AMD Options History — October 2008

In October 2008, AMD traded between $2.84 and $4.74. ATM implied volatility averaged 136.0%, placing in the 61.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 34.8%. IV traded below realized volatility by 5.7% (HV 20d: 141.6%). Max pain ranged from $4.00 to $6.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 16 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.56.

Notable Days

  • 2008-10-07: Highest Volume — 51,231 contracts
  • 2008-10-16: Largest IV drop — 36.3% change
  • 2008-10-15: Highest IV Rank — 94.9%
  • 2008-10-02: Largest Expected Move — 53.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$3.85$2.84$4.74$4.74$3.50
Max Pain$4.39$4.00$6.00$6.00$4.00
ATM IV136.0%77.0%190.7%144.4%119.5%
Expected Move34.8%22.1%53.9%41.4%34.3%
HV 20d141.6%113.2%152.9%127.7%120.6%
HV 60d99.8%90.6%109.5%90.6%109.0%
IV Rank61.9%26.5%94.9%67.0%51.4%
IV Percentile93.8%73.4%99.6%99.6%92.5%
Term Structure-0.5%-39.6%14.9%-26.5%-6.8%
VWIV120.5%84.3%182.2%146.4%107.5%
Skew 25d16.5%0.8%33.3%24.2%7.7%
Skew 10d19.6%-10.4%69.5%48.4%4.4%
Call IV 25d117.3%79.5%172.9%141.6%104.8%
Put IV 25d133.8%100.7%206.2%165.9%112.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %7.744.4115.576.306.17
Gamma HHI0.180.120.270.150.25
Net GEX-196.1K-302.0K-28.9K-126.3K-224.0K
Net DEX94.3M81.5M114.1M87.7M93.6M
Net VEX-746.5K-1.0M-478.8K-1.0M-595.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.560.251.270.340.53
Total Volume22,7278,21151,23126,32916,134
Total OI1,144,828.3041,022,1231,236,6761,206,3001,053,217

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-10-01$4.74$6.00144.4%41.4%127.7%67.0%146.4%24.2%-26.5%-126.3K87.7M-1.0M0.346.3019,6336,696605,779600,521
2008-10-02$4.14$6.00187.9%53.9%134.4%93.2%182.2%33.3%-39.6%-128.5K82.4M-938.5K0.574.416,6193,801615,218601,284
2008-10-03$4.53$6.00158.1%45.3%139.1%75.3%163.5%33.3%-30.5%-102.4K85.2M-995.9K0.417.2510,7294,406618,227601,889
2008-10-06$4.23$4.00159.3%36.9%139.9%76.0%126.4%17.0%1.9%-161.7K91.2M-922.4K0.918.5226,24123,788621,343600,349
2008-10-07$4.59$4.00139.4%30.8%143.6%64.0%107.7%14.4%1.1%-28.9K83.7M-972.7K0.3910.6436,94014,291625,534598,866
2008-10-08$4.05$4.00158.4%33.3%149.1%75.5%114.0%21.6%0.6%-201.1K102.5M-828.1K0.827.0826,14821,420632,959603,717
2008-10-09$4.04$4.00164.5%35.5%149.1%79.1%121.4%22.6%4.5%-143.2K91.4M-850.9K0.5415.577,9054,284622,793605,574
2008-10-10$3.81$4.00179.1%42.4%149.6%87.9%144.2%18.6%11.0%-143.3K81.5M-814.7K1.279.5621,19926,837622,850600,485
2008-10-13$4.21$4.00150.4%34.5%151.9%70.6%114.4%22.6%8.1%-219.1K102.1M-820.4K0.868.079,0707,781623,363595,910
2008-10-14$4.27$5.00184.3%34.4%151.9%91.1%116.7%20.7%7.4%-164.1K102.1M-832.8K0.377.9514,0115,250626,306597,598
2008-10-15$3.91$5.00190.7%35.4%152.9%94.9%120.1%20.9%10.3%-250.9K101.6M-757.8K0.5910.388,1914,802626,224599,906
2008-10-16$4.12$4.00121.4%34.8%151.2%53.2%133.1%23.6%8.7%-219.1K107.3M-775.1K0.527.0221,95111,314630,370598,842
2008-10-17$4.21$4.00102.6%29.4%151.1%41.9%105.0%20.0%14.9%-300.3K114.1M-742.8K0.4211.7516,3566,853634,363601,816
2008-10-20$4.11$4.0086.9%24.9%148.9%32.4%86.6%17.2%9.7%-302.0K102.8M-740.8K0.757.9712,0219,013486,316535,807
2008-10-21$3.91$5.0077.0%22.1%149.6%26.5%84.3%21.2%14.0%-288.6K110.8M-635.3K0.797.069,2257,270493,204540,823
2008-10-22$3.62$4.0089.4%25.6%151.4%33.9%92.6%13.6%8.6%-272.3K96.0M-667.3K0.428.849,0483,837498,693538,338
2008-10-23$3.28$4.00114.1%32.7%150.8%48.8%108.0%3.1%0.4%-248.0K93.8M-591.4K0.645.906,6564,236500,206539,872
2008-10-24$3.03$4.00118.4%33.9%152.0%51.4%119.0%0.8%4.0%-197.5K83.2M-554.3K0.445.6911,3875,025501,642540,365
2008-10-27$2.94$4.00136.4%39.1%140.1%62.2%136.6%1.8%-8.7%-183.8K85.6M-511.1K0.285.626,4041,807505,202541,171
2008-10-28$2.84$4.00126.5%36.3%113.3%56.2%116.9%9.5%-9.9%-183.4K85.2M-478.8K0.255.3819,2824,736505,744538,836
2008-10-29$2.98$4.00115.7%33.2%113.2%49.7%114.7%1.9%5.5%-191.4K88.3M-508.9K0.435.208,6693,762511,367539,107
2008-10-30$3.56$4.00103.0%29.5%126.0%42.1%110.2%10.9%-0.3%-230.0K97.4M-590.6K0.355.6713,0774,616511,716537,339
2008-10-31$3.50$4.00119.5%34.3%120.6%51.4%107.5%7.7%-6.8%-224.0K93.6M-595.9K0.536.1710,5195,615515,608537,609