AAXJ Options History — August 2017

In August 2017, AAXJ traded between $69.17 and $72.11. ATM implied volatility averaged 13.2%, placing in the 5.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 3.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.2% (HV 20d: 12.0%). Max pain ranged from $63.00 to $71.00. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 20 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 44.41.

Notable Days

  • 2017-08-01: Highest Volume — 32,665 contracts
  • 2017-08-29: Largest IV spike — 284.4% change
  • 2017-08-29: Highest IV Rank — 33.1%
  • 2017-08-29: Largest Expected Move — 12.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$70.96$69.17$72.11$71.29$72.08
Max Pain$63.61$63.00$71.00$71.00$63.00
ATM IV13.2%9.4%43.4%10.7%10.6%
Expected Move3.8%2.9%12.4%3.1%3.0%
HV 20d12.0%8.0%13.9%10.5%13.5%
HV 60d11.4%10.4%12.0%10.5%11.9%
IV Rank5.2%1.7%33.1%2.9%2.8%
IV Percentile16.2%1.2%66.3%6.0%7.9%
Term Structure-0.5%-39.5%2.5%0.7%2.0%
VWIV15.4%12.3%24.5%13.0%16.4%
Skew 25d3.8%2.7%16.5%3.3%2.8%
Skew 10d10.3%5.4%37.9%6.2%8.3%
Call IV 25d10.9%8.3%15.6%8.3%9.4%
Put IV 25d14.6%11.6%32.1%11.6%12.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %95.0174.54127.0299.84108.47
Gamma HHI0.560.490.680.680.58
Net GEX13.0M8.4M16.3M11.1M16.2M
Net DEX-64.9M-128.8M9.5M-108.6M-128.8M
Net VEX-1.6M-1.7M-1.4M-1.4M-1.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio44.410.4590.910.4590.10
Total Volume17,752.39110,20232,66532,66510,203
Total OI130,717.304105,176132,272105,176132,191

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-08-01$71.29$71.0010.7%3.1%10.5%2.9%13.0%3.3%0.7%11.1M-108.6M-1.4M0.4599.84N/AN/A22,58610,07952,60052,576
2017-08-02$71.13$69.0010.3%2.9%10.6%2.5%17.6%3.1%0.8%11.3M-58.9M-1.6M0.48108.54N/AN/A21,03810,07962,60562,579
2017-08-03$70.82$63.009.8%3.2%9.6%2.1%13.3%2.7%1.8%13.0M-52.2M-1.7M0.4893.96N/AN/A21,04010,07969,69362,579
2017-08-04$71.11$63.009.4%3.2%9.6%1.7%14.1%2.8%2.1%12.7M-71.7M-1.7M0.4892.36N/AN/A21,04010,07969,59362,579
2017-08-07$71.45$63.0010.6%3.2%9.5%2.8%12.6%2.9%1.9%14.7M-81.2M-1.7M0.4887.33N/AN/A21,04010,07969,59362,578
2017-08-08$71.57$63.0010.5%3.1%9.1%2.7%12.8%2.8%1.9%14.9M-86.7M-1.7M0.4883.68N/AN/A21,04110,07969,59362,578
2017-08-09$70.98$63.0012.2%3.5%8.0%4.3%17.1%2.8%1.2%12.5M-61.0M-1.7M0.4890.77N/AN/A21,04110,07969,59462,578
2017-08-10$69.17$63.0015.7%4.5%12.4%7.5%20.3%3.9%-0.2%8.4M9.5M-1.6M0.8087.83N/AN/A12,61910,08769,59462,578
2017-08-11$69.33$63.0015.9%4.6%11.8%7.7%21.9%4.1%-0.5%8.4M6.5M-1.6M0.8082.40N/AN/A12,61910,13269,56962,591
2017-08-14$70.09$63.0013.3%3.8%12.4%5.3%13.8%3.4%1.0%10.2M-29.2M-1.6M72.3774.54N/AN/A14010,13269,56962,636
2017-08-15$70.04$63.0011.9%3.4%12.3%4.0%14.6%3.4%1.9%10.6M-17.1M-1.5M64.1395.70N/AN/A15810,13269,59062,636
2017-08-16$70.62$63.0010.8%3.1%12.4%3.0%14.2%3.2%2.5%13.0M-52.9M-1.5M63.3396.64N/AN/A16010,13269,60062,636
2017-08-17$69.81$63.0013.5%3.9%13.1%5.5%18.8%4.3%0.8%10.1M-12.6M-1.5M59.2582.67N/AN/A17110,13269,60262,636
2017-08-18$70.28$63.0013.2%3.8%13.3%5.2%14.4%3.6%0.8%12.1M-25.0M-1.5M61.8495.24N/AN/A16410,14169,61762,626
2017-08-21$70.43$63.0013.5%3.9%13.1%5.4%17.2%3.2%0.9%11.5M-36.7M-1.6M72.0587.81N/AN/A14010,08769,60062,588
2017-08-22$71.30$63.0011.9%3.4%13.9%4.0%14.2%3.5%1.2%14.3M-74.3M-1.6M72.0899.49N/AN/A14010,09169,60062,588
2017-08-23$71.49$63.0012.0%3.4%13.7%4.1%13.4%2.9%1.5%14.2M-88.5M-1.6M72.08103.62N/AN/A14010,09169,59362,592
2017-08-24$71.81$63.0011.1%3.2%13.5%3.3%12.9%2.8%1.3%16.2M-98.7M-1.6M68.1899.82N/AN/A14810,09169,59362,592
2017-08-25$72.11$63.0011.5%3.3%13.6%3.7%12.7%2.7%1.1%16.3M-118.8M-1.6M69.5988.69N/AN/A14510,09169,60062,592
2017-08-28$71.78$63.0011.3%3.2%13.7%3.4%12.9%3.0%1.2%15.9M-112.2M-1.5M69.59106.22N/AN/A14510,09169,59862,592
2017-08-29$71.63$63.0043.4%12.4%13.6%33.1%24.5%16.5%-39.5%14.7M-76.1M-1.5M90.91127.02N/AN/A11110,09169,59862,592
2017-08-30$71.85$63.0010.8%3.1%13.6%3.0%12.3%2.9%2.1%16.0M-117.7M-1.5M90.9192.65N/AN/A11110,09169,59962,592
2017-08-31$72.08$63.0010.6%3.0%13.5%2.8%16.4%2.8%2.0%16.2M-128.8M-1.6M90.10108.47N/AN/A11210,09169,59962,592