AMC Options History — August 2018

In August 2018, AMC traded between $80.05 and $96.00. ATM implied volatility averaged 42.6%, placing in the 6.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.6% (HV 20d: 39.0%). Max pain ranged from $80.00 to $85.00. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.31.

Notable Days

  • 2018-08-09: Highest Volume — 2,125 contracts
  • 2018-08-06: Largest IV spike — 12.8% change
  • 2018-08-17: Highest IV Rank — 10.9%
  • 2018-08-17: Largest Expected Move — 12.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$90.21$80.05$96.00$80.05$94.65
Max Pain$80.65$80.00$85.00$85.00$80.00
ATM IV42.6%39.1%45.3%42.2%41.5%
Expected Move11.9%11.1%12.8%11.8%11.5%
HV 20d39.0%26.0%46.2%44.6%26.0%
HV 60d40.6%39.3%41.8%41.2%39.4%
IV Rank6.9%1.7%10.9%6.3%5.3%
IV Percentile12.8%2.0%21.4%8.7%9.9%
Term Structure-0.3%-4.7%3.0%3.0%2.7%
VWIV42.0%37.3%44.8%44.0%40.6%
Skew 25d1.0%-1.1%4.0%0.4%2.8%
Skew 10d0.2%-26.2%7.9%-0.7%1.0%
Call IV 25d42.3%40.0%46.6%42.1%41.1%
Put IV 25d43.2%38.9%46.0%42.5%43.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %25.1811.7779.2216.1814.84
Gamma HHI0.170.100.220.100.20
Net GEX523.1K246.4K875.4K370.6K657.8K
Net DEX-24.1M-33.1M-9.4M-9.4M-26.0M
Net VEX-134.5K-138.5K-126.7K-133.1K-126.7K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.310.572.671.151.00
Total Volume1,447.7839872,1251,8211,166
Total OI10,832.3919,89711,59610,98510,703

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-08-01$80.05$85.0042.2%11.8%44.6%6.3%44.0%0.4%3.0%370.6K-9.4M-133.1K1.1516.18N/AN/A8499726,7204,265
2018-08-02$83.25$85.0040.5%11.7%42.3%3.8%40.7%1.6%2.4%625.2K-16.0M-134.8K1.2565.24N/AN/A8581,0716,9194,329
2018-08-03$86.00$85.0039.1%11.1%42.1%1.7%37.3%-1.1%2.0%338.5K-25.2M-138.4K1.1142.24N/AN/A9241,0227,1764,420
2018-08-06$86.15$80.0044.1%11.7%42.0%9.1%41.1%1.4%-1.3%334.9K-18.4M-135.2K1.6429.11N/AN/A4998176,2334,155
2018-08-07$86.50$80.0043.5%12.0%41.8%8.2%42.1%0.2%-2.8%379.0K-19.4M-136.8K1.9827.27N/AN/A4248376,3694,186
2018-08-08$87.60$80.0041.8%11.7%42.1%5.7%39.5%1.4%-1.9%450.5K-21.3M-137.3K2.6714.49N/AN/A3148386,4574,276
2018-08-09$83.85$80.0041.3%11.2%44.6%5.1%40.4%0.5%-4.4%267.4K-14.3M-134.1K1.4279.22N/AN/A8801,2456,4744,407
2018-08-10$86.75$80.0041.0%11.6%46.2%4.5%40.3%-0.7%-2.0%293.5K-18.7M-137.5K1.4513.83N/AN/A5217546,5214,661
2018-08-13$86.90$80.0041.2%11.7%45.4%4.9%40.5%1.6%0.3%256.1K-18.6M-135.2K1.5411.93N/AN/A4316646,2714,584
2018-08-14$87.40$80.0041.7%12.0%45.0%5.5%42.3%1.1%0.5%246.4K-19.7M-135.2K1.4912.81N/AN/A4777136,2764,598
2018-08-15$88.50$80.0040.9%11.6%43.2%4.4%40.7%1.4%-0.0%327.7K-21.7M-131.6K1.8923.39N/AN/A3857296,1784,624
2018-08-16$91.15$80.0043.0%11.8%43.9%7.6%42.2%1.5%-2.1%536.2K-26.9M-131.2K0.9326.32N/AN/A8848216,1794,551
2018-08-17$92.00$80.0045.3%12.8%40.6%10.9%44.8%3.0%-0.1%542.7K-29.8M-130.9K0.6916.27N/AN/A1,0397216,3394,504
2018-08-20$92.90$80.0043.9%12.4%38.4%8.8%43.7%1.4%-3.8%668.1K-27.2M-131.8K1.1818.05N/AN/A6127196,1453,752
2018-08-21$94.50$80.0043.5%12.3%38.4%8.2%44.4%-0.4%2.6%699.3K-30.8M-137.9K0.5825.62N/AN/A1,3147686,3523,910
2018-08-22$95.00$80.0043.6%12.5%36.8%8.4%44.8%1.0%1.9%775.5K-31.3M-136.3K0.5755.88N/AN/A1,2196896,6784,114
2018-08-23$95.75$80.0044.3%12.7%35.8%9.4%44.2%-1.0%-1.0%875.4K-32.4M-138.1K0.7813.31N/AN/A8106316,9624,223
2018-08-24$96.00$80.0044.1%12.4%35.6%9.1%43.2%1.7%2.9%687.8K-33.1M-138.5K0.9020.04N/AN/A7076397,0324,251
2018-08-27$94.50$80.0044.5%12.2%34.6%9.7%42.8%-0.7%-1.2%641.4K-27.9M-136.5K1.3012.95N/AN/A4976456,6794,093
2018-08-28$96.00$80.0044.5%12.3%30.0%9.7%41.9%4.0%-4.7%714.0K-30.1M-135.0K1.2214.62N/AN/A5306476,7094,166
2018-08-29$95.10$80.0042.5%11.6%29.5%6.8%41.6%0.5%-0.2%701.7K-28.8M-132.3K2.0313.82N/AN/A3266616,6974,167
2018-08-30$94.25$80.0041.9%11.8%27.8%5.9%42.2%0.4%-0.1%642.4K-26.7M-129.2K1.3011.77N/AN/A4475836,6734,167
2018-08-31$94.65$80.0041.5%11.5%26.0%5.3%40.6%2.8%2.7%657.8K-26.0M-126.7K1.0014.84N/AN/A5835836,5484,155