AAXJ Options History — May 2017

In May 2017, AAXJ traded between $64.16 and $67.19. ATM implied volatility averaged 40.2%, placing in the 30.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 31.0% (HV 20d: 9.1%). Max pain ranged from $54.00 to $70.00. Net GEX was positive for 4 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.37.

Notable Days

  • 2017-05-01: Highest Volume — 75,085 contracts
  • 2017-05-08: Largest IV spike — 327.6% change
  • 2017-05-22: Highest IV Rank — 58.2%
  • 2017-05-22: Largest Expected Move — 20.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$65.79$64.16$67.19$64.53$66.74
Max Pain$56.18$54.00$70.00$70.00$54.00
ATM IV40.2%10.8%70.6%48.0%28.2%
Expected Move10.9%3.1%20.2%13.8%8.1%
HV 20d9.1%8.4%9.7%8.8%9.7%
HV 60d10.1%9.8%10.5%9.9%9.9%
IV Rank30.1%3.0%58.2%37.4%19.0%
IV Percentile63.7%1.2%91.7%79.0%65.1%
Term Structure-7.9%-48.8%18.2%-14.5%-12.0%
VWIV54.1%8.8%99.8%50.4%99.8%
Skew 25d-1.1%-72.0%66.0%-46.6%-35.6%
Skew 10d21.3%-14.2%64.0%1.4%29.6%
Call IV 25d49.5%8.1%85.2%61.1%53.4%
Put IV 25d48.4%12.9%79.4%14.5%17.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %139.57104.54150.26138.43141.05
Gamma HHI0.760.230.990.970.23
Net GEX-886.8K-2.5M22.2K-1.5M-6.3K
Net DEX-79.6M-141.3M-13.0M-71.4M-140.1M
Net VEX-156.5K-383.1K-472-259.5K-2.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.370.001.271.270.00
Total Volume41,541.90921,08575,08575,08521,085
Total OI88,485.09172,11796,12696,10972,117

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-05-01$64.53$70.0048.0%13.8%8.8%37.4%50.4%-46.6%-14.5%-1.5M-71.4M-259.5K1.27138.43N/AN/A33,06542,02033,04963,060
2017-05-02$64.84$70.0044.8%12.8%8.6%34.4%51.7%30.7%-17.6%-1.3M-58.9M-299.6K1.27143.07N/AN/A33,06542,02033,06063,060
2017-05-03$64.58$70.0046.2%13.2%8.8%35.7%27.0%-23.3%-19.2%-1.2M-58.0M-276.0K1.27142.34N/AN/A33,06542,02033,06063,060
2017-05-04$64.16$54.0013.0%3.5%9.2%5.0%38.7%39.0%5.8%-2.2K-57.6M-2.4K0.36121.56N/AN/A33,06512,02433,06063,060
2017-05-05$64.24$54.0013.0%6.5%9.1%5.0%19.2%57.2%-17.5%-56.3K-56.2M-18.4K0.36117.12N/AN/A33,06512,02433,06063,064
2017-05-08$64.60$54.0055.5%8.4%9.2%44.3%42.6%29.8%7.9%1.2K-86.7M-80.2K0.36138.26N/AN/A33,06512,02433,06063,064
2017-05-09$65.25$54.0058.1%8.6%9.5%46.7%41.2%27.1%11.2%-736.2K-61.9M-146.2K0.36139.12N/AN/A33,06512,02433,06063,064
2017-05-10$65.51$54.0029.9%8.6%9.1%20.7%42.6%21.4%3.1%-677.1K-88.0M-176.6K0.36140.74N/AN/A33,06512,02433,06063,064
2017-05-11$65.73$54.0030.3%8.7%9.1%21.0%43.4%16.7%6.8%-637.1K-90.9M-167.4K0.36140.96N/AN/A33,06512,02433,06063,064
2017-05-12$65.93$54.0044.4%12.7%9.1%34.0%43.0%-9.8%7.0%-2.1M-32.1M-383.1K0.36144.67N/AN/A33,06512,02433,06063,064
2017-05-15$66.37$54.0047.5%13.6%9.1%36.9%45.9%-12.7%18.2%-1.7M-39.9M-330.0K0.36143.70N/AN/A33,06512,02433,06063,064
2017-05-16$66.40$54.0046.9%13.4%8.4%36.3%79.1%-16.0%-18.8%-2.5M-36.5M-311.6K0.36143.63N/AN/A33,06512,02433,06063,064
2017-05-17$65.52$54.0049.3%14.1%9.7%38.6%73.6%-20.3%-10.9%-1.7M-43.5M-281.5K0.36150.17N/AN/A33,06512,02433,06063,064
2017-05-18$65.62$54.0050.2%14.4%8.9%39.3%69.1%-20.5%-11.7%-1.6M-13.0M-224.4K0.36150.26N/AN/A33,06712,02433,06063,064
2017-05-19$66.33$54.0050.8%14.6%9.4%39.9%74.4%-19.6%-11.6%-1.4M-23.3M-195.6K0.36148.62N/AN/A33,06712,02433,06263,064
2017-05-22$66.67$54.0070.6%20.2%9.2%58.2%79.1%-23.4%-46.6%-813.4K-123.9M-95.5K0.00148.42N/AN/A21,0622321,05751,063
2017-05-23$66.31$54.0045.4%13.0%9.1%35.0%82.3%-23.5%7.3%-1.1M-114.2M-129.4K0.00148.96N/AN/A21,0622321,05751,063
2017-05-24$66.54$54.0046.0%13.2%9.1%35.5%77.4%-72.0%-9.1%13.1K-140.0M-5600.00141.26N/AN/A21,0622321,05751,063
2017-05-25$67.13$54.0012.1%3.5%9.4%4.2%13.3%6.3%-3.8%16.5K-141.3M-4990.00140.34N/AN/A21,0622321,05751,063
2017-05-26$67.19$54.0043.2%12.4%9.4%32.9%87.2%66.0%-48.8%-522.9K-131.6M-61.0K0.00143.26N/AN/A21,0622321,05751,063
2017-05-30$67.11$54.0010.8%3.1%9.4%3.0%8.8%4.8%0.5%22.2K-141.2M-4720.00104.54N/AN/A21,0622321,05751,063
2017-05-31$66.74$54.0028.2%8.1%9.7%19.0%99.8%-35.6%-12.0%-6.3K-140.1M-2.2K0.00141.05N/AN/A21,0622321,05451,063