AMC Options History — October 2021

In October 2021, AMC traded between $174.25 and $214.20. ATM implied volatility averaged 106.2%, placing in the 2.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 31.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 45.3% (HV 20d: 60.9%). Max pain ranged from $195.00 to $200.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.45.

Notable Days

  • 2021-10-14: Highest Volume — 176,647 contracts
  • 2021-10-22: Largest IV spike — 18.9% change
  • 2021-10-27: Highest IV Rank — 7.2%
  • 2021-10-04: Largest Expected Move — 34.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$189.71$174.25$214.20$192.20$176.30
Max Pain$199.52$195.00$200.00$200.00$195.00
ATM IV106.2%93.8%116.4%113.9%112.4%
Expected Move31.0%27.0%34.1%31.6%33.8%
HV 20d60.9%50.7%73.6%72.7%50.7%
HV 60d91.8%80.5%105.2%105.0%80.5%
IV Rank2.3%0.0%7.2%2.9%6.3%
IV Percentile2.4%0.0%9.5%3.2%8.3%
Term Structure1.3%-3.1%7.1%4.7%1.2%
VWIV116.8%103.6%130.5%125.7%130.5%
Skew 25d-10.2%-17.4%-6.8%-17.4%-14.6%
Skew 10d-25.2%-43.0%-19.5%-43.0%-31.1%
Call IV 25d116.2%103.5%129.6%127.5%127.9%
Put IV 25d106.0%94.2%115.9%110.1%113.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.932.086.342.372.15
Gamma HHI0.050.030.090.090.04
Net GEX9.0M2.1M24.1M16.9M5.2M
Net DEX-1.06B-1.57B-761.2M-1.13B-875.4M
Net VEX-6.9M-7.3M-6.4M-7.1M-6.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.450.330.800.330.35
Total Volume92,810.76250,393176,647149,881114,585
Total OI418,706.524367,756452,907423,499447,789

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2021-10-01$192.20$200.00113.9%31.6%72.7%2.9%125.7%-17.4%4.7%16.9M-1.13B-7.1M0.332.37N/AN/A112,95036,931248,753174,746
2021-10-04$184.80$200.00116.4%34.1%73.6%3.8%120.7%-13.8%1.6%4.7M-970.3M-6.7M0.806.34N/AN/A44,89235,888212,862162,655
2021-10-05$184.75$200.00112.4%32.9%67.2%2.4%123.3%-11.6%2.2%4.3M-937.6M-6.7M0.445.07N/AN/A37,18916,472224,815167,719
2021-10-06$183.35$200.00111.6%33.5%66.4%2.1%125.1%-10.6%4.5%4.7M-907.7M-7.0M0.454.97N/AN/A57,74225,806236,308181,107
2021-10-07$190.55$200.00108.0%32.7%68.4%0.9%125.2%-8.1%4.2%11.5M-1.09B-7.0M0.495.06N/AN/A58,31828,720242,606181,685
2021-10-08$188.20$200.00103.5%31.4%65.5%0.0%119.5%-6.9%7.1%13.1M-1.03B-6.8M0.514.68N/AN/A58,32329,831252,937185,900
2021-10-11$186.35$200.00106.5%31.2%64.2%1.0%114.3%-9.7%0.4%4.2M-928.2M-6.6M0.475.55N/AN/A55,16325,889220,524173,550
2021-10-12$184.50$200.00103.1%30.3%58.7%0.0%111.4%-6.8%1.1%3.3M-862.0M-6.4M0.345.94N/AN/A37,49212,901229,779178,574
2021-10-13$187.80$200.00101.0%29.7%59.7%0.0%108.2%-7.7%2.7%7.4M-954.6M-6.6M0.336.24N/AN/A68,53822,295243,121186,460
2021-10-14$200.35$200.00105.2%30.4%65.4%1.4%110.2%-6.9%1.5%24.1M-1.34B-7.0M0.384.95N/AN/A127,59949,048250,938190,572
2021-10-15$204.40$200.0097.9%28.4%65.7%0.0%106.7%-7.2%1.7%10.3M-1.54B-6.9M0.445.16N/AN/A86,74237,962259,782193,125
2021-10-18$214.20$200.00100.3%28.6%54.0%0.8%107.2%-10.7%-1.8%15.8M-1.57B-7.1M0.374.74N/AN/A87,19631,943207,774159,982
2021-10-19$207.80$200.00100.8%28.8%53.7%1.0%106.6%-9.1%-1.8%17.4M-1.53B-7.3M0.342.56N/AN/A69,41223,949224,510162,522
2021-10-20$204.95$200.0097.3%27.9%52.8%0.0%103.6%-8.7%-2.3%17.8M-1.38B-7.3M0.452.08N/AN/A44,88620,194251,519178,488
2021-10-21$194.10$200.0093.8%27.0%56.3%0.0%105.0%-9.2%-2.1%5.6M-1.04B-7.0M0.542.40N/AN/A56,51930,655257,833182,807
2021-10-22$183.45$200.00111.5%32.2%59.6%6.0%124.1%-14.5%-3.1%4.6M-816.7M-7.0M0.492.39N/AN/A77,96538,488263,624183,901
2021-10-25$184.10$200.00103.0%29.9%59.5%3.1%116.5%-9.8%4.6%6.2M-968.3M-6.9M0.562.52N/AN/A46,83126,125227,819165,905
2021-10-26$181.55$200.00104.8%30.5%56.5%3.7%114.1%-8.8%1.5%5.5M-895.2M-6.9M0.392.61N/AN/A54,92921,654238,536178,154
2021-10-27$174.25$200.00115.2%33.9%56.7%7.2%129.7%-11.0%-1.6%2.1M-761.2M-6.8M0.622.11N/AN/A42,69226,596246,915178,349
2021-10-28$175.95$195.00111.1%32.5%50.7%5.8%126.4%-10.3%1.1%3.9M-802.8M-6.9M0.332.54N/AN/A50,87516,841255,368182,524
2021-10-29$176.30$195.00112.4%33.8%50.7%6.3%130.5%-14.6%1.2%5.2M-875.4M-6.9M0.352.15N/AN/A84,93029,655266,182181,607