AMZN Options History — August 2007

In August 2007, AMZN traded between $3.62 and $4.00. ATM implied volatility averaged 38.6%, placing in the 39.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.3%. IV traded below realized volatility by 33.0% (HV 20d: 71.6%). Max pain ranged from $3.75 to $4.00. Net GEX was positive for 8 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 20 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.13.

Notable Days

  • 2007-08-01: Highest Volume — 4,146,480 contracts
  • 2007-08-16: Largest IV spike — 26.1% change
  • 2007-08-16: Highest IV Rank — 64.0%
  • 2007-08-16: Largest Expected Move — 13.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$3.84$3.62$4.00$3.87$4.00
Max Pain$3.87$3.75$4.00$4.00$3.75
ATM IV38.6%31.7%47.3%46.5%34.8%
Expected Move11.3%9.1%13.6%13.3%10.0%
HV 20d71.6%36.4%89.6%87.6%36.4%
HV 60d56.7%55.6%58.2%56.7%56.4%
IV Rank39.6%20.3%64.0%61.7%29.1%
IV Percentile66.6%34.0%86.5%84.1%53.9%
Term Structure2.1%-1.8%5.0%-1.8%2.9%
VWIV39.8%33.8%46.4%45.8%36.7%
Skew 25d4.1%1.6%8.2%4.2%5.7%
Skew 10d8.4%3.7%18.6%6.3%11.6%
Call IV 25d37.6%30.1%45.0%44.5%32.7%
Put IV 25d41.7%33.9%49.4%48.7%38.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %7.215.119.547.827.11
Gamma HHI0.150.090.180.090.17
Net GEX-3.9M-15.2M4.7M-7.6M4.0M
Net DEX-1.31B-1.69B-664.7M-1.34B-1.69B
Net VEX-7.6M-8.2M-7.2M-8.0M-7.2M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.130.563.722.071.99
Total Volume959,822.609258,6804,146,4804,146,480444,900
Total OI19,215,90015,909,40021,436,48019,820,14017,597,740

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2007-08-01$3.87$4.0046.5%13.3%87.6%61.7%45.8%4.2%-1.8%-7.6M-1.34B-8.0M2.077.82N/AN/A1,350,9002,795,5808,791,70011,028,440
2007-08-02$3.99$4.0042.3%12.1%87.8%50.1%44.1%4.1%-1.8%-3.2M-1.65B-8.1M0.855.69N/AN/A650,300552,9609,002,06011,587,120
2007-08-03$3.84$4.0043.9%12.6%89.2%54.6%42.7%4.7%-1.4%-11.2M-1.23B-8.2M0.655.11N/AN/A727,960474,3008,898,30011,574,400
2007-08-06$3.95$4.0041.0%12.3%88.5%46.4%43.2%1.9%0.2%-3.3M-1.55B-8.0M1.078.12N/AN/A424,320455,8009,111,08011,539,780
2007-08-07$3.96$4.0036.7%11.7%87.8%34.4%41.1%1.6%0.3%-2.0M-1.61B-7.8M1.037.15N/AN/A282,060290,1009,159,04011,640,560
2007-08-08$3.89$4.0037.4%11.3%88.2%36.5%40.0%2.3%0.8%-5.4M-1.40B-7.8M0.768.65N/AN/A553,820423,2609,230,20011,650,120
2007-08-09$3.71$4.0039.8%11.8%89.6%43.2%40.7%2.7%2.5%-13.8M-896.8M-8.1M0.775.60N/AN/A710,760546,4809,316,98011,734,100
2007-08-10$3.74$4.0038.0%11.7%89.0%38.1%40.3%3.1%2.3%-11.3M-974.4M-8.0M0.849.54N/AN/A642,280536,8409,445,66011,656,840
2007-08-13$3.74$4.0037.7%11.7%88.7%37.2%40.7%3.0%2.6%-7.9M-1.02B-7.6M1.187.63N/AN/A447,220526,7809,579,26011,672,220
2007-08-14$3.67$4.0038.9%11.8%89.0%40.5%40.2%3.3%3.4%-11.9M-823.2M-7.7M0.836.01N/AN/A337,820280,0409,634,52011,724,280
2007-08-15$3.62$4.0037.5%11.4%89.1%36.6%39.1%3.8%4.9%-15.2M-664.7M-7.5M0.567.10N/AN/A760,940427,8609,578,70011,719,260
2007-08-16$3.64$3.7547.3%13.6%89.1%64.0%46.4%4.4%1.3%-11.1M-793.2M-7.8M1.107.97N/AN/A744,460820,8009,751,66011,659,040
2007-08-17$3.75$3.7541.5%11.9%89.3%47.8%41.2%4.3%2.4%-3.4M-1.16B-7.5M0.765.45N/AN/A501,380382,1609,743,16011,693,320
2007-08-20$3.73$3.7538.9%11.2%89.4%40.6%38.8%4.9%3.0%-3.0M-1.15B-7.2M0.666.21N/AN/A397,780260,6007,311,7208,597,680
2007-08-21$3.87$3.7539.0%11.2%89.0%40.8%38.3%4.8%1.5%469.8K-1.43B-7.2M0.596.88N/AN/A796,560467,7407,532,7008,756,620
2007-08-22$3.92$3.7534.7%9.9%40.4%28.7%35.6%3.2%3.4%3.3M-1.58B-7.3M0.695.55N/AN/A316,920218,8407,839,2808,964,160
2007-08-23$3.87$3.7536.4%10.4%39.8%33.4%34.9%3.5%3.7%1.4M-1.44B-7.4M0.886.07N/AN/A256,280225,8807,862,9009,006,060
2007-08-24$3.96$3.7531.7%9.1%41.1%20.3%33.8%3.8%5.0%4.7M-1.66B-7.3M2.088.90N/AN/A94,660196,6807,966,3609,070,540
2007-08-27$3.93$3.7533.7%9.7%40.9%26.0%34.4%3.8%3.7%3.4M-1.60B-7.2M0.967.03N/AN/A207,440199,8207,976,0809,117,260
2007-08-28$3.81$3.7539.8%11.4%38.2%43.2%43.3%8.2%2.3%-491.5K-1.32B-7.4M3.729.31N/AN/A153,060569,9208,018,9209,169,040
2007-08-29$3.95$3.7534.3%9.8%40.1%27.7%38.4%8.0%3.0%2.2M-1.59B-7.3M1.249.12N/AN/A161,780201,2008,025,7209,430,400
2007-08-30$3.93$3.7535.0%10.0%38.5%29.7%35.8%5.8%3.3%1.0M-1.55B-7.4M0.717.77N/AN/A151,320107,3608,063,9809,536,740
2007-08-31$4.00$3.7534.8%10.0%36.4%29.1%36.7%5.7%2.9%4.0M-1.69B-7.2M1.997.11N/AN/A148,920295,9808,084,1409,513,600