AMZN Options History — August 2014

In August 2014, AMZN traded between $15.35 and $17.16. ATM implied volatility averaged 23.3%, placing in the 8.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.4%. IV traded below realized volatility by 13.6% (HV 20d: 36.9%). Max pain ranged from $17.00 to $18.25. Net GEX was positive for 13 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.96.

Notable Days

  • 2014-08-01: Highest Volume — 2,984,320 contracts
  • 2014-08-08: Largest IV drop — 6.5% change
  • 2014-08-01: Highest IV Rank — 24.4%
  • 2014-08-07: Largest Expected Move — 9.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$16.37$15.35$17.16$15.35$16.95
Max Pain$17.38$17.00$18.25$17.00$17.50
ATM IV23.3%20.0%28.3%28.3%20.4%
Expected Move8.4%7.8%9.0%8.9%7.8%
HV 20d36.9%16.7%48.0%47.2%16.7%
HV 60d33.5%31.8%34.4%34.4%31.8%
IV Rank8.4%0.0%24.4%24.4%1.5%
IV Percentile16.1%0.0%56.7%56.7%0.8%
Term Structure0.3%-0.8%1.4%-0.6%0.5%
VWIV29.9%27.8%32.1%31.5%27.8%
Skew 25d1.7%0.4%3.4%3.4%0.4%
Skew 10d3.4%-0.7%7.4%6.7%0.1%
Call IV 25d23.1%20.1%27.8%27.8%20.9%
Put IV 25d24.8%20.6%31.2%31.2%21.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %5.904.269.704.269.70
Gamma HHI0.080.050.380.380.05
Net GEX17.6M-241.9M102.8M-241.9M47.4M
Net DEX-227.6M-1.45B1.88B1.88B-897.4M
Net VEX-17.0M-17.6M-16.1M-16.1M-17.0M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.960.551.631.630.86
Total Volume1,362,620724,6402,984,3202,984,3201,241,420
Total OI8,857,058.0957,921,2809,740,1609,244,9409,147,860

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-08-01$15.35$17.0028.3%8.9%47.2%24.4%31.5%3.4%-0.6%-241.9M1.88B-16.1M1.634.26N/AN/A1,132,6801,851,6404,419,1804,825,760
2014-08-04$15.68$17.0027.0%8.8%48.0%19.8%30.6%2.4%0.2%-38.0M821.6M-16.8M1.104.43N/AN/A718,420788,4004,099,1404,333,500
2014-08-05$15.62$17.0027.4%8.9%47.0%21.4%32.1%3.3%0.1%-47.8M925.8M-17.1M1.204.28N/AN/A402,740485,0204,319,5004,562,360
2014-08-06$15.69$17.0027.0%9.0%46.5%19.7%31.0%3.0%0.2%-35.6M773.7M-17.2M0.974.41N/AN/A421,180408,6804,401,0204,683,520
2014-08-07$15.57$17.0027.2%9.0%46.5%20.6%31.8%3.1%0.1%-64.7M998.0M-17.0M1.384.43N/AN/A462,940637,4204,457,5604,761,680
2014-08-08$15.84$17.0025.4%8.8%42.1%14.3%31.4%3.3%0.3%31.2M491.5M-17.0M0.934.83N/AN/A903,800839,1604,540,8404,941,280
2014-08-11$15.92$17.0024.4%8.8%40.7%10.5%30.8%1.8%-0.2%-10.4M421.3M-16.8M1.024.79N/AN/A428,080436,8204,196,4404,557,080
2014-08-12$15.97$17.0024.1%8.8%40.8%9.5%31.2%3.1%-0.5%-4.0M339.6M-16.9M1.104.45N/AN/A391,840432,4004,301,1404,668,820
2014-08-13$16.31$17.0023.7%8.7%41.8%8.1%30.8%1.5%0.5%53.0M-371.9M-16.9M0.665.32N/AN/A1,541,0601,013,5004,353,0404,775,720
2014-08-14$16.66$17.0022.6%8.7%42.7%4.1%30.5%1.5%-0.1%101.6M-1.06B-17.2M0.774.90N/AN/A1,139,380876,3804,569,6204,922,040
2014-08-15$16.68$17.0022.8%8.7%42.1%4.8%30.0%1.6%-0.8%96.3M-1.07B-17.6M1.045.23N/AN/A1,022,1001,067,6804,640,9805,099,180
2014-08-18$16.73$0.0021.5%8.1%42.1%0.0%29.1%1.2%0.8%54.1M-816.3M-17.1M1.046.85N/AN/A525,000547,4603,820,0804,101,200
2014-08-19$16.76$18.0020.8%8.1%42.0%0.0%28.1%1.2%1.4%52.7M-820.6M-17.0M0.956.56N/AN/A371,440353,2003,921,8004,293,360
2014-08-20$16.79$18.2520.8%8.0%42.1%0.0%29.0%0.7%0.8%63.1M-889.6M-17.3M0.756.54N/AN/A481,620363,0604,030,2404,435,540
2014-08-21$16.65$18.2520.4%8.0%42.1%0.0%30.1%1.0%1.0%18.7M-553.0M-17.1M0.967.41N/AN/A385,060369,1804,143,3404,539,140
2014-08-22$16.58$18.0020.0%7.9%21.0%0.0%28.6%0.6%1.1%-8.3M-411.8M-16.9M1.016.64N/AN/A645,680650,7204,240,5804,599,020
2014-08-25$16.70$18.0020.8%8.0%20.5%2.7%28.6%0.7%0.5%41.2M-632.1M-16.4M0.767.13N/AN/A451,180342,2403,888,4804,262,240
2014-08-26$17.09$18.0021.4%7.9%21.8%4.7%28.5%0.5%-0.2%90.9M-1.36B-17.1M0.627.70N/AN/A1,380,520854,8404,025,1004,381,720
2014-08-27$17.16$17.5021.6%7.9%21.7%5.5%28.6%0.7%0.2%102.8M-1.45B-17.2M0.556.53N/AN/A853,680468,0004,205,6004,524,980
2014-08-28$17.00$17.0021.3%7.9%18.6%4.6%28.0%0.5%0.6%66.5M-1.09B-17.0M0.847.53N/AN/A504,480424,9204,346,6004,661,940
2014-08-29$16.95$17.5020.4%7.8%16.7%1.5%27.8%0.4%0.5%47.4M-897.4M-17.0M0.869.70N/AN/A668,900572,5204,419,0404,728,820