AMC Options History — September 2024

In September 2024, AMC traded between $4.38 and $5.00. ATM implied volatility averaged 70.8%, placing in the 7.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 20.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 37.2% (HV 20d: 33.7%). Max pain ranged from $5.00 to $5.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 17 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.16.

Notable Days

  • 2024-09-20: Highest Volume — 159,270 contracts
  • 2024-09-06: Largest IV spike — 20.6% change
  • 2024-09-06: Highest IV Rank — 10.7%
  • 2024-09-06: Largest Expected Move — 23.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$4.74$4.38$5.00$4.70$4.59
Max Pain$5.00$5.00$5.00$5.00$5.00
ATM IV70.8%63.0%81.3%69.9%74.6%
Expected Move20.4%17.9%23.1%20.7%21.3%
HV 20d33.7%31.0%40.1%40.1%31.5%
HV 60d52.2%48.3%67.9%67.9%48.4%
IV Rank7.4%5.0%10.7%7.2%8.6%
IV Percentile8.1%5.2%13.9%6.7%13.5%
Term Structure0.2%-22.2%11.6%-22.2%7.5%
VWIV89.2%78.4%105.1%84.2%91.2%
Skew 25d-26.7%-33.1%-17.2%-28.9%-29.8%
Skew 10d-52.2%-62.0%-36.2%-49.0%-57.3%
Call IV 25d94.1%83.3%111.1%99.4%102.4%
Put IV 25d67.4%61.3%77.9%70.5%72.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %16.103.0233.513.2114.25
Gamma HHI0.090.070.130.080.08
Net GEX1.3M884.6K2.4M884.6K1.2M
Net DEX-64.6M-90.2M-42.5M-59.2M-56.8M
Net VEX-908.1K-1.0M-821.8K-919.6K-862.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.160.060.330.150.11
Total Volume88,110.737,647159,270113,706133,132
Total OI1,434,093.51,173,2831,579,0751,413,6061,213,641

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2024-09-03$4.70$5.0069.9%20.7%40.1%7.2%84.2%-28.9%-22.2%884.6K-59.2M-919.6K0.153.21N/AN/A99,21014,4961,132,809280,797
2024-09-04$4.67$5.0071.1%20.1%37.9%7.5%89.3%-29.1%0.5%1.1M-58.9M-898.5K0.113.02N/AN/A47,6515,0241,179,242288,814
2024-09-05$4.71$5.0067.4%20.0%32.4%6.4%88.9%-21.7%-12.4%1.0M-64.6M-920.1K0.3333.51N/AN/A37,83512,5821,196,696290,636
2024-09-06$4.92$5.0081.3%23.1%33.9%10.7%98.0%-33.1%-12.4%1.4M-86.7M-1.0M0.1228.41N/AN/A136,56316,0011,208,385293,244
2024-09-09$5.00$5.0077.1%22.5%34.4%9.4%101.7%-27.0%0.5%1.8M-90.2M-970.7K0.1132.54N/AN/A132,66214,2731,181,778278,837
2024-09-10$4.92$5.0077.6%22.0%34.7%9.6%92.5%-29.5%1.8%2.0M-87.6M-983.0K0.2121.52N/AN/A47,1639,7661,245,415288,772
2024-09-11$4.95$5.0074.3%21.8%34.1%8.5%105.1%-24.9%1.8%2.4M-86.9M-966.0K0.0621.84N/AN/A103,9156,3831,258,304293,328
2024-09-12$4.92$5.0071.3%21.0%33.9%7.6%99.9%-17.2%2.9%2.4M-83.5M-956.8K0.1513.88N/AN/A39,0256,0171,266,569295,117
2024-09-13$4.92$5.0069.2%20.0%33.4%6.9%89.8%-25.8%1.2%1.2M-72.5M-928.7K0.1912.58N/AN/A63,04711,8821,277,264295,786
2024-09-16$4.86$5.0069.0%19.9%32.5%6.9%86.2%-27.6%0.2%1.0M-69.9M-925.5K0.1415.51N/AN/A69,89910,0171,205,876284,543
2024-09-17$4.83$5.0068.2%19.5%32.5%6.6%88.6%-26.2%4.3%1.2M-64.0M-883.7K0.0913.76N/AN/A46,0584,3241,239,173290,135
2024-09-18$4.78$5.0071.1%20.4%32.6%7.5%84.3%-26.1%1.2%1.2M-65.8M-922.9K0.2115.37N/AN/A31,2296,4181,260,651291,709
2024-09-19$4.69$5.0063.0%17.9%33.0%5.0%78.4%-25.0%3.2%1.0M-47.4M-860.9K0.2413.77N/AN/A59,96114,6251,270,210293,672
2024-09-20$4.74$5.0065.2%18.5%33.1%5.7%82.1%-28.3%5.0%1.1M-50.0M-853.3K0.1714.58N/AN/A136,28922,9811,281,999297,076
2024-09-23$4.66$5.0067.0%18.6%32.2%6.2%86.3%-28.4%2.4%1.2M-51.7M-865.3K0.1813.16N/AN/A82,02514,663957,696215,587
2024-09-24$4.51$5.0067.2%19.0%33.6%6.3%79.0%-29.4%1.8%1.1M-43.2M-821.8K0.1512.74N/AN/A64,3549,375992,717222,658
2024-09-25$4.38$5.0072.5%21.3%34.6%8.0%84.4%-27.2%5.2%962.9K-42.5M-848.7K0.2712.37N/AN/A65,50317,3581,013,149226,921
2024-09-26$4.54$5.0073.4%20.4%32.0%8.2%88.2%-26.9%0.2%1.4M-57.6M-918.4K0.0812.59N/AN/A75,9866,4311,038,185235,888
2024-09-27$4.53$5.0066.3%19.6%31.0%6.0%85.3%-20.9%11.6%1.4M-52.2M-854.7K0.2213.41N/AN/A72,34115,7501,061,654236,937
2024-09-30$4.59$5.0074.6%21.3%31.5%8.6%91.2%-29.8%7.5%1.2M-56.8M-862.1K0.1114.25N/AN/A120,09813,034986,406227,235