AMZN Options History — October 2017

In October 2017, AMZN traded between $47.81 and $55.63. ATM implied volatility averaged 27.0%, placing in the 61.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 8.3% (HV 20d: 18.7%). Max pain ranged from $47.75 to $49.50. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 3 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.85.

Notable Days

  • 2017-10-27: Highest Volume — 9,705,140 contracts
  • 2017-10-27: Largest IV drop — 19.6% change
  • 2017-10-10: Highest IV Rank — 72.8%
  • 2017-10-23: Largest Expected Move — 8.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$50.03$47.81$55.63$47.95$55.23
Max Pain$48.26$47.75$49.50$47.75$49.50
ATM IV27.0%20.0%29.7%27.1%20.0%
Expected Move7.3%5.1%8.3%5.4%5.8%
HV 20d18.7%13.0%45.1%16.4%45.1%
HV 60d18.8%15.8%29.7%17.9%29.7%
IV Rank61.4%33.0%72.8%61.2%33.0%
IV Percentile70.7%35.7%86.9%69.8%35.7%
Term Structure-0.9%-1.7%0.6%-1.2%0.6%
VWIV26.1%18.5%29.0%19.5%21.1%
Skew 25d1.2%0.4%2.6%1.5%0.6%
Skew 10d2.3%-0.3%5.0%4.0%1.0%
Call IV 25d26.8%20.3%29.4%26.3%20.3%
Put IV 25d28.0%20.9%30.7%27.7%20.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %27.1914.2344.5337.6244.53
Gamma HHI0.060.030.220.030.05
Net GEX501.6M-136.2M1.15B166.7M534.5M
Net DEX-10.72B-27.94B-3.58B-4.80B-20.75B
Net VEX-77.0M-82.0M-66.1M-79.4M-68.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.850.641.160.851.11
Total Volume2,751,919.0911,535,8609,705,1401,700,9201,765,100
Total OI15,503,019.09113,895,76016,880,18014,595,00015,496,000

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-10-02$47.95$47.7527.1%5.4%16.4%61.2%19.5%1.5%-1.2%166.7M-4.80B-79.4M0.8537.62N/AN/A920,440780,4807,136,8007,458,200
2017-10-03$47.81$47.7528.7%5.3%15.7%68.5%18.9%2.6%-1.1%165.7M-4.32B-80.2M0.7920.13N/AN/A1,113,700885,0207,339,4007,623,700
2017-10-04$48.27$47.7528.1%5.1%16.0%65.7%18.5%1.8%-1.1%474.6M-6.74B-81.4M0.8737.26N/AN/A1,044,680904,3407,698,2807,789,980
2017-10-05$49.04$48.0028.9%7.8%16.5%69.5%27.6%2.4%-0.6%800.0M-10.42B-82.0M0.8516.25N/AN/A1,555,4801,326,7007,780,0207,896,680
2017-10-06$49.49$48.0028.5%7.6%15.9%67.6%27.0%0.9%-1.7%1.15B-12.25B-81.1M0.6921.35N/AN/A2,594,5601,788,5407,866,0208,157,680
2017-10-09$49.57$48.0029.0%7.8%15.4%69.8%27.7%2.0%-1.3%571.4M-10.60B-80.1M0.7919.96N/AN/A1,206,300949,6607,448,4207,545,980
2017-10-10$49.31$48.0029.7%8.1%15.4%72.8%28.6%1.1%-1.3%510.5M-9.46B-80.3M0.8514.23N/AN/A1,131,880965,6407,695,7607,760,160
2017-10-11$49.74$48.0028.9%8.0%14.4%69.3%28.5%1.4%-1.1%739.2M-11.60B-80.8M0.7517.12N/AN/A1,074,220801,8607,868,4607,945,960
2017-10-12$50.04$48.0028.5%7.9%14.3%67.7%28.2%1.3%-1.1%1.05B-13.21B-79.9M0.6421.96N/AN/A2,163,6201,385,5408,024,5808,049,620
2017-10-13$50.14$48.0027.9%7.8%14.0%64.7%27.7%1.5%-1.1%1.08B-13.33B-78.8M0.8023.31N/AN/A1,575,0601,263,7408,162,3808,238,180
2017-10-16$50.31$48.0028.3%8.0%13.2%66.8%28.5%1.4%-1.3%621.4M-12.51B-77.4M0.8921.86N/AN/A878,140785,2207,539,7607,679,100
2017-10-17$50.45$48.0027.9%7.9%13.0%64.8%28.4%1.4%-1.2%704.1M-13.03B-76.6M0.9119.39N/AN/A1,009,540920,9007,664,2207,882,600
2017-10-18$49.93$48.0028.2%8.1%13.7%66.3%28.6%1.1%-1.4%392.1M-10.57B-77.2M0.7921.65N/AN/A1,211,480961,0207,831,5008,135,880
2017-10-19$49.29$48.0028.0%8.1%14.2%65.4%28.3%1.4%-1.7%-136.2M-6.77B-76.6M1.1128.41N/AN/A1,458,9401,618,0408,060,8408,455,200
2017-10-20$49.13$49.0027.0%7.9%13.6%60.8%27.6%1.2%-1.6%48.6M-6.17B-77.2M0.9033.31N/AN/A1,423,7801,287,3808,197,7608,682,420
2017-10-23$48.27$49.0027.5%8.3%13.8%63.3%29.0%0.4%-0.6%48.8M-3.58B-75.2M1.1630.08N/AN/A1,113,1801,290,6606,734,6007,161,160
2017-10-24$48.80$48.5026.2%8.0%14.2%57.5%28.0%0.5%-0.6%155.6M-5.47B-75.9M0.8533.14N/AN/A828,300707,5607,110,0807,510,540
2017-10-25$48.60$48.5026.7%8.2%13.4%59.8%28.7%0.4%-0.8%123.8M-4.72B-76.8M0.8033.94N/AN/A929,380747,7207,305,9207,734,380
2017-10-26$48.73$48.5026.7%8.0%13.4%59.4%28.2%0.4%-1.3%166.3M-5.27B-75.6M0.7940.39N/AN/A1,735,9001,370,4407,494,6207,896,920
2017-10-27$55.05$48.5021.4%6.4%45.1%39.9%23.5%0.8%0.3%1.04B-27.94B-66.1M0.7233.52N/AN/A5,656,6804,048,4607,767,2608,397,420
2017-10-30$55.63$49.0020.6%6.1%45.0%35.8%21.9%0.6%0.3%632.2M-22.41B-67.5M0.8828.71N/AN/A1,788,7401,574,2006,959,2007,882,780
2017-10-31$55.23$49.5020.0%5.8%45.1%33.0%21.1%0.6%0.6%534.5M-20.75B-68.6M1.1144.53N/AN/A835,900929,2007,143,4008,352,600