AMZN Options History — January 2014

In January 2014, AMZN traded between $17.93 and $20.35. ATM implied volatility averaged 36.7%, placing in the 21.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 16.4% (HV 20d: 20.3%). Max pain ranged from $18.00 to $18.00. Net GEX was positive for 18 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 0 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.96.

Notable Days

  • 2014-01-31: Highest Volume — 5,277,100 contracts
  • 2014-01-31: Largest IV drop — 33.3% change
  • 2014-01-30: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2014-01-29: Largest Expected Move — 9.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$19.74$17.93$20.35$19.90$17.93
Max Pain$18.00$18.00$18.00$18.00$18.00
ATM IV36.7%29.3%44.0%39.1%29.3%
Expected Move9.0%8.8%9.2%9.2%8.9%
HV 20d20.3%16.7%50.2%16.8%50.2%
HV 60d26.7%20.0%33.8%30.1%33.8%
IV Rank21.7%13.4%100.0%18.8%41.5%
IV Percentile82.1%62.3%100.0%94.0%62.3%
Term Structure-3.6%-6.0%-0.2%-2.3%-0.2%
VWIV32.0%31.0%33.6%33.3%31.0%
Skew 25d2.9%0.9%4.4%2.9%1.5%
Skew 10d6.2%2.3%8.8%8.8%2.3%
Call IV 25d35.8%29.4%44.8%38.9%29.4%
Put IV 25d38.8%30.9%45.7%41.8%30.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %9.057.2112.028.307.89
Gamma HHI0.120.040.630.080.04
Net GEX28.4M-291.3M197.0M54.5M-34.2M
Net DEX-1.86B-2.98B1.36B-2.71B1.36B
Net VEX-10.3M-12.3M-9.0M-9.0M-10.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.960.551.540.871.10
Total Volume1,488,818.095634,5005,277,100799,6205,277,100
Total OI6,208,609.5244,401,4007,800,2806,537,9006,988,200

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-01-02$19.90$18.0039.1%9.2%16.8%18.8%33.3%2.9%-2.3%54.5M-2.71B-9.0M0.878.30N/AN/A428,640370,9802,909,3603,628,540
2014-01-03$19.82$18.0038.2%9.1%16.9%18.0%33.6%3.8%-1.8%48.5M-2.57B-9.5M0.997.50N/AN/A753,900744,5403,006,1403,727,460
2014-01-06$19.68$18.0037.5%9.1%17.1%17.4%32.0%3.1%-3.5%20.0M-2.32B-9.2M1.267.50N/AN/A419,380527,2002,775,0203,471,020
2014-01-07$19.90$18.0035.9%8.9%17.4%15.8%32.1%3.6%-4.0%51.3M-2.70B-9.0M1.027.66N/AN/A313,760320,7402,851,5003,601,800
2014-01-08$20.10$18.0036.3%8.9%17.4%16.3%31.9%4.4%-4.2%73.9M-2.96B-9.0M0.708.83N/AN/A648,740451,8802,937,4603,681,340
2014-01-09$20.05$18.0037.1%8.9%17.4%17.0%31.4%3.4%-4.7%94.4M-2.98B-9.3M1.018.48N/AN/A572,120577,2203,116,2603,813,800
2014-01-10$19.88$18.0036.0%8.8%16.7%16.0%31.5%4.0%-4.6%23.9M-2.63B-9.5M1.269.75N/AN/A597,100750,8203,199,5403,966,380
2014-01-13$19.55$18.0038.4%9.1%18.0%18.2%32.1%3.7%-5.1%19.7M-2.11B-9.3M0.877.21N/AN/A627,400543,1802,998,8403,674,860
2014-01-14$19.88$18.0037.8%9.1%18.7%17.6%31.0%4.2%-5.5%57.8M-2.72B-10.3M1.029.32N/AN/A511,480523,3403,187,0003,821,380
2014-01-15$19.79$18.0037.9%9.0%18.3%17.7%32.1%3.7%-6.0%56.6M-2.54B-10.3M1.168.48N/AN/A464,640538,5803,206,3203,831,460
2014-01-16$19.79$18.0035.0%9.0%18.3%15.0%31.6%3.7%-3.1%41.2M-2.46B-10.7M0.9810.02N/AN/A747,660731,3803,365,4204,057,580
2014-01-17$19.98$18.0035.1%9.0%17.0%15.1%31.7%3.3%-3.4%197.0M-2.94B-10.5M0.8410.69N/AN/A1,160,420973,2203,538,5404,261,740
2014-01-21$20.35$18.0034.7%9.0%18.1%14.8%31.9%2.8%-3.7%55.8M-1.67B-10.4M0.937.45N/AN/A670,300620,5402,083,2002,318,200
2014-01-22$20.23$18.0033.3%9.0%17.3%13.4%31.7%2.7%-3.7%58.2M-1.55B-10.6M1.548.24N/AN/A357,880552,9202,271,4802,557,520
2014-01-23$19.99$18.0034.1%9.0%17.8%14.2%31.8%2.6%-1.0%-12.9M-1.16B-10.8M0.8410.01N/AN/A682,460574,1802,334,4802,802,000
2014-01-24$19.38$18.0035.8%9.1%20.7%15.7%32.3%2.2%-1.7%-291.3M-107.6M-11.1M1.2011.90N/AN/A859,2601,030,4602,432,9802,937,440
2014-01-27$19.31$18.0037.2%9.1%20.0%17.0%31.7%1.8%-4.3%2.8M-649.1M-11.2M0.7711.49N/AN/A610,660468,2402,241,2202,558,360
2014-01-28$19.72$18.0037.2%9.1%20.9%17.1%32.5%1.7%-4.8%21.0M-1.10B-11.8M0.557.63N/AN/A440,700242,4402,453,8602,719,700
2014-01-29$19.21$18.0040.4%9.2%22.5%20.0%32.2%1.5%-5.3%8.9M-653.1M-11.6M0.619.78N/AN/A694,980424,2802,548,7002,755,520
2014-01-30$20.15$18.0044.0%9.1%28.1%100.0%32.0%0.9%-2.8%49.7M-1.79B-12.3M0.5812.02N/AN/A2,193,7601,266,7002,849,6602,899,520
2014-01-31$17.93$18.0029.3%8.9%50.2%41.5%31.0%1.5%-0.2%-34.2M1.36B-10.4M1.107.89N/AN/A2,517,5002,759,6003,635,4003,352,800