AMZN Options History — January 2018

In January 2018, AMZN traded between $59.46 and $72.57. ATM implied volatility averaged 33.3%, placing in the 90.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 18.2% (HV 20d: 15.1%). Max pain ranged from $50.00 to $64.75. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 0 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.80.

Notable Days

  • 2018-01-12: Highest Volume — 5,399,160 contracts
  • 2018-01-29: Largest IV spike — 15.6% change
  • 2018-01-16: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2018-01-31: Largest Expected Move — 14.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$65.45$59.46$72.57$59.46$72.57
Max Pain$59.30$50.00$64.75$50.00$64.75
ATM IV33.3%27.5%43.5%28.2%42.5%
Expected Move9.7%4.8%14.9%5.0%14.9%
HV 20d15.1%11.9%17.8%15.2%15.5%
HV 60d26.6%17.4%29.8%29.3%17.4%
IV Rank90.3%72.7%100.0%72.7%97.0%
IV Percentile93.9%76.6%100.0%80.2%99.2%
Term Structure-1.7%-2.5%-0.9%-1.1%-2.0%
VWIV34.1%17.4%51.7%18.3%51.7%
Skew 25d0.7%-0.3%1.8%1.8%-0.3%
Skew 10d1.0%-1.1%3.0%2.7%-1.1%
Call IV 25d33.1%27.3%42.8%28.8%42.8%
Put IV 25d33.8%29.0%42.8%30.6%42.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %23.1115.4738.4624.9231.26
Gamma HHI0.080.030.680.060.03
Net GEX556.9M205.3M1.82B505.3M306.4M
Net DEX-23.56B-32.87B-14.81B-19.23B-23.12B
Net VEX-61.3M-76.6M-53.5M-59.2M-76.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.800.661.040.820.66
Total Volume3,040,786.6671,802,4205,399,1601,884,3602,834,180
Total OI13,346,145.7149,204,34016,483,26013,487,36012,314,800

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-01-02$59.46$50.0028.2%5.0%15.2%72.7%18.3%1.8%-1.1%505.3M-19.23B-59.2M0.8224.92N/AN/A1,033,700850,6605,962,8807,524,480
2018-01-03$60.18$50.0028.3%4.8%12.1%73.1%17.4%1.6%-0.9%828.6M-22.01B-57.0M0.9238.46N/AN/A1,145,3601,054,0806,188,4207,751,800
2018-01-04$60.51$57.0028.1%7.6%11.9%76.3%27.0%1.5%-1.0%887.4M-22.84B-56.5M0.9019.65N/AN/A1,174,6201,054,2406,245,4207,960,300
2018-01-05$61.43$57.5027.5%7.5%12.6%73.1%26.5%1.8%-0.9%758.9M-25.77B-54.9M0.8321.50N/AN/A1,892,0401,567,3806,367,3608,152,200
2018-01-08$62.32$58.0028.8%7.8%13.1%81.7%27.7%0.9%-1.6%511.8M-25.11B-53.5M0.8915.47N/AN/A1,325,6401,181,7005,889,8407,724,880
2018-01-09$62.63$58.2529.0%7.8%13.1%82.6%28.1%0.9%-1.7%537.1M-25.72B-54.6M0.7318.13N/AN/A1,347,020984,8206,128,5208,056,980
2018-01-10$62.69$59.0029.9%8.0%13.1%87.9%28.7%1.4%-1.9%621.6M-25.69B-57.2M1.0419.31N/AN/A882,180920,2406,417,7208,242,720
2018-01-11$63.73$58.7528.9%7.9%13.5%82.2%28.4%0.7%-1.4%800.9M-29.00B-55.9M0.8720.99N/AN/A1,667,5201,454,0206,571,6808,468,420
2018-01-12$65.24$59.0030.3%8.4%15.0%90.5%29.8%0.2%-1.7%657.2M-32.87B-54.7M0.8627.03N/AN/A2,903,9602,495,2006,770,1608,705,080
2018-01-16$65.29$59.5034.0%9.7%15.0%100.0%34.2%0.7%-1.9%454.7M-29.10B-57.3M0.8320.73N/AN/A2,162,3801,799,5606,440,4008,312,600
2018-01-17$64.87$60.0033.7%9.6%15.5%98.2%33.9%0.6%-2.0%242.5M-26.90B-60.6M0.7720.73N/AN/A1,597,7601,226,4006,889,0008,777,280
2018-01-18$64.68$60.0033.2%9.6%15.4%96.0%33.8%0.7%-2.1%205.3M-26.54B-61.0M0.7121.85N/AN/A1,595,4001,127,3607,116,1808,949,420
2018-01-19$64.68$60.0033.0%9.7%15.3%95.2%33.9%0.8%-2.1%221.6M-26.36B-62.7M0.7023.99N/AN/A2,326,1201,620,4207,306,1409,177,120
2018-01-22$66.37$60.0032.3%9.8%16.4%91.7%34.3%0.5%-1.3%372.6M-14.81B-59.7M0.8121.40N/AN/A1,218,280983,1404,043,9405,160,400
2018-01-23$68.17$60.2533.9%10.4%17.6%99.4%36.6%0.4%-1.6%410.8M-18.41B-58.0M0.8121.73N/AN/A1,972,3201,592,5204,325,0405,499,220
2018-01-24$67.94$61.5036.1%11.3%17.4%100.0%39.4%0.3%-1.7%378.6M-17.40B-66.3M0.7220.67N/AN/A2,383,9401,717,6204,672,8606,010,140
2018-01-25$68.87$62.2536.9%11.6%17.6%100.0%40.8%0.1%-1.9%669.3M-20.09B-68.8M0.7222.70N/AN/A1,794,1001,289,9605,182,8206,463,000
2018-01-26$70.00$62.5037.6%12.1%17.8%100.0%42.2%-0.1%-2.0%1.82B-23.14B-67.5M0.7128.15N/AN/A2,731,0801,942,7805,378,1406,717,840
2018-01-29$70.92$63.0043.5%14.7%17.7%100.0%51.1%0.2%-2.5%234.1M-19.36B-70.4M0.7423.95N/AN/A1,648,5001,215,8204,740,9605,960,840
2018-01-30$71.96$64.0042.7%14.9%15.7%97.6%51.6%0.2%-1.9%270.8M-21.40B-74.6M0.7022.77N/AN/A1,263,180879,3205,266,7406,435,320
2018-01-31$72.57$64.7542.5%14.9%15.5%97.0%51.7%-0.3%-2.0%306.4M-23.12B-76.6M0.6631.26N/AN/A1,704,1601,130,0205,592,5806,722,220