AMC Options History — September 2020

In September 2020, AMC traded between $23.05 and $35.25. ATM implied volatility averaged 105.1%, placing in the 23.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 29.7%. IV traded below realized volatility by 3.6% (HV 20d: 108.7%). Max pain ranged from $25.00 to $35.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.60.

Notable Days

  • 2020-09-02: Highest Volume — 31,398 contracts
  • 2020-09-17: Largest IV spike — 26.8% change
  • 2020-09-02: Highest IV Rank — 35.8%
  • 2020-09-08: Largest Expected Move — 37.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$28.20$23.05$35.25$30.35$23.55
Max Pain$29.05$25.00$35.00$25.00$30.00
ATM IV105.1%80.2%137.9%123.5%100.3%
Expected Move29.7%24.0%37.4%29.0%26.4%
HV 20d108.7%86.5%123.4%109.5%86.5%
HV 60d93.0%88.9%103.1%98.7%88.9%
IV Rank23.0%12.5%35.8%30.4%20.1%
IV Percentile47.4%37.7%64.7%55.2%44.0%
Term Structure2.1%-28.1%41.2%6.5%-1.2%
VWIV103.6%87.1%128.5%102.5%94.1%
Skew 25d-1.6%-30.2%11.8%-7.7%10.1%
Skew 10d-3.9%-53.6%31.9%-26.0%9.3%
Call IV 25d106.6%76.8%154.2%123.2%95.8%
Put IV 25d105.0%84.9%133.9%115.6%106.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %25.207.0356.597.0330.58
Gamma HHI0.150.100.280.170.11
Net GEX370.7K64.7K857.5K766.7K94.8K
Net DEX-20.8M-71.3M-1.0M-39.1M-4.1M
Net VEX-179.6K-229.5K-150.8K-199.3K-154.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.600.191.100.391.03
Total Volume5,269.0951,22931,3984,9711,357
Total OI59,834.14346,39471,13966,07851,455

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2020-09-01$30.35$25.00123.5%29.0%109.5%30.4%102.5%-7.7%6.5%766.7K-39.1M-199.3K0.397.03N/AN/A3,5691,40241,14724,931
2020-09-02$35.25$25.00137.9%36.1%118.5%35.8%127.6%-30.2%7.2%857.5K-71.3M-229.5K0.1926.28N/AN/A26,3885,01041,80925,568
2020-09-03$32.80$25.00130.5%36.6%123.4%33.0%128.0%6.4%-3.2%793.7K-48.0M-218.4K0.4718.07N/AN/A5,7972,72344,08227,024
2020-09-04$34.55$25.00119.7%37.1%116.3%29.0%128.5%-12.0%-4.2%661.6K-57.8M-220.9K0.4013.59N/AN/A4,8751,96843,88627,253
2020-09-08$32.10$25.00127.0%37.4%116.9%31.7%126.4%-24.6%4.2%572.1K-40.4M-211.4K0.5514.14N/AN/A3,1381,72239,78425,630
2020-09-09$31.60$25.00110.3%32.8%117.4%25.6%116.8%4.0%-5.3%597.8K-35.6M-192.2K0.4620.40N/AN/A3,6451,67640,36126,254
2020-09-10$29.65$30.00111.0%29.9%120.8%25.8%108.3%-18.0%-7.0%374.9K-20.4M-190.7K0.5623.37N/AN/A2,2121,24840,61827,006
2020-09-11$28.95$30.00107.9%29.9%112.3%24.7%103.0%-1.1%-14.9%388.2K-14.9M-179.5K0.5516.56N/AN/A3,2451,79041,07427,349
2020-09-14$27.80$30.0090.5%27.1%112.4%18.3%89.8%1.7%5.2%331.2K-12.2M-175.7K0.4649.51N/AN/A2,04292936,57725,651
2020-09-15$27.70$30.0099.8%28.1%112.2%21.4%97.9%-7.9%4.0%342.3K-11.9M-177.6K0.5621.64N/AN/A2,7521,55237,22925,951
2020-09-16$28.50$30.0087.5%25.1%111.1%16.9%88.0%-7.3%4.1%462.0K-15.2M-175.7K0.3521.33N/AN/A2,21677137,64325,864
2020-09-17$28.40$30.00110.9%31.0%111.2%25.5%94.8%-6.3%41.2%501.4K-15.1M-186.8K0.3628.12N/AN/A1,99271438,10726,049
2020-09-18$28.10$35.0086.8%24.0%109.8%16.6%87.1%-0.5%-9.2%253.5K-11.9M-166.6K0.7814.73N/AN/A2,1471,66838,51126,330
2020-09-21$26.45$35.0095.5%24.7%108.2%19.8%88.8%11.5%-28.1%157.3K-10.1M-162.1K0.5256.59N/AN/A2,4721,29128,80817,586
2020-09-22$26.00$30.0094.8%25.5%108.0%18.4%89.1%8.1%-13.8%155.9K-7.8M-157.5K0.5415.70N/AN/A1,38674929,62118,168
2020-09-23$24.05$30.0097.2%28.2%110.4%19.3%96.0%0.5%-8.7%64.7K-3.6M-153.8K1.0648.50N/AN/A2,4642,61029,82118,495
2020-09-24$23.05$30.00116.7%31.7%110.9%26.6%105.8%9.1%39.7%86.8K-1.0M-150.8K1.1045.15N/AN/A1,8842,07630,92019,254
2020-09-25$24.35$30.0089.6%28.1%89.8%16.1%108.2%11.4%2.9%114.1K-4.3M-157.9K1.0521.48N/AN/A1,3101,38231,42619,452
2020-09-28$24.70$30.0089.1%27.8%89.1%15.9%102.3%8.4%11.6%106.8K-6.0M-157.9K0.4514.38N/AN/A2,2351,01529,57719,013
2020-09-29$24.40$30.0080.2%27.0%87.0%12.5%92.8%11.8%13.0%100.6K-6.0M-153.1K0.6521.97N/AN/A74348631,20320,030
2020-09-30$23.55$30.00100.3%26.4%86.5%20.1%94.1%10.1%-1.2%94.8K-4.1M-154.1K1.0330.58N/AN/A66968831,40720,048