AMC Options History — March 2020

In March 2020, AMC traded between $12.15 and $29.95. ATM implied volatility averaged 192.2%, placing in the 85.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 56.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 46.4% (HV 20d: 145.9%). Max pain ranged from $20.00 to $45.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.72.

Notable Days

  • 2020-03-18: Highest Volume — 6,922 contracts
  • 2020-03-19: Largest IV spike — 97.1% change
  • 2020-03-05: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2020-03-27: Largest Expected Move — 82.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$18.75$12.15$29.95$29.95$15.45
Max Pain$28.18$20.00$45.00$45.00$20.00
ATM IV192.2%109.2%268.6%121.5%233.4%
Expected Move56.0%32.7%82.1%38.6%55.1%
HV 20d145.9%66.5%207.0%67.1%207.0%
HV 60d96.8%54.1%129.2%54.3%129.2%
IV Rank85.5%31.4%100.0%86.9%84.7%
IV Percentile99.0%94.0%100.0%98.8%97.6%
Term Structure-9.9%-230.5%175.9%-0.6%152.3%
VWIV214.5%114.2%336.7%127.6%167.2%
Skew 25d82.6%-28.4%207.0%19.6%42.2%
Skew 10d95.0%-43.4%216.6%57.2%216.6%
Call IV 25d142.3%78.5%257.3%114.3%166.5%
Put IV 25d224.9%133.8%365.1%133.8%208.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %61.8924.12125.5932.2233.48
Gamma HHI0.120.080.300.120.12
Net GEX-23.1K-58.4K-3.3K-12.1K-24.7K
Net DEX10.0M833.5K18.9M16.2M4.1M
Net VEX-96.8K-159.1K-64.3K-159.1K-73.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.720.3311.130.331.22
Total Volume2,360.8649846,9222,3981,294
Total OI31,421.04525,12037,12730,99025,691

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2020-03-02$29.95$45.00121.5%38.6%67.1%86.9%127.6%19.6%-0.6%-12.1K16.2M-159.1K0.3332.22N/AN/A1,80958916,09114,899
2020-03-03$29.00$45.00121.1%36.2%67.8%86.5%127.2%31.2%-4.7%-22.0K17.1M-155.1K1.5727.24N/AN/A56989516,73315,260
2020-03-04$29.20$45.00115.6%32.7%66.5%80.9%114.2%51.9%-9.3%-40.1K17.8M-154.1K1.2825.87N/AN/A43155316,83515,809
2020-03-05$24.50$30.00138.0%37.8%85.7%100.0%168.3%71.0%-1.5%-58.4K18.9M-127.9K1.8324.12N/AN/A9581,75716,95415,994
2020-03-06$22.75$30.00161.1%41.1%87.9%100.0%163.0%61.0%-1.8%-42.7K18.8M-120.7K1.4526.22N/AN/A7571,09617,27616,594
2020-03-09$19.20$30.00170.4%52.8%102.7%100.0%182.4%150.5%12.6%-36.9K16.4M-99.3K4.2324.30N/AN/A5172,18616,47116,370
2020-03-10$20.70$30.00169.8%50.2%107.7%99.6%175.7%133.3%-6.6%-31.9K15.9M-103.7K1.9636.41N/AN/A42583316,72115,705
2020-03-11$18.35$25.00182.2%43.9%110.9%100.0%171.3%80.5%-43.7%-27.3K15.7M-89.0K2.6130.39N/AN/A32083417,02215,738
2020-03-12$14.45$30.00188.6%67.4%132.6%100.0%256.3%70.5%175.9%-13.1K13.0M-69.8K3.6439.77N/AN/A5722,07817,19916,016
2020-03-13$15.80$30.00268.6%70.6%139.2%100.0%256.1%80.7%-51.8%-17.7K11.7M-84.7K3.8342.20N/AN/A6142,35217,37316,449
2020-03-16$13.00$25.00170.5%49.1%147.9%57.8%297.8%207.0%53.7%-30.6K9.1M-69.0K3.94109.24N/AN/A4291,69317,10516,802
2020-03-17$12.90$25.00226.2%64.9%147.7%81.8%336.7%201.4%-7.9%-32.5K10.5M-66.1K2.7245.29N/AN/A1,1403,10217,35617,434
2020-03-18$12.15$25.00109.2%0.0%144.7%31.4%175.0%96.6%-43.5%-50.3K9.9M-64.3K11.13105.96N/AN/A5716,35118,02618,243
2020-03-19$16.80$25.00215.2%66.0%194.4%77.0%238.2%89.8%-16.5%-3.6K8.3M-82.9K2.9684.84N/AN/A1,0343,06018,07818,491
2020-03-20$15.85$25.00224.6%71.3%194.5%81.1%275.7%-5.8%32.8%-9.9K6.3M-86.1K3.5197.07N/AN/A4551,59718,54318,584
2020-03-23$15.55$25.00189.4%55.8%194.6%65.7%295.3%60.8%-8.2%-15.1K2.2M-81.3K2.3093.66N/AN/A9312,14512,32013,519
2020-03-24$17.45$25.00236.0%71.5%202.0%85.9%254.3%-28.4%-230.5%-12.8K2.6M-88.7K2.59105.47N/AN/A5311,37612,79713,976
2020-03-25$17.50$25.00251.3%50.1%200.5%92.5%226.6%112.3%-158.3%-5.1K1.9M-90.2K1.73112.31N/AN/A6911,19413,06514,028
2020-03-26$18.05$20.00235.7%75.0%200.2%85.8%260.7%100.8%-41.2%-4.3K1.2M-89.2K1.1091.09N/AN/A70978013,37213,743
2020-03-27$18.35$20.00248.2%82.1%200.8%91.2%225.8%68.3%0.0%-3.3K833.5K-94.9K1.43125.59N/AN/A42160413,38314,078
2020-03-30$15.55$20.00252.8%64.1%206.8%93.2%224.1%121.8%152.3%-14.1K2.7M-79.9K2.5148.86N/AN/A4801,20612,57912,541
2020-03-31$15.45$20.00233.4%55.1%207.0%84.7%167.2%42.2%0.0%-24.7K4.1M-73.1K1.2233.48N/AN/A58371112,81712,874