AMZN Options History — December 2015

In December 2015, AMZN traded between $32.02 and $34.69. ATM implied volatility averaged 30.4%, placing in the 24.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.8% (HV 20d: 24.6%). Max pain ranged from $24.75 to $31.50. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.90.

Notable Days

  • 2015-12-11: Highest Volume — 3,508,600 contracts
  • 2015-12-28: Largest IV spike — 34.1% change
  • 2015-12-31: Highest IV Rank — 57.8%
  • 2015-12-11: Largest Expected Move — 9.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$33.47$32.02$34.69$33.95$33.90
Max Pain$26.03$24.75$31.50$31.00$26.50
ATM IV30.4%25.6%42.8%25.6%42.8%
Expected Move7.9%6.8%9.6%7.5%6.9%
HV 20d24.6%23.0%27.0%24.8%25.2%
HV 60d28.1%26.4%29.5%28.5%26.5%
IV Rank24.6%12.0%57.8%12.0%57.8%
IV Percentile50.5%34.1%84.1%34.1%84.1%
Term Structure2.5%-2.4%14.4%0.3%-2.4%
VWIV27.7%24.0%33.4%26.8%24.0%
Skew 25d4.2%3.1%6.0%3.1%4.8%
Skew 10d8.3%5.9%11.5%5.9%9.0%
Call IV 25d28.6%24.1%40.8%24.4%40.8%
Put IV 25d32.8%27.3%45.6%27.5%45.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %37.9917.2254.3524.6047.44
Gamma HHI0.070.040.130.060.09
Net GEX146.4M-144.1M317.3M248.5M-12.9M
Net DEX-7.57B-9.57B-4.15B-9.41B-7.00B
Net VEX-20.6M-22.4M-18.9M-19.3M-20.5M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.900.671.320.930.93
Total Volume2,043,461.8181,132,8603,508,6002,279,1002,429,300
Total OI10,193,871.8188,888,06011,237,3409,813,96010,396,560

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-12-01$33.95$31.0025.6%7.5%24.8%12.0%26.8%3.1%0.3%248.5M-9.41B-19.3M0.9324.60N/AN/A1,181,4801,097,6204,627,7605,186,200
2015-12-02$33.80$31.5026.1%7.8%24.9%13.3%27.5%3.3%0.5%205.3M-8.81B-20.7M0.9021.41N/AN/A1,011,080904,9804,778,1605,562,420
2015-12-03$33.33$24.7527.7%8.2%24.8%17.6%28.7%3.6%0.3%29.2M-7.26B-21.2M0.9625.62N/AN/A1,476,4001,415,2004,837,9005,720,920
2015-12-04$33.61$25.0026.1%7.8%23.3%13.3%27.3%3.5%0.6%234.7M-8.25B-20.6M0.8323.31N/AN/A1,547,4601,277,7405,002,3205,775,160
2015-12-07$33.49$25.0027.0%7.9%23.3%15.6%28.1%3.6%0.5%158.6M-7.97B-20.2M0.9945.41N/AN/A733,480728,9404,488,1005,160,660
2015-12-08$33.91$25.0026.7%7.8%23.5%14.9%28.1%3.8%0.4%228.0M-8.99B-20.0M1.3223.31N/AN/A826,4601,091,1404,614,8405,363,560
2015-12-09$33.19$25.0029.8%8.6%24.9%23.0%30.5%4.3%0.4%73.7M-7.07B-21.6M0.7228.40N/AN/A1,426,1601,028,1404,735,7005,584,760
2015-12-10$33.05$25.0028.4%8.3%24.6%19.4%28.3%4.2%0.5%36.8M-6.78B-21.5M0.6727.45N/AN/A1,032,500688,3005,049,8005,771,420
2015-12-11$32.02$25.0033.2%9.6%27.0%32.2%33.4%5.0%0.5%-144.1M-4.15B-22.1M1.0027.16N/AN/A1,756,1801,752,4205,402,6605,834,680
2015-12-14$32.87$25.0031.9%9.2%25.8%28.7%32.5%5.0%0.3%141.3M-6.94B-22.4M0.7917.22N/AN/A1,022,540812,2004,976,2805,400,600
2015-12-15$32.97$25.2529.3%8.4%25.7%21.6%29.8%4.3%0.3%175.9M-7.28B-21.8M0.9445.66N/AN/A892,000842,5405,135,1605,555,160
2015-12-16$33.79$25.5027.5%7.9%26.8%17.0%27.9%4.1%0.7%317.3M-9.30B-20.9M0.7754.35N/AN/A971,380749,8805,176,5405,716,520
2015-12-17$33.60$25.5027.6%7.9%24.3%17.2%27.6%4.0%0.7%284.5M-8.65B-20.7M1.1444.37N/AN/A919,8801,053,2005,180,1805,872,140
2015-12-18$33.32$25.5029.6%8.4%24.5%22.5%29.2%4.3%1.1%93.0M-7.55B-20.7M0.9544.75N/AN/A1,350,8201,286,9005,227,1006,003,340
2015-12-21$33.19$25.5029.3%8.2%24.3%21.8%28.7%4.7%12.6%102.7M-6.44B-20.2M0.9744.23N/AN/A695,840676,7404,184,0004,704,060
2015-12-22$33.13$25.7527.6%7.4%23.4%17.3%26.2%3.9%12.0%77.3M-6.31B-20.0M0.9745.81N/AN/A627,300610,6404,338,3804,936,020
2015-12-23$33.17$26.0025.8%7.1%23.1%12.3%25.3%4.0%13.8%126.9M-6.39B-19.8M0.7548.47N/AN/A817,160609,7004,466,3405,054,820
2015-12-24$33.14$26.0028.1%6.8%23.0%18.6%24.1%3.2%14.4%156.8M-6.39B-19.4M0.9948.65N/AN/A568,860564,0004,551,3005,167,840
2015-12-28$33.70$26.2537.7%7.1%23.8%44.2%25.5%6.0%-0.7%158.0M-7.28B-18.9M0.8051.32N/AN/A972,840781,2004,157,4604,843,660
2015-12-29$34.69$26.2539.0%7.0%25.4%47.6%25.3%5.0%-0.6%311.2M-9.57B-19.4M0.7944.49N/AN/A1,658,7601,315,1204,488,7405,120,740
2015-12-30$34.44$26.5041.5%7.1%24.5%54.2%25.6%5.2%-0.9%217.2M-8.72B-20.2M0.7852.41N/AN/A983,460768,2204,647,0005,468,220
2015-12-31$33.90$26.5042.8%6.9%25.2%57.8%24.0%4.8%-2.4%-12.9M-7.00B-20.5M0.9347.44N/AN/A1,260,2401,169,0604,792,0605,604,500