AMC Options History — October 2023

In October 2023, AMC traded between $7.99 and $11.07. ATM implied volatility averaged 110.8%, placing in the 34.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 32.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 19.8% (HV 20d: 91.0%). Max pain ranged from $8.00 to $10.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.56.

Notable Days

  • 2023-10-13: Highest Volume — 401,100 contracts
  • 2023-10-06: Largest IV spike — 9.3% change
  • 2023-10-12: Highest IV Rank — 39.0%
  • 2023-10-12: Largest Expected Move — 34.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$9.38$7.99$11.07$8.14$10.59
Max Pain$9.30$8.00$10.00$9.00$10.00
ATM IV110.8%98.5%124.5%98.5%106.5%
Expected Move32.0%27.0%34.8%27.1%33.1%
HV 20d91.0%71.2%179.5%179.5%87.4%
HV 60d187.9%181.7%196.3%190.9%183.3%
IV Rank34.4%30.2%39.0%30.2%33.0%
IV Percentile16.9%8.7%29.0%8.7%13.5%
Term Structure-0.9%-5.5%5.4%5.4%-0.1%
VWIV118.4%102.8%127.2%102.9%123.2%
Skew 25d-10.7%-19.0%-3.9%-3.9%-7.0%
Skew 10d-22.1%-35.9%-11.2%-17.3%-20.9%
Call IV 25d122.1%107.2%142.6%107.2%115.9%
Put IV 25d111.4%100.8%123.6%103.4%108.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %5.343.8611.964.564.28
Gamma HHI0.090.050.170.090.09
Net GEX1.1M-46.4K3.2M350.9K2.2M
Net DEX-54.8M-172.5M-10.2M-10.2M-86.5M
Net VEX-462.9K-550.0K-392.8K-392.8K-498.7K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.560.380.780.470.61
Total Volume177,989.581,078401,100147,041151,854
Total OI663,230.364502,662807,988580,804555,791

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2023-10-02$8.14$9.0098.5%27.1%179.5%30.2%102.9%-3.9%5.4%350.9K-10.2M-392.8K0.474.56N/AN/A100,10946,932321,771259,033
2023-10-03$7.99$9.0099.6%27.0%178.0%30.6%102.8%-6.7%4.6%501.7K-10.8M-413.4K0.643.86N/AN/A49,39031,688365,767278,126
2023-10-04$8.38$9.0099.9%28.1%81.6%30.7%104.7%-7.7%2.0%1.3M-35.8M-428.0K0.564.26N/AN/A100,02656,208383,689283,928
2023-10-05$8.34$8.00102.4%30.5%79.8%31.6%113.2%-6.9%4.0%1.7M-35.0M-426.2K0.595.57N/AN/A137,43981,647410,510297,588
2023-10-06$9.27$8.00112.0%31.6%72.0%34.8%114.8%-16.0%2.2%1.2M-111.1M-469.7K0.506.30N/AN/A257,112128,982426,308316,050
2023-10-09$9.77$8.00110.0%31.2%73.4%34.1%114.6%-12.2%-2.3%1.9M-87.8M-474.5K0.535.72N/AN/A135,96171,883362,511271,611
2023-10-10$9.96$9.00115.2%32.9%72.2%35.9%119.2%-16.1%-1.6%1.9M-97.4M-491.5K0.535.14N/AN/A127,34567,871386,061295,427
2023-10-11$10.34$9.00117.8%33.1%71.2%36.8%123.4%-17.2%-2.2%2.4M-120.2M-510.2K0.554.13N/AN/A148,18881,600411,206309,262
2023-10-12$11.07$9.00124.5%34.8%73.8%39.0%127.1%-19.0%-4.1%3.2M-172.5M-550.0K0.414.79N/AN/A188,04076,717438,134328,873
2023-10-13$9.55$9.00122.0%34.5%93.4%38.2%127.2%-18.0%-3.4%569.1K-51.0M-494.2K0.786.01N/AN/A225,565175,535458,841349,147
2023-10-16$9.39$9.00117.5%33.6%89.2%36.7%123.7%-12.6%-3.8%762.9K-39.0M-468.4K0.605.26N/AN/A98,29658,582379,277293,333
2023-10-17$9.68$9.00113.9%32.7%87.3%35.4%122.2%-11.6%-3.5%1.3M-57.5M-486.6K0.605.85N/AN/A108,25265,377411,043307,765
2023-10-18$9.21$10.00116.1%33.3%89.3%36.2%123.4%-10.6%-4.2%597.9K-26.5M-462.5K0.574.43N/AN/A82,89347,618431,458315,769
2023-10-19$9.34$10.00118.3%34.2%86.1%36.9%124.3%-10.5%-5.5%614.2K-35.9M-473.9K0.655.19N/AN/A118,01577,276450,535323,253
2023-10-20$9.09$10.00114.5%33.2%86.9%35.6%120.2%-8.9%-3.4%-46.4K-27.1M-447.1K0.715.58N/AN/A97,69969,694476,052329,944
2023-10-23$9.20$10.00111.2%33.0%84.6%34.5%121.4%-9.6%0.3%544.2K-26.9M-443.8K0.464.53N/AN/A88,77440,589299,510213,270
2023-10-24$9.46$10.00109.1%32.3%83.0%33.8%118.2%-9.8%-0.3%1.2M-43.6M-467.1K0.554.24N/AN/A66,67936,537335,780227,267
2023-10-25$9.21$10.00109.0%32.6%82.3%33.8%119.1%-8.1%-0.7%894.6K-28.5M-452.1K0.394.65N/AN/A59,61123,480349,534227,973
2023-10-26$9.25$10.00107.1%32.0%82.0%33.1%120.2%-9.0%-1.3%757.9K-29.0M-438.1K0.476.11N/AN/A56,17326,560363,794232,896
2023-10-27$9.16$10.00105.1%31.5%82.2%32.5%116.2%-7.2%-0.0%410.9K-26.0M-435.3K0.6911.96N/AN/A69,16247,727372,275238,044
2023-10-30$9.96$9.50107.2%32.8%86.3%33.2%122.2%-7.1%-0.9%961.8K-47.4M-460.3K0.385.00N/AN/A98,86737,816294,441208,221
2023-10-31$10.59$10.00106.5%33.1%87.4%33.0%123.2%-7.0%-0.1%2.2M-86.5M-498.7K0.614.28N/AN/A94,34157,513335,890219,901