AMZN Options History — November 2010

In November 2010, AMZN traded between $7.89 and $8.97. ATM implied volatility averaged 35.9%, placing in the 32.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.4% (HV 20d: 32.6%). Max pain ranged from $8.00 to $8.50. Net GEX was positive for 16 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.99.

Notable Days

  • 2010-11-24: Highest Volume — 3,396,260 contracts
  • 2010-11-10: Largest IV drop — 17.4% change
  • 2010-11-30: Highest IV Rank — 57.3%
  • 2010-11-30: Largest Expected Move — 11.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$8.43$7.89$8.97$8.13$8.77
Max Pain$8.36$8.00$8.50$8.00$8.50
ATM IV35.9%28.4%44.5%39.6%44.5%
Expected Move9.9%9.0%11.4%9.8%11.4%
HV 20d32.6%28.4%36.7%36.7%36.3%
HV 60d32.0%30.5%34.3%31.4%32.5%
IV Rank32.1%10.0%57.3%42.9%57.3%
IV Percentile47.3%5.6%87.7%70.2%87.7%
Term Structure-0.1%-1.8%1.5%-0.1%-1.8%
VWIV35.1%32.0%40.3%35.6%40.3%
Skew 25d3.9%2.9%4.8%3.8%2.9%
Skew 10d7.7%5.8%9.6%7.2%5.8%
Call IV 25d33.1%30.1%38.9%33.8%38.9%
Put IV 25d37.0%33.7%41.7%37.6%41.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %5.512.919.813.952.91
Gamma HHI0.140.080.380.090.11
Net GEX8.4M-39.4M37.3M-1.8M17.1M
Net DEX-1.20B-1.88B-328.9M-823.0M-1.56B
Net VEX-8.2M-8.9M-7.7M-7.7M-8.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.990.471.541.160.82
Total Volume1,617,955.238918,0203,396,260991,4401,421,800
Total OI10,163,478.0958,399,00011,165,5009,297,72010,219,660

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-11-01$8.13$8.0039.6%9.8%36.7%42.9%35.6%3.8%-0.1%-1.8M-823.0M-7.7M1.163.95N/AN/A458,460532,9803,869,5605,428,160
2010-11-02$8.23$8.0040.3%9.5%34.9%45.0%34.2%4.2%0.9%3.6M-966.1M-7.8M1.054.30N/AN/A448,860469,1603,905,5805,486,360
2010-11-03$8.42$8.0037.2%9.3%33.0%35.8%34.4%4.2%0.8%14.6M-1.28B-7.7M1.033.68N/AN/A685,880707,9203,971,5605,662,960
2010-11-04$8.45$8.0033.2%9.3%33.0%23.9%33.9%4.4%0.9%18.5M-1.37B-7.7M1.123.50N/AN/A882,500992,0804,044,5405,818,540
2010-11-05$8.54$8.5035.4%9.7%32.9%30.5%34.8%4.2%-0.3%25.2M-1.49B-8.0M1.506.66N/AN/A807,6601,211,5204,181,7606,049,580
2010-11-08$8.60$8.5037.0%9.8%32.0%35.1%34.0%3.8%-0.2%14.5M-1.46B-8.2M1.549.55N/AN/A615,720946,6604,073,6206,049,180
2010-11-09$8.51$8.5034.4%9.4%31.8%27.6%33.7%3.4%0.3%3.0M-1.28B-8.3M1.445.62N/AN/A467,400673,6204,164,2206,492,980
2010-11-10$8.67$8.5028.4%9.0%31.8%10.0%32.4%3.9%0.5%19.1M-1.58B-8.1M0.979.35N/AN/A609,940589,5204,241,6206,611,960
2010-11-11$8.52$8.5032.6%9.4%32.8%22.4%32.9%3.9%0.3%4.6M-1.37B-8.3M1.267.47N/AN/A515,060648,0604,385,7406,653,400
2010-11-12$8.28$8.5035.4%10.1%28.4%30.4%36.0%4.4%-0.5%-39.4M-871.6M-8.7M1.337.69N/AN/A1,019,8201,358,1804,433,3806,732,120
2010-11-15$7.95$8.5035.8%10.3%32.0%31.8%35.7%3.6%-0.7%-27.5M-349.7M-8.4M0.989.81N/AN/A1,178,4401,153,4604,312,4206,473,120
2010-11-16$7.89$8.5036.2%10.4%30.3%32.8%36.5%4.8%-0.4%-23.8M-328.9M-8.5M0.815.55N/AN/A879,480713,1404,462,0006,473,840
2010-11-17$7.92$8.5035.0%10.0%30.3%29.2%35.0%4.2%0.5%-16.4M-426.7M-8.4M1.086.15N/AN/A455,240490,7604,518,6406,454,960
2010-11-18$8.21$8.2532.1%9.2%29.8%20.9%32.5%3.7%1.0%11.9M-1.04B-8.3M0.846.67N/AN/A820,140685,8804,563,6606,408,120
2010-11-19$8.24$8.5031.3%9.0%28.4%18.5%32.0%3.6%1.5%37.3M-999.3M-8.1M0.724.87N/AN/A678,500489,9204,545,8606,545,700
2010-11-22$8.52$8.2532.3%9.3%30.9%21.4%32.7%3.1%0.3%16.0M-1.31B-7.8M0.474.41N/AN/A1,241,180579,0603,438,5204,960,480
2010-11-23$8.41$8.2534.9%10.0%31.2%28.9%35.4%3.3%-0.6%21.0M-1.23B-8.2M0.742.97N/AN/A841,500621,4403,766,7605,132,520
2010-11-24$8.86$8.2535.7%10.2%35.9%31.3%36.6%3.8%-0.6%33.9M-1.85B-8.4M0.653.10N/AN/A2,054,8801,341,3803,916,1005,321,720
2010-11-26$8.86$8.5039.8%11.1%35.8%43.4%38.5%4.4%-1.8%17.3M-1.80B-8.7M0.543.30N/AN/A866,540465,7604,206,5805,758,420
2010-11-29$8.97$8.5043.5%10.8%35.7%54.3%38.9%3.5%-1.5%26.9M-1.88B-8.4M0.724.27N/AN/A1,371,140986,4204,122,2405,574,900
2010-11-30$8.77$8.5044.5%11.4%36.3%57.3%40.3%2.9%-1.8%17.1M-1.56B-8.9M0.822.91N/AN/A780,620641,1804,364,9805,854,680