AMZN Options History — February 2010

In February 2010, AMZN traded between $5.80 and $6.00. ATM implied volatility averaged 34.9%, placing in the 11.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.6% (HV 20d: 32.3%). Max pain ranged from $6.00 to $6.50. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.05.

Notable Days

  • 2010-02-01: Highest Volume — 5,174,420 contracts
  • 2010-02-04: Largest IV spike — 16.2% change
  • 2010-02-08: Highest IV Rank — 27.6%
  • 2010-02-08: Largest Expected Move — 12.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$5.90$5.80$6.00$5.94$5.92
Max Pain$6.08$6.00$6.50$6.50$6.00
ATM IV34.9%28.9%42.1%39.9%28.9%
Expected Move10.1%8.3%12.1%11.5%8.3%
HV 20d32.3%27.6%34.8%33.8%27.6%
HV 60d30.5%29.4%32.1%32.1%29.4%
IV Rank11.1%0.0%27.6%22.5%0.0%
IV Percentile18.4%0.0%60.3%46.4%0.0%
Term Structure0.8%-0.2%2.0%0.3%1.0%
VWIV36.3%30.2%42.3%41.6%30.2%
Skew 25d5.4%3.8%7.0%6.1%3.8%
Skew 10d11.2%7.8%14.7%13.3%7.8%
Call IV 25d33.6%28.3%39.3%38.6%28.3%
Put IV 25d39.0%32.1%45.6%44.8%32.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.872.305.125.123.47
Gamma HHI0.120.090.200.100.13
Net GEX-9.7M-20.4M-623.7K-12.6M-7.8M
Net DEX225.9M-33.8M429.0M360.2M65.2M
Net VEX-7.1M-7.7M-6.6M-7.4M-6.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.050.712.071.090.89
Total Volume1,559,247.368701,8605,174,4205,174,420701,860
Total OI10,101,305.2637,789,96011,250,0609,873,9408,444,280

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-02-01$5.94$6.5039.9%11.5%33.8%22.5%41.6%6.1%0.3%-12.6M360.2M-7.4M1.095.12N/AN/A2,472,4802,701,9404,778,6205,095,320
2010-02-02$5.91$6.2537.1%10.6%33.8%15.8%39.3%6.0%1.1%-10.9M344.5M-7.5M1.213.06N/AN/A1,378,7401,670,6205,104,7805,341,500
2010-02-03$5.96$6.2535.3%10.1%33.9%11.6%37.1%5.6%2.0%-7.7M222.3M-7.7M1.004.01N/AN/A867,380864,3205,136,7605,424,880
2010-02-04$5.80$6.2541.0%11.8%34.4%25.0%41.1%4.7%0.7%-13.2M401.7M-7.6M1.142.30N/AN/A974,5401,115,5205,168,3805,449,280
2010-02-05$5.87$6.0039.5%11.8%34.8%21.4%42.3%6.9%0.0%-10.0M300.7M-7.7M0.934.35N/AN/A791,280739,3805,257,8005,530,000
2010-02-08$5.84$6.0042.1%12.1%32.7%27.6%41.9%7.0%-0.2%-10.0M318.5M-7.5M0.714.34N/AN/A784,720560,7005,301,9205,482,720
2010-02-09$5.90$6.0036.1%11.0%32.6%13.5%40.5%7.0%0.5%-8.1M254.9M-7.4M0.904.96N/AN/A699,300631,4605,358,9805,499,480
2010-02-10$5.87$6.0034.9%11.1%31.9%10.7%38.4%7.0%0.4%-11.1M308.2M-7.2M1.164.28N/AN/A742,200858,9405,388,2605,485,120
2010-02-11$6.00$6.0036.3%10.4%32.7%14.0%37.2%6.6%1.0%-623.7K64.2M-7.5M1.034.01N/AN/A773,140795,4005,475,5405,492,020
2010-02-12$5.98$6.2535.1%10.1%32.5%11.2%36.0%5.9%1.4%-7.1M125.1M-7.4M2.073.76N/AN/A394,060813,8205,420,7405,599,680
2010-02-16$5.88$6.0035.6%10.2%32.9%12.4%36.8%4.9%0.7%-16.3M330.5M-7.0M0.784.85N/AN/A646,000501,9405,446,3605,559,460
2010-02-17$5.82$6.0035.1%10.1%32.9%11.2%35.0%5.0%0.9%-20.4M429.0M-6.8M1.343.30N/AN/A634,040847,9205,529,6805,596,620
2010-02-18$5.90$6.0032.0%9.2%33.4%3.9%33.6%4.6%1.3%-9.9M230.6M-6.8M1.124.13N/AN/A584,300653,1205,615,2205,633,000
2010-02-19$5.88$6.0031.3%9.0%33.2%2.2%32.7%4.9%1.2%-12.7M313.5M-6.7M0.922.99N/AN/A470,300434,6205,635,8605,614,200
2010-02-22$5.90$6.0031.0%8.9%30.0%1.5%32.4%4.2%0.9%-7.0M71.8M-6.6M0.904.43N/AN/A369,320332,5803,577,0004,212,960
2010-02-23$5.86$6.0032.6%9.4%29.9%5.3%32.2%4.2%0.6%-7.9M105.8M-6.6M0.873.43N/AN/A470,140406,8203,628,9404,288,320
2010-02-24$5.99$6.0029.7%8.5%30.9%0.0%30.5%4.2%1.3%-4.2M-33.8M-6.7M0.923.89N/AN/A464,520427,0803,708,8204,354,260
2010-02-25$5.91$6.0029.8%8.5%29.5%0.2%31.2%4.3%1.0%-7.6M79.8M-6.7M0.962.91N/AN/A537,500513,7003,819,2004,468,840
2010-02-26$5.92$6.0028.9%8.3%27.6%0.0%30.2%3.8%1.0%-7.8M65.2M-6.6M0.893.47N/AN/A372,220329,6403,874,3004,569,980