AMC Options History — October 2019

In October 2019, AMC traded between $44.85 and $53.20. ATM implied volatility averaged 60.5%, placing in the 41.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 17.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 26.6% (HV 20d: 33.9%). Max pain ranged from $45.00 to $55.00. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.77.

Notable Days

  • 2019-10-10: Highest Volume — 2,022 contracts
  • 2019-10-09: Largest IV spike — 14.5% change
  • 2019-10-09: Highest IV Rank — 52.3%
  • 2019-10-29: Largest Expected Move — 20.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$48.02$44.85$53.20$53.20$46.95
Max Pain$49.13$45.00$55.00$55.00$47.50
ATM IV60.5%54.4%67.0%54.4%64.8%
Expected Move17.8%14.8%20.4%14.8%20.1%
HV 20d33.9%27.3%43.3%30.5%41.9%
HV 60d43.8%41.4%46.4%44.8%42.3%
IV Rank41.2%30.9%52.3%30.9%48.4%
IV Percentile92.0%73.0%98.0%73.0%97.6%
Term Structure-0.5%-6.2%6.0%3.9%-3.2%
VWIV62.1%47.9%72.3%47.9%72.3%
Skew 25d2.3%-2.5%5.0%-2.5%1.9%
Skew 10d14.2%-32.1%32.2%16.5%19.4%
Call IV 25d59.5%51.9%63.8%55.7%63.5%
Put IV 25d61.8%53.2%65.9%53.2%65.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %17.7011.5340.6418.4918.75
Gamma HHI0.220.180.280.280.18
Net GEX507.7K246.2K1.0M1.0M398.4K
Net DEX-2.5M-17.3M5.7M-17.3M713.0K
Net VEX-176.1K-227.5K-147.3K-227.5K-163.0K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.770.105.510.100.28
Total Volume679.6522732,022273453
Total OI28,041.34825,83630,38425,83628,468

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-10-01$53.20$55.0054.4%14.8%30.5%30.9%47.9%-2.5%3.9%1.0M-17.3M-227.5K0.1018.49N/AN/A2472620,0895,747
2019-10-02$51.20$55.0057.4%15.7%30.8%36.0%54.2%3.5%6.0%801.9K-11.9M-211.0K1.0619.41N/AN/A27128720,1785,753
2019-10-03$49.50$50.0055.6%17.4%30.1%33.0%62.5%4.9%5.1%626.5K-5.3M-191.1K0.7818.20N/AN/A34026720,1305,890
2019-10-04$48.65$50.0056.9%17.4%27.9%35.1%60.6%3.3%5.1%570.2K-2.5M-177.4K0.5013.32N/AN/A38419320,2145,980
2019-10-07$48.90$50.0059.7%17.7%27.3%39.8%61.6%2.3%1.8%577.7K-3.7M-180.6K0.1311.83N/AN/A4986320,0915,998
2019-10-08$49.25$50.0058.6%17.6%27.7%37.9%61.3%1.9%2.2%592.2K-4.2M-178.7K0.3017.50N/AN/A50014820,0186,026
2019-10-09$46.90$50.0067.0%17.7%31.0%52.3%63.7%1.4%-3.0%413.2K689.4K-162.3K0.2821.53N/AN/A1,05829820,3616,131
2019-10-10$45.95$50.0062.7%17.5%30.6%45.0%60.9%1.1%-2.0%372.3K1.8M-155.7K5.5116.58N/AN/A3111,71121,1236,194
2019-10-11$46.30$50.0059.5%16.9%29.5%39.5%56.7%2.4%-0.4%382.5K1.4M-162.0K2.9040.64N/AN/A30086921,3426,739
2019-10-14$44.85$50.0057.6%16.9%29.8%36.3%58.3%4.9%0.5%246.2K5.7M-147.3K0.4715.31N/AN/A81338021,3277,279
2019-10-15$45.95$50.0057.4%16.4%31.2%36.0%57.5%0.6%0.3%299.1K3.2M-159.7K0.3613.60N/AN/A71925621,7257,534
2019-10-16$46.60$50.0059.6%17.1%32.0%39.7%59.8%5.0%0.0%381.9K2.0M-168.4K0.1511.53N/AN/A3945822,1827,770
2019-10-17$46.95$50.0060.4%17.5%30.9%41.1%59.6%4.9%-4.9%433.4K1.3M-169.5K0.6814.04N/AN/A30620722,4177,753
2019-10-18$46.90$50.0061.4%17.8%30.7%42.8%60.4%3.1%-3.3%403.7K1.0M-170.9K1.1716.60N/AN/A24628722,5517,833
2019-10-21$45.95$50.0060.3%17.5%31.1%40.8%61.8%-1.2%-2.0%337.6K2.1M-158.9K0.2916.00N/AN/A3419821,3107,402
2019-10-22$48.80$45.0060.6%17.9%39.4%41.4%63.3%-1.9%-0.6%572.4K-6.0M-188.9K0.2016.52N/AN/A60012021,4937,464
2019-10-23$49.25$45.0063.7%18.3%39.0%46.6%64.8%2.6%-6.2%617.9K-7.0M-190.1K0.1916.55N/AN/A4689121,6547,529
2019-10-24$47.85$45.0060.3%18.4%39.9%40.9%66.6%4.7%-2.0%513.6K-2.5M-177.3K0.8619.45N/AN/A19616921,8917,599
2019-10-25$48.85$45.0063.2%18.7%41.0%45.7%66.0%2.5%-1.9%548.4K-5.2M-182.6K0.7419.21N/AN/A31823521,9867,687
2019-10-28$49.70$47.5063.8%19.0%41.8%46.8%67.0%-0.5%-1.7%624.2K-7.1M-188.4K0.1715.61N/AN/A2925120,1567,726
2019-10-29$49.20$47.5062.5%20.4%41.8%44.5%71.6%4.6%-3.1%561.5K-4.3M-175.7K0.2315.92N/AN/A2545820,2687,760
2019-10-30$46.80$47.5064.6%19.9%43.3%48.1%68.8%2.8%-1.3%391.3K437.5K-163.7K0.4520.61N/AN/A31213920,4037,780
2019-10-31$46.95$47.5064.8%20.1%41.9%48.4%72.3%1.9%-3.2%398.4K713.0K-163.0K0.2818.75N/AN/A35310020,5937,875