AMC Options History — December 2020

In December 2020, AMC traded between $10.60 and $21.50. ATM implied volatility averaged 167.3%, placing in the 44.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 46.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 16.9% (HV 20d: 150.4%). Max pain ranged from $17.25 to $20.00. Net GEX was positive for 13 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 17 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.56.

Notable Days

  • 2020-12-14: Highest Volume — 34,379 contracts
  • 2020-12-03: Largest IV spike — 52.6% change
  • 2020-12-17: Highest IV Rank — 54.7%
  • 2020-12-17: Largest Expected Move — 55.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$15.59$10.60$21.50$20.60$10.60
Max Pain$17.70$17.25$20.00$20.00$17.25
ATM IV167.3%124.0%194.6%135.4%182.3%
Expected Move46.1%34.1%55.8%37.8%40.6%
HV 20d150.4%113.9%211.6%200.3%113.9%
HV 60d152.4%143.3%156.7%143.6%154.9%
IV Rank44.2%27.6%54.7%32.0%49.9%
IV Percentile74.2%38.9%89.7%47.2%85.3%
Term Structure9.0%-13.2%41.0%-0.0%6.3%
VWIV161.9%126.6%193.2%132.8%148.5%
Skew 25d25.2%9.4%44.6%16.6%30.0%
Skew 10d41.4%15.7%68.3%33.2%46.1%
Call IV 25d156.2%123.2%181.9%123.2%166.8%
Put IV 25d181.4%139.8%210.5%139.8%196.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %9.635.4018.3210.396.26
Gamma HHI0.150.100.240.130.16
Net GEX134.3K-124.0K585.1K382.7K-52.3K
Net DEX-14.7M-47.6M4.3M-36.3M438.3K
Net VEX-254.8K-290.7K-219.4K-264.3K-229.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.560.241.000.240.52
Total Volume15,632.3646,38934,3797,39312,804
Total OI138,416.455112,266164,229112,266155,712

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2020-12-01$20.60$20.00135.4%37.8%200.3%32.0%132.8%16.6%-0.0%382.7K-36.3M-264.3K0.2410.39N/AN/A5,9391,45468,33643,930
2020-12-02$21.50$20.00124.0%34.1%199.4%27.6%126.6%14.4%11.3%475.8K-43.1M-267.7K0.387.76N/AN/A6,4302,41369,78544,322
2020-12-03$18.05$17.50189.3%50.0%211.6%52.7%176.0%31.6%-12.3%208.1K-24.3M-252.6K0.7618.32N/AN/A18,69114,14271,82844,174
2020-12-04$17.50$17.50161.0%48.4%211.2%41.8%167.3%23.7%1.9%200.5K-20.5M-256.7K1.0010.83N/AN/A9,8509,89377,01249,385
2020-12-07$17.75$17.50163.3%47.6%211.1%42.7%171.7%15.9%1.5%228.3K-24.2M-261.2K0.6011.23N/AN/A9,7605,81572,98047,593
2020-12-08$19.85$17.50156.7%44.6%141.1%40.2%171.2%11.5%2.2%475.2K-41.2M-284.2K0.629.73N/AN/A12,7927,96077,05649,970
2020-12-09$19.05$17.50146.8%45.5%135.3%36.4%164.5%9.4%5.5%406.4K-35.0M-286.6K0.4512.42N/AN/A8,7303,93080,07953,827
2020-12-10$20.45$17.50148.4%43.9%127.8%37.0%153.3%16.3%15.7%585.1K-47.6M-290.7K0.3411.64N/AN/A7,0922,37980,79154,681
2020-12-11$19.70$17.50157.3%45.0%127.4%40.4%165.9%19.1%2.5%416.4K-36.5M-285.1K0.9313.51N/AN/A11,43910,63282,35755,329
2020-12-14$15.90$17.50185.0%52.8%151.2%51.1%177.0%44.6%-13.2%103.8K-9.0M-251.0K0.489.51N/AN/A23,22211,15780,75355,519
2020-12-15$14.40$17.50190.2%54.8%154.0%53.0%178.4%39.0%30.6%-1.6K-1.9M-248.7K0.5110.22N/AN/A16,8428,65089,54259,950
2020-12-16$13.85$17.50192.0%55.1%153.7%53.7%190.1%33.3%-6.0%-31.5K-829.1K-253.5K0.628.87N/AN/A6,6564,10495,51462,969
2020-12-17$14.10$17.50194.6%55.8%149.7%54.7%193.2%27.6%-5.7%8.7K-3.7M-259.8K0.326.72N/AN/A10,7473,39397,03664,171
2020-12-18$13.95$17.50180.6%51.3%149.4%49.3%173.2%26.3%4.0%39.7K-2.1M-260.7K0.7312.85N/AN/A7,5435,52899,88564,344
2020-12-21$13.35$17.50177.6%50.7%149.3%48.1%172.8%24.0%8.7%5.2K-5.9M-249.1K0.515.40N/AN/A7,8213,99981,11053,335
2020-12-22$12.75$17.50162.2%44.6%137.6%42.2%159.7%23.1%21.0%-81.5K-504.2K-238.4K0.6610.38N/AN/A8,2935,48284,09655,237
2020-12-23$12.90$17.50156.0%42.9%117.5%39.8%151.8%17.6%21.8%-124.0K-1.8M-250.4K0.486.17N/AN/A4,8292,30186,68558,888
2020-12-24$12.50$17.50154.1%40.8%117.3%39.1%143.6%44.3%40.1%-61.7K-871.4K-248.0K0.705.46N/AN/A3,7472,64288,86259,750
2020-12-28$11.95$17.50171.8%40.2%117.0%45.9%141.4%28.0%16.7%-98.5K2.9M-224.4K0.3810.31N/AN/A10,7714,04682,20555,718
2020-12-29$11.40$17.50175.3%43.5%116.8%47.3%153.2%35.0%4.1%-61.2K3.8M-222.7K0.367.41N/AN/A6,4702,36286,38456,608
2020-12-30$10.80$17.25176.9%43.2%117.1%47.9%149.4%22.9%41.0%-70.0K4.3M-219.4K0.646.51N/AN/A12,9428,22089,60257,852
2020-12-31$10.60$17.25182.3%40.6%113.9%49.9%148.5%30.0%6.3%-52.3K438.3K-229.3K0.526.26N/AN/A8,4194,38595,63260,080