AMC Options History — May 2024

In May 2024, AMC traded between $2.94 and $6.61. ATM implied volatility averaged 174.6%, placing in the 52.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 49.2%. IV traded below realized volatility by 12.7% (HV 20d: 187.2%). Max pain ranged from $3.50 to $4.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.34.

Notable Days

  • 2024-05-13: Highest Volume — 1,816,154 contracts
  • 2024-05-13: Largest IV spike — 96.7% change
  • 2024-05-14: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2024-05-14: Largest Expected Move — 97.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$4.23$2.94$6.61$2.98$4.25
Max Pain$3.93$3.50$4.00$3.50$4.00
ATM IV174.6%110.2%364.1%110.2%134.5%
Expected Move49.2%34.5%97.4%34.5%38.5%
HV 20d187.2%90.3%248.5%90.3%246.1%
HV 60d130.4%83.3%159.8%87.6%158.9%
IV Rank52.6%35.4%100.0%39.3%35.4%
IV Percentile80.4%54.8%100.0%54.8%68.7%
Term Structure-3.6%-18.0%9.1%6.9%7.1%
VWIV202.4%123.1%362.0%123.1%158.1%
Skew 25d-62.6%-117.5%-6.6%-10.4%-65.0%
Skew 10d-102.3%-172.7%-14.0%-16.1%-123.7%
Call IV 25d228.5%124.0%425.5%124.0%193.8%
Put IV 25d165.9%113.6%339.3%113.6%128.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %8.315.5420.676.476.95
Gamma HHI0.080.060.120.100.06
Net GEX1.1M291.0K2.0M381.9K854.8K
Net DEX-119.3M-442.7M-7.4M-11.9M-78.4M
Net VEX-962.5K-1.4M-503.5K-503.5K-1.0M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.340.170.610.340.34
Total Volume491,145.18279,5871,816,15479,587214,353
Total OI1,618,468.5451,105,5602,304,7121,105,5601,834,444

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2024-05-01$2.98$3.50110.2%34.5%90.3%39.3%123.1%-10.4%6.9%381.9K-11.9M-503.5K0.346.47N/AN/A59,24520,342787,511318,049
2024-05-02$3.10$3.50114.0%36.6%91.3%40.8%143.6%-12.0%-2.2%554.2K-22.0M-535.7K0.176.07N/AN/A111,98318,861801,306319,524
2024-05-03$3.31$3.50130.5%49.2%94.1%47.2%186.3%-6.6%0.7%612.3K-47.0M-645.7K0.1920.67N/AN/A193,35637,337834,505325,396
2024-05-06$3.30$4.00158.2%39.6%94.0%57.9%167.4%-18.7%9.1%776.2K-49.5M-634.2K0.236.17N/AN/A267,91660,321815,648308,064
2024-05-07$3.17$4.00144.7%38.9%95.3%52.7%167.8%-42.5%0.9%817.5K-46.5M-618.7K0.346.97N/AN/A146,17849,616905,797342,935
2024-05-08$3.19$4.00150.4%39.9%93.4%54.9%157.5%-26.9%-3.1%874.4K-54.5M-639.2K0.465.83N/AN/A145,87267,572940,191361,298
2024-05-09$3.05$4.00124.1%35.5%95.0%44.7%145.6%-24.7%-15.3%825.6K-25.8M-568.1K0.368.34N/AN/A184,37266,747981,340399,751
2024-05-10$2.94$4.00125.2%35.2%93.4%45.1%144.6%-37.5%5.2%291.0K-7.4M-556.8K0.355.98N/AN/A160,12655,765971,807418,241
2024-05-13$5.00$4.00246.3%65.1%206.3%92.2%259.6%-30.9%-13.2%1.2M-190.5M-1.0M0.3116.23N/AN/A1,385,482430,672859,591365,143
2024-05-14$6.61$4.00364.1%97.4%222.9%100.0%362.0%-86.2%-16.7%1.7M-442.7M-1.4M0.598.31N/AN/A1,082,690634,7601,120,121528,155
2024-05-15$5.49$4.00284.3%75.2%236.9%77.5%307.5%-117.5%-18.0%1.7M-270.0M-1.4M0.616.22N/AN/A730,897443,7361,266,526711,873
2024-05-16$4.70$4.00220.9%59.9%245.6%59.7%280.3%-111.1%-12.1%1.1M-155.5M-1.2M0.485.54N/AN/A491,598238,0821,423,759795,895
2024-05-17$4.38$4.00199.1%54.7%247.2%53.5%241.8%-97.9%-8.3%886.4K-97.4M-1.1M0.406.64N/AN/A513,648207,3741,477,829826,883
2024-05-20$4.58$4.00174.6%49.7%246.0%46.6%224.7%-89.8%-3.5%1.1M-125.6M-1.1M0.339.92N/AN/A302,043100,8661,162,424529,252
2024-05-21$4.67$4.00170.9%48.9%246.0%45.6%204.5%-92.0%2.5%1.4M-136.3M-1.2M0.347.62N/AN/A256,03386,9641,280,115559,389
2024-05-22$5.09$4.00206.2%59.1%245.6%55.5%235.4%-113.6%-6.2%2.0M-209.6M-1.3M0.2610.39N/AN/A296,10875,8211,345,369562,874
2024-05-23$4.67$4.00164.4%47.1%248.5%43.8%194.1%-87.4%0.9%1.6M-135.5M-1.2M0.359.27N/AN/A274,92994,9111,393,117573,270
2024-05-24$4.91$4.00156.7%44.6%248.4%41.6%183.2%-77.9%3.5%1.4M-155.9M-1.2M0.318.50N/AN/A260,20279,6831,427,947568,626
2024-05-28$4.89$4.00170.2%49.2%242.6%45.4%200.9%-96.5%-7.8%1.7M-158.0M-1.2M0.246.03N/AN/A378,05290,5071,177,509442,084
2024-05-29$4.53$4.00146.4%42.3%244.5%38.7%181.0%-70.9%-7.5%1.3M-113.9M-1.1M0.228.77N/AN/A222,27748,9881,274,998470,999
2024-05-30$4.29$4.00144.7%41.4%246.0%38.2%184.4%-62.6%-2.4%758.0K-90.0M-1.0M0.326.03N/AN/A166,40952,5001,310,896485,857
2024-05-31$4.25$4.00134.5%38.5%246.1%35.4%158.1%-65.0%7.1%854.8K-78.4M-1.0M0.346.95N/AN/A159,77454,5791,338,480495,964