AMC Options History — January 2014

In January 2014, AMC traded between $99.80 and $109.55. ATM implied volatility averaged 26.3%. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 8.7% (HV 20d: 17.6%). Max pain ranged from $100.00 to $100.00. Net GEX was positive for 11 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 17 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.34.

Notable Days

  • 2014-01-21: Highest Volume — 123 contracts
  • 2014-01-07: Largest IV spike — 32.5% change
  • 2014-01-03: Largest Expected Move — 9.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$103.32$99.80$109.55$100.10$106.85
Max Pain$100.00$100.00$100.00$100.00$100.00
ATM IV26.3%20.1%36.0%33.2%24.3%
Expected Move6.9%5.0%9.5%9.5%7.0%
HV 20d17.6%15.8%18.3%15.8%18.1%
Term Structure5.7%-4.1%16.5%-4.1%1.9%
VWIV23.3%17.4%28.9%28.9%24.2%
Skew 25d4.4%-2.4%12.7%-2.4%4.5%
Skew 10d4.3%0.2%8.8%5.6%0.2%
Call IV 25d22.3%18.2%24.9%23.5%24.2%
Put IV 25d26.6%21.2%30.9%21.2%28.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %125.81101.81150.25150.25114.56
Gamma HHI0.820.501.001.000.96
Net GEX16.5K-33949.2K046.6K
Net DEX-262.5K-811.8K2.2K0-663.7K
Net VEX-1.6K-4.2K00-4.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.340.0015.500.000.14
Total Volume11.650123026
Total OI6601860186

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-01-03$100.10$0.0033.2%9.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%-4.1%0000.00150.25N/AN/A0000
2014-01-06$100.05$0.0025.8%8.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%5.8%0000.00101.81N/AN/A0000
2014-01-07$100.25$0.0034.2%7.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%15.8%45-1.1K-50.00132.52N/AN/A0100
2014-01-08$99.80$0.0036.0%7.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.4%-1612.0K-330.00134.93N/AN/A0001
2014-01-09$100.15$0.0027.9%7.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%6.4%-1612.2K-340.00133.54N/AN/A0001
2014-01-10$100.20$0.0027.5%7.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%5.1%-1552.0K-330.00133.17N/AN/A0001
2014-01-13$99.90$0.0029.4%7.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%4.5%-1702.1K-330.00133.28N/AN/A0001
2014-01-14$100.60$0.0031.2%8.0%0.0%0.0%28.9%0.0%1.3%-1571.8K-310.00125.23N/AN/A0001
2014-01-15$99.95$100.0031.1%5.0%0.0%0.0%17.4%0.0%6.5%-14748-342.00135.62N/AN/A0101
2014-01-16$101.50$100.0023.0%6.6%0.0%0.0%21.8%0.0%7.0%-3391.9K-490.00109.79N/AN/A9012
2014-01-17$101.20$100.0024.0%6.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%-1.8%2.3K-52.9K-2660.00139.57N/AN/A00102
2014-01-21$104.25$100.0023.8%6.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%-2.4%1.2%1.7K-73.9K-2280.00133.23N/AN/A1230102
2014-01-22$106.30$100.0020.8%6.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.9%16.5%34.0K-523.0K-3.2K0.29125.86N/AN/A2881292
2014-01-23$106.35$100.0020.1%5.8%0.0%0.0%28.0%12.7%14.8%36.5K-507.9K-3.6K0.57116.19N/AN/A1114310
2014-01-24$106.85$100.0020.7%5.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%6.1%11.9%35.8K-579.8K-3.7K0.00123.84N/AN/A4014410
2014-01-27$106.75$100.0025.7%7.4%15.8%0.0%0.0%3.9%-2.3%37.7K-597.8K-3.5K0.00118.24N/AN/A3014410
2014-01-28$109.55$100.0023.8%6.8%17.5%0.0%0.0%8.6%16.3%39.6K-722.3K-3.9K0.00124.06N/AN/A16014710
2014-01-29$108.20$100.0022.4%6.4%18.3%0.0%21.7%0.9%1.6%46.8K-729.1K-4.1K0.19112.65N/AN/A5116310
2014-01-30$107.65$100.0021.2%6.1%18.2%0.0%21.1%2.0%4.9%49.2K-811.8K-4.2K15.50117.79N/AN/A0616811
2014-01-31$106.85$100.0024.3%7.0%18.1%0.0%24.2%4.5%1.9%46.6K-663.7K-4.1K0.14114.56N/AN/A23316917