AMC Options History — August 2023

In August 2023, AMC traded between $10.96 and $52.50. ATM implied volatility averaged 172.3%, placing in the 39.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 49.7%. IV traded below realized volatility by 9.3% (HV 20d: 181.6%). Max pain ranged from $4.00 to $100.00. Net GEX was positive for 2 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.48.

Notable Days

  • 2023-08-24: Highest Volume — 431,357 contracts
  • 2023-08-25: Largest IV spike — 1403.4% change
  • 2023-08-16: Highest IV Rank — 46.6%
  • 2023-08-16: Largest Expected Move — 60.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$34.35$10.96$52.50$49.20$12.75
Max Pain$53.64$4.00$100.00$100.00$14.00
ATM IV172.3%9.0%209.1%185.2%137.0%
Expected Move49.7%2.6%60.0%51.3%39.4%
HV 20d181.6%130.2%237.8%131.1%237.0%
HV 60d118.2%81.5%164.5%82.0%164.5%
IV Rank39.5%0.0%46.6%38.2%43.3%
IV Percentile71.4%0.0%90.1%81.7%45.6%
Term Structure-6.0%-73.4%20.6%0.1%1.1%
VWIV190.9%140.7%255.5%193.2%142.2%
Skew 25d12.6%-38.8%477.4%-34.4%-7.9%
Skew 10d-20.1%-84.3%453.2%-72.7%-23.1%
Call IV 25d186.7%59.5%229.5%209.4%147.5%
Put IV 25d199.3%133.5%536.9%175.0%139.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %9.055.3032.917.856.87
Gamma HHI0.260.100.450.360.10
Net GEX-4.1M-11.2M4.6M-4.9M-770.9K
Net DEX11.7M-3.19B495.1M146.0M16.6M
Net VEX-1.2M-2.5M0-1.5M-267.7K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.480.692.741.640.69
Total Volume129,183.95731,805431,35744,206293,498
Total OI794,96605,577,736479,853493,517

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2023-08-01$49.20$100.00185.2%51.3%131.1%38.2%193.2%-34.4%0.1%-4.9M146.0M-1.5M1.647.85N/AN/A16,74127,465176,796303,057
2023-08-02$48.00$100.00190.9%50.3%130.5%40.2%182.2%-22.5%3.1%-7.2M199.7M-1.5M2.356.70N/AN/A10,02723,525183,462311,920
2023-08-03$49.10$55.00188.1%57.6%130.6%39.2%215.0%-33.2%1.8%-6.2M181.5M-1.5M1.797.76N/AN/A11,39820,407187,656322,870
2023-08-04$49.50$60.00195.8%58.0%130.2%41.9%200.9%-25.7%2.8%-4.3M166.6M-1.6M1.2310.49N/AN/A21,71026,787192,327328,518
2023-08-07$51.70$60.00197.7%58.1%130.7%42.6%171.0%-29.9%2.0%-4.9M123.1M-1.6M1.678.16N/AN/A18,73731,341174,679302,497
2023-08-08$50.90$60.00203.3%58.1%130.6%44.6%216.4%-26.8%-8.1%-5.1M155.7M-1.6M2.348.61N/AN/A18,28942,869180,805311,868
2023-08-09$49.10$60.00201.0%56.4%131.5%43.8%202.6%-26.2%1.1%-6.7M199.5M-1.5M1.3910.42N/AN/A22,58631,450188,510323,218
2023-08-10$49.40$60.00197.5%58.4%131.5%42.5%206.8%-27.9%6.0%-6.9M200.7M-1.5M2.748.67N/AN/A8,66923,719191,169333,207
2023-08-11$52.50$60.00199.9%56.9%132.5%43.4%228.3%-21.5%3.0%-4.6M112.5M-1.6M1.099.39N/AN/A32,67735,637192,040338,863
2023-08-14$34.60$70.00190.5%53.1%201.2%40.1%208.7%1.7%-9.9%-7.3M471.6M-1.1M2.076.68N/AN/A62,307129,271173,501306,805
2023-08-15$36.30$60.00184.8%52.1%202.3%38.1%182.4%22.6%-17.0%-8.7M495.1M-1.1M1.227.84N/AN/A51,89963,513200,475335,609
2023-08-16$37.60$70.00209.1%60.0%202.7%46.6%255.5%72.0%20.6%-6.6M453.1M-1.3M1.3710.92N/AN/A35,17248,165220,420347,803
2023-08-17$40.40$80.00198.8%57.5%204.6%43.0%192.9%-24.1%-23.5%-6.8M367.8M-1.2M1.067.13N/AN/A50,35453,439230,109362,002
2023-08-18$40.40$80.00198.1%57.5%204.4%42.7%202.4%-38.8%-16.3%-11.2M396.6M-1.2M1.007.49N/AN/A44,32144,400246,648369,390
2023-08-21$31.30$80.00158.9%49.4%190.2%29.0%196.6%-22.1%-7.8%-4.7M404.1M-1.0M0.816.74N/AN/A66,32653,631176,318274,973
2023-08-22$25.60$60.00176.1%53.5%195.8%35.0%206.5%-15.2%-5.8%-3.2M439.9M-893.3K0.995.30N/AN/A54,50154,115200,991292,177
2023-08-23$19.80$0.00192.9%52.9%211.0%40.9%206.0%108.9%-73.4%0001.6532.91N/AN/A24,97341,24000
2023-08-24$14.53$6.009.0%2.6%230.3%0.0%0.0%477.4%0.0%2.9M-3.19B-1.9M1.837.84N/AN/A152,666278,6912,510,2143,067,522
2023-08-25$12.46$10.00135.3%39.9%230.8%42.7%149.2%-10.3%-1.6%4.6M-875.1M-2.5M1.288.49N/AN/A70,21790,1801,095,832320,164
2023-08-28$11.16$4.00137.9%41.5%225.1%43.6%150.5%-8.9%-0.2%-426.2K-251.5M-202.3K2.297.57N/AN/A64,745148,182336,3671,497,242
2023-08-29$10.96$16.00131.7%38.3%225.0%41.5%140.7%-8.5%-1.3%-1.4M66.0M-152.0K0.806.73N/AN/A91,37672,825100,266176,147
2023-08-30$12.68$15.00144.4%41.2%237.8%45.8%149.1%-9.1%-9.0%-193.6K-13.8M-222.4K0.807.66N/AN/A225,924181,266152,742253,522
2023-08-31$12.75$14.00137.0%39.4%237.0%43.3%142.2%-7.9%1.1%-770.9K16.6M-267.7K0.696.87N/AN/A173,481120,017187,197306,320