AMZN Options History — December 2017

In December 2017, AMZN traded between $56.64 and $59.55. ATM implied volatility averaged 19.8%, placing in the 31.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.3% (HV 20d: 19.4%). Max pain ranged from $47.75 to $55.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.93.

Notable Days

  • 2017-12-01: Highest Volume — 3,483,480 contracts
  • 2017-12-04: Largest IV spike — 23.2% change
  • 2017-12-04: Highest IV Rank — 65.7%
  • 2017-12-04: Largest Expected Move — 7.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$58.43$56.64$59.55$58.10$58.49
Max Pain$49.17$47.75$55.00$55.00$50.00
ATM IV19.8%17.2%26.8%21.7%22.0%
Expected Move5.6%4.7%7.4%6.3%4.9%
HV 20d19.4%14.7%20.8%18.8%14.8%
HV 60d29.5%29.1%30.0%29.6%29.3%
IV Rank31.8%19.5%65.7%41.3%42.8%
IV Percentile36.8%20.2%70.2%55.6%59.1%
Term Structure2.4%-0.0%10.7%0.3%10.7%
VWIV20.4%17.1%26.1%22.6%18.1%
Skew 25d1.8%1.1%2.5%2.0%1.2%
Skew 10d3.4%1.7%5.3%3.8%2.2%
Call IV 25d18.9%16.6%26.2%20.8%17.6%
Put IV 25d20.7%18.0%28.7%22.8%18.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %35.1025.6247.3538.6141.14
Gamma HHI0.060.030.130.050.05
Net GEX421.4M24.4M866.9M178.8M208.9M
Net DEX-17.47B-21.03B-12.62B-15.65B-15.18B
Net VEX-65.7M-74.7M-59.7M-70.3M-62.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.930.651.080.880.86
Total Volume2,135,0691,406,1203,483,4803,483,4803,060,580
Total OI14,824,70112,913,16016,420,58016,420,58014,230,580

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-12-01$58.10$55.0021.7%6.3%18.8%41.3%22.6%2.0%0.3%178.8M-15.65B-70.3M0.8838.61N/AN/A1,851,9801,631,5007,384,6009,035,980
2017-12-04$56.64$47.7526.8%7.4%20.8%65.7%26.1%2.5%-0.0%55.9M-12.62B-74.7M0.8638.62N/AN/A1,572,7401,355,4406,442,4408,265,780
2017-12-05$57.18$48.0023.0%6.7%20.8%47.5%23.8%2.4%0.6%119.2M-14.41B-74.0M0.9025.62N/AN/A1,207,0201,085,6806,845,9008,587,100
2017-12-06$57.52$48.0021.1%6.4%20.8%38.5%22.7%2.2%0.8%184.9M-15.66B-70.8M1.0831.08N/AN/A891,760966,8006,943,9608,739,240
2017-12-07$58.02$48.0020.4%6.1%20.8%35.2%22.1%2.4%0.9%422.7M-17.89B-69.1M0.9828.94N/AN/A974,400952,2207,029,1008,880,960
2017-12-08$58.08$48.2519.2%5.8%20.7%29.2%21.0%2.5%0.8%650.2M-18.16B-69.0M1.0726.68N/AN/A1,591,7201,700,0007,163,0009,052,760
2017-12-11$58.40$48.5019.4%5.7%20.7%30.0%20.6%2.0%0.4%374.5M-18.89B-66.1M1.0229.11N/AN/A806,880826,6806,531,0808,465,680
2017-12-12$58.17$48.5019.8%5.8%20.8%31.8%21.6%2.1%0.3%337.7M-18.06B-68.3M1.0228.10N/AN/A764,400777,2206,703,7208,685,220
2017-12-13$58.18$48.2519.1%5.6%20.7%28.8%21.1%1.9%0.4%390.8M-18.09B-65.6M0.9630.70N/AN/A715,940690,1806,795,3208,786,940
2017-12-14$58.81$48.5018.4%5.4%20.6%25.2%19.9%1.7%0.4%852.7M-20.97B-65.0M0.9034.46N/AN/A1,241,8801,120,5806,919,7208,914,680
2017-12-15$58.84$48.5018.1%5.3%20.3%23.6%19.5%1.8%0.6%866.9M-21.03B-64.1M0.8047.35N/AN/A1,640,2001,314,9607,029,1609,060,720
2017-12-18$59.55$48.7518.9%5.4%20.3%27.5%19.8%1.4%0.5%626.0M-19.41B-61.4M0.9330.99N/AN/A1,075,4801,001,6405,810,9207,102,240
2017-12-19$59.35$49.0018.8%5.4%20.3%27.0%19.6%1.4%0.9%572.4M-18.71B-62.3M0.8537.33N/AN/A807,920688,7006,010,6607,384,740
2017-12-20$58.89$49.0018.8%5.4%20.4%27.1%19.3%1.4%0.9%378.8M-17.19B-63.0M0.6533.48N/AN/A996,420647,2006,213,0807,568,980
2017-12-21$58.75$49.5017.9%5.1%19.8%23.1%18.7%1.5%0.6%261.6M-16.68B-63.4M0.8034.27N/AN/A1,085,160868,7606,429,5207,752,260
2017-12-22$58.42$50.0017.2%4.8%17.6%19.5%17.4%1.1%1.3%24.4M-15.27B-63.0M1.0047.09N/AN/A1,011,2801,009,1806,602,4007,962,860
2017-12-26$58.82$50.0018.1%5.0%17.5%23.7%18.1%1.5%8.9%416.2M-17.40B-61.4M1.0345.29N/AN/A833,480860,8205,951,3007,405,500
2017-12-27$59.12$50.0017.3%5.0%17.6%19.9%17.9%1.6%10.1%720.9M-18.80B-60.9M0.9036.77N/AN/A828,120743,9806,177,7807,602,900
2017-12-28$59.27$50.0019.2%4.7%14.7%29.1%17.1%1.1%9.2%785.2M-19.32B-59.7M1.0136.46N/AN/A748,900753,5806,272,8807,752,360
2017-12-29$58.49$50.0022.0%4.9%14.8%42.8%18.1%1.2%10.7%208.9M-15.18B-62.1M0.8641.14N/AN/A1,644,2801,416,3006,351,7407,878,840