AMZN Options History — September 2015

In September 2015, AMZN traded between $24.81 and $27.42. ATM implied volatility averaged 39.3%, placing in the 60.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.8% (HV 20d: 37.5%). Max pain ranged from $23.75 to $25.00. Net GEX was positive for 15 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.08.

Notable Days

  • 2015-09-18: Highest Volume — 2,741,060 contracts
  • 2015-09-28: Largest IV spike — 17.6% change
  • 2015-09-28: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2015-09-29: Largest Expected Move — 12.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$26.04$24.81$27.42$24.87$25.62
Max Pain$24.69$23.75$25.00$25.00$25.00
ATM IV39.3%28.5%58.6%40.8%51.8%
Expected Move9.5%7.8%12.1%11.8%10.2%
HV 20d37.5%26.4%43.1%39.0%30.1%
HV 60d35.9%35.0%37.8%35.0%37.8%
IV Rank60.2%25.9%100.0%69.6%81.9%
IV Percentile74.3%50.4%100.0%86.1%99.2%
Term Structure2.6%-4.3%15.4%-0.8%-3.2%
VWIV34.0%28.0%42.3%42.3%37.2%
Skew 25d6.8%4.3%10.6%8.9%7.6%
Skew 10d13.6%9.0%18.8%18.8%16.1%
Call IV 25d36.4%26.5%52.6%37.3%48.7%
Put IV 25d43.1%32.1%63.2%46.2%56.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %31.3522.1046.0542.9442.11
Gamma HHI0.060.030.240.030.03
Net GEX62.0M-79.5M236.2M-3.6M-1.5M
Net DEX-3.79B-5.94B-1.59B-2.26B-2.81B
Net VEX-19.7M-22.3M-17.6M-22.3M-20.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.080.791.441.441.18
Total Volume1,474,452.381910,3002,741,0601,304,5001,408,200
Total OI8,802,647.6197,575,9009,550,8608,652,1008,886,060

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-09-01$24.87$25.0040.8%11.8%39.0%69.6%42.3%8.9%-0.8%-3.6M-2.26B-22.3M1.4442.94N/AN/A535,440769,0604,146,2004,505,900
2015-09-02$25.44$25.0035.6%10.1%39.9%51.0%36.4%7.4%-0.3%22.3M-3.14B-22.1M1.1146.05N/AN/A530,820591,7004,235,9004,663,100
2015-09-03$25.30$23.7535.0%10.3%39.7%49.0%36.7%7.2%-0.2%13.8M-2.94B-21.8M1.2624.40N/AN/A598,060756,5204,349,1804,773,680
2015-09-04$24.97$23.7535.7%10.6%39.7%51.5%37.2%7.9%-0.0%-79.5M-2.32B-21.7M1.1425.01N/AN/A667,000762,8004,468,0404,916,340
2015-09-08$25.88$23.7532.9%9.8%41.9%41.7%35.4%6.6%1.0%79.2M-3.91B-20.7M0.9530.50N/AN/A514,040488,2404,200,7604,589,060
2015-09-09$25.80$24.0033.3%9.8%41.8%42.9%34.3%6.3%1.0%82.4M-3.90B-19.8M1.1126.34N/AN/A688,620764,0004,309,8204,709,640
2015-09-10$26.08$24.0033.2%10.0%42.0%42.6%36.6%6.5%1.7%113.8M-4.26B-20.0M1.4323.92N/AN/A598,800854,6204,372,9404,832,600
2015-09-11$26.38$24.7531.9%9.4%42.1%37.9%34.7%6.7%1.3%176.0M-4.90B-19.7M1.0132.04N/AN/A812,780821,2004,471,5404,965,180
2015-09-14$26.06$24.7532.8%9.5%42.3%41.1%34.2%6.5%13.3%72.2M-4.00B-19.2M1.0622.10N/AN/A494,420522,2404,182,6604,663,900
2015-09-15$26.12$24.7530.9%8.9%42.2%34.4%32.4%6.6%14.3%81.4M-4.15B-18.7M0.9431.33N/AN/A468,400441,9004,244,5804,779,420
2015-09-16$26.38$25.0028.5%8.2%42.4%25.9%30.2%5.8%15.4%110.0M-4.56B-18.4M1.2227.68N/AN/A414,660506,9804,260,7004,886,460
2015-09-17$26.97$25.0031.6%8.2%43.1%36.8%29.6%4.8%14.2%208.8M-5.81B-17.8M0.7933.16N/AN/A1,166,640923,8204,318,3604,991,300
2015-09-18$27.03$25.0034.6%8.4%41.5%47.6%30.8%4.3%14.1%236.2M-5.94B-18.0M0.9827.22N/AN/A1,385,7801,355,2804,434,6205,116,240
2015-09-21$27.42$25.0039.9%7.8%38.7%66.2%28.5%4.6%-1.6%116.5M-5.08B-17.6M0.8326.93N/AN/A778,200642,1403,483,2404,092,660
2015-09-22$26.78$25.0044.0%8.2%33.1%80.9%28.7%5.2%-1.7%63.0M-4.21B-18.4M1.0025.07N/AN/A584,440586,7603,722,8604,297,300
2015-09-23$26.88$25.0044.6%7.9%33.1%82.8%28.0%5.8%-1.8%66.9M-4.35B-18.2M0.9028.60N/AN/A517,620464,4603,787,0404,520,500
2015-09-24$26.68$25.0045.6%8.2%27.3%86.5%28.9%6.4%-1.6%34.3M-3.96B-19.0M0.9327.94N/AN/A793,300739,9603,865,8804,576,480
2015-09-25$26.23$25.0047.5%8.7%26.4%93.2%30.0%6.9%-2.0%-31.6M-3.26B-18.8M1.0926.97N/AN/A1,186,9001,291,8203,991,0804,697,380
2015-09-28$25.24$25.0055.9%11.6%29.8%100.0%40.2%9.1%-3.7%-17.8M-2.19B-19.8M1.2343.66N/AN/A857,4601,057,3403,701,0604,304,180
2015-09-29$24.81$25.0058.6%12.1%30.3%100.0%42.2%10.6%-4.3%-41.7M-1.59B-20.5M1.1544.45N/AN/A754,620866,4603,941,4604,600,300
2015-09-30$25.62$25.0051.8%10.2%30.1%81.9%37.2%7.6%-3.2%-1.5M-2.81B-20.4M1.1842.11N/AN/A646,380761,8204,104,7804,781,280