AMC Options History — March 2014

In March 2014, AMC traded between $114.75 and $127.35. ATM implied volatility averaged 32.9%. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.5% (HV 20d: 30.4%). Max pain ranged from $87.50 to $112.50. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.28.

Notable Days

  • 2014-03-05: Highest Volume — 112 contracts
  • 2014-03-07: Largest IV spike — 97.2% change
  • 2014-03-10: Largest Expected Move — 15.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$120.14$114.75$127.35$114.75$121.25
Max Pain$107.14$87.50$112.50$100.00$112.50
ATM IV32.9%19.7%63.4%25.7%33.2%
Expected Move9.2%5.6%15.6%7.4%9.5%
HV 20d30.4%11.8%40.9%11.8%40.9%
HV 60d25.0%21.8%26.5%21.8%26.4%
Term Structure2.3%-0.7%16.3%-0.7%0.7%
VWIV30.0%12.0%39.7%25.8%33.0%
Skew 25d1.8%-14.2%42.2%1.4%-1.4%
Skew 10d2.4%-12.9%56.4%-0.1%19.4%
Call IV 25d31.3%16.9%43.8%22.6%34.7%
Put IV 25d33.1%18.7%75.0%23.9%33.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %98.7286.10128.4897.5799.58
Gamma HHI0.590.470.960.960.64
Net GEX115.2K62.6K163.5K99.1K163.5K
Net DEX-2.2M-3.4M-1.4M-1.7M-2.2M
Net VEX-8.6K-11.7K-4.8K-5.8K-11.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.280.001.840.040.00
Total Volume34.57141121845
Total OI517.952304706325632

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-03-03$114.75$100.0025.7%7.4%11.8%0.0%25.8%1.4%-0.7%99.1K-1.7M-5.8K0.0497.57N/AN/A17127451
2014-03-04$119.90$100.0019.7%5.6%16.9%0.0%12.0%11.6%7.0%79.0K-2.2M-5.1K0.00110.69N/AN/A45027052
2014-03-05$123.30$100.0024.5%7.0%18.2%0.0%24.6%-5.3%3.4%62.6K-2.2M-4.8K0.0298.36N/AN/A110225252
2014-03-06$126.10$112.5032.1%9.2%18.7%0.0%24.3%42.2%4.9%76.6K-2.8M-6.0K0.17121.96N/AN/A12232354
2014-03-07$127.35$87.5063.4%10.1%18.7%0.0%22.6%12.3%16.3%70.8K-2.8M-6.3K0.00115.07N/AN/A11032352
2014-03-10$124.05$87.5045.6%15.6%22.5%0.0%39.7%-14.2%1.4%67.2K-2.6M-6.5K0.15128.48N/AN/A5133152
2014-03-11$119.90$87.5032.2%8.7%26.9%0.0%30.7%-12.1%-0.3%100.8K-2.2M-6.3K0.04110.57N/AN/A59233552
2014-03-12$116.45$112.5027.5%8.6%29.2%0.0%29.7%2.7%1.0%113.5K-1.8M-6.5K0.1986.10N/AN/A47938654
2014-03-13$119.35$112.5030.4%8.7%30.0%0.0%34.3%1.4%1.6%128.8K-2.3M-7.4K0.6588.53N/AN/A432842663
2014-03-14$120.55$112.5031.3%9.0%30.0%0.0%0.0%2.3%1.1%136.3K-2.6M-8.9K1.3091.52N/AN/A91246791
2014-03-17$125.30$112.5030.3%8.7%32.2%0.0%30.2%4.2%1.8%146.6K-3.4M-9.1K0.2596.71N/AN/A338475103
2014-03-18$122.00$112.5031.3%9.0%34.2%0.0%31.5%0.5%0.2%132.5K-2.7M-9.4K0.9391.62N/AN/A2725464111
2014-03-19$117.90$112.5033.7%9.7%36.9%0.0%33.0%-0.6%0.8%119.1K-2.0M-10.1K0.0294.83N/AN/A771478136
2014-03-20$117.55$112.5033.2%9.5%37.0%0.0%32.9%-1.2%2.1%134.0K-2.1M-10.7K1.8487.50N/AN/A1019546136
2014-03-21$115.30$112.5030.8%8.8%37.5%0.0%31.5%2.3%2.8%120.4K-1.6M-10.5K0.1989.18N/AN/A102553153
2014-03-24$115.90$112.5033.8%9.7%37.5%0.0%33.3%-4.2%0.2%111.1K-1.4M-10.8K0.1593.95N/AN/A132491122
2014-03-25$120.05$112.5034.0%9.8%39.3%0.0%34.0%-0.6%0.1%144.1K-2.1M-11.7K0.0290.89N/AN/A251504124
2014-03-26$119.30$112.5033.3%9.6%39.5%0.0%33.7%-0.2%0.5%138.7K-2.0M-11.5K0.0095.57N/AN/A50503125
2014-03-27$117.10$112.5032.4%9.3%40.1%0.0%0.0%-2.2%2.3%127.6K-1.6M-11.1K0.0095.07N/AN/A40504125
2014-03-28$119.50$112.5033.1%9.5%40.6%0.0%33.5%-1.0%0.2%146.4K-2.0M-11.4K0.0089.31N/AN/A40507125
2014-03-31$121.25$112.5033.2%9.5%40.9%0.0%33.0%-1.4%0.7%163.5K-2.2M-11.2K0.0099.58N/AN/A450507125