%14.3%11.8%39.0%42.8%-13.7%-15.9%112.0K-134.8M-3.7K1.39138.28N/AN/A21,63430,02521,55851,064
2017-04-05$63.33$61.0047.4%13.6%11.7%36.8%35.7%22.1%-15.4%-1.7M-47.9M-562.7K1.39143.92N/AN/A21,63430,02521,57851,064
2017-04-06$63.17$63.0011.3%4.0%11.4%3.5%14.2%3.8%0.2%20.4K-129.4M-68.2K1.39119.81N/AN/A21,63530,02521,57851,064
2017-04-07$63.13$63.0053.9%9.0%11.3%42.8%32.5%1.6%22.0%-1.6M-114.9M-139.7K1.39141.54N/AN/A21,63530,02521,57951,064
2017-04-10$62.87$63.0057.4%3.9%10.6%46.0%13.1%3.0%2.6%92.2K-134.0M-3.4K1.3999.57N/AN/A21,63530,02521,57951,064
2017-04-11$62.51$63.0060.3%10.5%10.7%48.7%23.8%46.5%-3.7%257.3K-133.1M-3.3K1.39154.30N/AN/A21,55730,02021,57951,064
2017-04-12$62.75$63.0036.2%10.4%7.7%26.5%23.0%48.2%31.6%487.1K-134.2M-2.8K1.39154.49N/AN/A21,55930,02021,57951,060
2017-04-13$62.86$63.0039.5%11.3%7.4%29.5%31.9%0.2%-4.2%-246.4K-121.3M-132.3K1.39152.69N/AN/A21,55930,02021,58151,060
2017-04-17$62.84$63.0054.2%15.5%7.4%43.1%47.9%0.7%5.9%120.3K-133.9M-2.5K1.39168.00N/AN/A21,55930,02021,58151,060
2017-04-18$62.37$63.0042.1%12.1%6.8%31.9%38.8%-14.4%-34.6%120.1K-132.8M-2.3K1.39157.22N/AN/A21,55930,02021,58151,060
2017-04-19$61.99$63.0079.6%22.8%6.0%66.5%26.4%48.7%-64.4%59.9K-125.9M-63.9K1.39129.50N/AN/A21,55930,02021,58151,060
2017-04-20$62.81$63.0028.1%8.0%7.6%18.9%40.5%5.6%-23.8%266.8K-134.0M-1.8K1.39141.62N/AN/A21,55930,02021,58151,060
2017-04-21$62.94$63.0056.7%16.3%7.6%45.4%50.1%1.4%-17.3%-2.3M-75.8M-371.2K1.39163.66N/AN/A21,55930,02021,58151,060
2017-04-24$63.45$63.0024.6%7.1%8.1%15.8%34.3%8.1%-18.4%-106.6K-131.5M-21.8K1.43136.31N/AN/A21,05430,02021,04951,060
2017-04-25$64.15$63.0058.0%16.6%9.0%46.6%40.1%-66.5%-14.7%-1.9M-106.6M-198.7K1.43152.81N/AN/A21,05430,02021,04951,060
2017-04-26$64.20$63.0026.9%7.7%9.0%17.8%35.7%-8.0%-14.3%-11.3K-134.3M-7.1K1.43105.66N/AN/A21,05430,02021,04951,060
2017-04-27$64.19$63.0026.2%7.5%9.0%17.3%25.4%2.5%-12.8%-834-134.9M-9131.43105.82N/AN/A21,05430,02021,04951,060
2017-04-28$64.19$63.0013.5%3.9%8.9%5.5%20.4%3.1%12.8%-837-135.0M-8851.27125.16N/AN/A33,05442,02021,04951,060