AMZN Options History — March 2014

In March 2014, AMZN traded between $16.82 and $18.94. ATM implied volatility averaged 28.0%, placing in the 32.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 8.0% (HV 20d: 19.9%). Max pain ranged from $17.50 to $18.00. Net GEX was positive for 14 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.91.

Notable Days

  • 2014-03-13: Highest Volume — 2,963,940 contracts
  • 2014-03-24: Largest IV spike — 31.2% change
  • 2014-03-27: Highest IV Rank — 82.2%
  • 2014-03-27: Largest Expected Move — 8.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$18.13$16.82$18.94$17.99$16.82
Max Pain$17.93$17.50$18.00$17.50$18.00
ATM IV28.0%22.9%40.0%26.5%39.4%
Expected Move8.7%8.5%8.8%8.7%8.8%
HV 20d19.9%14.5%26.1%26.1%21.5%
HV 60d34.1%33.7%34.7%33.8%34.5%
IV Rank32.7%6.5%82.2%30.1%79.6%
IV Percentile41.0%6.7%96.4%53.2%95.2%
Term Structure2.3%-2.4%12.5%0.1%-1.4%
VWIV30.7%29.6%31.7%30.6%30.6%
Skew 25d2.4%1.4%5.5%2.5%1.8%
Skew 10d5.0%0.2%8.1%5.6%0.2%
Call IV 25d27.5%22.3%39.4%25.8%37.8%
Put IV 25d29.8%24.3%43.1%28.3%39.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.493.459.624.874.46
Gamma HHI0.070.050.160.050.07
Net GEX32.8M-58.4M107.0M34.0M-33.6M
Net DEX-597.2M-1.59B995.1M-546.1M704.2M
Net VEX-12.5M-13.3M-11.8M-12.4M-11.8M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.910.681.271.020.91
Total Volume1,280,734.286672,9002,963,940817,5201,057,400
Total OI6,478,598.0955,637,2007,167,2405,902,2806,083,920

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-03-03$17.99$17.5026.5%8.7%26.1%30.1%30.6%2.5%0.1%34.0M-546.1M-12.4M1.024.87N/AN/A405,180412,3402,906,3402,995,940
2014-03-04$18.20$17.5024.1%8.7%22.6%20.7%30.6%2.4%0.3%66.0M-862.2M-12.3M1.203.66N/AN/A384,180460,0802,996,7803,105,100
2014-03-05$18.62$17.5024.6%8.6%23.8%22.8%30.2%1.8%0.2%105.8M-1.53B-12.6M0.704.90N/AN/A977,620685,7203,056,0603,252,820
2014-03-06$18.61$18.0024.2%8.6%23.6%21.1%30.2%1.8%0.4%107.0M-1.45B-12.7M0.683.59N/AN/A767,300521,6403,152,9003,453,260
2014-03-07$18.60$18.0023.1%8.6%22.5%16.8%30.5%1.9%0.6%92.3M-1.41B-12.8M0.809.62N/AN/A681,000544,0803,247,5003,557,140
2014-03-10$18.53$18.0023.9%8.6%21.8%19.7%29.6%1.9%-0.5%54.7M-1.07B-12.5M0.993.81N/AN/A337,800335,1002,932,5603,204,820
2014-03-11$18.44$18.0024.3%8.5%21.9%21.3%30.3%1.6%-1.1%52.0M-965.6M-12.5M0.814.12N/AN/A400,280322,6403,029,8603,309,380
2014-03-12$18.53$18.0023.9%8.6%21.9%20.0%31.7%2.6%-0.7%67.7M-1.11B-12.6M0.943.88N/AN/A385,540362,6203,132,7203,399,360
2014-03-13$18.58$18.0025.3%8.6%17.2%25.6%30.2%2.5%-0.7%81.6M-1.20B-12.8M0.764.36N/AN/A1,682,2401,281,7003,146,1803,456,640
2014-03-14$18.69$18.0024.4%8.7%15.7%13.1%31.5%2.2%-1.1%72.8M-1.28B-13.3M0.823.70N/AN/A1,089,480895,2603,452,0803,690,780
2014-03-17$18.75$18.0023.4%8.6%15.6%8.4%30.3%2.1%10.7%75.4M-1.28B-12.9M1.193.81N/AN/A398,980474,7603,162,1803,353,280
2014-03-18$18.94$18.0022.9%8.6%15.1%6.5%31.3%2.1%12.5%102.2M-1.59B-12.8M0.803.87N/AN/A437,940350,4603,223,2003,533,380
2014-03-19$18.66$18.0023.0%8.7%14.5%6.9%30.1%1.6%12.1%57.8M-1.13B-12.8M0.724.21N/AN/A514,480371,9803,296,2203,649,580
2014-03-20$18.45$18.0023.1%8.7%15.4%7.3%30.4%1.6%12.2%5.9M-709.0M-12.7M0.953.45N/AN/A536,180507,8203,326,0203,632,280
2014-03-21$18.03$18.0025.6%8.7%17.5%18.1%30.3%1.8%12.0%-58.4M67.5M-12.2M1.274.21N/AN/A902,1401,150,1803,412,2403,755,000
2014-03-24$17.59$18.0033.5%8.8%19.2%53.6%31.3%3.3%-0.9%-29.0M226.5M-12.0M1.004.34N/AN/A676,560674,6402,781,0002,856,200
2014-03-25$17.74$18.0035.8%8.7%18.2%63.5%30.8%5.5%-1.5%-15.3M13.3M-12.4M0.818.04N/AN/A617,120499,4202,919,4802,992,120
2014-03-26$17.17$18.0037.9%8.8%21.3%73.2%30.6%1.4%-1.8%-47.0M698.3M-12.0M0.763.73N/AN/A616,100470,0803,075,9603,126,900
2014-03-27$16.92$18.0040.0%8.8%21.7%82.2%31.7%4.2%-2.4%-58.2M995.1M-12.0M1.084.09N/AN/A979,1801,055,1603,227,2203,225,160
2014-03-28$16.91$18.0038.7%8.8%21.5%76.7%30.8%2.7%-1.5%-44.4M885.3M-12.3M0.823.59N/AN/A917,440755,6003,489,4803,451,520
2014-03-31$16.82$18.0039.4%8.8%21.5%79.6%30.6%1.8%-1.4%-33.6M704.2M-11.8M0.914.46N/AN/A554,400503,0002,978,1603,105,760