AMC Options History — December 2024

In December 2024, AMC traded between $3.92 and $5.17. ATM implied volatility averaged 78.1%, placing in the 9.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 22.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 21.9% (HV 20d: 56.2%). Max pain ranged from $5.00 to $5.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.25.

Notable Days

  • 2024-12-05: Highest Volume — 450,328 contracts
  • 2024-12-16: Largest IV spike — 18.6% change
  • 2024-12-18: Highest IV Rank — 12.4%
  • 2024-12-24: Largest Expected Move — 29.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$4.34$3.92$5.17$5.04$3.92
Max Pain$5.00$5.00$5.00$5.00$5.00
ATM IV78.1%67.7%86.7%74.1%85.0%
Expected Move22.7%19.5%29.8%20.8%23.0%
HV 20d56.2%51.7%60.8%51.7%52.0%
HV 60d46.0%39.3%48.5%39.3%47.6%
IV Rank9.7%6.5%12.4%8.5%11.9%
IV Percentile28.1%8.7%43.3%17.1%43.3%
Term Structure-1.4%-29.7%6.0%4.4%3.1%
VWIV94.0%69.7%109.3%84.8%100.6%
Skew 25d-36.0%-48.3%-25.5%-42.5%-26.4%
Skew 10d-73.7%-105.7%-40.0%-65.6%-59.2%
Call IV 25d107.9%91.6%126.7%107.8%108.3%
Put IV 25d71.9%53.0%87.2%65.3%82.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %10.134.5223.415.005.26
Gamma HHI0.110.080.170.140.09
Net GEX915.4K96.0K3.1M2.3M377.5K
Net DEX-40.8M-131.6M-8.6M-105.6M-11.3M
Net VEX-758.6K-939.2K-632.6K-908.7K-632.6K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.250.140.380.170.28
Total Volume135,522.23848,667450,328167,25062,654
Total OI1,614,680.5241,463,3561,812,2291,463,3561,529,820

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2024-12-02$5.04$5.0074.1%20.8%51.7%8.5%84.8%-42.5%4.4%2.3M-105.6M-908.7K0.175.00N/AN/A142,47624,7741,184,592278,764
2024-12-03$4.86$5.0072.7%21.2%52.5%8.0%80.8%-35.1%3.1%2.1M-83.8M-862.1K0.175.16N/AN/A71,78312,2401,225,912287,169
2024-12-04$4.88$5.0069.6%19.9%52.5%7.1%69.7%-38.6%2.6%2.3M-84.2M-836.8K0.174.68N/AN/A59,5029,8171,239,987288,824
2024-12-05$5.17$5.0082.5%24.0%53.7%11.1%103.0%-48.3%0.5%3.1M-131.6M-939.2K0.2023.41N/AN/A374,51375,8151,251,549290,456
2024-12-06$4.71$5.0067.7%20.4%59.2%6.5%87.3%-40.4%-14.5%1.3M-64.6M-858.2K0.2912.09N/AN/A193,49755,4651,326,070323,610
2024-12-09$4.53$5.0071.0%20.7%60.7%7.5%82.0%-38.5%-0.8%976.4K-40.4M-744.2K0.2417.90N/AN/A145,37835,4631,264,534308,456
2024-12-10$4.41$5.0076.4%22.1%55.3%9.2%87.0%-38.7%1.0%986.5K-38.4M-760.6K0.3015.08N/AN/A83,44625,3571,323,035321,347
2024-12-11$4.34$5.0076.0%22.6%55.5%9.1%84.7%-39.8%3.1%1.0M-37.5M-775.6K0.246.35N/AN/A90,71021,6491,348,506330,517
2024-12-12$4.31$5.0076.8%22.2%55.1%9.3%99.1%-36.3%1.0%833.7K-34.0M-783.4K0.289.74N/AN/A79,18722,3601,376,932339,458
2024-12-13$4.20$5.0068.2%19.5%55.6%6.6%87.8%-37.2%-2.3%295.3K-14.6M-713.8K0.275.50N/AN/A68,12318,3911,389,992350,309
2024-12-16$4.03$5.0080.9%23.3%57.2%10.6%106.4%-38.6%-29.7%248.9K-8.6M-683.5K0.356.33N/AN/A125,71843,6551,307,325335,627
2024-12-17$4.21$5.0086.2%24.9%59.2%12.3%109.3%-43.6%-14.6%807.4K-33.4M-765.6K0.2911.71N/AN/A161,94747,0541,359,121354,111
2024-12-18$4.04$5.0086.7%24.9%60.6%12.4%107.4%-38.7%1.4%424.6K-11.4M-690.6K0.3713.15N/AN/A102,01037,5351,400,526364,780
2024-12-19$4.11$5.0086.5%25.1%60.2%12.4%99.6%-25.6%-8.4%375.5K-18.5M-738.8K0.3810.63N/AN/A70,75426,5881,415,298378,366
2024-12-20$4.19$5.0081.4%23.3%60.5%10.8%102.1%-25.7%1.3%456.7K-22.5M-748.4K0.3113.29N/AN/A76,54224,0621,425,895386,334
2024-12-23$4.09$5.0077.4%21.5%60.8%9.5%96.1%-25.5%3.7%189.2K-21.7M-703.6K0.2114.49N/AN/A80,86117,2201,141,788336,706
2024-12-24$4.08$5.0078.4%29.8%55.7%9.8%88.6%-28.5%3.4%309.0K-36.0M-728.3K0.1814.30N/AN/A41,3007,3671,171,873345,271
2024-12-26$4.05$5.0080.9%22.6%55.6%10.6%98.1%-27.1%4.4%96.0K-20.9M-706.2K0.194.52N/AN/A97,36818,1391,190,927344,460
2024-12-27$4.01$5.0079.8%22.4%53.2%10.3%104.0%-43.0%6.0%347.7K-20.0M-687.8K0.309.19N/AN/A71,23721,1061,229,016351,851
2024-12-30$3.97$5.0081.1%22.3%53.1%10.7%95.0%-38.1%2.9%303.6K-17.4M-662.4K0.144.94N/AN/A90,10712,7971,153,462335,715
2024-12-31$3.92$5.0085.0%23.0%52.0%11.9%100.6%-26.4%3.1%377.5K-11.3M-632.6K0.285.26N/AN/A48,92513,7291,187,413342,407