AMZN Options History — November 2015

In November 2015, AMZN traded between $31.34 and $33.95. ATM implied volatility averaged 27.7%, placing in the 17.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.3% (HV 20d: 27.4%). Max pain ranged from $28.38 to $31.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.89.

Notable Days

  • 2015-11-13: Highest Volume — 3,894,000 contracts
  • 2015-11-13: Largest IV spike — 8.5% change
  • 2015-11-16: Highest IV Rank — 25.6%
  • 2015-11-16: Largest Expected Move — 8.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$32.87$31.34$33.95$31.40$33.24
Max Pain$29.99$28.38$31.00$28.38$31.00
ATM IV27.7%23.3%30.8%23.3%29.1%
Expected Move8.0%6.4%8.8%6.4%8.7%
HV 20d27.4%22.8%30.7%30.0%24.0%
HV 60d32.2%28.4%34.7%34.0%28.5%
IV Rank17.6%5.6%25.6%5.7%21.3%
IV Percentile43.4%13.9%53.2%14.3%48.8%
Term Structure-0.0%-0.5%0.7%0.7%0.3%
VWIV28.2%23.1%31.4%23.1%30.5%
Skew 25d3.0%1.0%3.8%3.0%3.8%
Skew 10d6.3%2.3%8.5%6.0%7.0%
Call IV 25d26.6%22.1%29.5%22.1%27.4%
Put IV 25d29.6%25.1%32.9%25.1%31.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %28.7717.3354.3731.6838.60
Gamma HHI0.070.040.170.050.05
Net GEX216.7M41.0M332.5M158.0M132.8M
Net DEX-10.08B-12.27B-7.81B-8.57B-7.81B
Net VEX-18.7M-20.9M-15.8M-17.1M-20.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.890.621.291.181.02
Total Volume2,064,854673,9803,894,0001,066,7601,791,240
Total OI10,329,8938,800,52012,024,3609,093,4009,191,220

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-11-02$31.40$28.3823.3%6.4%30.0%5.7%23.1%3.0%0.7%158.0M-8.57B-17.1M1.1831.68N/AN/A490,360576,4004,065,9405,027,460
2015-11-03$31.34$28.3823.3%6.4%29.3%5.6%23.1%3.1%0.7%175.3M-8.55B-17.4M1.2934.10N/AN/A395,880509,0604,205,4405,159,220
2015-11-04$31.99$28.5024.8%6.9%29.6%9.6%24.3%3.2%0.1%225.9M-9.89B-15.9M0.8254.37N/AN/A1,390,2001,140,2004,284,8405,289,720
2015-11-05$32.84$29.0025.5%7.4%28.7%11.6%26.5%2.7%0.0%233.3M-11.28B-15.8M0.9520.59N/AN/A1,283,2801,218,8404,479,5005,560,700
2015-11-06$32.97$29.2526.2%7.6%28.7%13.4%26.8%1.0%-0.5%321.5M-11.54B-16.3M0.7838.17N/AN/A1,321,0001,030,3204,703,2805,834,620
2015-11-09$32.77$29.5028.2%8.0%29.2%18.7%28.3%2.8%-0.1%160.1M-10.24B-17.2M0.8832.78N/AN/A760,320672,0404,455,8805,331,180
2015-11-10$32.96$30.0027.8%7.9%29.0%17.7%27.8%2.8%-0.2%185.6M-10.74B-17.6M0.8928.69N/AN/A739,560661,7004,695,6205,547,180
2015-11-11$33.32$30.0027.4%7.9%28.1%16.7%28.4%2.7%0.1%236.4M-11.59B-17.7M1.1137.49N/AN/A318,740355,2404,898,8205,691,440
2015-11-12$33.26$30.2528.1%8.1%26.8%18.6%28.2%2.4%0.0%194.4M-11.31B-18.5M0.7924.22N/AN/A1,075,000846,0405,109,1805,958,500
2015-11-13$32.12$30.2530.5%8.8%30.7%25.0%30.2%3.2%-0.0%41.0M-8.15B-20.2M0.9124.73N/AN/A2,041,9801,852,0205,336,1406,088,420
2015-11-16$32.39$30.5030.8%8.8%30.7%25.6%31.4%3.7%-0.3%174.8M-9.46B-20.3M0.6227.74N/AN/A1,780,7601,107,8805,137,5805,691,260
2015-11-17$32.15$30.2530.3%8.7%28.3%24.4%30.9%3.4%-0.3%186.5M-9.32B-20.9M0.8427.06N/AN/A887,060742,3405,389,5805,872,900
2015-11-18$33.24$30.2529.2%8.4%29.5%21.4%29.9%3.4%-0.4%332.5M-12.06B-20.1M0.8325.94N/AN/A1,179,900984,2805,503,2205,981,820
2015-11-19$33.08$30.5029.6%8.5%29.8%22.7%30.0%3.4%-0.5%305.8M-11.54B-20.1M0.7423.84N/AN/A1,551,4001,151,7805,534,2206,152,540
2015-11-20$33.38$30.5028.4%8.1%22.8%19.2%29.1%3.4%0.2%294.4M-12.27B-19.7M0.7817.33N/AN/A1,627,2001,270,1405,675,9206,348,440
2015-11-23$33.95$30.5027.2%7.9%22.8%16.1%28.0%3.0%-0.0%264.3M-9.69B-18.4M0.7823.39N/AN/A1,326,9001,036,1404,255,1004,545,420
2015-11-24$33.56$30.7529.3%8.5%23.6%21.7%30.3%3.2%-0.1%216.2M-8.84B-19.9M0.7923.81N/AN/A1,211,280958,9204,541,0604,909,140
2015-11-25$33.76$31.0028.0%8.1%23.5%18.3%28.6%2.9%0.0%325.2M-9.56B-20.1M1.0619.73N/AN/A957,6201,016,7404,779,4405,115,240
2015-11-27$33.66$31.0028.1%8.3%23.3%18.6%29.1%2.8%-0.3%169.1M-9.11B-19.9M0.8021.17N/AN/A1,129,340907,9804,864,4005,386,280
2015-11-30$33.24$31.0029.1%8.7%24.0%21.3%30.5%3.8%0.3%132.8M-7.81B-20.4M1.0238.60N/AN/A884,880906,3604,369,4004,821,820