AMC Options History — December 2021

In December 2021, AMC traded between $115.30 and $160.85. ATM implied volatility averaged 136.7%, placing in the 14.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 38.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 21.3% (HV 20d: 115.3%). Max pain ranged from $100.00 to $200.00. Net GEX was positive for 15 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 16 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.71.

Notable Days

  • 2021-12-17: Highest Volume — 292,878 contracts
  • 2021-12-03: Largest IV spike — 17.0% change
  • 2021-12-13: Highest IV Rank — 23.0%
  • 2021-12-03: Largest Expected Move — 48.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$140.88$115.30$160.85$143.00$136.50
Max Pain$117.73$100.00$200.00$200.00$110.00
ATM IV136.7%110.5%162.1%147.1%110.5%
Expected Move38.9%30.7%48.0%44.2%30.7%
HV 20d115.3%96.0%132.4%99.6%114.0%
HV 60d86.6%75.7%93.6%75.7%92.8%
IV Rank14.4%5.6%23.0%17.9%5.6%
IV Percentile33.7%8.3%54.0%42.5%8.3%
Term Structure0.7%-5.3%4.2%2.3%2.8%
VWIV148.6%115.5%173.3%165.6%115.5%
Skew 25d-4.6%-24.1%17.0%-5.5%-11.3%
Skew 10d-23.4%-68.8%5.3%-26.9%-30.9%
Call IV 25d145.4%120.7%170.7%159.4%120.7%
Put IV 25d140.8%109.3%172.9%153.8%109.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.062.495.875.333.84
Gamma HHI0.050.040.120.040.12
Net GEX3.1M-3.3M10.5M552.5K-3.3M
Net DEX-508.7M-917.7M-65.7M-341.4M-431.0M
Net VEX-5.2M-5.9M-4.3M-5.6M-4.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.710.431.140.820.79
Total Volume103,923.68255,980292,878127,63173,411
Total OI456,459.545395,596525,886438,641445,259

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2021-12-01$143.00$200.00147.1%44.2%99.6%17.9%165.6%-5.5%2.3%552.5K-341.4M-5.6M0.825.33N/AN/A70,21657,415270,283168,358
2021-12-02$151.70$200.00135.6%39.0%100.5%14.0%144.5%2.5%2.6%-92.2K-461.7M-5.9M0.834.81N/AN/A60,66350,081284,760180,701
2021-12-03$138.90$195.00158.6%48.0%103.8%21.8%173.3%17.0%1.5%-631.9K-278.2M-5.6M1.083.92N/AN/A62,00867,064294,226184,105
2021-12-06$143.00$100.00143.3%41.1%101.9%16.6%161.8%11.9%2.3%2.1M-443.1M-5.4M0.543.48N/AN/A48,77026,229268,805168,680
2021-12-07$154.85$100.00133.3%37.9%102.4%13.3%139.2%8.9%-0.3%5.1M-644.6M-5.6M0.525.79N/AN/A45,15923,685279,629174,493
2021-12-08$160.85$100.00127.3%37.0%96.0%11.3%147.6%-3.6%2.6%8.6M-827.5M-5.9M0.505.73N/AN/A57,19228,403287,739176,977
2021-12-09$148.00$100.00135.8%38.5%99.2%14.1%154.2%-0.3%0.5%1.4M-503.8M-5.5M0.713.25N/AN/A47,93933,977293,466180,564
2021-12-10$137.00$100.00146.9%41.5%101.0%17.9%158.8%-0.5%0.5%-2.1M-306.5M-5.2M1.145.38N/AN/A66,24175,293300,667183,637
2021-12-13$115.30$100.00162.1%45.1%113.5%23.0%166.7%2.4%-5.3%-467.9K-65.7M-4.3M0.984.13N/AN/A78,15776,772270,852173,797
2021-12-14$122.30$100.00158.8%44.6%112.6%21.8%167.0%1.0%-2.0%74.8K-177.1M-4.8M0.855.87N/AN/A69,93759,461294,510193,981
2021-12-15$123.00$100.00151.3%42.4%113.2%19.3%161.0%-4.5%-3.9%-494.1K-164.0M-4.7M0.915.15N/AN/A40,30736,788304,683203,869
2021-12-16$123.20$100.00142.6%40.7%113.1%16.4%152.7%-3.4%-0.5%-570.3K-151.4M-4.6M1.013.49N/AN/A37,89338,393309,575206,617
2021-12-17$145.25$105.00148.9%42.3%131.7%18.5%165.4%-13.0%-2.2%6.6M-749.8M-5.5M0.513.38N/AN/A194,01498,864314,532211,354
2021-12-20$149.25$110.00146.3%41.8%132.4%17.6%172.1%-24.1%1.3%7.8M-891.4M-5.6M0.463.17N/AN/A80,23337,027240,280160,283
2021-12-21$151.90$110.00131.1%37.6%132.2%12.5%144.8%-15.7%1.9%10.5M-917.7M-5.4M0.432.67N/AN/A64,44727,660264,523167,763
2021-12-22$144.45$110.00131.8%37.8%131.7%12.8%145.3%-11.2%3.4%5.7M-716.6M-5.2M0.812.77N/AN/A43,35834,959274,625171,543
2021-12-23$143.80$110.00121.8%34.7%131.7%9.4%127.7%-9.8%4.2%6.1M-656.2M-5.1M0.683.00N/AN/A58,80239,751279,315174,639
2021-12-27$143.35$110.00120.0%33.6%131.5%8.8%126.3%-9.6%2.0%4.2M-638.0M-4.8M0.463.92N/AN/A50,71523,396239,819155,777
2021-12-28$140.70$110.00119.2%33.0%131.5%8.5%128.0%-10.1%0.2%4.6M-586.8M-4.8M0.503.19N/AN/A37,42918,551259,126162,770
2021-12-29$138.75$110.00120.8%33.7%129.5%9.1%131.8%-11.7%0.4%3.6M-549.0M-4.7M0.622.49N/AN/A39,19424,439265,225163,074
2021-12-30$144.35$110.00113.7%31.7%114.5%6.7%119.2%-11.0%1.2%9.0M-690.8M-4.8M0.524.67N/AN/A53,91328,115271,509165,720
2021-12-31$136.50$110.00110.5%30.7%114.0%5.6%115.5%-11.3%2.8%-3.3M-431.0M-4.4M0.793.84N/AN/A40,99032,421275,732169,527