AMZN Options History — October 2013

In October 2013, AMZN traded between $14.91 and $18.20. ATM implied volatility averaged 34.3%, placing in the 14.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.5% (HV 20d: 30.8%). Max pain ranged from $13.50 to $15.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.98.

Notable Days

  • 2013-10-25: Highest Volume — 7,038,620 contracts
  • 2013-10-25: Largest IV drop — 32.8% change
  • 2013-10-08: Highest IV Rank — 21.3%
  • 2013-10-08: Largest Expected Move — 9.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$16.30$14.91$18.20$16.05$18.20
Max Pain$13.74$13.50$15.00$13.50$15.00
ATM IV34.3%24.9%41.7%34.9%25.4%
Expected Move9.0%8.7%9.3%8.8%8.9%
HV 20d30.8%19.7%45.5%20.1%44.1%
HV 60d23.9%20.3%30.4%20.3%30.2%
IV Rank14.4%5.6%21.3%14.9%6.0%
IV Percentile71.2%28.6%96.8%75.4%33.7%
Term Structure-2.6%-5.7%1.6%-3.5%1.4%
VWIV31.9%30.2%37.6%32.5%30.6%
Skew 25d3.0%1.2%5.3%2.0%1.6%
Skew 10d6.3%3.4%12.4%5.2%3.4%
Call IV 25d33.5%24.8%40.7%34.3%24.9%
Put IV 25d36.4%25.9%45.8%36.3%26.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %6.273.187.955.983.18
Gamma HHI0.100.050.330.100.14
Net GEX47.8M-12.0M103.6M68.8M98.2M
Net DEX-1.69B-3.94B-287.8M-1.72B-3.04B
Net VEX-8.5M-9.1M-7.6M-8.2M-8.8M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.980.611.720.891.18
Total Volume1,307,358.261411,8007,038,620753,9601,064,860
Total OI5,907,530.4354,987,6006,966,1005,325,7006,596,600

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-10-01$16.05$13.5034.9%8.8%20.1%14.9%32.5%2.0%-3.5%68.8M-1.72B-8.2M0.895.98N/AN/A398,640355,3202,538,2202,787,480
2013-10-02$16.03$13.5035.3%8.9%19.7%15.3%30.3%2.5%-3.5%64.1M-1.68B-8.4M0.824.69N/AN/A371,600304,5002,628,6402,914,760
2013-10-03$15.74$13.5035.8%9.1%21.3%15.7%32.5%3.1%-3.6%29.4M-1.31B-8.5M1.025.27N/AN/A412,260420,0402,700,4602,990,100
2013-10-04$15.95$13.5035.4%9.1%21.6%15.4%32.4%2.8%-3.7%80.2M-1.61B-8.5M0.977.22N/AN/A327,840316,8402,743,2003,037,540
2013-10-07$15.50$13.5037.7%9.2%24.1%17.6%33.3%2.9%-3.9%22.7M-1.00B-8.4M0.993.95N/AN/A336,280331,6202,578,0802,888,600
2013-10-08$15.16$13.5041.7%9.3%25.6%21.3%33.7%4.3%-5.7%5.2M-615.3M-8.6M1.217.93N/AN/A615,380743,3002,694,3402,988,040
2013-10-09$14.91$13.5041.6%9.2%26.3%21.2%33.4%5.3%-5.1%-12.0M-287.8M-8.7M1.724.07N/AN/A390,940672,7402,829,3403,144,140
2013-10-10$15.26$13.5037.0%9.2%27.5%16.8%37.6%4.8%-2.0%14.2M-767.7M-8.7M0.817.06N/AN/A487,740392,7602,895,0403,303,040
2013-10-11$15.54$13.5036.1%9.2%28.1%16.1%32.5%4.0%-2.6%54.9M-1.27B-8.7M0.904.20N/AN/A509,920461,2202,958,4403,373,300
2013-10-14$15.54$13.5035.8%9.2%28.0%15.8%30.4%3.7%-3.6%33.8M-1.17B-8.6M1.037.30N/AN/A202,500209,3002,752,7203,110,220
2013-10-15$15.32$14.0035.9%9.1%27.0%15.9%31.0%4.1%-3.7%14.4M-875.9M-8.6M1.003.47N/AN/A294,980295,1002,795,5203,148,860
2013-10-16$15.52$13.5034.2%9.0%25.8%14.2%30.2%3.3%-3.4%37.3M-1.20B-8.5M0.877.18N/AN/A279,940242,5602,860,3603,248,500
2013-10-17$15.54$13.5032.9%9.0%25.8%13.1%31.9%3.1%-0.5%38.6M-1.18B-8.1M0.897.95N/AN/A386,700344,1402,809,8003,202,780
2013-10-18$16.45$13.5034.9%8.9%32.5%15.0%31.5%2.4%-1.8%103.6M-2.39B-8.1M0.617.68N/AN/A1,727,7401,049,8602,884,0003,296,140
2013-10-21$16.32$13.5035.7%8.9%32.1%15.7%30.3%2.6%-4.1%39.7M-1.50B-8.6M0.896.95N/AN/A431,940386,3802,392,9202,594,680
2013-10-22$16.63$13.5036.2%9.0%32.5%16.1%33.7%2.2%-4.8%48.1M-1.80B-8.6M0.617.44N/AN/A693,560425,4402,513,6202,736,760
2013-10-23$16.34$13.5038.4%9.0%33.2%18.2%30.8%2.7%-5.3%37.5M-1.49B-9.0M0.857.78N/AN/A597,500507,6002,648,1802,887,040
2013-10-24$16.61$13.5040.6%9.0%33.2%20.3%31.7%3.6%-2.5%44.2M-1.75B-9.1M0.916.70N/AN/A1,483,5601,346,4202,781,9603,025,620
2013-10-25$18.17$13.5027.3%8.8%45.2%7.8%30.2%1.9%-0.8%68.9M-3.94B-7.6M0.967.31N/AN/A3,597,5403,441,0803,278,7203,687,380
2013-10-28$17.91$14.0025.5%8.7%45.5%6.2%31.1%2.0%1.2%56.8M-2.60B-8.4M1.256.25N/AN/A591,460736,9002,716,5203,172,640
2013-10-29$18.14$15.0025.8%8.9%44.9%6.4%30.7%1.9%1.1%69.4M-2.84B-8.6M0.857.36N/AN/A523,040444,5402,857,2203,398,760
2013-10-30$18.05$15.0024.9%8.8%45.0%5.6%32.1%1.2%1.6%81.1M-2.83B-8.8M1.377.36N/AN/A385,680529,9802,997,3203,485,600
2013-10-31$18.20$15.0025.4%8.9%44.1%6.0%30.6%1.6%1.4%98.2M-3.04B-8.8M1.183.18N/AN/A488,780576,0803,015,6803,580,920