AMC Options History — February 2015

In February 2015, AMC traded between $141.40 and $172.00. ATM implied volatility averaged 30.0%, placing in the 20.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 8.3% (HV 20d: 21.7%). Max pain ranged from $87.50 to $125.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.03.

Notable Days

  • 2015-02-17: Highest Volume — 266 contracts
  • 2015-02-18: Largest IV drop — 15.2% change
  • 2015-02-09: Highest IV Rank — 32.5%
  • 2015-02-17: Largest Expected Move — 9.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$155.58$141.40$172.00$141.40$172.00
Max Pain$119.08$87.50$125.00$87.50$125.00
ATM IV30.0%25.5%36.1%30.1%25.5%
Expected Move8.4%7.3%9.5%8.6%7.3%
HV 20d21.7%15.4%26.9%26.9%15.4%
HV 60d25.2%24.3%26.2%25.7%24.7%
IV Rank20.4%11.5%32.5%20.7%11.6%
IV Percentile43.0%12.7%88.9%38.1%13.1%
Term Structure0.4%-1.7%3.0%0.8%0.4%
VWIV30.6%25.9%39.4%31.0%25.9%
Skew 25d7.0%0.7%43.4%8.7%2.1%
Skew 10d10.3%0.9%56.3%8.8%3.3%
Call IV 25d27.6%24.0%32.7%31.3%24.9%
Put IV 25d34.6%26.9%75.2%40.1%27.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %87.8263.63113.24104.7288.90
Gamma HHI0.520.260.760.450.26
Net GEX118.9K77.7K144.5K109.4K77.7K
Net DEX-6.5M-9.1M-3.9M-3.9M-9.1M
Net VEX-7.3K-8.7K-4.4K-8.5K-4.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.030.225.130.621.24
Total Volume105.31632663179
Total OI724.211596868596797

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-02-02$141.40$87.5030.1%8.6%26.9%20.7%0.0%8.7%0.8%109.4K-3.9M-8.5K0.00104.72N/AN/A03465131
2015-02-03$145.25$87.5030.9%8.8%25.4%22.1%31.0%43.4%0.3%111.5K-4.5M-7.9K0.62106.94N/AN/A7445465131
2015-02-04$146.65$87.5032.3%9.3%25.4%24.9%32.3%0.7%-0.5%135.5K-5.0M-8.3K1.12113.24N/AN/A5055509131
2015-02-05$146.95$125.0034.5%9.2%25.3%29.3%39.4%2.8%0.2%132.3K-5.1M-8.7K1.1297.39N/AN/A4955511141
2015-02-06$147.10$125.0033.2%8.9%25.3%26.7%31.2%7.4%0.6%135.7K-5.1M-8.1K3.2889.89N/AN/A1756511141
2015-02-09$149.95$125.0036.1%9.2%22.5%32.5%32.6%11.9%-0.8%135.1K-5.6M-7.8K4.0286.55N/AN/A1871515139
2015-02-10$150.75$125.0035.7%8.9%21.6%31.7%31.4%12.4%0.2%119.6K-5.5M-7.9K3.6595.46N/AN/A1971515162
2015-02-11$151.45$125.0031.6%9.1%21.3%23.6%32.0%13.2%-0.2%120.7K-5.7M-7.7K5.1392.85N/AN/A1577518162
2015-02-12$152.40$125.0031.5%9.0%21.3%23.4%32.3%11.2%0.1%117.5K-5.8M-7.8K4.4792.95N/AN/A2088518172
2015-02-13$153.40$125.0029.8%8.5%20.7%20.0%32.8%3.4%0.8%119.8K-6.1M-7.4K3.5070.54N/AN/A2071518169
2015-02-17$154.70$125.0033.2%9.5%20.2%26.8%33.6%2.6%-1.7%109.2K-6.2M-7.1K0.7663.63N/AN/A151115524178
2015-02-18$157.40$125.0028.2%8.1%20.2%16.8%29.1%2.6%2.2%144.5K-7.4M-7.8K0.7680.82N/AN/A8464643225
2015-02-19$162.40$125.0026.9%7.7%21.8%14.3%28.4%1.6%2.2%120.0K-8.2M-6.6K0.2278.81N/AN/A307620227
2015-02-20$163.05$125.0025.5%7.3%21.3%11.5%27.8%1.9%3.0%123.6K-8.2M-7.0K0.7174.46N/AN/A1410617233
2015-02-23$163.50$125.0026.9%7.7%20.9%14.4%28.1%2.3%-0.4%119.8K-7.9M-7.0K1.2778.13N/AN/A5368590215
2015-02-24$164.55$125.0026.1%7.5%20.9%12.7%28.6%2.0%0.5%116.4K-7.8M-6.5K1.4090.73N/AN/A5070573214
2015-02-25$164.70$125.0025.9%7.4%20.8%12.4%27.9%1.4%0.6%114.8K-7.9M-6.5K1.5380.18N/AN/A4670573216
2015-02-26$168.50$125.0026.0%7.4%15.6%12.5%26.7%1.4%-0.7%95.1K-8.6M-4.8K1.7082.43N/AN/A4373574217
2015-02-27$172.00$125.0025.5%7.3%15.4%11.6%25.9%2.1%0.4%77.7K-9.1M-4.4K1.2488.90N/AN/A8099577220