AMZN Options History — October 2016

In October 2016, AMZN traded between $38.79 and $42.26. ATM implied volatility averaged 33.0%, placing in the 47.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 16.3% (HV 20d: 16.7%). Max pain ranged from $38.25 to $39.50. Net GEX was positive for 17 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 1 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.00.

Notable Days

  • 2016-10-28: Highest Volume — 5,489,320 contracts
  • 2016-10-28: Largest IV drop — 36.3% change
  • 2016-10-26: Highest IV Rank — 54.9%
  • 2016-10-26: Largest Expected Move — 11.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$41.23$38.79$42.26$41.83$39.41
Max Pain$38.76$38.25$39.50$38.75$39.25
ATM IV33.0%21.0%35.8%32.9%21.0%
Expected Move8.9%5.6%11.3%6.1%6.1%
HV 20d16.7%14.6%25.7%19.0%25.7%
HV 60d14.9%14.0%19.2%14.3%19.2%
IV Rank47.2%14.9%54.9%46.9%14.9%
IV Percentile57.9%15.5%69.0%56.7%15.5%
Term Structure-1.7%-2.8%1.1%-1.6%-0.0%
VWIV31.3%20.3%38.9%21.5%21.8%
Skew 25d3.1%1.4%3.6%3.4%1.9%
Skew 10d5.4%2.6%7.1%6.4%3.6%
Call IV 25d31.2%20.5%34.0%31.0%20.5%
Put IV 25d34.3%22.2%36.9%34.4%22.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %32.466.1752.2242.7541.10
Gamma HHI0.070.030.210.060.03
Net GEX164.7M-486.3M521.2M321.1M-8.1M
Net DEX-7.57B-11.19B-352.5M-9.72B-3.50B
Net VEX-32.9M-34.1M-29.5M-31.7M-32.2M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.000.791.421.121.09
Total Volume2,029,802.8571,069,1605,489,3201,655,4402,109,060
Total OI10,241,7008,525,92011,245,7609,391,5209,776,960

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-10-03$41.83$38.7532.9%6.1%19.0%46.9%21.5%3.4%-1.6%321.1M-9.72B-31.7M1.1242.75N/AN/A779,720875,7204,477,7804,913,740
2016-10-04$41.72$38.8833.9%6.1%18.1%49.5%21.6%3.4%-1.7%291.8M-9.43B-32.6M1.1052.22N/AN/A818,800898,6004,644,1005,251,140
2016-10-05$42.26$39.0034.0%5.6%18.3%50.0%20.3%3.2%-1.7%521.2M-11.19B-32.3M0.8946.94N/AN/A1,207,5601,079,6604,860,1205,542,180
2016-10-06$42.14$38.2534.2%8.9%18.3%50.6%31.9%3.2%-1.9%499.6M-10.76B-33.8M0.9914.52N/AN/A859,200851,9205,064,4205,802,900
2016-10-07$41.95$38.2533.1%8.7%15.1%47.4%30.9%2.8%-1.8%496.7M-10.02B-33.6M0.8619.07N/AN/A1,320,9601,134,1405,173,6805,929,160
2016-10-10$42.08$38.2533.3%8.8%15.0%48.0%32.0%2.9%-1.9%386.7M-10.10B-32.4M1.4214.52N/AN/A476,260677,9204,724,1805,122,760
2016-10-11$41.52$38.2534.8%9.3%14.7%52.1%32.7%3.5%-2.0%165.0M-8.28B-33.6M1.2435.30N/AN/A883,2001,096,9604,819,5805,334,380
2016-10-12$41.66$38.5034.6%9.3%14.6%51.6%32.8%3.4%-2.1%225.2M-8.84B-33.6M0.9633.38N/AN/A706,920677,0405,005,1005,629,560
2016-10-13$41.46$38.5034.6%9.4%14.8%51.6%33.2%3.4%-2.3%40.5M-8.06B-33.6M0.9133.88N/AN/A1,144,3801,039,1005,141,4005,785,620
2016-10-14$41.25$38.5034.1%9.3%14.9%50.1%33.2%3.6%-2.5%-287.4M-7.26B-33.4M0.9434.46N/AN/A1,340,3401,257,6205,278,3005,918,700
2016-10-17$40.65$38.5035.5%10.0%16.0%53.9%35.1%3.6%-2.1%76.3M-6.10B-32.6M1.0030.75N/AN/A910,400910,8804,684,5605,224,000
2016-10-18$40.96$38.5034.6%9.8%15.9%51.5%34.2%3.6%-2.2%210.5M-7.26B-32.7M0.9735.18N/AN/A815,720788,8004,960,1005,393,820
2016-10-19$40.93$38.7534.9%10.0%15.6%52.5%35.2%3.5%-2.3%165.0M-7.20B-33.2M0.7933.43N/AN/A695,100549,1005,057,0805,560,620
2016-10-20$40.55$38.7535.3%10.2%14.6%53.3%35.7%3.2%-2.6%-4.4M-6.01B-32.8M0.8932.21N/AN/A1,134,6601,009,9005,205,5005,645,140
2016-10-21$40.85$38.7534.6%10.2%14.9%51.6%35.4%3.5%-2.8%259.3M-7.24B-32.7M0.8933.56N/AN/A1,344,0201,199,3805,392,3605,853,400
2016-10-24$41.76$39.0032.9%10.1%16.3%46.9%35.1%3.2%-1.0%168.8M-7.43B-32.2M0.9534.87N/AN/A798,520754,8204,027,2404,498,680
2016-10-25$41.70$39.0033.8%10.5%14.9%49.2%36.5%2.9%-1.3%166.6M-7.43B-33.5M0.8933.66N/AN/A564,580504,5804,316,7604,824,800
2016-10-26$41.20$39.2535.8%11.3%14.7%54.9%38.9%2.4%-1.8%125.9M-6.52B-34.1M1.0535.85N/AN/A639,120671,5404,443,9604,971,060
2016-10-27$41.11$39.5033.8%10.8%14.7%49.4%36.7%2.6%-1.6%125.4M-6.34B-34.1M0.8037.81N/AN/A1,447,4201,162,9204,663,4005,208,160
2016-10-28$38.79$39.5021.5%6.3%24.7%16.4%22.6%1.4%1.1%-486.3M-352.5M-29.5M1.156.17N/AN/A2,556,2602,933,0605,224,9405,724,360
2016-10-31$39.41$39.2521.0%6.1%25.7%14.9%21.8%1.9%-0.0%-8.1M-3.50B-32.2M1.0941.10N/AN/A1,008,3001,100,7604,647,5005,129,460