AMZN Options History — November 2009

In November 2009, AMZN traded between $5.86 and $6.80. ATM implied volatility averaged 37.5%, placing in the 8.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.8%. IV traded below realized volatility by 33.8% (HV 20d: 71.3%). Max pain ranged from $5.25 to $6.25. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.10.

Notable Days

  • 2009-11-06: Highest Volume — 2,432,160 contracts
  • 2009-11-27: Largest IV spike — 13.5% change
  • 2009-11-02: Highest IV Rank — 14.2%
  • 2009-11-02: Largest Expected Move — 12.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$6.43$5.86$6.80$5.94$6.80
Max Pain$5.83$5.25$6.25$5.25$6.25
ATM IV37.5%31.1%42.9%42.9%35.4%
Expected Move10.8%8.9%12.3%12.3%10.1%
HV 20d71.3%27.5%90.4%89.2%27.5%
HV 60d57.9%57.3%58.3%58.0%57.6%
IV Rank8.2%1.0%14.2%14.2%6.2%
IV Percentile19.3%0.4%40.5%40.5%9.9%
Term Structure1.3%-0.3%3.2%-0.3%2.7%
VWIV38.8%32.7%44.8%44.8%37.0%
Skew 25d4.6%3.6%5.8%5.8%4.0%
Skew 10d9.5%7.4%13.2%11.4%8.1%
Call IV 25d36.0%30.0%41.2%41.2%33.9%
Put IV 25d40.6%34.0%47.1%47.1%37.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.042.835.645.273.29
Gamma HHI0.140.110.200.120.13
Net GEX19.8M7.8M27.3M9.3M26.7M
Net DEX-2.51B-3.15B-1.73B-1.91B-2.45B
Net VEX-6.8M-7.6M-6.4M-7.5M-6.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.100.751.731.470.82
Total Volume1,278,909713,5002,432,1601,600,1401,097,880
Total OI13,524,57010,586,22015,110,58013,717,62011,416,900

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2009-11-02$5.94$5.2542.9%12.3%89.2%14.2%44.8%5.8%-0.3%9.3M-1.91B-7.5M1.475.27N/AN/A647,180952,9606,683,8607,033,760
2009-11-03$5.92$5.2541.8%12.0%89.4%13.0%44.0%5.7%0.3%8.8M-1.84B-7.6M1.024.82N/AN/A607,420622,3606,681,0407,008,780
2009-11-04$5.86$5.2542.1%12.1%89.5%13.3%41.5%5.3%0.2%7.8M-1.73B-7.5M0.754.00N/AN/A480,360360,6606,713,4007,012,100
2009-11-05$6.03$5.2541.0%11.8%89.7%12.1%42.4%5.6%0.5%13.4M-2.07B-7.3M1.354.36N/AN/A481,340648,3206,715,0207,005,860
2009-11-06$6.31$5.7539.1%11.9%90.4%10.0%42.0%4.3%0.7%21.8M-2.60B-7.2M0.934.87N/AN/A1,257,4001,174,7606,745,3807,115,520
2009-11-09$6.33$5.7538.3%11.4%89.5%9.0%39.9%4.4%0.6%22.9M-2.63B-6.9M0.985.64N/AN/A700,700687,1006,900,1607,215,180
2009-11-10$6.51$5.7540.3%11.7%89.6%11.3%42.3%4.4%0.1%24.8M-2.89B-7.0M1.084.12N/AN/A800,480867,3806,848,1007,284,060
2009-11-11$6.50$5.7538.3%11.3%89.7%9.0%40.3%4.3%0.5%24.2M-2.93B-6.6M1.194.67N/AN/A650,180776,4206,891,3207,368,320
2009-11-12$6.53$5.7540.2%11.5%89.1%11.1%41.5%4.5%0.7%22.5M-2.92B-6.8M1.734.41N/AN/A570,020983,8806,957,8407,518,060
2009-11-13$6.65$6.0037.3%10.7%88.7%7.9%39.4%4.7%1.5%27.3M-3.15B-6.5M1.673.98N/AN/A484,960809,3606,980,1407,655,680
2009-11-16$6.58$6.0039.0%11.2%88.9%9.8%39.3%5.0%0.6%24.6M-3.00B-6.5M0.914.63N/AN/A814,400742,3207,019,3807,755,420
2009-11-17$6.56$6.0037.0%10.6%89.0%7.5%37.6%5.2%1.6%20.9M-2.96B-6.6M1.103.26N/AN/A610,680671,8807,116,0607,816,460
2009-11-18$6.56$6.0035.2%10.1%88.4%5.6%35.6%4.7%1.9%25.9M-3.02B-6.5M1.263.41N/AN/A480,080605,7807,174,5007,833,760
2009-11-19$6.45$6.0035.2%10.1%89.1%5.5%35.9%4.2%1.5%13.3M-2.70B-6.7M0.893.43N/AN/A660,460588,7607,178,2207,903,780
2009-11-20$6.48$6.0035.4%10.2%33.1%5.7%36.4%4.5%1.7%21.4M-2.77B-6.6M0.753.43N/AN/A774,040578,4607,227,4807,883,100
2009-11-23$6.65$6.0033.1%9.5%29.5%3.5%35.0%4.6%2.8%19.4M-2.17B-6.5M1.172.83N/AN/A490,060571,5205,258,0005,328,220
2009-11-24$6.65$6.0031.6%9.0%28.1%1.5%33.3%3.8%3.1%20.7M-2.18B-6.4M1.323.35N/AN/A371,260490,2005,391,1005,498,800
2009-11-25$6.70$6.2531.1%8.9%28.0%1.0%32.7%4.0%3.2%22.0M-2.26B-6.4M0.833.00N/AN/A410,840342,8205,486,9405,589,640
2009-11-27$6.59$6.2535.3%10.1%29.0%6.2%35.9%3.6%2.6%19.2M-2.10B-6.7M0.813.99N/AN/A394,620318,8805,603,6805,676,380
2009-11-30$6.80$6.2535.4%10.1%27.5%6.2%37.0%4.0%2.7%26.7M-2.45B-6.4M0.823.29N/AN/A602,200495,6805,702,7405,714,160