AMC Options History — April 2021

In April 2021, AMC traded between $43.60 and $57.35. ATM implied volatility averaged 127.2%, placing in the 17.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 36.6%. IV traded below realized volatility by 12.6% (HV 20d: 139.8%). Max pain ranged from $45.00 to $50.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 17 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.44.

Notable Days

  • 2021-04-26: Highest Volume — 107,218 contracts
  • 2021-04-26: Largest IV spike — 19.5% change
  • 2021-04-12: Highest IV Rank — 21.0%
  • 2021-04-12: Largest Expected Move — 40.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$49.50$43.60$57.35$46.00$49.70
Max Pain$48.45$45.00$50.00$50.00$50.00
ATM IV127.2%113.3%138.2%129.4%121.4%
Expected Move36.6%32.5%40.2%35.4%33.1%
HV 20d139.8%93.9%179.1%171.4%97.1%
HV 60d312.0%145.5%366.3%364.2%145.5%
IV Rank17.0%12.0%21.0%17.8%14.9%
IV Percentile18.5%9.1%29.0%18.7%13.9%
Term Structure2.4%-3.9%13.6%3.5%1.0%
VWIV139.8%126.1%152.4%144.3%134.3%
Skew 25d-30.6%-43.3%-17.7%-35.8%-35.4%
Skew 10d-57.8%-82.1%-33.7%-78.0%-71.5%
Call IV 25d155.5%138.5%168.4%163.8%149.8%
Put IV 25d124.9%112.4%137.6%128.0%114.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.202.657.032.984.60
Gamma HHI0.100.060.180.060.08
Net GEX3.5M-206.1K7.1M1.8M2.9M
Net DEX-295.7M-479.7M-184.6M-193.0M-252.1M
Net VEX-1.9M-2.1M-1.8M-1.9M-2.0M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.440.260.640.640.54
Total Volume52,223.66726,391107,21896,10535,933
Total OI341,456.905288,125374,878357,668359,750

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2021-04-01$46.00$50.00129.4%35.4%171.4%17.8%144.3%-35.8%3.5%1.8M-193.0M-1.9M0.642.98N/AN/A58,49437,611220,627137,041
2021-04-05$53.60$50.00132.5%38.7%179.1%18.9%142.9%-23.0%2.4%4.2M-387.0M-2.1M0.482.65N/AN/A43,15720,655198,153122,014
2021-04-06$51.15$50.00122.9%36.6%174.9%15.5%141.2%-21.2%1.7%4.3M-325.8M-2.0M0.404.14N/AN/A31,12912,313218,571132,282
2021-04-07$49.65$50.00123.2%36.3%171.2%15.6%137.2%-17.7%0.3%3.8M-285.9M-2.0M0.543.53N/AN/A23,37312,504225,648134,237
2021-04-08$48.05$50.00123.7%38.0%171.4%15.8%141.2%-23.6%3.3%2.7M-243.2M-2.0M0.373.25N/AN/A31,93511,667231,289138,142
2021-04-09$47.15$50.00131.8%39.3%171.0%18.7%143.5%-25.4%5.9%-206.1K-209.8M-1.9M0.593.82N/AN/A31,58818,495234,241139,083
2021-04-12$43.60$50.00138.2%40.2%169.6%21.0%150.0%-25.6%0.5%2.0M-184.6M-1.8M0.484.47N/AN/A34,86616,757210,593124,586
2021-04-13$44.20$50.00135.5%40.2%144.7%20.0%152.4%-31.0%7.8%2.7M-201.8M-1.8M0.453.40N/AN/A31,95514,494221,382127,015
2021-04-14$46.10$50.00129.1%39.0%145.5%17.7%148.9%-28.3%13.6%3.8M-238.1M-1.8M0.323.30N/AN/A39,49712,624227,247130,010
2021-04-15$49.45$50.00130.5%38.0%148.4%18.2%136.8%-27.2%0.7%7.1M-334.9M-1.9M0.523.49N/AN/A38,52919,969235,343132,067
2021-04-16$46.75$50.00124.8%35.0%148.0%16.2%138.3%-30.7%-2.4%1.8M-210.2M-1.8M0.524.05N/AN/A36,15818,661239,304135,574
2021-04-19$48.05$45.00119.7%34.3%148.5%14.3%132.6%-30.8%5.2%2.5M-263.7M-1.8M0.263.90N/AN/A33,3578,690176,868111,257
2021-04-20$46.40$45.00126.8%36.2%142.8%16.9%139.8%-32.6%5.1%2.7M-249.3M-1.9M0.384.08N/AN/A22,6068,557190,777114,276
2021-04-21$48.85$45.00125.0%35.8%135.6%16.2%139.0%-37.8%0.2%4.2M-303.1M-1.9M0.334.50N/AN/A19,8576,534197,020116,173
2021-04-22$49.95$45.00119.5%34.3%121.5%14.2%130.2%-33.5%2.1%5.4M-328.8M-1.9M0.385.42N/AN/A42,03116,008203,208118,266
2021-04-23$50.75$45.00113.3%32.5%93.9%12.0%126.1%-26.1%1.8%3.1M-356.8M-1.9M0.387.03N/AN/A31,85012,230211,438122,281
2021-04-26$57.15$45.00135.5%36.6%98.6%20.0%134.8%-41.4%-3.9%4.8M-464.1M-2.0M0.386.64N/AN/A77,94529,273188,676111,662
2021-04-27$57.35$47.50130.0%36.7%98.6%18.0%138.6%-35.8%2.4%5.6M-479.7M-2.1M0.334.03N/AN/A47,35515,562209,804124,599
2021-04-28$54.65$50.00133.3%37.2%100.3%19.2%140.8%-35.4%-0.3%5.0M-401.3M-2.1M0.424.70N/AN/A33,86614,296217,899128,503
2021-04-29$50.95$50.00125.3%36.0%103.7%16.3%142.6%-43.3%-1.1%3.9M-295.5M-2.0M0.524.30N/AN/A29,09815,218223,770129,919
2021-04-30$49.70$50.00121.4%33.1%97.1%14.9%134.3%-35.4%1.0%2.9M-252.1M-2.0M0.544.60N/AN/A23,33712,596229,779129,971