AAXJ Options History — January 2026

In January 2026, AAXJ traded between $95.94 and $102.81. ATM implied volatility averaged 30.9%, placing in the 34.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 14.8% (HV 20d: 16.1%). Max pain ranged from $88.00 to $100.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 2 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.05.

Notable Days

  • 2026-01-09: Highest Volume — 9 contracts
  • 2026-01-14: Largest IV drop — 70.7% change
  • 2026-01-13: Highest IV Rank — 91.7%
  • 2026-01-02: Largest Expected Move — 9.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$99.00$95.94$102.81$95.94$100.38
Max Pain$91.56$88.00$100.00$88.00$90.00
ATM IV30.9%19.4%66.2%32.7%23.5%
Expected Move6.2%4.7%9.4%9.4%6.7%
HV 20d16.1%13.9%17.9%16.8%17.9%
HV 60d15.3%14.4%17.8%17.6%15.4%
IV Rank34.9%16.4%91.7%37.8%23.0%
IV Percentile84.5%68.7%99.6%96.4%77.8%
Term Structure-3.3%-15.1%2.6%-15.1%-4.0%
VWIV23.2%11.1%33.6%11.1%25.3%
Skew 25d2.8%-3.0%13.8%2.7%3.7%
Skew 10d9.3%-1.4%20.2%10.9%6.4%
Call IV 25d26.9%11.1%41.8%41.8%29.8%
Put IV 25d29.7%23.5%44.5%44.5%33.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %133.90124.16148.74148.74124.16
Gamma HHI0.410.330.620.400.35
Net GEX23.7K18.1K26.6K26.2K23.2K
Net DEX-654.0K-805.5K-479.2K-479.2K-748.6K
Net VEX-815-1.1K-449-1.1K-742
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.050.000.500.000.00
Total Volume1.250900
Total OI84.578917891

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2026-01-02$95.94$88.0032.7%9.4%16.8%37.8%0.0%2.7%-15.1%26.2K-479.2K-1.1K0.00148.74N/AN/A00744
2026-01-05$97.19$0.0035.7%4.7%17.2%42.5%0.0%5.9%-0.4%26.0K-517.8K-9600.00138.19N/AN/A00744
2026-01-06$97.91$0.0037.1%5.5%17.0%44.8%11.1%13.8%-1.4%22.3K-576.0K-8550.00135.48N/AN/A20744
2026-01-07$97.18$100.0039.4%5.4%17.3%48.6%0.0%2.4%-1.4%22.9K-543.8K-9510.00139.33N/AN/A00754
2026-01-08$97.21$100.0041.8%5.2%17.2%52.4%0.0%1.9%0.4%25.5K-555.3K-8870.00134.90N/AN/A00754
2026-01-09$97.57$100.0043.4%5.5%16.9%55.0%21.3%3.2%-1.3%22.9K-541.9K-9570.00137.07N/AN/A90754
2026-01-12$98.94$90.0056.2%5.8%16.9%75.6%0.0%5.2%-3.3%23.7K-675.0K-8790.00130.05N/AN/A20844
2026-01-13$98.06$90.0066.2%5.9%16.5%91.7%0.0%1.8%-4.6%25.6K-643.1K-9090.00137.42N/AN/A00844
2026-01-14$98.33$90.0019.4%5.6%16.4%16.4%17.0%1.2%2.6%22.9K-635.3K-9460.00133.40N/AN/A20844
2026-01-15$99.21$90.0020.2%5.8%14.1%17.6%0.0%5.0%-1.0%23.5K-697.0K-7530.00134.34N/AN/A10844
2026-01-16$98.69$90.0019.9%5.7%13.9%17.2%0.0%2.7%-1.6%24.4K-674.9K-8120.00135.61N/AN/A00844
2026-01-20$97.52$90.0021.1%6.0%14.8%19.1%33.6%1.0%-3.5%26.6K-610.0K-8860.00135.46N/AN/A10820
2026-01-21$99.09$90.0021.5%6.2%15.3%19.7%0.0%1.0%-2.7%24.8K-664.9K-7760.00136.46N/AN/A00830
2026-01-22$99.56$90.0021.4%6.1%15.3%19.6%0.0%0.6%-4.2%22.8K-692.4K-6980.00133.87N/AN/A20830
2026-01-23$100.18$90.0022.4%6.4%15.3%21.3%0.0%-3.0%-5.0%24.3K-722.6K-6970.00130.67N/AN/A00850
2026-01-26$100.23$90.0023.2%6.6%15.3%22.4%31.0%-2.0%-3.0%22.6K-714.3K-7020.50136.70N/AN/A21850
2026-01-27$101.87$90.0026.9%7.7%15.9%28.4%0.0%-1.9%-10.1%25.7K-805.5K-4490.00126.53N/AN/A10871
2026-01-28$102.81$90.0021.0%6.0%15.8%19.0%25.3%6.6%-3.3%18.1K-795.3K-6920.00125.28N/AN/A20901
2026-01-29$102.10$90.0025.0%7.2%16.4%25.4%0.0%3.3%-3.7%19.8K-787.0K-6840.00124.36N/AN/A00901
2026-01-30$100.38$90.0023.5%6.7%17.9%23.0%0.0%3.7%-4.0%23.2K-748.6K-7420.00124.16N/AN/A00901