AMC Options History — October 2018

In October 2018, AMC traded between $89.00 and $100.60. ATM implied volatility averaged 50.6%, placing in the 18.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 14.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 14.2% (HV 20d: 36.4%). Max pain ranged from $92.25 to $100.00. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.89.

Notable Days

  • 2018-10-01: Highest Volume — 2,254 contracts
  • 2018-10-02: Largest IV spike — 59.9% change
  • 2018-10-29: Highest IV Rank — 59.1%
  • 2018-10-29: Largest Expected Move — 19.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$96.66$89.00$100.60$99.15$96.75
Max Pain$98.99$92.25$100.00$92.25$100.00
ATM IV50.6%38.9%77.9%38.9%59.1%
Expected Move14.3%8.6%19.6%11.1%19.4%
HV 20d36.4%30.1%50.1%30.3%49.6%
HV 60d33.7%31.7%36.7%33.1%36.7%
IV Rank18.7%1.5%59.1%1.5%31.3%
IV Percentile48.1%2.4%95.2%2.4%75.8%
Term Structure-2.1%-40.3%18.7%18.7%3.5%
VWIV52.4%38.0%70.0%59.9%68.3%
Skew 25d3.2%-8.3%38.9%-6.8%1.6%
Skew 10d4.6%-31.7%26.6%8.7%-0.4%
Call IV 25d49.7%38.2%72.7%53.5%60.2%
Put IV 25d53.0%40.3%87.5%46.7%61.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %22.0414.6549.8719.3949.87
Gamma HHI0.100.060.130.060.07
Net GEX621.2K248.2K1.2M1.1M380.3K
Net DEX-24.7M-53.4M-9.8M-53.4M-18.9M
Net VEX-114.0K-201.6K-94.9K-199.0K-126.6K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.890.242.550.240.39
Total Volume1,035.1745342,2542,254792
Total OI9,274.9137,92614,53314,30010,220

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-10-01$99.15$92.2538.9%11.1%30.3%1.5%59.9%-6.8%18.7%1.1M-53.4M-199.0K0.2419.39N/AN/A1,8114439,7114,589
2018-10-02$98.50$92.2562.2%8.6%30.2%35.9%69.5%6.5%-40.3%1.2M-52.4M-201.6K0.3619.72N/AN/A1,6215849,8984,635
2018-10-03$100.60$92.2540.3%11.1%31.0%3.5%38.0%2.2%6.0%834.7K-30.7M-105.6K1.0615.81N/AN/A3413615,6392,628
2018-10-04$99.55$100.0041.5%12.7%30.7%5.3%44.4%0.8%4.2%844.1K-29.5M-105.3K0.3722.02N/AN/A7332755,7122,621
2018-10-05$98.30$100.0043.3%12.9%30.2%7.9%45.6%1.7%5.9%680.6K-27.0M-104.4K0.8922.31N/AN/A2902605,6602,667
2018-10-08$98.20$100.0045.0%13.0%30.1%10.4%45.4%3.6%-0.3%675.6K-25.6M-102.2K1.0415.54N/AN/A3663825,4212,559
2018-10-09$98.25$100.0045.6%13.1%30.1%11.3%46.0%1.4%-0.2%670.9K-25.8M-102.2K1.3514.65N/AN/A2853845,5082,735
2018-10-10$94.35$100.0047.8%13.3%32.5%14.7%46.6%0.4%-2.5%582.1K-20.3M-100.3K1.0019.87N/AN/A4244265,5542,747
2018-10-11$92.25$100.0048.8%13.3%33.2%16.1%47.2%4.1%-2.2%500.5K-16.7M-99.1K0.9433.13N/AN/A4744475,6692,811
2018-10-12$94.15$100.0048.6%13.3%34.2%15.7%46.1%3.4%-3.3%578.1K-18.8M-100.6K1.1832.91N/AN/A3584235,7122,819
2018-10-15$96.35$100.0051.6%14.7%35.4%20.2%50.8%2.8%-4.2%604.2K-22.4M-101.8K0.3517.98N/AN/A8202855,6152,814
2018-10-16$100.30$100.0048.0%13.7%38.2%14.8%47.5%1.5%-2.2%832.6K-30.5M-107.1K0.5319.63N/AN/A4632476,0442,856
2018-10-17$99.45$100.0048.7%14.0%37.1%16.0%48.7%2.3%-3.6%840.0K-28.9M-104.1K0.8116.08N/AN/A2952395,9972,883
2018-10-18$98.20$100.0047.6%13.7%37.1%14.3%48.8%0.4%-1.2%793.8K-26.5M-103.8K0.8518.47N/AN/A3302805,9722,896
2018-10-19$99.20$100.0047.9%14.0%35.8%14.8%48.4%-0.1%-2.3%572.1K-28.3M-101.1K0.7216.08N/AN/A3752726,0012,939
2018-10-22$99.45$100.0045.8%13.8%31.8%11.6%48.4%2.1%-1.5%577.5K-25.3M-98.1K0.6519.38N/AN/A4332815,2292,697
2018-10-23$98.40$100.0049.3%14.1%30.6%16.8%48.6%38.9%0.1%550.4K-23.0M-98.5K2.0717.68N/AN/A3617475,2922,772
2018-10-24$90.65$100.0052.0%15.6%41.6%20.9%53.0%1.8%-2.5%258.4K-9.8M-94.9K0.7319.20N/AN/A7975785,3383,216
2018-10-25$93.65$100.0051.2%15.1%43.3%19.6%51.7%2.2%-3.2%248.2K-14.7M-103.4K0.4217.80N/AN/A1,0144215,7573,510
2018-10-26$89.00$100.0062.8%18.4%46.3%36.8%63.4%3.1%-8.1%373.4K-9.9M-107.7K2.5519.79N/AN/A5961,5196,1973,411
2018-10-29$92.75$100.0077.9%19.6%48.6%59.1%67.8%9.1%-11.6%262.6K-13.4M-127.1K1.5623.97N/AN/A5007825,9754,197
2018-10-30$95.70$100.0059.9%19.6%50.1%32.5%70.0%-8.3%1.8%307.7K-17.4M-128.0K0.4635.69N/AN/A4772175,9824,218
2018-10-31$96.75$100.0059.1%19.4%49.6%31.3%68.3%1.6%3.5%380.3K-18.9M-126.6K0.3949.87N/AN/A5692235,9884,232