AMC Options History — January 2026

In January 2026, AMC traded between $1.37 and $1.77. ATM implied volatility averaged 93.8%, placing in the 53.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 26.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 28.5% (HV 20d: 65.3%). Max pain ranged from $1.50 to $2.50. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.17.

Notable Days

  • 2026-01-12: Highest Volume — 204,507 contracts
  • 2026-01-30: Largest IV spike — 65.2% change
  • 2026-01-30: Highest IV Rank — 97.5%
  • 2026-01-12: Largest Expected Move — 34.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$1.55$1.37$1.77$1.60$1.37
Max Pain$1.55$1.50$2.50$2.50$1.50
ATM IV93.8%72.5%132.8%82.6%132.8%
Expected Move26.6%20.8%34.1%23.9%29.5%
HV 20d65.3%36.4%78.8%40.2%77.0%
HV 60d53.5%43.1%58.9%43.8%58.5%
IV Rank53.5%29.6%97.5%40.8%97.5%
IV Percentile76.3%38.5%99.6%68.7%99.6%
Term Structure4.5%-26.0%73.3%-7.9%-7.9%
VWIV101.6%76.5%127.5%86.3%100.1%
Skew 25d-26.5%-46.5%1.0%-27.4%-27.5%
Skew 10d-53.1%-80.7%32.0%-61.9%-73.8%
Call IV 25d117.7%96.9%149.3%111.8%149.3%
Put IV 25d91.2%68.6%128.1%84.4%121.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %17.807.7038.607.7017.81
Gamma HHI0.230.160.390.170.18
Net GEX236.2K94.2K377.9K118.0K201.0K
Net DEX-9.6M-19.0M1.8M851.4K-11.6M
Net VEX-164.5K-184.7K-133.4K-141.5K-168.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.170.030.800.370.11
Total Volume72,229.2535,102204,50752,79670,268
Total OI950,362.7600,4431,264,0391,054,589795,696

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2026-01-02$1.60$2.5082.6%23.9%40.2%40.8%86.3%-27.4%-7.9%118.0K851.4K-141.5K0.377.70N/AN/A38,53114,265875,425179,164
2026-01-05$1.56$1.5081.3%25.0%38.1%39.4%99.8%-36.6%-0.5%94.2K1.8M-133.4K0.1512.14N/AN/A63,0389,697861,636173,018
2026-01-06$1.56$1.5074.0%25.3%38.7%31.2%108.7%-30.7%-1.0%120.1K-633.0K-144.2K0.129.50N/AN/A36,6204,414900,391171,518
2026-01-07$1.54$1.5078.7%25.9%36.4%36.5%104.4%-34.8%1.2%127.5K-1.6M-143.8K0.2412.82N/AN/A28,2286,874919,670172,981
2026-01-08$1.46$1.5084.3%26.7%38.0%42.8%106.3%-17.5%-4.8%138.1K-693.4K-142.3K0.2710.61N/AN/A34,8539,327933,978172,636
2026-01-09$1.65$1.50103.3%30.6%63.7%64.2%122.5%-46.5%8.7%221.2K-8.0M-165.9K0.0917.07N/AN/A161,83415,323948,696177,491
2026-01-12$1.77$1.50119.8%34.1%70.0%82.9%127.5%-31.3%-1.9%377.9K-14.2M-183.4K0.109.80N/AN/A186,16118,346971,471175,832
2026-01-13$1.63$1.50105.8%27.9%74.0%67.1%111.3%-37.8%-17.7%337.4K-10.8M-179.6K0.1520.82N/AN/A54,4787,9511,051,908182,639
2026-01-14$1.56$1.5084.7%26.3%73.3%43.3%104.2%-32.5%39.0%213.4K-7.6M-167.2K0.0918.22N/AN/A35,0793,1161,060,952185,103
2026-01-15$1.60$1.5091.4%25.6%74.4%50.8%97.3%-24.4%-2.1%269.2K-10.5M-174.3K0.0814.24N/AN/A51,3574,0431,066,635184,741
2026-01-16$1.60$1.5080.2%23.6%72.2%38.2%88.9%-31.1%3.8%287.5K-11.9M-174.6K0.0814.17N/AN/A50,9583,9171,086,729177,310
2026-01-20$1.56$1.5073.3%21.1%72.3%30.4%91.7%-29.4%20.6%243.4K-14.7M-168.0K0.1334.43N/AN/A63,0637,881486,293114,150
2026-01-21$1.60$1.5072.5%20.8%72.9%29.6%76.5%-24.6%-11.2%293.3K-16.4M-176.6K0.1138.60N/AN/A66,5677,088518,186117,550
2026-01-22$1.67$1.5083.2%23.3%73.8%41.6%89.8%-23.3%12.4%348.4K-19.0M-184.7K0.0328.65N/AN/A57,5021,843549,828121,856
2026-01-23$1.56$1.50101.0%27.2%77.6%61.6%99.8%-26.9%9.8%303.3K-18.6M-181.2K0.8021.05N/AN/A51,71941,368580,900122,117
2026-01-26$1.50$1.50108.8%28.0%78.6%70.5%112.1%-13.4%2.5%259.2K-14.2M-173.2K0.1717.06N/AN/A85,76514,547542,826148,337
2026-01-27$1.44$1.50115.8%29.4%78.8%78.3%116.6%-24.7%-0.5%283.2K-13.0M-169.6K0.1614.33N/AN/A40,7086,472589,216153,236
2026-01-28$1.42$1.50121.8%28.5%77.4%85.1%81.4%-10.8%-26.0%290.7K-12.6M-164.0K0.1017.39N/AN/A40,7114,014600,991158,192
2026-01-29$1.38$1.5080.4%30.3%77.8%38.4%106.0%1.0%73.3%196.2K-9.2M-155.1K0.1119.57N/AN/A42,2064,453623,157154,799
2026-01-30$1.37$1.50132.8%29.5%77.0%97.5%100.1%-27.5%-7.9%201.0K-11.6M-168.3K0.1117.81N/AN/A63,3776,891639,464156,232