AMD Options History — August 2018

In August 2018, AMD traded between $18.48 and $25.32. ATM implied volatility averaged 45.6%, placing in the 14.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 9.3% (HV 20d: 54.9%). Max pain ranged from $16.00 to $22.50. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.48.

Notable Days

  • 2018-08-27: Highest Volume — 1,557,251 contracts
  • 2018-08-27: Largest IV spike — 20.5% change
  • 2018-08-27: Highest IV Rank — 35.0%
  • 2018-08-27: Largest Expected Move — 17.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$21.03$18.48$25.32$18.53$25.14
Max Pain$19.26$16.00$22.50$16.00$22.50
ATM IV45.6%40.0%59.4%46.1%49.5%
Expected Move13.1%11.5%17.4%13.2%14.0%
HV 20d54.9%42.8%60.9%59.7%43.3%
HV 60d48.9%47.4%51.5%47.5%49.2%
IV Rank14.3%5.7%35.0%14.9%20.1%
IV Percentile31.2%10.3%77.4%31.0%54.8%
Term Structure-0.1%-2.2%0.8%-1.2%0.6%
VWIV46.5%40.6%62.3%46.7%49.5%
Skew 25d-0.6%-3.9%0.9%0.3%-1.5%
Skew 10d-1.0%-7.1%2.1%-1.9%-2.0%
Call IV 25d47.0%40.8%59.1%47.0%51.6%
Put IV 25d46.3%41.1%58.3%47.3%50.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.612.073.542.632.76
Gamma HHI0.130.090.220.160.10
Net GEX20.2M10.3M28.3M23.8M15.7M
Net DEX-1.85B-2.54B-1.37B-1.43B-2.50B
Net VEX-5.9M-7.0M-5.4M-6.0M-7.0M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.480.320.750.400.55
Total Volume371,478.217139,3401,557,251159,440307,774
Total OI2,680,403.4782,350,0013,310,5822,664,7753,310,582

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-08-01$18.53$16.0046.1%13.2%59.7%14.9%46.7%0.3%-1.2%23.8M-1.43B-6.0M0.402.63114,11245,3281,485,0621,179,713
2018-08-02$18.73$16.0044.5%12.7%59.2%12.6%44.6%-0.0%-0.7%21.6M-1.47B-5.8M0.372.22114,47142,3661,450,2851,185,836
2018-08-03$18.48$16.0043.0%12.2%57.0%10.3%43.8%-0.4%-0.6%10.3M-1.37B-5.8M0.582.3988,15351,1871,454,9411,192,427
2018-08-06$19.39$19.0042.7%12.2%58.9%9.9%43.4%-0.6%0.2%20.0M-1.60B-5.4M0.382.66208,08979,4981,340,2521,102,621
2018-08-07$19.47$19.0042.9%12.2%58.8%10.1%43.2%-0.8%0.1%22.8M-1.66B-5.7M0.432.73151,68065,0911,398,4491,134,941
2018-08-08$19.60$19.0042.4%12.2%58.0%9.4%43.0%0.3%0.2%24.6M-1.71B-5.7M0.562.90116,33764,8751,432,9831,160,538
2018-08-09$19.17$19.0041.3%12.0%58.9%7.7%42.3%-0.0%0.2%23.4M-1.54B-5.9M0.412.90102,96842,3001,449,0051,189,919
2018-08-10$19.02$19.0043.2%12.6%58.6%10.6%44.5%-0.0%0.5%25.7M-1.47B-5.9M0.483.54134,72864,3871,448,0621,202,305
2018-08-13$19.76$19.0043.9%12.6%59.5%11.7%44.5%-0.1%0.2%21.0M-1.70B-5.8M0.362.53178,79264,9731,398,0481,178,582
2018-08-14$20.12$19.0043.0%12.2%59.5%10.2%43.1%0.3%-0.5%25.1M-1.83B-5.8M0.332.65175,91157,8371,423,9551,193,351
2018-08-15$19.76$19.0045.5%12.7%60.2%14.0%45.1%0.9%-1.1%25.0M-1.70B-5.8M0.513.27155,03578,8181,446,1091,214,045
2018-08-16$19.31$19.0043.3%12.3%60.9%10.7%43.3%0.3%-0.3%22.2M-1.53B-5.8M0.322.16157,67650,8391,472,9901,231,569
2018-08-17$19.72$19.0041.3%11.8%60.8%7.7%42.2%0.4%-0.1%28.3M-1.70B-5.8M0.372.32200,06374,9881,493,8861,239,043
2018-08-20$20.01$19.0041.6%12.0%60.8%8.1%42.3%0.3%0.6%18.4M-1.49B-5.7M0.372.43143,80953,5321,262,9691,087,032
2018-08-21$20.36$19.0040.0%11.5%59.3%5.7%40.6%0.5%0.7%21.3M-1.61B-5.8M0.402.24135,30853,4691,285,8571,100,746
2018-08-22$20.92$19.0040.4%11.6%59.0%6.4%41.2%-0.4%0.8%22.2M-1.77B-5.6M0.562.63162,27390,5371,293,3851,114,931
2018-08-23$22.21$19.0043.9%12.6%43.1%11.7%44.4%-1.3%0.2%17.2M-2.11B-5.4M0.482.08418,360199,0261,300,4431,147,090
2018-08-24$23.89$20.0049.3%14.2%48.2%19.8%49.7%-1.8%-0.3%14.2M-2.52B-5.4M0.582.07526,126305,2621,351,1111,229,137
2018-08-27$25.00$20.0059.4%17.4%49.0%35.0%62.3%-0.8%-2.2%14.0M-2.54B-5.8M0.602.66975,112582,1391,347,2201,278,898
2018-08-28$24.98$22.0056.0%16.4%43.2%29.8%58.4%-2.3%-0.8%13.1M-2.39B-6.6M0.712.90495,972353,9831,538,7051,496,079
2018-08-29$25.32$22.0054.4%15.9%42.8%27.4%56.1%-3.9%-0.1%19.0M-2.54B-6.9M0.752.60339,632253,2061,623,7731,533,389
2018-08-30$24.86$22.5052.7%15.3%44.5%24.9%54.9%-3.4%0.7%16.6M-2.37B-7.0M0.512.82308,975159,0021,671,4031,577,613
2018-08-31$25.14$22.5049.5%14.0%43.3%20.1%49.5%-1.5%0.6%15.7M-2.50B-7.0M0.552.76198,862108,9121,692,9791,617,603