AMZN Options History — August 2017

In August 2017, AMZN traded between $47.27 and $49.84. ATM implied volatility averaged 20.4%, placing in the 32.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.8% (HV 20d: 19.6%). Max pain ranged from $48.50 to $50.00. Net GEX was positive for 3 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.96.

Notable Days

  • 2017-08-24: Highest Volume — 3,888,960 contracts
  • 2017-08-22: Largest IV drop — 11.5% change
  • 2017-08-10: Highest IV Rank — 42.7%
  • 2017-08-10: Largest Expected Move — 6.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$48.56$47.27$49.84$49.74$48.99
Max Pain$49.10$48.50$50.00$50.00$48.50
ATM IV20.4%18.8%22.9%21.3%19.7%
Expected Move5.7%5.1%6.5%5.9%5.1%
HV 20d19.6%16.2%21.4%21.3%17.9%
HV 60d20.2%19.8%20.7%20.0%20.7%
IV Rank32.0%24.6%42.7%36.0%28.9%
IV Percentile39.9%30.6%52.8%46.4%33.3%
Term Structure0.4%-0.4%0.7%-0.4%0.4%
VWIV20.5%18.2%23.2%21.3%18.6%
Skew 25d1.9%1.0%2.8%1.3%1.7%
Skew 10d3.4%2.1%4.8%2.6%2.8%
Call IV 25d19.9%18.0%21.9%20.9%19.3%
Put IV 25d21.7%20.2%24.3%22.3%21.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %36.5515.9651.6535.1748.29
Gamma HHI0.060.020.350.020.05
Net GEX-220.1M-1.17B799.3M-39.2M799.3M
Net DEX-2.77B-9.40B1.71B-4.23B-9.40B
Net VEX-71.8M-78.9M-68.6M-68.6M-78.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.960.711.161.010.89
Total Volume2,426,050.4351,567,8203,888,9602,298,0802,888,300
Total OI13,173,039.1311,893,28014,681,94012,070,12014,681,940

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-08-01$49.74$50.0021.3%5.9%21.3%36.0%21.3%1.3%-0.4%-39.2M-4.23B-68.6M1.0135.17N/AN/A1,142,4601,155,6205,605,4406,464,680
2017-08-02$49.84$50.0021.2%5.9%20.5%35.5%21.3%1.1%-0.1%-61.8M-4.50B-69.3M0.9537.35N/AN/A1,348,5001,278,5805,817,2806,731,080
2017-08-03$49.40$49.5021.0%6.1%20.6%34.6%21.7%1.0%0.0%-260.8M-3.08B-69.5M0.9543.52N/AN/A1,083,7201,025,5606,039,3806,999,020
2017-08-04$49.27$49.5019.8%5.8%20.1%29.1%20.6%1.1%-0.2%-573.9M-2.60B-70.2M1.1341.24N/AN/A1,179,5201,334,9006,213,0207,247,820
2017-08-07$49.65$49.5020.5%5.9%18.9%32.4%21.2%1.0%0.2%-19.4M-4.91B-70.0M0.9733.87N/AN/A850,060825,9805,399,5406,639,900
2017-08-08$49.36$49.5020.8%6.1%19.0%33.4%21.6%1.5%0.4%-83.9M-4.01B-71.0M1.0949.74N/AN/A766,560837,2205,664,3206,866,120
2017-08-09$49.13$49.5021.4%6.2%18.3%36.2%22.0%1.4%0.3%-225.0M-2.98B-72.6M1.0944.35N/AN/A933,1001,014,4205,816,4407,078,260
2017-08-10$47.84$49.2522.9%6.5%20.2%42.7%23.2%2.4%-0.0%-597.3M1.71B-72.6M1.1341.98N/AN/A1,498,9001,697,1205,977,2607,257,500
2017-08-11$48.32$49.0021.7%6.3%20.6%37.4%22.4%2.1%0.3%-526.3M-537.8M-73.2M1.0842.71N/AN/A1,476,9801,595,1806,291,2407,452,880
2017-08-14$49.15$49.0020.3%5.9%21.4%31.5%20.7%1.6%0.7%-2.8M-4.39B-71.3M0.8239.35N/AN/A955,640785,7205,775,7807,024,720
2017-08-15$49.20$49.2519.7%5.7%20.6%28.9%20.4%1.5%0.6%86.9M-4.74B-70.8M0.9836.01N/AN/A791,700776,1206,025,1207,187,000
2017-08-16$48.88$49.0019.2%5.5%20.6%26.6%19.5%1.7%0.6%-162.7M-3.40B-71.0M0.8848.25N/AN/A1,181,5601,042,8006,173,1407,341,720
2017-08-17$48.11$49.0021.3%6.1%21.0%36.0%22.0%2.2%0.5%-593.5M-239.4M-72.2M1.0451.65N/AN/A1,388,1001,442,7806,430,3607,526,040
2017-08-18$48.02$49.0020.7%5.9%21.0%33.1%20.8%2.2%0.4%-1.17B-27.4M-71.2M1.1648.75N/AN/A1,471,1201,699,8806,636,7207,756,540
2017-08-21$47.60$49.0021.2%6.0%19.6%35.3%21.2%2.2%0.5%-273.4M-892.2M-70.4M0.9537.44N/AN/A1,075,3201,018,2605,349,7806,543,500
2017-08-22$48.30$48.7518.8%5.2%20.8%24.6%19.0%2.2%0.6%-58.2M-3.37B-70.0M0.9425.01N/AN/A1,034,700970,1405,547,2206,810,020
2017-08-23$47.90$48.7519.4%5.3%20.0%27.4%19.0%2.4%0.6%-294.5M-1.79B-70.4M0.9128.55N/AN/A938,780855,4405,756,6006,996,300
2017-08-24$47.67$48.7520.9%5.7%20.0%34.0%20.9%2.8%0.7%-396.1M-999.8M-71.9M0.8627.84N/AN/A2,090,8601,798,1005,949,3007,147,400
2017-08-25$47.27$48.7519.8%5.4%19.0%29.2%18.8%2.5%0.7%-697.4M267.6M-73.4M0.7822.88N/AN/A1,960,3601,527,0406,490,0607,462,740
2017-08-28$47.28$48.7520.0%5.4%16.2%30.2%19.0%2.4%0.1%-214.8M-941.7M-73.3M1.0718.35N/AN/A898,460961,2406,137,4806,983,480
2017-08-29$47.76$48.5019.1%5.1%16.6%26.0%18.2%2.4%0.6%-52.2M-2.98B-74.3M0.7922.31N/AN/A1,322,5601,050,1006,358,8807,221,240
2017-08-30$48.27$48.5019.4%5.1%17.1%27.6%18.9%2.0%0.4%354.4M-5.72B-76.3M0.7115.96N/AN/A1,651,2801,178,4206,745,5407,360,100
2017-08-31$48.99$48.5019.7%5.1%17.9%28.9%18.6%1.7%0.4%799.3M-9.40B-78.9M0.8948.29N/AN/A1,529,2601,359,0407,188,3407,493,600