AMC Options History — December 2022

In December 2022, AMC traded between $38.70 and $83.20. ATM implied volatility averaged 138.9%, placing in the 15.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 39.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 33.6% (HV 20d: 105.4%). Max pain ranged from $85.00 to $140.00. Net GEX was positive for 7 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.69.

Notable Days

  • 2022-12-01: Highest Volume — 90,721 contracts
  • 2022-12-22: Largest IV spike — 30.7% change
  • 2022-12-23: Highest IV Rank — 25.7%
  • 2022-12-28: Largest Expected Move — 47.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$55.91$38.70$83.20$83.20$40.40
Max Pain$109.29$85.00$140.00$90.00$100.00
ATM IV138.9%119.7%166.5%130.6%155.6%
Expected Move39.4%34.3%47.4%39.9%40.3%
HV 20d105.4%82.3%136.6%118.2%82.3%
HV 60d102.7%97.9%105.8%104.3%97.9%
IV Rank15.2%7.9%25.7%12.0%21.6%
IV Percentile69.6%28.2%96.4%62.3%91.7%
Term Structure1.9%-4.8%11.5%-0.9%2.5%
VWIV154.4%129.5%178.5%143.6%155.1%
Skew 25d-12.2%-30.5%6.5%-17.1%-8.3%
Skew 10d-26.0%-61.3%30.2%-13.4%-25.7%
Call IV 25d153.2%131.0%174.6%145.6%163.5%
Put IV 25d141.0%117.1%169.2%128.5%155.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.762.626.843.543.08
Gamma HHI0.100.070.130.080.13
Net GEX-144.5K-873.2K2.0M2.0M-624.3K
Net DEX67.2M-102.6M145.0M-102.6M140.5M
Net VEX-1.0M-1.3M-726.5K-1.0M-730.6K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.690.242.370.511.01
Total Volume32,66111,74490,72190,72116,507
Total OI167,310.429114,628217,347114,628217,347

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2022-12-01$83.20$90.00130.6%39.9%118.2%12.0%143.6%-17.1%-0.9%2.0M-102.6M-1.0M0.513.54N/AN/A60,05230,66965,92948,699
2022-12-02$82.70$85.00123.0%35.1%117.8%9.1%129.5%-28.8%-1.6%771.4K-90.4M-1.2M0.453.11N/AN/A28,50312,77176,04660,562
2022-12-05$75.00$90.00119.7%34.3%124.3%7.9%145.7%-30.5%3.2%23.2K-26.6M-1.1M0.483.49N/AN/A19,5119,28371,53655,761
2022-12-06$67.30$90.00122.0%36.0%130.4%8.7%154.8%-27.3%2.7%-693.5K28.9M-1.1M0.833.59N/AN/A17,57614,56277,18358,720
2022-12-07$60.60$100.00133.5%38.3%136.6%13.1%163.5%-24.6%7.0%-517.2K57.1M-1.1M1.044.09N/AN/A23,34624,27782,27558,843
2022-12-08$60.80$110.00131.4%37.5%132.8%12.3%159.8%-27.8%-0.9%-709.0K66.2M-1.2M0.593.74N/AN/A22,29813,13492,55266,321
2022-12-09$59.20$110.00133.3%37.7%110.9%13.1%171.0%-25.1%-0.6%-244.9K74.2M-1.3M0.693.47N/AN/A13,2679,152100,66971,001
2022-12-12$59.50$120.00130.6%37.1%99.0%12.0%154.9%-8.4%-0.4%-393.3K58.7M-1.3M0.243.22N/AN/A17,6994,16792,16866,918
2022-12-13$56.90$120.00142.8%40.3%97.6%16.7%165.1%-7.2%-2.4%-217.9K80.9M-1.2M0.516.84N/AN/A21,39310,97897,39068,273
2022-12-14$57.50$140.00130.1%37.3%93.2%11.8%142.0%-3.4%0.6%37.7K68.2M-1.3M0.493.80N/AN/A7,8983,846104,38770,479
2022-12-15$55.40$130.00137.1%39.0%92.8%14.5%151.4%-12.7%-1.6%-119.3K79.3M-1.2M0.342.93N/AN/A14,0304,773106,76071,204
2022-12-16$51.90$130.00132.8%37.9%94.1%12.9%144.2%-8.7%-0.2%67.5K106.9M-1.1M0.542.92N/AN/A14,9698,082109,74871,189
2022-12-19$49.20$120.00135.6%38.9%92.7%13.9%143.0%-9.6%0.8%-59.8K80.2M-1.0M0.293.97N/AN/A17,1294,94890,91760,002
2022-12-20$50.40$120.00126.8%36.4%93.5%10.6%136.3%-3.9%1.7%355.1K64.3M-1.1M0.412.82N/AN/A11,2944,63498,52661,347
2022-12-21$52.90$110.00125.0%35.8%96.0%9.9%133.0%-0.4%0.5%512.1K60.5M-1.1M0.474.55N/AN/A10,1904,774101,48162,939
2022-12-22$47.50$110.00163.3%46.4%97.3%24.5%178.5%6.5%3.9%-479.2K106.5M-826.5K1.225.86N/AN/A29,39435,986103,67064,447
2022-12-23$43.30$110.00166.5%46.0%100.1%25.7%170.6%-7.8%8.9%-581.7K134.9M-784.3K2.374.90N/AN/A15,08035,739111,34582,608
2022-12-27$40.60$110.00162.5%43.3%100.7%24.2%161.2%5.9%9.2%-752.6K141.3M-771.0K0.683.41N/AN/A10,7557,33199,96798,290
2022-12-28$38.70$100.00161.3%47.4%98.6%23.7%174.7%-11.0%-4.8%-873.2K145.0M-742.8K0.592.62N/AN/A34,78220,682104,418100,983
2022-12-29$41.10$100.00154.2%42.1%104.0%21.0%165.3%-5.9%11.5%-571.4K138.1M-726.5K0.773.09N/AN/A11,5618,859107,135103,484
2022-12-30$40.40$100.00155.6%40.3%82.3%21.6%155.1%-8.3%2.5%-624.3K140.5M-730.6K1.013.08N/AN/A8,2308,277110,100107,247