AMZN Options History — April 2015

In April 2015, AMZN traded between $18.50 and $22.30. ATM implied volatility averaged 35.9%, placing in the 58.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 10.6% (HV 20d: 25.3%). Max pain ranged from $18.25 to $19.50. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 3 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.89.

Notable Days

  • 2015-04-24: Highest Volume — 7,137,880 contracts
  • 2015-04-24: Largest IV drop — 38.4% change
  • 2015-04-22: Highest IV Rank — 92.4%
  • 2015-04-22: Largest Expected Move — 13.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$19.71$18.50$22.30$18.50$21.06
Max Pain$18.73$18.25$19.50$18.25$19.50
ATM IV35.9%23.0%43.6%39.0%24.4%
Expected Move10.1%6.7%13.8%6.8%7.3%
HV 20d25.3%13.4%53.2%18.8%53.2%
HV 60d34.4%33.0%42.6%34.3%34.0%
IV Rank58.3%11.9%92.4%64.9%17.2%
IV Percentile67.9%6.7%96.8%81.3%20.6%
Term Structure-1.9%-3.7%0.2%-2.1%0.2%
VWIV35.6%23.8%48.2%24.2%25.7%
Skew 25d2.2%0.6%3.6%3.0%1.1%
Skew 10d4.1%0.0%6.9%6.2%2.0%
Call IV 25d35.2%22.8%43.0%38.0%24.1%
Put IV 25d37.3%23.8%45.1%41.0%25.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %8.623.5218.888.9510.31
Gamma HHI0.070.040.160.060.05
Net GEX66.7M-2.7M186.3M7.6M6.0M
Net DEX-2.63B-7.05B-1.27B-1.27B-2.59B
Net VEX-16.6M-17.8M-14.5M-17.2M-17.8M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.890.681.301.190.84
Total Volume1,761,194.286721,1007,137,8801,126,7201,835,460
Total OI7,860,077.1436,117,7808,909,7807,795,9208,511,820

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-04-01$18.50$18.2539.0%6.8%18.8%64.9%24.2%3.0%-2.1%7.6M-1.27B-17.2M1.198.95N/AN/A515,220611,5003,513,4804,282,440
2015-04-02$18.63$18.5038.7%10.0%18.2%63.8%35.3%3.6%-2.5%3.8M-1.52B-17.0M1.304.01N/AN/A514,080667,5603,639,1804,379,160
2015-04-06$18.86$18.5039.1%10.4%17.4%65.2%36.5%2.3%-2.0%65.0M-1.95B-16.6M0.893.52N/AN/A555,720495,8203,369,2604,112,880
2015-04-07$18.74$18.5038.7%10.4%17.5%64.1%36.3%3.0%-2.2%46.2M-1.70B-16.5M1.204.12N/AN/A327,960393,1403,494,8804,227,560
2015-04-08$19.06$18.5038.7%10.5%16.2%64.0%37.2%2.4%-2.3%102.8M-2.39B-16.5M0.684.31N/AN/A738,300499,0203,558,6804,286,820
2015-04-09$19.19$18.5039.0%10.7%15.8%65.0%37.8%2.3%-2.3%147.8M-2.67B-16.7M0.744.45N/AN/A856,340629,7403,750,4004,415,260
2015-04-10$19.13$18.5039.9%10.8%14.2%68.1%38.0%3.0%-3.7%84.5M-2.65B-16.5M0.894.33N/AN/A929,260828,1603,891,8404,514,560
2015-04-13$19.14$18.5039.2%11.0%13.7%65.5%38.9%3.2%-1.8%80.9M-2.41B-16.4M0.859.16N/AN/A485,440414,0803,593,2804,289,340
2015-04-14$19.25$18.5038.1%10.8%13.6%64.3%38.1%2.5%-2.1%103.0M-2.71B-16.2M0.846.62N/AN/A735,600619,4203,695,7804,396,700
2015-04-15$19.19$18.5037.8%10.8%13.5%69.3%38.5%2.7%-2.4%72.7M-2.55B-16.3M0.878.90N/AN/A589,240509,8403,847,1204,585,200
2015-04-16$19.31$18.5038.5%11.1%13.4%72.5%38.7%2.3%-2.3%86.4M-2.77B-16.3M0.684.52N/AN/A773,760528,0203,900,4204,677,880
2015-04-17$18.79$18.5039.9%11.7%16.9%78.2%40.8%2.1%-2.7%-2.7M-1.68B-16.7M0.734.97N/AN/A1,323,660965,3004,118,5204,791,260
2015-04-20$19.48$18.7541.3%12.6%20.7%83.6%44.2%2.8%-2.7%47.6M-1.95B-17.0M0.7912.41N/AN/A812,960641,1403,036,2403,081,540
2015-04-21$19.59$18.7541.7%12.9%20.3%85.0%45.2%2.8%-2.7%56.1M-2.17B-17.2M0.8214.74N/AN/A611,700501,0403,308,5603,335,500
2015-04-22$19.49$18.7543.6%13.8%20.4%92.4%48.2%2.1%-3.0%49.9M-2.03B-17.6M0.998.97N/AN/A521,160518,3203,444,0603,498,020
2015-04-23$19.48$18.7541.0%12.9%20.1%82.4%45.0%1.7%-2.9%51.4M-1.98B-17.7M0.8418.88N/AN/A1,850,3801,545,4003,585,2203,679,660
2015-04-24$22.30$19.0025.3%7.4%50.8%20.6%26.5%0.6%-0.7%186.3M-7.05B-14.5M0.8411.36N/AN/A3,868,9003,268,9804,350,4804,395,140
2015-04-27$21.88$19.2523.6%6.8%51.8%14.3%24.7%0.6%0.1%106.2M-4.34B-16.0M1.0512.31N/AN/A952,4801,002,0603,677,8403,815,380
2015-04-28$21.45$19.3823.3%6.8%52.7%12.8%24.1%0.8%-0.1%47.7M-3.41B-16.4M0.8911.45N/AN/A908,800812,2203,784,3804,105,600
2015-04-29$21.45$19.5023.0%6.7%52.6%11.9%23.8%1.0%0.2%52.4M-3.43B-16.3M0.8412.76N/AN/A995,400832,5003,937,7604,182,520
2015-04-30$21.06$19.5024.4%7.3%53.2%17.2%25.7%1.1%0.2%6.0M-2.59B-17.8M0.8410.31N/AN/A995,360840,1004,111,7004,400,120