AMZN Options History — July 2014

In July 2014, AMZN traded between $15.65 and $18.04. ATM implied volatility averaged 33.7%, placing in the 44.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.9% (HV 20d: 31.9%). Max pain ranged from $17.00 to $17.00. Net GEX was positive for 16 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 1 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.94.

Notable Days

  • 2014-07-25: Highest Volume — 7,982,740 contracts
  • 2014-07-25: Largest IV drop — 26.8% change
  • 2014-07-01: Highest IV Rank — 57.3%
  • 2014-07-31: Largest Expected Move — 8.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$17.00$15.65$18.04$16.62$15.65
Max Pain$17.00$17.00$17.00$17.00$17.00
ATM IV33.7%25.0%37.4%37.4%27.8%
Expected Move8.5%8.3%8.8%8.8%8.8%
HV 20d31.9%22.0%47.4%28.7%47.4%
HV 60d34.5%27.5%36.5%36.1%34.3%
IV Rank44.2%12.7%57.3%57.3%22.7%
IV Percentile68.5%26.6%84.5%84.5%53.2%
Term Structure-1.2%-2.7%0.7%-1.8%-0.2%
VWIV30.1%27.6%32.8%31.4%27.6%
Skew 25d2.1%1.2%4.7%1.8%2.1%
Skew 10d3.4%2.2%5.8%2.4%4.2%
Call IV 25d33.2%24.2%37.5%37.5%27.4%
Put IV 25d35.3%26.9%39.5%39.3%29.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %5.953.9713.595.224.18
Gamma HHI0.080.040.210.050.06
Net GEX47.2M-116.4M160.6M84.0M-116.4M
Net DEX-1.00B-2.54B1.30B-1.03B1.28B
Net VEX-16.2M-16.7M-14.4M-16.4M-16.3M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.940.611.450.611.18
Total Volume1,921,168.182746,7207,982,7401,739,9001,773,240
Total OI8,086,300.9096,375,8208,961,9207,649,9808,943,980

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-07-01$16.62$17.0037.4%8.8%28.7%57.3%31.4%1.8%-1.8%84.0M-1.03B-16.4M0.615.22N/AN/A1,079,980659,9204,062,3003,587,680
2014-07-02$16.64$17.0037.1%8.7%28.6%56.2%30.7%1.4%-1.6%88.1M-1.04B-16.4M0.644.71N/AN/A864,680555,8604,226,3403,748,080
2014-07-03$16.87$17.0036.9%8.7%22.4%55.6%32.8%1.8%-2.0%160.6M-1.51B-16.6M0.635.40N/AN/A859,520540,4204,375,4403,880,580
2014-07-07$16.68$17.0035.9%8.6%22.0%51.9%30.9%1.5%-1.7%59.4M-890.5M-16.2M0.794.41N/AN/A493,200391,0804,143,9403,593,440
2014-07-08$16.19$17.0036.3%8.7%24.4%53.5%30.3%1.9%-2.2%-1.6M-65.6M-15.7M0.844.40N/AN/A709,960596,9404,262,3003,732,560
2014-07-09$16.50$17.0035.8%8.6%24.7%51.5%30.3%4.7%-2.5%42.7M-592.5M-15.9M0.875.64N/AN/A667,700581,2804,372,3403,838,740
2014-07-10$16.40$17.0035.0%8.5%24.6%48.6%30.1%2.4%-1.3%13.5M-368.3M-15.9M1.095.37N/AN/A649,280707,8004,440,6403,983,200
2014-07-11$17.31$17.0036.7%8.5%29.5%54.8%29.8%2.8%-2.7%151.1M-2.30B-16.4M0.695.71N/AN/A3,015,5602,083,2804,523,9804,066,340
2014-07-14$17.77$17.0036.4%8.5%30.6%53.8%30.0%1.8%-0.7%120.5M-2.49B-16.6M0.865.09N/AN/A1,168,6001,008,3804,221,2803,941,220
2014-07-15$17.72$17.0035.4%8.4%30.7%50.3%29.8%1.7%-0.5%104.3M-2.32B-16.5M0.935.83N/AN/A752,940696,4804,334,3404,153,560
2014-07-16$17.80$17.0034.9%8.4%30.4%48.3%29.8%1.7%-1.1%110.0M-2.43B-16.5M0.695.75N/AN/A916,080632,8004,411,9804,228,120
2014-07-17$17.62$17.0035.4%8.4%29.7%50.2%29.8%1.5%-1.2%49.9M-1.89B-16.2M0.925.21N/AN/A767,620709,9004,521,9204,302,920
2014-07-18$17.93$17.0035.4%8.4%28.6%50.3%29.5%1.6%-0.4%135.9M-2.54B-16.2M0.726.33N/AN/A1,169,140843,9204,575,3404,386,580
2014-07-21$17.99$17.0036.1%8.4%28.1%52.8%29.9%2.2%-2.0%54.0M-1.74B-16.0M1.125.50N/AN/A364,700407,6603,239,2603,136,560
2014-07-22$18.04$17.0035.7%8.4%28.1%51.2%29.2%2.5%-1.7%56.6M-1.80B-16.2M1.276.09N/AN/A335,900426,1803,411,5403,326,520
2014-07-23$17.91$17.0035.3%8.3%28.0%49.8%29.1%1.5%-2.2%47.6M-1.60B-16.2M0.826.04N/AN/A409,940336,7803,511,2603,506,300
2014-07-24$17.93$17.0035.8%8.3%27.9%51.5%29.2%1.9%-1.1%51.2M-1.68B-16.0M0.9213.59N/AN/A1,571,6401,445,4403,677,2603,613,820
2014-07-25$16.20$17.0026.2%8.5%46.9%17.1%29.8%2.5%0.7%-85.0M1.30B-14.4M1.2313.04N/AN/A3,574,0804,408,6604,267,2404,223,360
2014-07-28$16.02$17.0026.1%8.6%47.0%16.7%30.3%1.7%-0.3%-43.9M650.8M-16.2M1.103.97N/AN/A941,5801,039,7403,815,0204,099,900
2014-07-29$16.00$17.0025.6%8.6%47.0%15.0%30.4%1.2%-0.5%-32.7M589.0M-16.7M1.454.40N/AN/A456,280660,5804,103,7204,341,940
2014-07-30$16.13$17.0025.0%8.6%46.3%12.7%30.6%3.5%-0.3%-11.6M389.2M-16.7M1.204.96N/AN/A450,480540,5004,205,8004,559,980
2014-07-31$15.65$17.0027.8%8.8%47.4%22.7%27.6%2.1%-0.2%-116.4M1.28B-16.3M1.184.18N/AN/A815,040958,2004,273,6804,670,300