AMC Options History — August 2021

In August 2021, AMC traded between $150.55 and $231.75. ATM implied volatility averaged 150.0%, placing in the 22.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 42.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 36.3% (HV 20d: 113.7%). Max pain ranged from $150.00 to $195.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.53.

Notable Days

  • 2021-08-24: Highest Volume — 308,826 contracts
  • 2021-08-24: Largest IV spike — 40.4% change
  • 2021-08-24: Highest IV Rank — 33.4%
  • 2021-08-24: Largest Expected Move — 54.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$182.41$150.55$231.75$177.45$231.75
Max Pain$157.95$150.00$195.00$195.00$170.00
ATM IV150.0%130.0%184.2%150.4%155.2%
Expected Move42.9%37.1%54.0%43.0%43.3%
HV 20d113.7%92.5%127.8%120.6%118.4%
HV 60d193.2%122.5%215.4%212.3%122.5%
IV Rank22.4%16.0%33.4%22.6%24.1%
IV Percentile38.1%21.8%69.8%39.3%39.7%
Term Structure-0.4%-6.2%2.4%-1.6%1.1%
VWIV166.6%137.2%209.1%161.2%180.6%
Skew 25d-16.8%-43.5%-3.6%-3.9%-43.0%
Skew 10d-37.4%-84.8%-15.3%-17.0%-61.4%
Call IV 25d165.7%135.6%210.5%156.7%190.7%
Put IV 25d148.9%131.0%175.4%152.9%147.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.411.593.752.701.59
Gamma HHI0.070.040.280.040.05
Net GEX10.3M-3.6M26.1M2.2M20.6M
Net DEX-1.44B-2.71B-574.4M-1.11B-2.71B
Net VEX-7.0M-8.6M-6.1M-6.9M-8.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.530.320.810.480.34
Total Volume142,857.86485,961308,82685,961134,623
Total OI485,551.864407,801545,556448,724462,371

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2021-08-02$177.45$195.00150.4%43.0%120.6%22.6%161.2%-3.9%-1.6%2.2M-1.11B-6.9M0.482.70N/AN/A58,04127,920225,943222,781
2021-08-03$167.65$190.00153.5%44.3%121.3%23.5%163.5%-3.6%-1.6%469.4K-909.2M-6.6M0.652.53N/AN/A54,22035,092236,370226,314
2021-08-04$150.55$190.00165.5%48.3%121.1%27.4%179.5%-6.4%-3.1%-3.6M-574.4M-6.3M0.642.45N/AN/A79,05250,622252,737235,320
2021-08-05$166.95$150.00166.8%46.4%126.5%27.8%176.5%-7.9%-5.7%1.9M-963.3M-6.8M0.583.33N/AN/A108,98763,397264,508240,514
2021-08-06$162.20$150.00156.8%44.5%126.6%24.6%176.3%-7.6%-1.9%3.9M-886.9M-6.6M0.812.38N/AN/A60,04948,661278,678244,772
2021-08-09$172.95$150.00167.1%46.9%127.1%27.9%179.3%-11.7%-3.2%5.6M-1.26B-6.8M0.562.54N/AN/A62,12334,926231,919219,382
2021-08-10$159.25$150.00154.0%43.7%127.8%23.7%164.8%-5.2%-2.2%3.5M-913.6M-6.3M0.632.50N/AN/A100,15163,069243,299225,780
2021-08-11$156.95$150.00143.5%41.7%114.9%20.3%163.8%-3.8%2.1%1.9M-794.9M-6.1M0.652.40N/AN/A68,16744,512261,423237,813
2021-08-12$165.50$150.00141.8%41.0%115.6%19.8%154.8%-7.2%2.3%7.5M-1.02B-6.5M0.683.75N/AN/A83,13656,599278,001246,222
2021-08-13$167.65$150.00130.0%37.8%115.7%16.0%145.2%-4.4%2.3%9.4M-1.14B-6.3M0.672.20N/AN/A79,45353,294286,932248,780
2021-08-16$177.85$150.00133.8%38.5%117.7%17.2%149.2%-11.3%1.7%10.9M-1.35B-6.6M0.502.12N/AN/A82,69241,369253,203225,547
2021-08-17$184.45$150.00135.3%38.9%93.0%17.7%154.0%-13.1%0.6%13.9M-1.54B-6.8M0.451.83N/AN/A96,03843,533262,244233,681
2021-08-18$184.30$150.00136.1%39.0%92.5%17.9%148.5%-15.1%2.0%18.3M-1.59B-6.9M0.462.39N/AN/A61,32728,271278,112242,105
2021-08-19$168.80$150.00135.7%38.8%93.3%17.8%143.6%-8.9%2.4%9.7M-1.04B-6.4M0.651.96N/AN/A62,86440,725290,230246,178
2021-08-20$172.25$150.00130.1%37.1%93.6%16.0%138.5%-7.6%1.6%14.1M-1.07B-6.5M0.622.25N/AN/A77,31547,816295,985249,571
2021-08-23$184.90$150.00131.2%37.2%92.5%16.4%137.2%-10.4%1.3%9.3M-1.40B-6.7M0.502.11N/AN/A73,05136,366216,510191,291
2021-08-24$223.95$150.00184.2%54.0%113.7%33.4%209.1%-32.1%-6.2%14.4M-2.58B-8.2M0.333.05N/AN/A233,01775,809226,826196,615
2021-08-25$220.75$150.00175.2%51.3%113.9%30.5%208.8%-43.1%-2.5%20.1M-2.70B-8.2M0.323.05N/AN/A219,92970,614243,996205,040
2021-08-26$200.85$155.00158.0%44.8%119.3%25.0%189.3%-43.5%0.0%21.4M-2.09B-7.8M0.372.37N/AN/A135,94649,697268,089216,919
2021-08-27$201.65$160.00146.0%40.6%118.5%21.1%165.5%-40.5%1.3%26.1M-1.99B-7.9M0.391.82N/AN/A106,58241,526293,081232,691
2021-08-30$214.40$165.00150.2%41.7%118.7%22.5%176.2%-39.9%0.6%13.9M-2.12B-7.9M0.361.75N/AN/A112,25840,034237,481206,887
2021-08-31$231.75$170.00155.2%43.3%118.4%24.1%180.6%-43.0%1.1%20.6M-2.71B-8.6M0.341.59N/AN/A100,70733,916251,113211,258