AMZN Options History — August 2015

In August 2015, AMZN traded between $23.48 and $26.84. ATM implied volatility averaged 29.7%, placing in the 32.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.6%. IV traded below realized volatility by 8.4% (HV 20d: 38.1%). Max pain ranged from $24.75 to $25.25. Net GEX was positive for 16 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.97.

Notable Days

  • 2015-08-21: Highest Volume — 3,362,580 contracts
  • 2015-08-24: Largest IV spike — 31.6% change
  • 2015-08-24: Highest IV Rank — 89.3%
  • 2015-08-24: Largest Expected Move — 13.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$25.98$23.48$26.84$26.75$25.73
Max Pain$24.98$24.75$25.25$25.00$25.00
ATM IV29.7%24.4%46.3%24.5%33.1%
Expected Move8.6%7.0%13.6%7.1%9.6%
HV 20d38.1%20.9%42.3%41.7%37.3%
HV 60d29.8%27.8%34.5%28.3%34.2%
IV Rank32.9%14.9%89.3%15.4%43.7%
IV Percentile54.3%34.1%98.8%36.9%61.5%
Term Structure-0.2%-1.6%0.7%0.1%-0.3%
VWIV30.5%24.8%47.5%25.0%34.5%
Skew 25d2.8%0.7%7.3%0.8%6.1%
Skew 10d5.8%1.0%16.5%2.4%14.7%
Call IV 25d28.8%24.3%43.7%24.5%30.6%
Put IV 25d31.6%25.2%51.1%25.2%36.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %29.7414.7544.2025.0444.20
Gamma HHI0.070.030.280.050.04
Net GEX33.0M-215.8M153.8M82.7M52.6M
Net DEX-4.20B-5.75B-529.8M-5.51B-3.71B
Net VEX-18.6M-21.5M-16.7M-16.8M-20.2M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.970.741.460.981.20
Total Volume1,588,050.476852,7603,362,5801,005,240852,760
Total OI9,611,315.2388,066,68010,686,2609,097,7608,397,800

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-08-03$26.75$25.0024.5%7.1%41.7%15.4%25.0%0.8%0.1%82.7M-5.51B-16.8M0.9825.04N/AN/A507,340497,9004,559,0804,538,680
2015-08-04$26.61$25.0024.5%7.0%41.9%15.4%24.8%1.0%-0.3%60.3M-5.26B-17.2M0.8622.52N/AN/A578,200494,4804,723,6004,760,860
2015-08-05$26.84$25.0024.7%7.0%40.8%15.9%24.9%0.7%-0.2%105.1M-5.75B-16.9M0.7417.62N/AN/A749,220557,7004,826,6004,869,160
2015-08-06$26.50$24.7526.6%7.6%41.7%22.6%26.8%1.2%-0.3%12.1M-5.04B-18.0M0.8832.03N/AN/A1,068,980945,7204,997,9805,002,040
2015-08-07$26.14$24.7527.1%7.8%42.3%24.1%27.5%1.0%-0.3%-204.6M-4.02B-18.6M1.1230.32N/AN/A1,183,8801,320,1605,173,4805,324,460
2015-08-10$26.20$24.7524.6%7.1%41.8%15.7%25.3%1.0%0.3%25.1M-4.56B-17.6M0.9124.03N/AN/A588,560538,2804,759,3404,773,080
2015-08-11$26.37$24.7525.9%7.5%41.4%20.3%26.4%0.8%0.1%61.2M-4.99B-17.7M0.8126.16N/AN/A576,980467,6004,903,4204,879,020
2015-08-12$26.29$25.0026.7%7.7%41.0%22.6%27.2%1.1%0.3%49.6M-4.77B-18.1M0.7428.02N/AN/A907,260672,3205,023,5605,006,400
2015-08-13$26.54$25.0026.6%7.8%40.2%22.6%27.7%1.1%0.6%146.0M-5.41B-18.2M1.0716.93N/AN/A893,200955,1805,147,3005,117,980
2015-08-14$26.59$25.0025.6%7.4%39.9%19.0%26.2%1.1%0.5%109.0M-5.48B-17.7M0.8518.20N/AN/A831,020703,8605,266,2805,285,960
2015-08-17$26.76$25.0024.4%7.0%39.9%14.9%24.9%1.3%0.7%148.6M-5.66B-16.8M0.9814.75N/AN/A715,820699,7004,939,9804,823,800
2015-08-18$26.75$25.0024.8%7.1%39.9%16.5%25.5%0.9%0.5%153.8M-5.67B-16.7M0.9521.87N/AN/A597,120564,6405,036,7204,994,880
2015-08-19$26.65$25.0025.2%7.2%40.0%17.8%25.9%1.0%0.1%126.3M-5.42B-16.9M0.9028.66N/AN/A578,700521,1005,122,0605,066,120
2015-08-20$25.83$25.2530.5%8.8%41.4%35.6%30.7%2.1%-0.7%-92.5M-3.45B-17.9M1.1143.46N/AN/A1,094,1201,215,2405,186,6205,197,120
2015-08-21$24.85$25.2535.2%10.1%20.9%51.6%35.6%3.8%-0.6%-215.8M-1.04B-19.2M1.4636.41N/AN/A1,364,8601,997,7205,313,7205,372,540
2015-08-24$23.48$25.0046.3%13.6%28.1%89.3%47.5%7.3%-1.6%-24.9M-529.8M-21.1M1.0836.69N/AN/A768,700831,5803,903,4204,163,260
2015-08-25$23.73$25.0041.9%12.6%28.7%74.2%43.7%7.0%-0.9%-18.8M-821.8M-20.5M0.9436.22N/AN/A657,180615,6004,077,3604,279,020
2015-08-26$25.13$25.0037.0%10.9%36.0%57.2%38.8%7.1%-1.0%10.9M-2.77B-21.4M0.8942.61N/AN/A759,000677,9604,254,8804,425,200
2015-08-27$25.87$25.0034.7%10.1%37.3%49.3%36.2%6.3%-0.4%58.3M-4.21B-21.1M0.9938.65N/AN/A1,099,2401,090,9204,379,1604,579,860
2015-08-28$25.87$25.0034.1%9.9%37.3%47.0%35.3%6.9%-1.0%46.9M-4.15B-21.5M0.9440.15N/AN/A827,760781,5004,521,3404,864,480
2015-08-31$25.73$25.0033.1%9.6%37.3%43.7%34.5%6.1%-0.3%52.6M-3.71B-20.2M1.2044.20N/AN/A387,120465,6404,053,5004,344,300