AMC Options History — August 2024

In August 2024, AMC traded between $4.75 and $5.16. ATM implied volatility averaged 64.6%, placing in the 13.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 19.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 9.1% (HV 20d: 55.5%). Max pain ranged from $4.50 to $5.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 17 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.25.

Notable Days

  • 2024-08-05: Highest Volume — 223,257 contracts
  • 2024-08-12: Largest IV drop — 31.4% change
  • 2024-08-02: Highest IV Rank — 21.8%
  • 2024-08-02: Largest Expected Move — 27.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$4.99$4.75$5.16$5.16$4.81
Max Pain$4.89$4.50$5.00$5.00$5.00
ATM IV64.6%47.3%86.3%78.5%69.4%
Expected Move19.2%15.7%27.6%24.9%19.9%
HV 20d55.5%36.9%68.8%67.7%39.4%
HV 60d100.1%72.1%157.9%157.9%72.1%
IV Rank13.8%4.0%21.8%19.6%7.0%
IV Percentile2.4%0.4%9.9%2.0%6.3%
Term Structure2.5%-10.5%35.8%0.9%1.0%
VWIV81.6%66.7%109.9%99.3%79.7%
Skew 25d-20.8%-29.6%-11.9%-24.1%-20.8%
Skew 10d-37.8%-61.4%-21.3%-38.7%-45.7%
Call IV 25d83.5%71.0%108.3%101.2%83.4%
Put IV 25d62.7%52.2%82.8%77.2%62.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %6.573.4718.138.775.04
Gamma HHI0.100.080.130.130.08
Net GEX1.3M855.3K2.0M2.0M1.0M
Net DEX-80.7M-104.2M-52.7M-104.2M-62.5M
Net VEX-991.2K-1.1M-873.2K-1.1M-960.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.250.120.460.290.20
Total Volume98,530.81850,014223,257120,04989,077
Total OI1,403,176.7731,321,8771,487,5621,415,3731,487,562

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2024-08-01$5.16$5.0078.5%24.9%67.7%19.6%99.3%-24.1%0.9%2.0M-104.2M-1.1M0.298.77N/AN/A93,19326,8561,114,397300,976
2024-08-02$4.99$5.0086.3%27.6%68.8%21.8%109.9%-25.5%-2.7%1.4M-87.1M-1.1M0.4618.13N/AN/A133,33460,8611,129,443306,609
2024-08-05$4.96$4.5081.1%23.9%62.2%20.3%101.8%-18.9%-10.5%1.2M-85.1M-1.1M0.448.57N/AN/A154,70068,5571,033,932294,597
2024-08-06$5.12$4.5072.6%21.0%63.6%17.9%89.2%-20.7%-0.3%1.7M-95.1M-1.1M0.309.05N/AN/A73,29722,2101,074,466299,836
2024-08-07$4.83$4.5075.0%21.4%64.7%18.6%86.4%-17.0%1.4%940.6K-76.9M-1.0M0.347.95N/AN/A75,18725,8641,096,635302,836
2024-08-08$5.00$4.5069.0%20.2%66.1%16.9%94.2%-19.0%1.9%1.6M-81.1M-1.0M0.3312.64N/AN/A57,26919,0171,114,740304,655
2024-08-09$5.00$4.5068.8%20.2%66.1%16.9%93.7%-20.0%-1.1%1.1M-80.1M-998.1K0.385.54N/AN/A91,18534,6351,131,901308,493
2024-08-12$5.04$5.0047.3%19.1%65.8%10.8%74.7%-11.9%35.8%947.0K-79.9M-998.1K0.267.28N/AN/A81,06121,0841,058,648282,698
2024-08-13$5.13$5.0060.5%18.0%65.9%14.5%83.7%-17.5%5.8%1.7M-98.6M-1.0M0.147.22N/AN/A53,2957,3091,092,769289,115
2024-08-14$5.06$5.0059.8%17.5%66.0%14.3%70.2%-16.7%1.7%1.4M-87.2M-994.8K0.234.44N/AN/A61,25613,8611,116,142293,862
2024-08-15$5.13$5.0059.9%17.8%62.6%14.3%75.5%-17.0%1.8%1.5M-94.3M-1.0M0.134.71N/AN/A69,2748,8791,138,407299,783
2024-08-16$5.00$5.0058.3%17.4%63.0%13.9%69.6%-18.1%3.3%1.3M-76.5M-946.2K0.284.00N/AN/A92,00326,1601,165,433300,097
2024-08-19$4.99$5.0057.0%16.4%59.7%13.5%74.1%-21.8%2.1%1.1M-74.1M-942.6K0.174.65N/AN/A67,55311,4711,059,610262,267
2024-08-20$4.97$5.0056.7%16.3%58.8%13.4%68.3%-23.0%3.7%1.3M-75.6M-946.7K0.206.82N/AN/A48,4589,8091,089,609269,191
2024-08-21$5.01$5.0056.7%16.3%49.7%13.4%68.7%-21.5%1.9%1.4M-76.1M-939.7K0.133.86N/AN/A57,6077,2761,101,890275,872
2024-08-22$4.94$5.0058.5%16.6%36.9%13.9%75.0%-24.9%4.1%1.3M-71.5M-940.9K0.126.05N/AN/A48,5045,7391,124,768278,999
2024-08-23$5.05$5.0055.0%15.7%37.7%13.0%66.7%-18.1%0.1%1.3M-85.8M-955.2K0.233.94N/AN/A83,49418,8241,131,505280,636
2024-08-26$5.06$5.0061.1%17.9%37.3%14.7%79.6%-21.6%1.6%1.5M-85.3M-989.2K0.204.45N/AN/A110,11721,7171,087,274263,172
2024-08-27$5.04$5.0060.0%17.4%37.3%4.0%73.6%-29.6%3.0%1.5M-80.3M-978.8K0.244.00N/AN/A40,4409,5741,137,594277,289
2024-08-28$4.75$5.0062.3%17.3%41.0%4.7%76.0%-21.9%-0.8%855.3K-52.7M-873.2K0.293.97N/AN/A67,68419,5561,147,719283,356
2024-08-29$4.84$5.0068.5%20.0%40.9%6.7%86.1%-28.1%0.3%1.1M-66.3M-941.6K0.163.47N/AN/A69,49810,9331,166,590294,516
2024-08-30$4.81$5.0069.4%19.9%39.4%7.0%79.7%-20.8%1.0%1.0M-62.5M-960.2K0.205.04N/AN/A74,11314,9641,189,967297,595