AMZN Options History — January 2013

In January 2013, AMZN traded between $12.87 and $14.20. ATM implied volatility averaged 42.0%, placing in the 18.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 14.4% (HV 20d: 27.6%). Max pain ranged from $12.00 to $13.50. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 2 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.01.

Notable Days

  • 2013-01-30: Highest Volume — 5,285,720 contracts
  • 2013-01-25: Largest IV spike — 74.5% change
  • 2013-01-29: Highest IV Rank — 89.9%
  • 2013-01-29: Largest Expected Move — 16.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$13.43$12.87$14.20$12.87$13.28
Max Pain$13.04$12.00$13.50$12.00$13.50
ATM IV42.0%20.7%126.0%27.9%30.4%
Expected Move10.5%6.5%16.7%6.8%8.0%
HV 20d27.6%23.9%31.9%26.5%31.9%
HV 60d26.5%24.5%28.0%27.3%26.7%
IV Rank18.9%0.8%89.9%7.0%9.1%
IV Percentile62.8%0.4%99.6%39.7%57.1%
Term Structure-5.1%-16.7%14.0%13.4%-0.7%
VWIV37.4%24.1%57.3%24.2%29.1%
Skew 25d4.2%2.8%5.6%3.3%3.2%
Skew 10d8.5%5.2%10.9%6.6%7.6%
Call IV 25d34.9%22.2%54.5%22.2%27.1%
Put IV 25d39.2%25.1%60.2%25.5%30.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %9.065.7215.906.875.93
Gamma HHI0.120.040.210.120.09
Net GEX34.6M-50.4M64.4M38.0M-50.4M
Net DEX-1.12B-1.84B131.9M-990.8M131.9M
Net VEX-7.2M-9.0M-6.1M-6.1M-9.0M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.010.621.511.511.34
Total Volume1,741,250.476745,9605,285,7201,315,6002,480,540
Total OI6,524,528.5713,829,8207,915,8606,219,0007,915,860

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-01-02$12.87$12.0027.9%6.8%26.5%7.0%24.2%3.3%13.4%38.0M-990.8M-6.1M1.516.87N/AN/A524,920790,6802,624,9603,594,040
2013-01-03$12.92$12.0023.5%6.5%26.4%3.2%24.1%2.8%14.0%43.4M-1.06B-6.2M1.466.40N/AN/A539,640789,1202,718,2403,814,200
2013-01-04$12.96$12.7520.7%10.2%26.3%0.8%36.3%5.1%-5.7%55.0M-1.07B-6.4M0.9811.85N/AN/A586,340577,5402,878,2203,988,940
2013-01-07$13.42$12.7526.7%10.4%28.9%5.9%37.1%4.9%-6.2%60.2M-1.61B-6.5M0.8210.16N/AN/A1,310,9201,074,4402,803,5803,825,480
2013-01-08$13.32$13.0024.6%10.5%29.2%4.2%37.8%4.5%-6.2%55.8M-1.38B-7.0M1.0610.69N/AN/A519,160549,1203,085,7404,131,900
2013-01-09$13.32$13.0022.3%10.6%27.7%2.3%37.5%4.8%-6.1%57.5M-1.41B-7.0M0.977.33N/AN/A424,820410,8603,147,9604,239,800
2013-01-10$13.27$13.0036.6%10.5%27.7%14.3%37.4%4.5%-6.2%29.5M-1.22B-7.0M1.108.50N/AN/A445,460489,5603,209,5404,352,020
2013-01-11$13.40$13.0036.7%10.5%27.8%14.4%38.2%3.8%-6.5%49.8M-1.50B-7.0M0.948.42N/AN/A647,200607,1203,240,7004,429,140
2013-01-14$13.64$13.0036.9%10.6%28.2%14.6%37.7%4.0%-6.8%64.4M-1.84B-6.9M0.807.52N/AN/A878,920701,0003,084,0604,138,280
2013-01-15$13.60$13.0036.6%10.5%27.9%14.3%36.6%3.9%-6.5%54.8M-1.70B-7.1M0.6211.21N/AN/A513,720318,1203,192,2804,322,860
2013-01-16$13.45$13.0035.7%10.2%27.9%13.6%36.6%3.5%-5.9%42.1M-1.47B-7.1M0.8911.04N/AN/A445,980395,8603,251,8204,351,260
2013-01-17$13.52$13.2537.0%10.6%26.7%14.7%37.5%4.3%-6.7%60.6M-1.59B-7.0M0.8711.69N/AN/A458,380400,5003,186,6404,306,640
2013-01-18$13.61$13.2535.3%10.1%26.4%13.2%35.4%4.2%-5.6%27.6M-1.68B-6.9M0.769.48N/AN/A697,560531,8403,189,5804,409,200
2013-01-22$13.51$13.2537.0%10.6%26.2%14.7%37.0%3.9%-6.3%8.0M-576.5M-6.8M1.299.93N/AN/A360,700463,9801,771,6202,058,200
2013-01-23$13.41$13.2538.7%11.1%25.5%16.1%38.9%4.3%-7.6%-9.8M-478.0M-7.2M1.057.54N/AN/A363,500382,4601,931,0602,305,580
2013-01-24$13.68$13.2541.4%11.9%26.3%18.4%41.7%4.8%-9.4%32.1M-795.5M-7.3M0.795.72N/AN/A1,080,120855,5602,032,2002,385,620
2013-01-25$14.20$13.2572.2%12.6%23.9%44.4%45.4%5.0%-10.5%53.3M-1.37B-7.8M0.6711.23N/AN/A1,423,120956,1802,306,6802,629,100
2013-01-28$13.80$13.2599.2%14.3%26.9%67.3%50.1%5.1%-13.4%21.7M-842.4M-8.1M1.096.48N/AN/A973,0001,059,9802,369,6402,564,840
2013-01-29$13.27$13.50126.0%16.7%30.7%89.9%57.3%5.6%-16.7%4.7M-395.9M-8.6M1.1115.90N/AN/A2,495,1402,757,4802,654,7002,983,780
2013-01-30$13.64$13.5037.2%7.9%31.1%14.8%29.4%3.7%-0.6%27.7M-702.7M-8.7M1.056.45N/AN/A2,577,6002,708,1203,553,9604,035,180
2013-01-31$13.28$13.5030.4%8.0%31.9%9.1%29.1%3.2%-0.7%-50.4M131.9M-9.0M1.345.93N/AN/A1,061,9201,418,6203,656,0204,259,840