AMC Options History — April 2020

In April 2020, AMC traded between $10.25 and $25.75. ATM implied volatility averaged 202.1%, placing in the 62.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 63.0%. IV traded below realized volatility by 25.9% (HV 20d: 227.9%). Max pain ranged from $15.00 to $35.00. Net GEX was positive for 10 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.38.

Notable Days

  • 2020-04-29: Highest Volume — 15,773 contracts
  • 2020-04-08: Largest IV spike — 41.0% change
  • 2020-04-13: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2020-04-13: Largest Expected Move — 89.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$15.39$10.25$25.75$13.50$24.30
Max Pain$17.50$15.00$35.00$25.00$17.50
ATM IV202.1%107.1%312.2%229.5%168.9%
Expected Move63.0%33.2%89.4%69.8%56.8%
HV 20d227.9%209.6%241.2%209.6%235.9%
HV 60d164.6%131.5%188.3%131.5%188.3%
IV Rank62.6%29.6%100.0%82.9%47.2%
IV Percentile93.6%85.7%100.0%97.2%87.7%
Term Structure-1.5%-247.9%185.9%-161.1%-1.3%
VWIV209.4%125.5%263.8%236.7%196.3%
Skew 25d62.3%19.9%178.1%29.8%31.0%
Skew 10d110.1%48.8%204.6%55.1%108.9%
Call IV 25d173.2%63.7%237.5%217.9%160.8%
Put IV 25d235.4%164.8%287.2%247.7%191.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %25.2411.86102.50102.5018.95
Gamma HHI0.110.080.200.110.08
Net GEX5.3K-30.7K93.1K-26.3K80.3K
Net DEX969.6K-17.3M5.8M4.1M-11.3M
Net VEX-88.2K-151.9K-51.2K-69.5K-151.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.380.552.692.681.22
Total Volume5,358.2381,55515,7732,3834,805
Total OI38,765.8126,09853,60426,37753,604

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2020-04-01$13.50$25.00229.5%69.8%209.6%82.9%236.7%29.8%-161.1%-26.3K4.1M-69.5K2.68102.50N/AN/A6481,73513,09513,282
2020-04-02$10.95$15.00158.6%66.9%212.8%52.1%217.2%75.1%-42.3%-15.6K5.8M-51.2K1.8716.54N/AN/A1,0712,00713,28713,890
2020-04-03$11.15$15.00107.1%67.6%213.4%29.6%224.4%107.1%28.7%-15.3K5.6M-52.0K1.4440.85N/AN/A63891713,77014,125
2020-04-06$14.60$15.00137.9%59.9%232.9%42.6%209.3%62.6%132.8%-14.1K3.6M-70.7K1.1527.15N/AN/A1,5111,74113,35012,748
2020-04-07$15.85$15.00140.2%60.3%233.3%43.6%215.4%178.1%185.9%-11.6K2.6M-77.3K1.3625.19N/AN/A1,4351,95613,77213,941
2020-04-08$16.40$15.00197.7%62.9%230.3%68.9%148.8%74.5%24.7%-14.4K3.5M-80.4K0.7226.93N/AN/A1,8321,31814,14615,047
2020-04-09$13.25$25.00236.4%59.8%227.0%85.9%217.1%146.3%184.1%-13.9K5.0M-65.4K1.5720.30N/AN/A3,0114,72115,17615,352
2020-04-13$10.25$35.00312.2%89.4%240.9%100.0%263.8%25.4%-247.9%-21.0K5.8M-52.1K2.1126.55N/AN/A2,7945,88215,79816,392
2020-04-14$10.85$25.00290.3%83.0%233.3%91.9%254.8%19.9%-45.0%-2.9K5.3M-59.5K1.3811.86N/AN/A1,9682,70917,59418,851
2020-04-15$11.90$15.00281.2%80.6%236.1%88.6%257.1%65.5%-46.8%-28.8K5.0M-68.3K1.0421.46N/AN/A3,1313,24718,75520,115
2020-04-16$12.15$15.00266.1%75.9%235.3%83.0%241.2%76.1%1.8%-30.7K5.2M-70.6K0.9916.35N/AN/A2,0101,98620,34321,545
2020-04-17$16.10$15.00267.4%76.9%227.8%83.5%256.6%63.1%-3.1%15.8K-1.7M-101.6K0.9817.83N/AN/A7,0426,89221,64422,637
2020-04-20$15.95$15.00222.9%62.1%226.9%67.1%213.6%48.4%-13.8%8.9K-106.3K-105.4K1.3024.54N/AN/A2,9153,79921,56021,909
2020-04-21$16.30$15.00200.1%52.4%226.9%58.7%190.9%62.0%-11.5%11.8K174.5K-106.2K2.6922.78N/AN/A1,3693,68022,61723,225
2020-04-22$15.90$15.00198.0%52.5%223.1%57.9%186.3%37.0%3.7%5.9K1.2M-103.4K1.5821.04N/AN/A6551,03422,95125,000
2020-04-23$15.55$15.00180.2%51.0%223.1%51.4%174.5%52.0%-17.0%7.5K1.5M-99.2K1.4018.05N/AN/A68195423,00425,041
2020-04-24$15.30$15.00170.5%48.7%222.7%47.8%179.8%54.5%-3.2%9.5K1.9M-98.7K1.2719.03N/AN/A8311,05523,09925,114
2020-04-27$16.55$15.00129.6%33.2%224.7%32.7%125.5%36.8%14.8%20.1K1.2M-100.1K1.1818.89N/AN/A1,4571,71622,02822,501
2020-04-28$20.60$15.00169.0%51.8%229.7%47.2%177.5%42.5%-5.1%52.6K-6.8M-123.9K0.5520.93N/AN/A6,1993,39822,54522,856
2020-04-29$25.75$15.00180.1%60.8%241.2%51.3%210.4%20.0%-9.2%93.1K-17.3M-145.0K0.6012.38N/AN/A9,8735,90023,94224,431
2020-04-30$24.30$17.50168.9%56.8%235.9%47.2%196.3%31.0%-1.3%80.3K-11.3M-151.9K1.2218.95N/AN/A2,1662,63926,08427,520