AAXJ Options History — October 2017

In October 2017, AAXJ traded between $72.47 and $75.42. ATM implied volatility averaged 13.0%, placing in the 5.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 3.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.9% (HV 20d: 11.0%). Max pain ranged from $70.00 to $73.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 22 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 138.45.

Notable Days

  • 2017-10-10: Highest Volume — 92,468 contracts
  • 2017-10-20: Largest IV drop — 13.1% change
  • 2017-10-25: Highest IV Rank — 6.1%
  • 2017-10-25: Largest Expected Move — 4.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$74.38$72.47$75.42$72.47$75.28
Max Pain$72.00$70.00$73.00$73.00$71.00
ATM IV13.0%11.9%14.2%12.5%14.0%
Expected Move3.8%3.5%4.1%3.6%4.0%
HV 20d11.0%9.5%12.3%12.3%9.6%
HV 60d11.6%11.4%12.0%11.9%12.0%
IV Rank5.0%4.0%6.1%4.6%5.9%
IV Percentile31.9%21.4%42.5%25.4%42.5%
Term Structure0.8%0.4%1.3%1.0%0.5%
VWIV14.5%12.4%16.0%14.7%15.7%
Skew 25d2.9%2.0%3.8%2.8%3.2%
Skew 10d8.5%6.6%11.5%9.0%11.5%
Call IV 25d12.0%11.1%13.4%11.2%12.2%
Put IV 25d14.9%13.4%17.2%14.0%15.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %64.8621.47106.67104.1430.39
Gamma HHI0.300.280.320.290.32
Net GEX29.7M21.9M34.8M21.9M33.4M
Net DEX-315.0M-403.3M-148.3M-148.3M-395.3M
Net VEX-1.6M-1.9M-1.3M-1.9M-1.3M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio138.451.39264.011.39208.23
Total Volume55,566.27342,22192,46872,37442,264
Total OI208,008.5207,003209,497209,397207,443

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-10-02$72.47$73.0012.5%3.6%12.3%4.6%14.7%2.8%1.0%21.9M-148.3M-1.9M1.39104.14N/AN/A30,31042,06499,821109,576
2017-10-03$73.33$73.0012.5%3.6%11.9%4.6%12.8%2.7%0.9%24.4M-220.5M-1.9M1.39103.92N/AN/A30,36742,07399,824109,577
2017-10-04$73.36$73.0012.5%3.6%11.9%4.6%12.4%2.2%0.9%24.5M-220.9M-1.9M1.39106.67N/AN/A30,36742,08399,872109,567
2017-10-05$73.95$70.0011.9%3.7%12.0%4.0%14.1%2.6%0.7%27.7M-271.3M-1.8M1.3970.95N/AN/A30,37442,09399,872109,577
2017-10-06$73.53$72.0012.2%3.8%12.1%4.2%14.4%3.2%0.6%25.4M-229.2M-1.8M1.3969.67N/AN/A30,37442,09299,879109,587
2017-10-09$73.75$72.0012.5%3.8%11.2%4.6%14.7%3.2%0.5%25.1M-244.1M-1.8M1.3970.65N/AN/A30,37842,08699,888109,601
2017-10-10$74.46$72.0012.8%3.9%11.6%4.8%14.9%2.8%0.6%27.7M-310.7M-1.7M2.0451.03N/AN/A30,37862,09099,892109,605
2017-10-11$74.63$72.0012.7%3.6%11.5%4.7%14.8%2.9%0.8%29.9M-330.3M-1.7M1.3953.23N/AN/A30,37442,09099,892107,111
2017-10-12$74.59$72.0012.6%3.6%11.5%4.6%14.4%2.7%0.6%32.0M-339.9M-1.6M1.3957.04N/AN/A30,23442,09099,901107,111
2017-10-13$75.19$72.0012.2%3.5%11.6%4.3%13.9%2.2%0.7%31.4M-386.6M-1.6M171.1056.34N/AN/A24642,09099,903107,111
2017-10-16$75.42$72.0012.3%3.5%11.2%4.4%13.7%2.0%0.5%31.4M-403.3M-1.5M264.0181.82N/AN/A16142,50599,911107,111
2017-10-17$75.03$73.0012.7%3.6%11.4%4.7%14.5%2.8%1.1%30.0M-370.3M-1.5M244.3058.44N/AN/A17442,50999,917107,526
2017-10-18$75.23$73.0012.8%3.7%11.2%4.8%14.8%2.9%1.0%31.7M-397.6M-1.5M249.9859.51N/AN/A17042,49799,932107,531
2017-10-19$74.47$73.0014.0%4.0%11.9%6.0%15.0%3.1%0.7%27.8M-306.9M-1.6M227.5861.38N/AN/A18542,10299,950107,538
2017-10-20$74.85$73.0012.2%3.5%11.6%4.3%13.7%2.7%1.3%34.8M-376.6M-1.4M233.9067.17N/AN/A18042,10299,970107,548
2017-10-23$74.41$73.0013.7%3.9%9.5%5.7%14.5%3.1%1.0%31.6M-327.7M-1.5M237.6261.98N/AN/A17742,05999,930107,500
2017-10-24$74.41$71.0013.6%3.9%9.5%5.6%14.7%2.9%1.1%32.0M-332.4M-1.5M240.3062.02N/AN/A17542,05399,941107,501
2017-10-25$74.23$71.0014.2%4.1%9.5%6.1%15.4%3.2%0.4%31.4M-296.0M-1.5M241.6557.71N/AN/A17442,04799,941107,501
2017-10-26$74.16$71.0014.0%4.0%9.5%5.9%15.0%3.1%0.8%31.3M-306.4M-1.4M241.6561.80N/AN/A17442,04799,942107,501
2017-10-27$75.01$71.0013.2%3.8%9.6%5.2%15.2%3.3%0.7%34.4M-373.4M-1.4M236.2259.49N/AN/A17842,04799,942107,501
2017-10-30$74.58$71.0013.9%4.0%9.9%5.9%16.0%3.8%0.5%33.6M-343.2M-1.3M236.2221.47N/AN/A17842,04799,942107,501
2017-10-31$75.28$71.0014.0%4.0%9.6%5.9%15.7%3.2%0.5%33.4M-395.3M-1.3M208.2330.39N/AN/A20242,06299,942107,501