AMZN Options History — August 2010

In August 2010, AMZN traded between $6.00 and $6.50. ATM implied volatility averaged 34.8%, placing in the 28.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 8.0% (HV 20d: 26.9%). Max pain ranged from $5.75 to $6.25. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 22 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.09.

Notable Days

  • 2010-08-04: Highest Volume — 2,002,620 contracts
  • 2010-08-04: Largest IV spike — 21.1% change
  • 2010-08-04: Highest IV Rank — 53.2%
  • 2010-08-13: Largest Expected Move — 10.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$6.32$6.00$6.50$6.00$6.24
Max Pain$6.09$5.75$6.25$5.75$6.25
ATM IV34.8%30.9%43.1%36.1%38.2%
Expected Move9.6%9.0%10.5%9.2%10.0%
HV 20d26.9%24.9%29.1%27.0%27.5%
HV 60d35.0%32.8%36.9%36.9%32.8%
IV Rank28.8%17.2%53.2%32.6%38.6%
IV Percentile34.7%13.9%84.1%48.0%61.1%
Term Structure2.0%0.6%3.0%1.0%2.1%
VWIV34.5%32.1%37.2%33.6%36.9%
Skew 25d5.6%4.1%6.6%5.7%6.3%
Skew 10d12.2%9.7%14.3%12.6%14.3%
Call IV 25d31.7%29.5%34.3%30.4%33.4%
Put IV 25d37.3%34.5%40.3%36.0%39.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.522.834.903.483.32
Gamma HHI0.110.080.210.080.08
Net GEX7.6M-19.9M21.1M2.8M750.8K
Net DEX-432.2M-726.6M-149.3M-165.9M-202.5M
Net VEX-6.6M-7.0M-6.3M-6.4M-6.3M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.090.751.881.161.08
Total Volume832,580425,6202,002,620893,960551,760
Total OI8,604,814.5457,409,9209,438,1008,254,2007,938,800

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-08-02$6.00$5.7536.1%9.2%27.0%32.6%33.6%5.7%1.0%2.8M-165.9M-6.4M1.163.48N/AN/A414,540479,4203,791,5604,462,640
2010-08-03$6.12$6.0035.6%9.2%27.5%31.0%32.1%5.0%1.0%7.4M-295.2M-6.7M0.753.99N/AN/A439,580330,6603,865,3004,609,780
2010-08-04$6.38$6.0043.1%9.6%29.1%53.2%36.3%5.2%0.6%16.8M-645.9M-6.9M0.813.20N/AN/A1,104,020898,6003,931,2004,659,940
2010-08-05$6.39$6.0035.2%9.0%28.3%30.0%33.8%4.9%2.0%16.9M-615.9M-7.0M1.112.94N/AN/A422,900467,4004,052,4604,826,320
2010-08-06$6.42$6.0030.9%9.5%28.2%17.2%33.7%5.6%1.3%15.1M-658.4M-6.9M1.174.06N/AN/A426,060496,7604,109,2804,895,040
2010-08-09$6.44$6.0032.0%9.1%27.7%20.6%33.3%5.8%1.7%17.2M-647.0M-6.8M0.954.90N/AN/A423,040400,6804,006,3404,794,040
2010-08-10$6.50$6.0036.3%9.4%25.4%33.1%33.6%6.6%1.2%17.7M-692.1M-6.8M1.264.21N/AN/A348,540438,3604,014,7604,882,300
2010-08-11$6.29$6.0034.1%10.1%28.2%26.6%35.9%6.2%1.5%5.8M-402.7M-6.9M1.293.94N/AN/A506,400652,4404,069,8404,980,220
2010-08-12$6.33$6.0036.0%10.3%27.9%32.2%36.1%6.1%1.1%6.7M-480.1M-6.8M1.883.72N/AN/A316,080594,5004,102,4405,079,980
2010-08-13$6.23$6.0036.7%10.5%26.1%34.2%37.2%6.0%1.3%-19.9M-283.3M-6.9M1.133.57N/AN/A363,640412,4204,107,3005,145,900
2010-08-16$6.30$6.0035.2%10.1%26.1%30.0%35.3%6.3%1.8%6.4M-425.1M-6.7M1.032.83N/AN/A351,660362,0004,058,9805,028,240
2010-08-17$6.44$6.0032.7%9.4%27.0%22.6%33.5%5.8%2.6%16.1M-653.0M-6.7M0.903.35N/AN/A517,160464,1204,098,4205,085,360
2010-08-18$6.48$6.0033.3%9.5%25.2%24.2%33.6%5.5%2.2%21.1M-726.6M-6.6M1.123.52N/AN/A319,120358,2204,141,7005,118,400
2010-08-19$6.38$6.2533.3%9.6%25.3%24.4%34.5%4.3%2.4%13.1M-544.8M-6.6M1.003.01N/AN/A504,340505,9204,211,4605,153,380
2010-08-20$6.39$6.2532.5%9.3%24.9%21.9%33.9%4.1%3.0%5.8M-549.6M-6.6M0.893.05N/AN/A411,020366,3604,249,5605,188,540
2010-08-23$6.33$6.2533.7%9.7%25.2%25.5%33.9%5.2%2.9%5.3M-315.4M-6.4M0.943.16N/AN/A300,740283,9003,389,4604,020,460
2010-08-24$6.23$6.2533.1%9.5%25.7%23.8%34.3%5.8%3.0%1.3M-192.9M-6.5M1.093.20N/AN/A349,940380,7003,491,7604,134,980
2010-08-25$6.34$6.2534.4%9.9%26.2%27.6%34.8%5.5%1.9%5.1M-331.1M-6.5M1.303.20N/AN/A268,900350,0603,554,5404,236,740
2010-08-26$6.24$6.2533.1%9.5%27.1%23.6%33.4%5.8%2.9%1.2M-211.1M-6.5M1.104.08N/AN/A255,860282,0003,620,1204,315,840
2010-08-27$6.33$6.2532.6%9.3%27.3%22.3%33.1%4.9%3.0%4.1M-319.6M-6.4M0.903.30N/AN/A406,520364,8003,642,8404,348,800
2010-08-30$6.19$6.2538.4%9.7%28.2%39.2%35.7%6.1%2.4%-223.9K-149.3M-6.3M1.173.42N/AN/A195,860229,7603,595,8604,295,040
2010-08-31$6.24$6.2538.2%10.0%27.5%38.6%36.9%6.3%2.1%750.8K-202.5M-6.3M1.083.32N/AN/A265,240286,5203,621,3204,317,480