AMC Options History — April 2017

In April 2017, AMC traded between $150.90 and $159.40. ATM implied volatility averaged 26.2%, placing in the 18.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 7.7% (HV 20d: 18.5%). Max pain ranged from $145.00 to $155.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 3 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.91.

Notable Days

  • 2017-04-03: Highest Volume — 338 contracts
  • 2017-04-12: Largest IV spike — 20.9% change
  • 2017-04-19: Highest IV Rank — 32.3%
  • 2017-04-19: Largest Expected Move — 8.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$153.74$150.90$159.40$159.40$151.25
Max Pain$147.63$145.00$155.00$145.00$155.00
ATM IV26.2%22.4%28.9%23.8%28.2%
Expected Move7.8%6.5%8.3%6.8%8.1%
HV 20d18.5%16.3%19.4%16.3%19.4%
HV 60d19.0%18.4%19.8%19.1%19.6%
IV Rank18.8%0.0%32.3%5.3%28.9%
IV Percentile29.6%0.0%56.0%2.4%52.4%
Term Structure-0.8%-2.8%4.1%2.5%-1.7%
VWIV27.4%22.4%31.3%23.6%27.7%
Skew 25d3.4%0.3%4.5%3.1%2.3%
Skew 10d8.7%-10.3%18.1%9.6%4.9%
Call IV 25d25.9%21.5%27.7%21.5%26.7%
Put IV 25d29.3%23.8%31.5%24.6%29.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %81.1769.97101.8495.3672.76
Gamma HHI0.510.390.910.630.52
Net GEX1.7M100.6K5.0M1.4M137.1K
Net DEX-14.1M-26.5M-320.8K-26.5M-320.8K
Net VEX-19.2K-32.5K-10.3K-25.3K-10.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.910.211.980.231.85
Total Volume189.158131338338134
Total OI2,241.9475353,0332,448652

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-04-03$159.40$145.0023.8%6.8%16.3%5.3%23.6%3.1%2.5%1.4M-26.5M-25.3K0.2395.36N/AN/A276622,217231
2017-04-04$158.15$145.0022.6%6.5%16.8%0.0%22.4%2.1%3.8%1.8M-26.5M-28.9K0.2195.57N/AN/A278582,417231
2017-04-05$154.50$145.0023.1%6.6%19.3%2.5%23.6%0.3%4.1%2.2M-21.9M-32.5K0.21101.84N/AN/A280582,610241
2017-04-06$154.00$145.0022.8%7.6%19.2%0.8%27.0%3.5%-0.4%2.3M-20.9M-31.9K0.7876.45N/AN/A81632,613241
2017-04-07$151.50$145.0024.3%7.8%19.0%8.4%27.4%3.4%-0.8%2.2M-16.3M-30.6K0.7578.10N/AN/A79602,615247
2017-04-10$153.15$145.0022.4%7.6%18.9%0.0%27.0%4.5%-0.8%2.5M-18.6M-26.9K0.7977.89N/AN/A75592,615247
2017-04-11$153.75$145.0023.2%8.0%18.9%4.1%27.8%3.6%-2.3%2.6M-19.5M-25.7K0.8081.51N/AN/A75602,615248
2017-04-12$151.65$145.0028.0%8.0%18.8%28.1%31.3%3.8%-1.4%2.4M-15.6M-23.0K0.6978.73N/AN/A78532,616252
2017-04-13$150.90$145.0028.4%8.1%18.8%29.9%29.6%3.8%-1.3%2.3M-13.9M-20.3K0.8087.86N/AN/A76612,616252
2017-04-17$152.00$145.0028.7%8.2%18.5%31.3%29.4%4.0%-1.8%2.6M-16.9M-17.2K0.8075.74N/AN/A76612,617249
2017-04-18$152.15$145.0028.8%8.3%18.5%31.8%29.3%4.4%-1.3%2.5M-16.0M-13.8K0.7977.71N/AN/A79622,620249
2017-04-19$152.00$145.0028.9%8.3%17.6%32.3%29.2%3.6%-1.8%2.3M-15.1M-11.5K0.6679.51N/AN/A94622,620251
2017-04-20$155.25$145.0027.9%8.0%19.1%27.2%25.8%3.3%-1.9%5.0M-23.8M-11.5K0.3479.01N/AN/A244832,637246
2017-04-21$153.75$145.0027.3%7.8%19.4%24.6%28.2%3.9%-1.4%123.4K-13.7M-10.5K1.1879.21N/AN/A891052,767266
2017-04-24$153.25$155.0027.3%7.8%17.8%24.3%28.0%2.9%-1.6%100.6K-491.9K-10.3K1.8575.97N/AN/A58107336199
2017-04-25$155.25$155.0027.5%7.9%18.4%25.2%27.4%4.2%-2.8%122.6K-810.7K-10.9K1.7785.70N/AN/A5598347210
2017-04-26$156.15$155.0027.5%7.9%18.2%25.2%27.0%3.9%-2.6%130.2K-985.3K-11.0K0.7369.97N/AN/A12592350212
2017-04-27$153.00$155.0027.7%7.9%19.3%26.5%28.6%3.9%-2.1%159.0K-734.1K-11.4K1.9873.34N/AN/A4692432213
2017-04-28$151.25$155.0028.2%8.1%19.4%28.9%27.7%2.3%-1.7%137.1K-320.8K-10.9K1.8572.76N/AN/A4787438214